General Notes

Following copied from soc.genealogy.medieval newgroup:

From: Portculis (portculis@@aol.com)
Subject: Re: Sir William Brugges
Newsgroups: soc.genealogy.medieval
Date: 1997/10/29


I include the following for others descended from this family (ancestral to
Lord Chandos) as there is no account in print which is entirely correct.
Brydges' Collins' Peerage 6:706ff comes close, but even he, who claimed to be
Lord Chandos of Sudeley unsuccesfully, but accepted a Baronetcy in leu, was
careful to disclaim the information in the various pedigrees.  I do not have
space [read: time] for the citations, but the following is based strictly on
original sources, such as charters, Feudal Aids, CPR, CCR, IPM, etc., which
have been compared to the standard printed accounts and pedigrees.    I
haven't tried to clean it up, so it reads rough, but for those who want the
information, here it is. 

The earliest ancestor who can be factually traced is:

1. Simon de Brugges, who forfeited the manor of Brugge-upon-Wye [Bridge Solers]
in 49 Henry III [1264/5].  He was still one of the leading men in
Herefordshire in 1272.  Simon attempted to recover the lands in 1282.  He
appears to have left a widow named Juliana who held land at Bruges-on-Wye in
1314.  Simon is bifurcated in the MS. of Gregory King, and the second Simon
was supposed to have married (---) Walwayn.

Note: I have gone with the 2-Simon pedigree, although not supported by Portculis.