William Bridges

• General Notes
  • Brydges04'Index links to: Lead / Letter
    Families covered: Brydges of Tyberton Court (Tiberton), Brydges of Old Colwall
                                                                
    William Brydges of Upleaden, Bosbury, Herefordshire (b 1584, d 1627)
    m. Margaret Vaughan (dau (sb sister?) of John Vaughan of Courtfield)
    1.     William Brydges of Tyberton or Tiberton Court, Sheriff of Herefordshire (bpt 15.11.1601, d 25.05.1668)
          m. (03.10.1628) Anne Marshall (d 08.09.1656, dau/coheir of Edmund Marshall of Essex & Blewbury)
          A.     Marshall Brydges of Tyberton Court, Sheriff of Herefordshire (b 1634, d 27.06.1709, 2nd son)
          m. Mary Kempe (dau of Francis Kempe of Wickham or Wiccombe)
        i.     Francis Brydges of Tyberton Court (b 21.08.1661, d 16.10.1727)
          m1. Elizabeth Oswald (d 1690, dau/heir of Peter Oswald of Strangford & Much Fawley)
          a.     William Brydges of Tyberton Court (b 03.04.1681, d 1764)
          m1. Jane Card (d 1718, dau/heir of Andrew Card of Gray's Inn)
          (1)     Elizabeth Brydges of Tyberton Court (bpt 02.07.1718, d 30.01.1750)
          m. (15.01.1739) Edmond Brydges @@ below
          m2. Catherine Rice (dau of Griffith Rice of Newton)
          b.     Mary Brydges
          m. Robert Unett of Castle Frome
          (1)     Elizabeth Unett
          m. T(homas) Foley of Stoke Edith
          (2)     Mary Unett
          m. Richard Foley
          m2. Jane (widow of Anthony Rowden of Rowden)
          ii.     William Brydges of the Middle Temple (b 1663, d 1736)
          m. Susan Noel (dau of Edward Noel)
          a.     Grace Brydges
          m. William Wynne (serjeant-at-law, son of Owen Wynne)
          b.     Elizabeth Brydges
          m. Richard Middlemore of Grotham or Grantham
          c.     Susanna Brydges
          m. William Gregory of Weolhope or Woolhope
        (1)     Anne Gregory
          m. Edward Acton of Acton Scot
          iii.     Marshal Brydges (b 02.12.1665, Chancellor of Wells Cathedral)
          m. Frances Creighton (dau of Rev. Robert Creighton (Canon of Wells), son of Robert, Bishop of Bath & Wells)
          a.     William Brydges of London (dsp)
          b.     Edmond Brydges
          m1. (15.01.1739) Elizabeth Brydges (dau/heir of William Brydges of Tyberton Court) @@ above
          (1)     Francis William Thomas Brydges of Tyberton Court, Sheriff of Herefordshire (b 10.02.1751, d 30.11.1793)
          m. (29.07.1785) Anne Phillipps (dau of thomas Phillipps of Eaton Bishop, m2. Joshua Scrope of Long Sutton)
          (A)     Anne Brydges
          m. Henry Lee-Warner of Walsingham Abbey
          (B)     Catherine Brydges
          m. Reginald Wynniatt of Guiting Rectory, later of Guiting Grange (cousin)
          (2)     Catherine Brydges (d unm 1799)
          (3)     Ann Brydges
          m. William Griffth
          m2. Fredwisa Taylor (cousin, her mother was a Creighton)
          (4)     Elizabeth Creyghton Brydges (a 1837)
          c.     Kempe Brydges of London (d 1792)
          m. Frances Dawson
          (1)     Kempe Brydges (b 1749)
          m. _ Crabtree of Suffolk
          (A)+     3 daughters
          (2)     Frances Brydges
          m. George Granville ("a near relative of Pasco Grenfell")
          (A)     George Brydges Granville of Chester had issue
          m. _ Hinchliffe (cousin)
          (B)     Frances Granville
          m. _ Downes (Colonel)
          d.     Frances Brydges
          m. _ Hinchcliff of London
          iv.     Anne Brydges
          m. (1695) Robert Blachford of the Isle of Wight
          v.+     other issue - Edmund of London (b 1670?), Kempe of London (b 1676, dsp 1742), Bridget
        B.     Edmond Brydges of Lincoln's Inn (b 1653, d 1715, Serjeant-at-law, judge in Wales, 4th son)
          m. Ann Street (dau of judge Sir Thomas Street)
          i.+     issue - Richard, others
          C.     Dorothy Brydges (b 1630)
          m1. Miles Clent of Gloucester
          m2. Henry Sutton (rector of Breedon)
          D.     Catherine Brydges (b 1639)
          m. Edmund Thomas
          E.     Sarah Brydges (b 1641)
          m. Edward Powell of Maesmawr
          F.     Mary Brydges (b 1643)
          m. _ Smyth of London
          G.     Anne Brydges (b 1645)
          m. George Salter, Lord Mayor
        H.     Elizabeth Brydges (b 1646)
          m. Peter King of London
          I.     Hester Brydges (b 1648)
          m. Thomas Twitty
          J.+     other issue - John (d young), William (b 1637, d 1660), Margaret (b 1652, d unm 1671)
    2.     John Brydges of Priors Court, Herefordshire (d 1669)
          m. Joyce Bright (dau of Herny Bright of Worcester)
          A.     Margaret Brydges
          m. Thomas Carpenter of Lincoln's Inn
          B.     Joyce Brydges
          m. Herbert Aubrey of Clehonger
          i.     Herbert Aubrey 'of Clayhanger'
          m. (Arabella) Harcourt (dau of 1st Lord Harcourt)
          C.     Dorothy Brydges
          m. Walter Thomas of Swansea
    3.     James Brydges of Worcester, later of Hereford (b 1606, a 1688)
          m. Anne Acton ("of a baronet's family")
          A.     Edward Brydges of Ross
          i.     Acton Brydges (d nm)
          ii.     James Brydges (b 1691)
          m. Hester Croose (dau of John Croose of Frogden, sister of Thomas of Jamaica)
          a.     Mary Brydges (a 1733)
          m1. Richard Eckley
          (1)     Elizabeth Eckley (d unm)
          m2. Joseph Munn
          (2)     Joseph Munn
          m. _ Pryce (dau of Rhys Pryce of Mordiford)
          (3)     John Munn, later Brydges of Wells, Somerset (a 1821)
          m. (1804) Mary Elizabeth Parker (dau of Capt. William Parker)
          b.+     other issue - Marshall (d unm), James
    4.     Thomas Brydges of Old Colwall, Herefordshire (d 1692)
          m. Joan Hill (dau/heir of Richard Hill of Downend)
          A.     William Brydges of Old Colwall (bpt 13.09.1640)
          m. Ursula Drew (dau of John Drew of Dymocke)
          i.     William Brydges of Old Colwall
          m. Elizabeth Dalton (dau of Richard Dalton of Pall Mall)
        a.     Thomas Brydges of Old Colwall, Sheriff of Herefordshire (2nd son)
          m. Sarah King
          (1)     Thomas Brydges of Malvern
          m. Elizabeth Needham
          (2)     Richard Brydges of Old Colwall
          m. (1748) Elizabeth Prattington
          (A)+     4 sons and 5 daughters
          (3)     Margaret Brydges (dsp)
          m. John Wilson of Barnard's Green, Malvern
          b.     William Brydges of London & Ledbury
          m. _ Wootton
          (1)+     issue - Brydges (d unm 1807), Mary of Hambrook Grove (d 1826)
          c.     Elizabeth Brydges
          m. (1730) Harford Jones of Whittern (cousin)
          d.+     other issue - Richard (d unm), John of Corwarne (had issue, 4th son)
          B.     Elizabeth Brydges
          m. Bridgstock Harford
          C.     Anne Brydges
          m. R. Browne of Hall Court
    5.     Richard Brydges of London (bpt 09.11.1617)
          m. Margaret Adams (dau of William Adams, brother of Sir Thomas)
          A.     William Brydges of London had issue
          m. Elizabeth Duppa (dau of Sir Thomas Duppa)
    
    Main source(s): Commoners (vol IV, Lee Warner of Walsingham Abbey and Brydges of Tiberton Court) with support from BLG1952 (Lee-Warner formerly of Walsingham Abbey and Tyberton Court)