Unknown (Gouldinge) Brounker (abt. 1475 - bef. 1538)

Born about 1475 in Wiltshire, England [uncertain]

Descendants

Died before 1538 before about age 63 in Wiltshire, England [uncertain]

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Biography

Wife of Robert Brounker of Melksham, Wiltshire

Her first name is unknown. Her year of birth is unknown and is estimated as c 1475.

Her husband Robert Brounker of Melksham, Wiltshire, was recorded in the Visitation of Wiltshire in 1565 in which it was stated he had married a daughter of 'Gouldringe' (her first name was not recorded, her parents name were not recorded).^[1]

In the Visitation of 1623 he was recorded as 'William' [which is an error] Branker and had married a 'Golding' (again her first name was not recorded and her parents names were not recorded).^[2][3]

It has been suggested that the 'Golding' family was from Broughton Gifford, Wiltshire.^[4][5] However, there is no mention of the Golding/Gouldinge family in the Victoria County History for Broughton Gifford.^[6]

Children:

• Henry Brounker^[1][2]
• Joan Brounker (married John Smyth of Corsham)^[1][2]

The will of 'Robert Bruncker' which was made on 31 Jan 1535 and proved in Feb 1537 did not mention his wife and hence it is reasonable to assume she predeceased him.^[7]

Research Notes

23 Henry VI [1445]: Quin. of Hil. Richard Wynter, parson of Coates (Cotes), pl.; William Goldyng and Joan his wife, def. Four messuages, 1 carucate, 2 virgates and 2 a. of land and 1/2 virgate and 30 a. meadow in Down Ampney (Dounameney), Bidfield (Bydefeld), Leckhampton (Lekehampton) and Coates, Glos, and 3 messuages, 2 carucates and 10 a. meadow in Pool Keynes (Pole) and Shorncote (Shernecote), Wilts. Right of pl. by gift of def.; remise and quitclaim to pl. (Warranty.) Grant back and render to def. To hold to def. during their lives without impeachment of waste. Successive remainders to William Paunton and Joan daughter of William Goldyng, her heirs by him, and the right heirs of William Goldyng.^[8]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Visitation of Wiltshire 1565. Edited by Metcalfe W.C. Published by William Pollard & Co. 1897. Brounker Pedigree p 8 Internet Archive.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} Visitation of Wiltshire 1623. Edited by George W Marshall, 1882. Branker Pedigree pp 49-50 Internet Archive.
3. ↑ Wiltshire Visitation Pedigrees 1623. With additional pedigrees and arms collected by Thomas Lyte of Lyte's Cary, Co. Somerset 1628. The Publications of the Harleian Society. Vol LV and LVI. Edited by GD Squibb. 1954, pp 31-32 Brunker Pedigree.
4. ↑ Place House, Melksham, and its Owners. Wiltshire Notes and Queries. Vol IV, June 1903, pp 241-249 Internet Archive.
5. ↑ Broughton Gifford, History of the Parish. By Rev. John Wilkinson. Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural History Magazine. Vol. V, 1859, pp 265-341 (see p 312) Internet Archive.
6. ↑ H F Chettle, W R Powell, P A Spalding and P M Tillott, 'Parishes: Broughton Gifford', in A History of the County of Wiltshire: Volume 7, ed. R B Pugh and Elizabeth Crittall (London, 1953), pp. 51-59. British History Online http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/wilts/vol7/pp51-59 [accessed 12 February 2023].
7. ↑ Will of Robert Bruncker. 17 Feb 1537. PROB 11/26/63. The National Archives, Kew.
8. ↑ Abstracts of Feet of Fines relating to Wiltshire 1377-1509. J. L. Kirby (Ed.). The Wiltshire Record Society. Vol. 41, 1986, No. 568, p 122.