Maurice Bruyn

Sir Maurice Bruyn of South Ockendon, Essex was an English knight.

Family

Sir Maurice Bruyn was born 14 September 1386 at South Ockendon, Essex, the son of Sir Ingram Bruyn of South Ockendon, Essex and Elizabeth de la Pole. He was named after his great-grandfather Maurice le Brun, 1st Baron Brun. The Bruyn family also held the manor of Beckenham, Kent.

He was appointed High Sheriff of Essex in 1423, and in 1435. Before 1527 the position included Hertfordshire under the one title.

He married three times, firstly to an unknown woman, secondly after 1415 to Edith, family name unknown but described in William of Wykeham's will as a kinswoman and left £100, widow of William Croser of Stoke d'Abernon, Surrey, without male issue, and thirdly to Elizabeth Retford, daughter of Sir Henry Retford of Killingholme, Lincolnshire, of Irby upon Humber, Lincolnshire, and of Carlton Paynell, Lincolnshire. By his third wife he had a son:

Sir Henry Bruyn of South Ockendon, Essex, married to Elizabeth Darcy, daughter of Sir Robert Darcy of Maldon, Essex, and had two daughters:
* Elizabeth Bruyn, co-heiress, married firstly before 17 February 1461/1462 to Thomas Tyrell, son of Sir Thomas Tyrell of Heron, Essex, secondly before 4 November 1475 to Sir William Brandon and thirdly after 22 August 1485 William Mallory or Mallery, Esq.
* Alice Bruyn, co-heiress, married three times: firstly before 17 February 1461/1462 to John Berners, secondly to Robert Harleston of Shimpling, Suffolk, who fought in the Battle of Barnet on 21 April 1471 where he was killed in action, attainted in 1474 but reversed in 1486, and thirdly after 3 July 1471 Sir John Heveningham of Heveningham, Suffolk, remarried as her third husband to Margaret St. Leger