Jacques Granado (died 1557) was a Flemish soldier and a courtier in England.
Granado came from Brabant to England. He was a gentleman pensioner of Henry VIII.Collection of Ordinances (London, 1790), pp. 169, 202 He fought in the war with Scotland known as the Rough Wooing, taking part in the battle of Pinkie, where he was involved in chasing, killing, and the capture of Scottish soldiers on Fawsyde Brae before the engagement.A. F. Pollard, Tudor Tracts, p. 100 He was knighted at Berwick-upon-Tweed on 28 September 1547, or at Newcastle on 1 October.Machyn's Diary, p. 356.W. A. Shaw, The Knights of England, 2 (London, 1906), p. 62
Jacques Granado and his brother Bernardine (died 1571) were Squires of the Stable to Edward VI.Craven Ord, 'Edward Waldegrave's Account of the Burial of Edward VI', Archaeologia, vol. 12 (London, 1796), p. 382.
John Dudley, 1st Duke of Northumberland wagered and lost a valuable velvet cap to "Jakes Granado", in a tournament of running at the ring at Westminster Palace on 6 June 1550.Henry Thomas Riley, 'Inventory of John, Viscount Lisle', HMC 2nd Report (London, 1870), p. 102. In November 1551 he transported a gift of horses to Henry II of France in Paris.Calendar of State Papers, Foreign, Edward VI, p. 194: Acts of the Privy Council, 4, p. 238. Henry II, Catherine de' Medici, and the Dauphin gave him gold chains.John Gough Nichols, Literary Remains of Edward VI, 2, pp. 393–4.
At Christmas time he performed in a combat in disguise, dressed with the Earl of Ormond as "Almains" (as Germans), and fought Thomas Cobham and Master Drury, who were dressed as friars.Sydney Anglo, Spectacle Pageantry, and Early Tudor Policy (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1969), p. 304. His rewards for service included the manor of Newton Sancti Ciricy or Newton St Cyres in Devon.John Roche Dasent, Acts of the Privy Council, 1552–1554 (London, 1892), p. 66.
Granado was killed in a riding accident at Whitehall Palace on 4 May 1557, while performing for Mary I and Philip.David Loades, Intrigue and Treason: The Tudor Court, 1547-1558 (Pearson, 2004), p. 207: Machyn's Diary, p. 135. He was buried at St Dunstan-in-the-East.Machyn's Diary, p. 136.
Granado married Magdalen (died 1585). After his death in 1557, she married Sir Robert Chester, and their daughter Katherine Granado married Edward Chester.Machyn's Diary, p. 357.
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