William Brabant

William is said in the 1623 Visitation of Surrey to have been of Bruton, Somerset.

Events

Date of Birth: unknown.

Place of Birth: unknown.

Date of Death: unknown.

Place of Death: unknown.

Relationships

Father: unknown.

Mother: unknown.

An Arnold Braban is recorded in Somerset in 1453 in a tax assessment for an alien subsidy.

Spouse: Alice Boys.

This relationship is given in the 1623 Visitation of Surrey (Bannerman, p. 31), and it is supported by arms in shields in stained glass, dated to 1596 and 1599, described by Collectanea Topographica et Genealogica (3:154), and given in a sketch by Ellis (opposite p. 193).

Children:

Joan Brabant married John Bowyer.

References

Bannerman, William Bruce (ed.) The Visitations of the County of Surrey made and taken in the years 1530 by Thomas Benolt, 1572 by Robert Cooke and 1623 by Samuel Thompson and Augustin Vincent (London: [Harleian Society], 1899).

Ellis, Henry. The history and antiquities of the parish of Saint Leonard Shoreditch, and liberty of Norton Folgate, in the suburbs of London. (London: J. Nichols, 1798).

“Extracts from the Parish Registers of Camberwell, Surrey” in Collectanea Topographica et Genealogica, Volume 3 pages 142 - 168.

National Archives E 179/235/60, m.3 [2500], given on the website England's Immigrants 1330-1550, accessed 6 January 2018.