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unusual facts about Bramber


Loretta de Braose

Loretta de Braose, Countess of Leicester, (c. 1185-c. 1266) was a daughter of William de Braose, lord of Bramber in Sussex and Radnor, Abergavenny and Brecon in Wales (d. 1211) and his wife, Maud de St. Valery.


Andrew Archer

Andrew Archer, 2nd Baron Archer (1736–1778), British Member of Parliament for Bramber and Coventry

Bramber Castle

Except for a period of confiscation during the reign of King John (1199–1216), Bramber Castle remained in the ownership of the de Braose family until the male line died out in 1326.

Edward Bishopp

Sir Edward Bishopp, 2nd Baronet (1602–1649), MP for Bletchingley, Bramber and Steyning

Henry Gough

Sir Henry Gough, 1st Baronet (1709–1774), his grandson, owner of the rotten borough of Bramber

Lord Archer

Thomas Archer, 1st Baron Archer (1695–1768), British politician, Member of Parliament for Warwick and Bramber

Polhill

David Polhill (1674–1754), British politician, MP for Rochester, Bramber and Kent

St Leonard's Forest

The forest was larger than the modern parish, effectively the part of the Rape of Bramber in the High Weald including Rusper, Ifield, the eastern part of modern Horsham and Nuthurst.

William de Braose, 1st Lord of Bramber

He was a pious man and made considerable grants to the Abbey of St, Florent, Saumur and endowed the formation of priories at Sele near Bramber and at Briouze.

William de Braose, 3rd Lord of Bramber

William de Braose, 3rd Lord of Bramber (fl. 1135–1179) was a 12th-century Marcher lord who secured a foundation for the dominant position later held by the Braose family in the Welsh Marches.

William de Braose, 4th Lord of Bramber

William de Braose, (or William de Briouze), 4th Lord of Bramber (1144/1153 – 9 August 1211), court favourite of King John of England, at the peak of his power, was also Lord of Gower, Abergavenny, Brecknock, Builth, Radnor, Kington, Limerick, Glamorgan, Skenfrith, Briouze in Normandy, Grosmont, and White Castle.


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