Giles (Braose) de Braose (aft. 1268 – bef. 1305) and Giles de Brewes/de Braose
Giles de Brewes/de Braose was the son of William de Brewes/de Braose and his second wife Agnes de Moels.[1][2] His birth date is uncertain, but his parents probably did not marry before 1267/8,[3] so he almost certainly was not born until after 1268.
Giles held land at Buckingham, Buckinghamshire and at Woodlands and Knowlton in Dorset.[1][2]
Giles married twice. His first wife was
Giles de Brewes/de Braose was the son of William de Brewes/de Braose and his second wife Agnes de Moels.[1][2] His birth date is uncertain, but his parents probably did not marry before 1267/8,[3] so he almost certainly was not born until after 1268.
Giles held land at Buckingham, Buckinghamshire and at Woodlands and Knowlton in Dorset.[1][2]
Giles married twice. His first wife was Beatrice de St Helen, daughter and main heir of Sir John Saint Helen of Crowell, Oxfordshire and Long Wittenham, Berkshire, and Juliane, daughter of Alan de Farnham of Winterborne, Berkshire.[1][2][4] Beatrice was said to be 23 in 1293.[1][2][5] They had one child:
- Lucy,[1][2] born about 1298 (age 7 when her father died in 1205[6][7]), who married first, Robert Mautravers[7] and second, John de Paulesholt in March 1353–4[1][2][8]
Beatrice died on 1 June 1298.[1][2]
Giles married again, his second wife being Maud de Whitney, whose father was Eustace de Whitney of Herefordshire. They had two children:
In 1300 Giles fought in Scotland with the forces of Edward I.[1][2]
Giles died a little before 7 January 1305.[1][2] At his death, Giles was said to hold a “capital messuage called the Castle of Buckingham, worth nothing.”[9] His daughter Lucy inherited Crowell, Oxfordshire, through her mother.[7] His widow subsequently married Richard le Wolf.[1][2]
The Inquisitions Post Mortem after Giles’ death showed him holding land at “Cnolton” in Dorset, Crowell in Oxfordshire, West Wytteham in Berkshire and Buckingham, Buckinghamshire.[6]
, daughter and main heir of Sir John Saint Helen of Crowell, Oxfordshire and Long Wittenham, Berkshire, and Juliane, daughter of Alan de Farnham of Winterborne, Berkshire.[1][2][4] Beatrice was said to be 23 in 1293.[1][2][5] They had one child:
- Lucy,[1][2] born about 1298 (age 7 when her father died in 1205[6][7]), who married first, Robert Mautravers[7] and second, John de Paulesholt in March 1353–4[1][2][8]
Beatrice died on 1 June 1298.[1][2]
Giles married again, his second wife being Maud de Whitney, whose father was Eustace de Whitney of Herefordshire. They had two children:
In 1300 Giles fought in Scotland with the forces of Edward I.[1][2]
Giles died a little before 7 January 1305.[1][2] At his death, Giles was said to hold a “capital messuage called the Castle of Buckingham, worth nothing.”[9] His daughter Lucy inherited Crowell, Oxfordshire, through her mother.[7] His widow subsequently married Richard le Wolf.[1][2]
The Inquisitions Post Mortem after Giles’ death showed him holding land at “Cnolton” in Dorset, Crowell in Oxfordshire, West Wytteham in Berkshire and Buckingham, Buckinghamshire.[6]