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22nd Generation: Sir Guy de Brienne
- Sir Guy was born in 1311 at Walwyns Castle in Wales.
- First wife was Joan Carew, daughter of Sir John Carew of Carew Castle.
- Second wife was Lady Elizabeth de Montagu, the daughter of William Montague, 1st Earl of Salisbury.
- Guy and Elizabeth had 5 children together: William (who we are descended from), Margaret, Phillip, Elizabeth, and Guy.
- Sir Guy was a knight of Edward III. He was elected to the Order of the Garter. Served under Richard III against the French and bore the King’s Standard in the Battle of Calais. Sir Guy was an ambassador to Pope Innocent VI in 1361. He was also the Admiral of the King’s Fleet in 1361. He was called the 1st Baron of Bryan.
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guy_de_Bryan,_1st_Baron_Bryan
- Family endowed the Slapton Church.
- https://youtu.be/m6w4oozE2DA
- https://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/DEV/Slapton/Stabb-Slapton
- Sir Guy died on August 17, 1390, (79 years old) at Tewkesbury Abbey in Glocestershire.
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tewkesbury_Abbey
- https://www.tewkesburyabbey.org.uk/
- Lady Elizabeth was born in 1327 at Donyatt Somerset, England.
- Lady Elizabeth was the daughter of William Montagu, 1st Earl of Salisbury
- Lady Elizabeth married Sir Guy and had 5 children:
- William born in 1350 (we are descended from him)
- Margaret de Bryan born in 1351 and died in 1392. She married Hugh de Courtenay.
- Phillip de Bryan born in 1351 and died in 1387.
- Elizabeth de Bryan born in 1355 and died in 1386. She married Sir Robert Love.
- Guy de Bryan born in 1358 and died in 1386.
- Lady Elizabeth died on May 31, 1359, (32 years old) in Ashley Hampshire, England.
Bryant Family Tree 