Robert Brandling (15751636) was an English landowner and politician who sat in the
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from 1621 to 1622.
Brandling was the son of William Brandling of
Felling
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and Anne Helye, daughter of George Heyle; he was a member of the
Brandling family of Newcastle. He was baptised on 23 January 1575; his father died in the same year.
[John Burke ''A genealogical and heraldic history of the commoners of Great ..., Volume 2'']
/ref> In 1605, when he came of age, he did homage to the Dean and Chapter of Durham for the manor of Felling, declaring "I do become yours and the Chapter's man from this day forward for life, and member, and earthly honour, and to you shall be faithful and loyal, and shall be in faith to you for the lands which I do clayme to hold of you, saveing the faith I owe to our Sovereign Lord the king, and to such other Lords as I hold of." In 1610, King James I James I may refer to:
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granted him Newminster Abbey
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Ranulph de Merlay, lord of Morpeth, and his wife, Juliana, daughter ...
. He was High Sheriff of Northumberland
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in 1617.[ In 1621, he was elected Member of Parliament for Morpeth.
He married firstly Jane Wortley, daughter of Francis Wortley of Wortley, and had six sons, including ]Francis
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who succeeded to the estates, and two daughters. He married secondly Mary Hilton, daughter of Thomas Hilton, and had two more sons.[
He died in 1636 at the age of 61.C H Hunter Blair ''The Sheriffs of Northumberland'' Archaeologia Aeliana: Or, Miscellaneous Tracts Relating to Antiquities]
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1575 births
Place of birth unknown
1636 deaths
Place of death unknown
English MPs 1621–1622
High sheriffs of Northumberland