Sir Edward Guildford (alternative spelling Guilford; c. 1474 – 1534) was an English
courtier and
Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports
The Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports is a ceremonial official in the United Kingdom. The post dates from at least the 12th century, when the title was Keeper of the Coast, but may be older. The Lord Warden was originally in charge of the Cinqu ...
and
Marshal of Calais in 1519. Upon his father's death in 1506, he inherited his father's position as
Master of the Armoury for life.
Family
Edward Guildford was born at
Offington
Offington is a neighbourhood of Worthing, in the borough of Worthing in West Sussex, England. It lies on the A2031 road 1.6 miles (2.5 km) northwest of the town centre.
Today, the area is a residential suburb of Worthing. Offington was part ...
in the parish of
Broadwater (now part of
Worthing), the son of
Sir Richard Guildford and Anne Pympe.
Guildford married firstly, before 1496, Eleanor West, daughter of
Thomas West, 8th Baron De La Warr (d. 11 October 1525), by whom he had a son, Richard, and a daughter,
Jane, who married
John Dudley, 1st Duke of Northumberland
John Dudley, 1st Duke of Northumberland (1504Loades 2008 – 22 August 1553) was an English general, admiral, and politician, who led the government of the young King Edward VI from 1550 until 1553, and unsuccessfully tried to install Lady Ja ...
, with whom she had 13 children.
His second wife was Joan, daughter of Stephen Pidleston, by whom he had no issue.
His son Richard having predeceased him, Edward Guildford caused considerable strife with the family legacy when his daughter Jane inherited Haldon Manor rather than his nephew,
John Guildford,
Member of Parliament for
Gatton, who was (arguably) instead intended to inherit with no nearer male heir.
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1470s births
1534 deaths
Lords Warden of the Cinque Ports
People from Broadwater, West Sussex
15th-century English people
16th-century English people
English knights
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