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308 SUFFOLK. Dukedom. J h Richard be la Tole, styling himself, after jy i j 151;!, Duki of Suffolk ( notw ithstanding the surrender of ' 1403 ami the Attainder of 1504). yst. and only surv. br. and j-,.- b.(») He appear* to have in. shortly before 1497, at about JO~0. t | je a j, e t ,f a w i,l mv t ,f the age of 50 with a large fortune.( b ) He, who was himself attainted by the Act. of Jan. 1503/1 afad., was in comiuaiul of f>,000 Frenchmen in the siege of Thdrouenne against Henry VI I [. He, on his brother's death, was known as " the White Rose," and claimed the Crown of England, being supported by France. He was .-.lain 24 Feb. 1524/5 at the battle of Pavia, being spoken of as " the King's dreaded eneuiy."{' - ) Heti. s.p., and with him the male line of his race became extinct. IV. 1514. 1- "Charles Brandon, Kkt., Viscount I.'Isle" was cr. 1 Feb. 1513/4, DUKE OF SUFFOLK, the creation being confirmed by Act of Pari. [1513-14] 5 Hen. VHI.('l) He was s. of William Bbasoos,(^ standard bearer to the victorious army at Boeworth light (and there slain ".'2 Aug. 14S5), by Elizabeth, da. and coheir of Sir Henry lSliuvs, f ) of South Oekendon, m. Essex ; was 4. about 1484 ; ed. at the Court, becoming thus a great favourite with Henry VIII, to whom he was Escpure of the body, 1509—1512; Chamberlain of North Wales, 1501) ; Marsh d of the King's bench, 1510 ; Joint Marshal of the Household, 1511, being knighted 20 March 1512; Master of the Horse, 1513; el. K.G. 23 April and iust. 7 May 151;!. In Dec. 1513 ho received the wardship of Elizabeth, MM jure BaJIONBBS Lisi.k [da. and h of John (Ghkv), Viscount LlSLl] with whom he made a contract of marriage, being accordingly cr. 15 May 1513 VISCOUNT LISLE, with rem. " to the heirs male of the body of Elizabeth Grey, Viscountesa(6) Lisle, by the said Charles begotten." In 1513, as Viscount Lisle, he was Marshal of the King's army in France, taking an active part against Thcroueiine, and in the siege of Touruay. He was cr. 1 Feb. 1513/4, Duke of SuffM, as above- stated. Iu Jau. 1514/5, he was sent as Ambassador to the young King of France, Francis I., where (3 March 1511/5) he m. privately, and without the Koyal Consent (as his 3d wife), Mary, the Queen Dowager of France, sister to Henry VIII., as is more fully stated below. After this he remained for some years iu retirement. He was, however, present iu 1520, at the meeting known as The Field of the Cloth of Quid" He entertained Hen. VIII. and the Kmperor Charles V. at his house at Southward, in 1522. On 20 April (11 Hen. VIII.) 1523, his marriage with the sun jure Harmless Lisle, having never taken place, he sirrcmlcrcd the patent of the Visenunlry of Lisl(,(' 1 ) the lady marrying, subsequently, elsewhere. From Aug. tu Dec. 1523, he was Lieut. Gen. of an expedition against Paris. Earl Marshal, 1524-34 ; signed the impeachment of Cardinal Wolsey, 1520 ; L. President of the Council, 1530-45 : President uf (a) Of his two brothers not mentioned in the text, Humphry was in Holy Orders, as also was Edmund, who was Archdeacon of Richmond. ( b ) " Italian relation of EwjUind " (p. 27), pub. by the Camden Soc. (<=) See vol. ii., p. 438, note "c," sub. " Cumberland." ( a ) The act states the date of the letter patent to have been on 8 Feb., not on 1 Feb. as on the Pari. Roll. ( u ) He was one of three brothers, of whom (1) Sir Thomas Brandon, K.G., d. s.p., his will, dat.ll Jau. 150'J, being pr. 11 May 1510, and (2) Sir Robert Brandon, alsorf. B.p., bis will, dat. 22 Feb. 1522, being pr. 28 Nov. 1524. They were sons of Sir William Brandon, of Waugford, co. Suffolk (will pr. 13 July and 17 Nov. 1491), by Elizabeth (will dat. 1496, pr. 8 May 1497), da. of Sir Robert Winglield, of Lather- inghaui. A correct (u6n/ar ped. is in " Dugdale," contradicting the incorrect account given, narratively, in the page which precedes it. (') The arms of the Duke of Suffolk, engraved in "Doyle" from his seal, nre Quarterly 1st and 4th Brandon, 2d and 3d Quarterly 1st and 4th Azure a cmss moline, or (for Bruyn) 2d and 3d Lozengy, gu. and crm. (for Rokki.f.y). (S) See vol. v., p. 117, note " b," sub. " Lisle." (.») See vol. v, p. 117, note ,: c," tub "Lisle."