JAQUES LE BRABASON

The family of Barbanzon, Brabazon, or Brabanzon, assumed their surname from the Castle of Brabazon, in Normandy, whence JAQUES LE BRABASON (called the Great Warrior) came to the aid of William of Normandy in his conquest of England, and consequently appears in the list of Battle Abbey. JOHN LE BRABASON, son of the Norman, fixed his residence at Betchworth, in Surrey, and was living in the reigns of Henry I. and Henry II. From him derived the Brabazons of Eaatwell, in Leicestershire, of whom was John le Brabazon, of Eastwell, slain at the Battle of Bosworth. His grandson, SIR WILLIAM BRABAZON, of Eastwell, Lord Treasurer and Lord Chief Justice of Ireland, died in 1552, leaving by Elizabeth his wife, daughter and coheir of Nicholas Clifford, Esq., of Holme, in Kent (great grandson and heir male of Sir Lewis Clifford, K.G,) two sons, - I. SIR EDWARD BRABAZON, first Lord Ardee, ancestor of the Earls of Meath, of the Brabazons of Rath House, co. Louth, and of the Brabazons of Tara House, county Meath; and II. of SIR ANTHONY BRABAZON, of Ballinasloe Castle, Governor of Connaught, ancestor of the Brabazons of Brabazon Park, co. Mayo, whose last male representative, Sir William John Brabazon, Bart., died in 1840, leaving his nephew, William John Sharps, Esq., of Oaklands, Sussex (afterwards Brabazon), his heir.

--(This name appears on the Battle Abbey roll)