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 CHANDOS 127 Lincoln, by his 2nd wife, Ursula, da. of William (Stourton), Baron Stourton. He entertained Queen Elizabeth at Sudeley in 1592. He d. s.p.m.,(^) 21 Feb. 1593/4, and was bur. at Sudeley.('') Will dat. 23 July 1592, pr. 1594. /«5'. />.»?. at Gloucester Castle, 25 July (1609) 7 Jac. 1. His widow d. 12 Sep. 1623, at Woburn Abbey, and was bur. at Cheneys, Beds., in the vault of the Russell family. Will pr. 1623. IV. 1594. 4- William (Brydges), Baron Chandos of Sudeley, br. and h. male. He was M.P. for Cricklade, 1572-83; and for co. Gloucester, 1584-87. He m. Mary, da. of Sir Owen Hopton, Lieut, of the Tower of London, by Anne, da. of Sir Edward Itchingham. He d. 18 Nov. 1602. Inq.p. in. at Marlborough, 3 Oct. (1609) 7 Jac. L His widow was bur. 23 Oct. 1624, at Stepney, Midx. V. 1602. 5. Grey (Brydges), Baron Chandos of Sudeley, s. and h., b. before 1581. M.P. for Cricklade 1597-98; K.B. 5 Jan. 1604/5. Visiting Oxford with the King, he was made M.A. of that Univ. 30 Aug. 1 605. (") Keeper of Ditton Park, Bucks, 1 609 ; Lord Lieut, of CO. Gloucester, 161 3 till his death. Hew;., 28 Feb. 1607/8, Anne, 1st da. and coh. ot Ferdinando (Stanley), 5th Earl of Derby, by Alice, 6th da.of Sir John Spencer, of Althorpe,Northants. He t/. suddenly, loAug. 1 62 1, at Spa, in Germany, and was bur. at Sudeley.('^) Admon. 30 Mar. 1622. /«y. p. m. at Winchcombe (which states that he d. at Sudeley), II Jan. (1621/2) 19 Jac. L His widow, who was b. 1580, »;., 22 July 1624, at Harefield, Midx., Mervj'n (Tuchet, otherwise Audley), Earl of Castlehaven [L],who was attainted of felony and beheaded 14 May 1631. She d. at Riselip, and was bur. 1 1 Oct. 1 647, at Harefield afsd. Admon. 2 Mar. 1654/5, to her s. "William Bridges, alias Chandos." (*) Of his two daughters (i) Elizabeth, aged 16 in 1594, whose fortune was attention as to offend Queen EHzabeth. She m., in 1603, Sir John Kennedy, who is said to have had another wife then living. She claimed Sudeley and other estates as h. gen., but d. s.p., and in poverty, Oct. 1617. (2) Catherine, aged 14 in 1594, m., 26 Feb. 1608/9, ^' S'^- Mary-le-Strand, Midx., Francis (Russell), 4th Earl of Bedford, and rf. 29 Jan. 1656/7. In her s. and h., the 5th Earl and 1st Duke of Bedford, vested the representation of the Barony of Chaundos (1337), which now vests in the present (19 13) Duke. (•>) His writ of summons to Pari. 15 Sep. (1536) 28 Eliz. was directed Egidio Chandoi de Sudf/ev Ch'r, and not Egidio Brugges de Chandos as in Dugdale's Summonses, p. 530. (Pari. Pawn). V.G. ('^) For a list of peers on whom this degree was conferred on the same day, see note stib William, Baron Howard of Effingham [1603]. (<^) His sumptuous style of living at Sudeley, where he kept " open house " thrice a week, earned him the nickname of T/.'c King of Cotstvould, and his retinue in London was equally elaborate. He is, by Horace Walpole and others, considered as the author of Horn Sul?secivee (1620), but this work is ascribed by Bishop Kennettand by Anthony i Wood to Gilbert, ist son of William (Cavendish), ist Earl of Devon- shire. G.E.C. and V.G.
 * ^l6,500, was "the fair Mrs. Brydges" to whom the Earl of Essex shewed so much