Guy de Bryan, 1st Baron Bryan

Guy Bryan, 1st Baron Bryan, KG (born before 1319 and died 17 August 1390) was an English landowner, military and naval commander, courtier, diplomat, and administrator.

Origins Born sometime before 1319, In 1349, he was temporarily Keeper of the Great Seal of England, and in 1350 was granted an annuity of 200 marks for bearing the King's Standard against the French at Calais. In 1359 he acquired the manor of Northam and was also appointed Lord Steward of the Royal Household. A further appointment in 1377 saw the failure of a proposed expedition against the French, to which he was to contribute 60 men-at-arms and 60 archers, cancelled when King Edward III died. Sir Guy Bryan (born about 1353 and died before his father in 1386), who married Alice Bures (died 1435), daughter of Sir Robert Bures and his wife Joan Sutton. They had two daughters: Philippa Bryan (born about 1378) and Elizabeth Bryan (born about 1381). Sir William Bryan (born about 1355 and died 22 September 1395), who married Joan FitzAlan (died 1404) and had one son Thomas Bryan (died 1444). Sir Philip Bryan (born about 1358 and died before his father by 14 February 1388), who married Joan Chudleigh (died 1422) and died childless.

His executrix was his daughter-in-law Alice and, according to the Complete Peerage, his heiresses were her two children, Philippa and Elizabeth. Any hereditary barony that may be held to have been created by the writ of 1350 fell, according to later doctrine, into abeyance. Sir Thomas Bryan assumed his arms at a later date.