Philip De Braose

     Philip De Braose was born circa 1074 at Bramber, Sussex, England; William de Braose had participated in the Norman victory at the Battle of Hastings in support of William the Conqueror. He had been rewarded with the feudal barony of Bramber including lands in Sussex and smaller holdings in Dorset, Wiltshire, Berkshire and Surrey.¹ He was the son of William De Braose 1st Lord of Bramber and (?) Eve de Boissey.² Philip De Braose married Aenor de Totnes, daughter of Juhel de Totnes; In right of his wife Aenor, Philip acquired a moiety of the feudal barony of Barnstaple, the other moiety of which was held by Henry de Tracy (d.pre-1165), Aenor's brother-in-law.¹ Philip De Braose died between 1131 and 1139 at possibly in, Palestine.¹