William Brabazon (Leics MP 1313) facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Sir William Brabazon, K.B.
Brabazon of Sproxton arms:- gules, on a bend argent 3 martlets of the field.
M.P. for Leicestershire
In office 23 Sept 1313 – 15 Nov 1313
Monarch	Edward II
M.P. for Northamptonshire
In office 28 Apr 1343 – 20 May 1343
Monarch	Edward III

Sir William Brabazon, K.B. of Sproxton, Leicestershire was an English politician who represented Leicestershire and Northamptonshire in Parliament.

Career and life

William responded to King Edward I's call to arms to gather at Westminster and was knighted by Edward, the then Prince of Wales, in the Feast of the Swans at Westminster Abbey on 22 May 1306.

Sir William sat in the Parliament of September 1313 for Leicestershire.

He served in Guienne in 1325.

He sat in the Parliament of April 1343 for Northamptonshire.

Family

Sir William had the following issue:-

• John Brabazon. Sole daughter and heir Jane married Sir William Woodford, Serjeant-at-law, into which family the Brabazons' lands passed.

Sir William Brabazon was the ancestor of William Brabazon, Lord Justice of Ireland, and his Earl of Meath descendants.