Edward Guildford

For the politician, see Edward Guildford (MP for Kent).

Sir Edward Guildford (alternative spelling Guilford; c. 1474 – 1534) was an English courtier and Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports and Marshal of Calais in 1519. Upon his father's death in 1506, he inherited his father's position as Master of the Armoury for life. He was knighted on 25 September 1513.

Sir Edward Guildford
Coat of arms of Sir Richard Guildford, KG
Born	1474 (1474) Offington, Broadwater, West Sussex, England
Died	1534 (aged 59–60)
Nationality	English
Occupation(s)	Courtier, Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports, Marshal of Calais
Spouse	1. Eleanor West (m. before 1496, d. 11 October 1525) 2. Joan Pitlesden (m. date unknown)
Children	Richard Guildford, Jane Dudley (married John Dudley, 1st Duke of Northumberland)
Parent(s)	Sir Richard Guildford, Anne Pympe
Relatives	John Guildford (nephew)

Career

Edward Guildford was born at Offington in the parish of Broadwater (now part of Worthing), the son of Sir Richard Guildford and Anne Pympe.

Guildford was one of the knights from Kent at the Field of the Cloth of Gold in 1520. He accompanied Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn at Calais in October 1532. His servant received a reward for bringing a gift of pheasants to the king.^[1]

Guildford married firstly, before 1496, Eleanor West, daughter of Thomas West, 8th Baron De La Warr (d. 11 October 1525), by whom he had a son, Richard, and a daughter, Jane, who married John Dudley, 1st Duke of Northumberland, with whom she had 13 children. His second wife was Joan, daughter of Stephen Pitlesden, by whom he had no issue.^[2]

His son Richard having predeceased him, Edward Guildford caused considerable strife with the family legacy when his daughter Jane inherited Haldon Manor rather than his nephew, John Guildford, Member of Parliament for Gatton, who was (arguably) instead intended to inherit with no nearer male heir.