Lord Guy DE BRYAN [Baron Chevalier] died in 1390. He performed important missions and did important military and naval service in the time of EDWARD III and RICHARD II. In 1361 he was made Admiral of the King's Fleet, and in 1370 he was elected the 57th Knight of the Garter.
Guy De Bryan died on 17 Aug 1390 in Tewksbury, England. He served in the wars with Scotland, Flanders and France. He was Standard Bearer to King Edward III at the Battle of Calais, 1350; Governor of Saint Briavel's Castle and Warden of the Forest of Dean, 1341; Custodian of the Great Seal of England, 1349; summoned to Parliament 25 Nov. 1350 to 6 Dec.1389 as a Baron (Baron of Tallagherm, Wales) by writ addressed "Guidoni de Bryan" (Lord Bryan or De Bryan); ambassador to the Pope, 1354; Admiral of the Fleet, 1369; Knight of the Garter in room of the renowned Chandos. Hedied
17 Aug. 1390 and was buried at Tewksbury where there is a monumental inscription to his memory. On his death the barony of Tallagherm fell into abeyance between his two granddaughters and coheirs, Philippa and Elizabeth, the children of his eldest son and heir, Sir Guy de Bryan, the younger, who had died in 1386. At the time of his inq. p.m. in 1390, the Honorable Philippa was the wife of John Devereux, son of Sir JohnDevereux, Knight, and the Honorable Elizabeth was the wife of Robert Lovel, son ofSir John Lovel, Knight, Baron of Tichmersh. Philippa subsequently married 11 July 1399 Lord Scrope of Masham, but died without issue 19 Nov. 1406.
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