William Brabazon (Leics MP 1313)


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

Ancestry

He was descended from Matthew Brabazon, the younger brother and heir of the Chief Justice of the King's Bench Roger Brabazon.

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