Gye & Brienne: Both these goats were named after Gye (Pronounced GHEE) were named after Gye de Bryan also spelled Brienne. This is my Dads Mothers Bloodline and he is Gye de Bryan / Brienne is my 18th Great Grandfather. Gye de Brienne 14th Lord of Walwyns Castle, Pembrokeshire, Wales and and 1st Baron of Brienne, Knight of the Garder (Order of the Garder). (from angelfire/ca2/bryang/3piles.html) Gye de Bryan also spelled (Brienne) Fourteenth lord, Gye de Bryan, who purchased both the manor and the advowson at Easter 1361 for 300 marks. Guy, Lord Bryan by writ of summons, and a Garter Knight, was a distinguished soldier who fought at Crecy and Sluys, and was a friend of King Edward III. Burkes General Armory blazons his arms as Or three piles conjoined in base azure although, as depicted later, the charges have also been shown with their longitudinal axes at right angles to the top edge of the shield rather than converging towards the base. Quite why the de Bryans chose the pile is not recorded although when we remember that it is regarded by some heraldists as a stylized representation of an arrowhead or the point of a lance rather than a stake or post used in bridge-building we probably need to look no further. The first time the family is mentioned in England (in the person of Wydo de Brione) is around the year 1160 when they held land in Devon - indeed Torbryan in the county carries their name until his day. The first depiction of their arms which I have so far discovered (the family name is spelt Brienne) is in St. Georges Roll, c. 1285, but they probably date from far earlier than this for the head of the family was already a powerful magnate in the reign of King John. Towards the end of his life Sir Gye caused to be built in Tewsbury Abbey a magnificent tomb chest carrying his effigy and bearing on its sides representations of his shield. The effigy is clothed in the armour of the day, and Guy is shown in the act of sheathing or, conceivably, drawing, his sword - it is impossible to be certain for the arms and hands of the figure, and the sword have long since disappeared. The effigy wears over the armour, a surcoat or jupon. When originally installed the figure was richly painted - the chain-mail shows signs of diapering - and the over-garment was coloured with the noblemans arms, stretching from the shoulders to well below the waist. An interesting point is that Guy de Bryan was not buried in Tewksbury at all , he was laid to rest in Slapton - but the circumstances are another story, unrelated to the present essay. Sir Gye seems to have married twice; we need not be concerned with his possible first wife, but his second, if such she was, was Elizabeth Montacute, daughter of William de Montacute, earl of Salisbury and her mother had been a Grandison. Elizabeth had married twice before (to a Despenser and a Badlesmere) and the de Bryan connections with Tewksbury arose from her second marriage. In the Bodleian library is a fifteenth century memorial roll of benefactors of Tewksbury Abbey. It is handsomely illuminated and identifies Guy de Bryan and Elizabeth fairly prominently. The shield of arms displayed is the marital, impaled, coat of de Bryan and his wife. His arms show the three piles, while her half of the shield is quartered Montacute (argent three lozenges in fess gules) and Monthermer Or an eagle displayed vert membered and beak gules. It is interesting to note that the tinctures of the dexter, de Bryan, half of the shield have been reversed and the depiction is azure three piles conjoined in the base or. This style appears nowhere else so far as I am aware, so it is fairly safe to assume the illuminator simply got it wrong. The shield is plainly marked Guydo de Brien miles and Elizabeth so we are clearly looking at the right people. Walwyns Castle and the De Bryans Despite the apparent lack of any substantial stonework, Walwyns Castle was in continual use for many years. The Norman-English leader Guy de Bryan was born here in 1254 and was acknowledged as Baron of Chastel Walwyn by the king. His son, also called Guy de Bryan was born in 1289 at Walwyns Castle and his grandson, Guy the fith, was born at the fuedal home in 1311. This Guy had a very successful military career being made Admiral of the King’s Fleet in 1361. from: htt p://castlewales/walwyns.html
Posted on: Mon, 15 Sep 2014 00:31:56 +0000
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