Robert of Braybrooke

Robert of Braybrooke († 1211 ) was an English civil servant who served as sheriff on several occasions .

The origin of Robert of Braybrooke is unknown. Towards the end of the reign of King Richard I , he began to build up a land estate in Central England . He succeeded in doing this by acquiring the lands from over-indebted landowners who had pledged them to Jewish moneylenders. Since Jews were not allowed to acquire property in England at the time, Braybrooke was able to acquire these lands by paying the pledge. This enabled him to acquire estates in Northamptonshire , Leicestershire , Bedfordshire , Buckinghamshire and Essex in particular . These possessions also included the land of the indebted Wischard Ledet , Lord of the Honor of Chipping Warden in Northamptonshire. Braybrooke married his only son, Henry, to Ledet's only daughter, Christiana , so that his son became the heir to his father-in-law. In addition, Robert of Braybrooke served during the reign of King John Ohneland as sheriff of Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Northamptonshire and Rutland , where he tried to achieve the highest possible income for the king. The chronicler Roger of Wendover therefore counted him among the poor advisers of King John.

His son Henry eventually became his heir.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ George Garnett: Braybrooke [Braybroc], Henry of (d. 1234). In: Henry Colin Gray Matthew, Brian Harrison (Eds.): Oxford Dictionary of National Biography , from the earliest times to the year 2000 (ODNB). Oxford University Press, Oxford 2004, ISBN 0-19-861411-X , ( oxforddnb.com license required ), as of 2004
2. ↑ Nicholas Vincent: King John's evil counselors (act. 1208-1214). In: Henry Colin Gray Matthew, Brian Harrison (Eds.): Oxford Dictionary of National Biography , from the earliest times to the year 2000 (ODNB). Oxford University Press, Oxford 2004, ISBN 0-19-861411-X , ( oxforddnb.com license required ), as of 2004