BRUN BRUN or BRUYN C) 355 BARONY BY i. Sir Maurice le Brun,^) s. and h. of William le WRIT. Brun, of Fordingbridge and Rowner, Hants, and Ranston, Dorset,('^) by Isolde, his wife. He was aged 21 and I. 1313- more at his father's death shortly before 4 Mar. 1 300/1. () He sue. his mother shortly before 6 Sep. I307,('=) and, having done homage, he had livery of his inheritance, 16 Oct. I307.() He was sum. cum eqiiis et annis irom 1,0 ]une (13 15) 8 Edw. II to 21 Mar. {}'i2>'^ll) 7 Edw. Ill, and to Pari, from 8 Jan. (13 12/3) 6 Edw. II to 14 Mar. (132 1/2) 15 Edw. II, by writs directed Mauricio le Brun, Brune, or Broun, whereby he is held to have become LORD BRUN, but none of his descendants were ever sum. to Pari, in respect of this Barony.Q He ;«., before 14 Oct. 1300, Maud,(«) da. and h. of Philip de la Rokele, of South Ockendon, Essex, and Beckenham, Kent, by Joan, his wife. She was l>. in Ireland, 9 Oct. 1286. Having proved her age, and her husband having done fealty, they had livery of her father's lands, 26 June 1301.C') She d. before him.(') He ^. 17 Mar. i354/5.(') (*) The re-writing of this article has been kindly undertaken by G. W. Watson. V.G. C*) His arms were, Azure, a cross moline, or recercelee. Or, C^) The King had enfeoffed him and his wife Isolde jointly of these manors, to them and their heirs, 6 Feb. 1276/7 {Charter Roll, 5 Edw. I, ;;;. 3, and schedule). Ranston, i fee, Fordingbridge and Midgham, i fee, were held as of the honour of Camel; Rowner, by serjeanty. They also held East Parley, Hants, i or i fee, of John de St. John of Basing. (^) Fine Roll, 29 Edw. , m. 13 : Ch. Inq. p. m., Edw. I, file 100, no 11. (') Fine Roll, I Edw. II, mm. 17, 16 : Ch. Inq. p. m., Edw. II, file 6, no. I. (*) As to how far these early writs of summons did in fact create any Peerage title, see Appendix A in the last volume. V.G. if) " Matillidis uxor Mauricii le Brun filia et heres Philippi de la Rokele." Writ de etate probanda, 14 Oct. 28 Edw. I. Inq., Kent, 16 June 1301. " eadem Matillidis fuit etatis quatuordecim annorum die sancti Dionisii ultimo preterito . . . predicta Matillidis nata fuit in partibus Hibernie." (Ch. Inq. p. m., Edw. I, file 98, no. 14). On 6 Oct. 1298 the King gave licence to Maud, late the wife of John de Gorges his tenant in chief, to marry Maurice le Brun, if she wished {Patent Roll, 26 Edw. I, m. i). (b) Close Roll, 29 Edw. I, m. 7. (') " Mauricius le Bruyn {alias le Brune)." Writs of diem cl. ext. 24 Mar. 29 Edw. in England and 16 in France. Inq., Kent, Essex, 27 Mar., i Apr. 1355. "Et dicunt quod predictus Mauricius obiit xvij™° die Marcii ultimo preterito et quod predictus Willelmus filius predictorum Mauricii et Matillidis est heres ipsorum propinquior et etatis xl annorum et amplius." Inq., Hants, Wednesday in Easter week [8 Apr.] 1355. "Et dicunt quod predictus Mauricius obiit die martis proximo post festum sancti Gregorii Pape anno predicti domini Regis xxix° Et dicunt quod Willelmus le Bruyn miles propinquior heres ejus est et triginta annorum et amplius." (Ch. Inq. p. m., Edw. Ill, file 131, no. 38 : Exch. Inq. p. m., Enrol- ments, no. 106).
