• Born: Kinlet, Cleobury Mortimer, Shropshire, England
• Married (1):
• Married (2):
• Died: After 27 Jul 1287, Brampton Bryan, Knighton, Herefordshire, England

  Research Notes:

On February 18, 1263, Brian de Brompton (III), son and heir..., has the King's letters of protection till June 24 following, or as long as the Welsh war should last. In May 1265, Adam Pauncefot, with Johanna and Lora, his Sisters, are suing Brian de Brompton under Writ of Mort d'Ancestre for land in Kinlet.

On July 14, 1269, the King gives to Brian de Brampton, for his praiseworthy services, custody of the Manor of Cruches (Crich, Derbyshire), late Ankaret de Freschville's, deceased. Brian is to hold it, according to the form of the Dictum de Kenilworth, till the Heir should be of age. At the Assizes of 1272, John de Kingeshend, as heir of Adam, his deceased Brother, sued Brian de Brompton, Nicholas and Juliana fitz Oliver and William fitz Walter, for a messuage, a virgate, and 14½ acres in Metone (Meaton). Brian de Brompton said that the Plaintiff had formerly withdrawn this suit before John de la Linde and other Justices. A search of the Rolls proved the truth of this, and of course the Plaintiff was nonsuited.

In 1277, Brian de Brompton (III) was living, but apparently too old for military service. Brian de Brompton, Junior, his Grandson I suppose, was one of the five knights named by Sir Roger de Mortimer as ready to serve with him against Lewellyn;—the muster to be at Worcester on July 1.

It was Brian de Brompton Senior, I presume, who on March 15, 1282, being in company with the Prior of the Augustine Friars of Ludlow, and several Knights and other persons, saw, as the Annals of Worcester assure us, three Suns at Kinlet; one in the East, one in the West, and one (I suppose a real one) in the South.

The first wife of Sir Brian de Brompton (III) was Emma, daughter of Thomas Corbet, and Sister of Peter Corbet, successive Barons of Caus. This Lady died in 1284....

After the decease of Emma Corbet, the aged Sir Brian remarried. The name of his second wife was Sara, but of what family she was, I cannot say. It was probably in anticipation of his immediate death that Sir Brian made his last Will and Testament, dated on Sunday, July 27, 1287. Thereby he bequeaths "his body to be buried in the Chapel of the Blessed Virgin, in the Monastery of Wigmore, near the tomb of his Mother, Alice." He appoints his eldest son (filium meum primogenitum), Sir Walter, and Sir Peter Corbet, his Executors; but his wife, Dame Sara, and his son, "Brother Hugh," are to superintend the said Executors, and nothing of consequence (nihil notabile) is to be done without the counsel and consent of these superintendents. ²