Sir Robert Brudenell KS (1461 – 30 January 1531) was an English justice. He entered

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in 1480 and gave his first reading in 1490 on the subject of

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, followed by a second reading in 1500. He became governor of the inn in 1496, and before 1503 served as treasurer. In 1503 he was also made a Serjeant-at-law, followed by a promotion to King's Serjeant in 1504 and an appointment as a

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of the

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in 1507. At some point he was knighted, and on 23 April 1520 he was sent "sideways" to become

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, remaining until 22 November 1530. He died on 30 January 1531, leaving a son, Thomas; his great-grandson later became

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16th-century English lawyers