Maurice Bruyn


Sir Maurice Bruyn of South Ockendon, Essex was an English knight.

Family

Sir Maurice Bruyn was born on 14 September 1386 at South Ockendon, Essex, the son of Sir Ingram Bruyn of South Ockendon, Essex and Elizabeth de la Pole. He was named after his great-grandfather Maurice le Brun, 1st Baron Brun. The Bruyn family also held the Manor of Beckenham, Kent.

Life

He was appointed High Sheriff of Essex in 1423, and in 1435. Before 1527 the position included Hertfordshire under the one title.

Marriages and children

He married three times, firstly to an unknown woman, secondly after 1415 to Edith, family name unknown but described in William of Wykeham's will as a kinswoman and left £100, widow of William Croser of Stoke d'Abernon, Surrey, without male issue, and thirdly to Elizabeth Retford, daughter of Sir Henry Retford of Killingholme, Lincolnshire, of Irby upon Humber, Lincolnshire, and of Carlton Paynell, Lincolnshire. By his third wife he had a son: