| John de Brantingham | |
|---|---|
| Died | Before 1365 |
| Spouse | Agnes Malebrank (1325 - ?) Emma |
| Offices held | Prebendary of Derby Cathedral Rector of Askeby Rector of Huggate Vicar of Otley |
John de Brantingham was an English Christian clergyman of the early fourteenth century AD. He held a prebend of Derby Cathedral, value 5 marks a year, and the rectory of Askeby, worth 20 marks annually.[1] In June 1318, Pope John XXII empowered de Brantingham to hold, in addition to his existing posts, the rectory of Huggate in the diocese of York, worth 40 pounds per annum.[1] Later, de Brantingham also served as vicar of Otley in Yorkshire.[2]
Clearly a prodigious clergyman, at the Parliament of Carlisle in 1306/1307, de Brantingham appeared as a proxy for the Archdeacon of Surrey and, later, as a substitute for Henry de Tychewell, himself proxy for the archdeaconry of Surrey.[3]
In 1325, William Melton, Archbishop of York, granted to de Brantingham, then vicar of Otley, the wardship and marriage of Agnes, daughter and heir of John Malebrank of Farnley.[2] However, de Brantingham appears to have married again, and was survived by Emma, who, having executed his will, was found not to have appeared before the justices of the Bench in York to answer a plea that she had failed to render to William de Wederhale of York, pulter, 10l. 2s.[4] On 28 January 1365, at Westminster, Emma was pardoned by Robert de Thorpe, Chief Justice of the Common Pleas, on her surrender to the Fleet Prison.[4]
De Brantingham is also recorded as a witness to the grant by William Peyle to William Mariot of a half-acre of land in the territory of Sileby in the field called Suzerenemers, for 22 shillings; rent a rose a year.[5]