General Notes

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Note:
From "Lygon Line"

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The De Bracy family line started with William De Bracy, Lord of Madresfield in 1250, who married Maud Warren, daughter of William De Warren, a great grandson of William De Warren, 2nd Earl of Warren, and his wife, Isabella Vermandois, granddaughter of King Henry I. of France. They had a son, Robert De Bracy, who fought at the battle of Evesham in 1265, married Maud and had William De Bracy, Knight for the shire of Worcester, 1338. His son was Robert De Bracy, Lord of Madresfield in 1345, who fought at the battle of Crecy and the siege of Calais. He married Juliana. They had William De Bracy, who married Joan. He died about 1390. They had William De Bracy, who married in 1404 Isabel, as stated above, parents of Joan Braci, wife of Thomas Lygon.

From "Bracy (Braci) Line"
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William Braci, probably son of Robert De Braci, was Lord of Madresfield in 1250. He was exempted in 1253 from being put on the assizes and juries (Patent Rolls 199). He made a grant of Land in the Manor to Gilbert Fremon of Clevelode. This was in the last years of the reign of King Henry III and is the earliest mention of Bracy of Madresfield in the Muniments. A positive date for this William De Bracy is afforded by the grant to Richard, son of Adam Chut, in 1280. A subsidy of 10 shillings for his lands in Madresfield
was paid by him in 1280. In 1283 William De Bracy and Robert De Bracy were witness to a charter of Great Malvern Priory. William De Bracy's wife was Maud De Warren (Warenne), daughter of William De Warren, sometimes called William De Blauminster who is mentioned in 1281. Eyton in his Antiquities of
Shropshire (Vol X, p. 15-21) shows that William De Warren was a great-grandson of William, 2nd Earl of Warren, who died in 1135, and his wife, Isabella De Vermandois, granddaughter of King Henry I of France. William De Bracy was in ill health in 1282, but lived until 1289, when he died and was buried at
Great Malvern. (Vic. Hist. Worc., Vol IV, p. 120.) In 1290 there is a mention of the Lady Maud in the Muniments. The Henry who appears in the grant to Maud De Bracy, wife of William, was probably her younger son; he and his wife Alice were parties to a Fine concerning land in Clevelode in 1323; this Henry De Bracy was father of Robert who is witness to a charter of his cousin in 1345.[:ITAL]