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He lived in southern England, although the Brantingham family traditionally came from Brantingham in Yorkshire, and his half-effigy in brass may be found in Street Martin"s Church, East Horsley, Surrey. On 18 November 1381, in a case tried at Westminster, de Brantingham stood alongside Alexander Marley and two clerks, Thomas de Staindrop and Thomas de Barton, as plaintiff against Sir John and Gwenllian de Raleigh. The action was a plea of covenant concerning Drewsteignton, Devon, for which de Brantingham and his fellow plaintiffs paid 100 marks, and in return were granted the manor of Drewsteignton.