Thomas Brugge, 5th Baron Chandos (1427 – 30 January 1493) an English

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 born in Coberley

Coberley

Coberley is a village and civil parish in the Cotswold District of Gloucestershire in England, south of Cheltenham.The village is in a valley at the confluence of a number of streams that form the River Churn, a tributary of the River Thames. In medieval times the village was closer to the main...

, Gloucestershire, England to Giles Brugge, 4th Baron Chandos and Catherine Clifford. Thomas married first Margaret Banaster from which there was no issue. He remarried in 1458 Florence Darrell the daughter of William Darrell and Elizabeth Calston. Thomas and Florence had at least eight children:

1. Elizabeth Brugge (born c. 1459 – 26 January 1535) married (1) William Cassey (2) Walter Rowdon. There is a commerative memorial brass plaque on the floor of Eldersfield Church.
2. Alice Brugge (born c. 1460) married Thomas William Chicheley
3. Giles Brugge, 6th Baron Chandos (c. 1462/63 – 1 December 1511) married Isabel Baynham
4. Eleanor Brugge (born c. 1463) married Thomas Pauncefoot as his third wife.
5. Henry Brugge (born c. 1464), Esq of Newbury, Berkshire. Henry 'Bruges' made a will dated 06/12/1537 - probated in London on 29/01/1538. His wife, at the time of his decease was Margery, the widow of Nicholas Bedford. Henry mentions in his will, Robert Bedford, son of Margery and Anne Darrell, the daughter of Constantine Darrell. Henry was succeeded by his son Sir Richard Bridges (Bruges or Brydges) of West Shefford and Ludgarshall, Wiltshire. Henry had a daughter Joan (Johan) who married firstly Sir William Gifford and secondly William Thornhill of Dorset; Joane died 1557 at Thornhill, Dorset. In 1520 and 1530 Henry Bruges was High Sheriff of Berkshire.
6. Jane Brugge (born c. 1469)
7. Thomas Brugge (born c. 1471)
8. Anne Brugge (Bruges or Brydges, born c. 1473) married (1) William Reade (d.10 August 1508) of Deerhurst, Gloucestershire and (2) Henry Pole [Poole]. William and Anne had son and heir William Reade of Boddington.