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 BRYAN 363 BRYAN BARONY. I. Dame Margaret Bryan, soon after the birth ^, (18 Feb. 1515/6) of Mar)^ (afterwards Queen Mary), J da. of Henry VIII, had the care of her person, as "Lady Mistress," and was, according to her own ^^^^- account, made a Baroness (BARONESS BRYAN?) by the King.('') She held the same office, and was subse- quently "Governess" to Elizabeth, afterwards Queen Elizabeth. Her husband. Sir Thomas Bryan, of Chedington, Bucks, d. before 15 17. Will dat. I Oct. 1508, pr. 30 Jan. 151 7. She was sister of John, Lord Berners, and da. of Sir Humphrey Bourchier, by Elizabeth, afterwards DucHESSorNoRFOLKjda.and h. of Sir Frederick Tylney. She<^. i^^iJ2,Q') leaving issue, whereafter her Peerage, which, if ever conferred, was probably only for life, Is no more heard of.(') BRYMESFELD or BRIMPSFIELD See "GiFFARD (of Brimpsfield)," sum. 1295; forfeited 1322. BRYN See "Gerard of Bryn, co. Lancaster," Barony {Gerard), cr. 1876. BRYN-KINALT See "Trevor of Bryn-Kinalt, co. Denbigh," Barony {Hill-Trevor), cr. 1880. to the seid Sir Guy de Brien " is mentioned, and further it was " determyned bitween the said parties that the said erle of Northumberland is and oweth to be takyn and reputed as heir generall to the said Sir Guy de Brian." The above note has been amplified and materially altered in sight of information kindly supplied by W. H. B. Bird. V.G. (^) Letter, not dated, in Original letters illustrative of English History,hy Sir Henry Ellis, 2nd Ser., vol. ii, p. 79, This statement is noted by Horace Walpole in his Noble Authors. C") J. H. Round suggests that she was " tholde Ladie Bryan " to whom ;/^ioo was granted "of the Kinges Majesties gift, towardes payment of her debts " 4 Mar. 1550/1. [Acts of the Privy Council). V.G. (■=) Her s. and h., Sir Francis Bryan, who, through the re-marriage of his grand- mother (as above), was cousin to the Duke of Norfolk, and consequently to Queen Anne Boleyn, was conspicuous for the base way in which he abandoned her cause. He d., when Lord Justice in Ireland, 2 Feb. 1549/50. See Diet. Nat. Biog.