Chandos, John Brydges, 1st Baron
- Chandos, John Brydges, 1st Baron
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▪ British knight
born 1490?
died April 12, 1557, Sudeley Castle, Gloucestershire, England
knight prominent in England's Tudor period.
Brydges was descended from Sir John Chandos, a famous medieval knight, and served in the French wars of Henry VIII. He was knighted in 1513. During Queen Mary I's reign he was lieutenant of the Tower of London (1553–54) and, having helped in the suppression of Sir Thomas Wyatt (
Wyatt, Sir Thomas, the Younger)'s rebellion, was created a baron in 1554. He led Lady Jane Grey, as his prisoner, to the scaffold, and for a time he was the jailer of the princess Elizabeth (the future Elizabeth I).
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