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 Abt 1414 - 1496 (~ 82 years)
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| Name |
William BRERETON [1] |
| Suffix |
VII |
| Knighted |
1385 [2] |
| Military |
1409 [3] |
| Military Governor of Chester (appointed by King Henry IV) |
| Born |
Abt 1414 |
Brereton, Cheshire, England  [1] |
| Gender |
Male |
| Alt. Birth |
8 Sep 1414 |
Brereton cum Smethwick, Cheshire, England [2] |
| FamilySearch ID |
LK1R-KS9 |
| MilitaryService |
[2] |
| He fought at Crese, also in Spain with King Edward III, the Black Prince and John of Gaunt. see:http://breretonhistory.ca/Cheshire%20Breretons.pdf |
| TitleOfNobility |
[2] |
| Sir Knight |
| Name |
William Brereton [2] |
| Name |
William de Brereton [2] |
| Died |
18 Oct 1496 |
Chester, Cheshire, England [1, 2] |
| Person ID |
I594767014 |
Carney Wehofer 2024 Genealogy |
| Last Modified |
17 Apr 2024 |
| Father |
William BRERETON, b. 1389, Brereton cum Smethwick, Cheshire, England , d. 1415, Harfleur, Normandy, France (Age 26 years) |
| Mother |
Alice CORBET, b. 1389, Leighton, Montgomeryshire, Wales , d. 8 Sep 1458, Chester, Cheshire, England (Age 69 years) |
| Married |
1407 |
Leighton, Montgomery, England [4] |
| Family ID |
F536728820 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family 1 |
Philippa Elanor HULSE, b. Abt 1415, Leighton, Montgomery, England , d. Abt 1463, Chester, Cheshire, England (Age ~ 48 years) |
| Married |
Leighton, Shropshire, England [3] |
| Children |
| | 1. Sir Thomas BRERETON, b. 1436, Burghill, Herefordshire, England , d. 1500, England (Age 64 years) |
| | 2. Matthew BRERETON, b. Abt 1446, Chester, Cheshire, England , d. Yes, date unknown |
| | 3. Matilda BRERETON, b. Abt 1447, Of Brereton, Cheshire, England , d. Yes, date unknown |
| | 4. Henry BRERETON, b. Abt 1438, Chester, Cheshire, England , d. Yes, date unknown |
| | 5. William BRERETON, b. Abt 1438, Of Brereton, Cheshire, England , d. 21 Aug 1507, Cheshire, England (Age ~ 69 years) |
| | 6. Eleanor BRERETON, b. 1440, Brereton, Cheshire, England , d. 21 Apr 1497 (Age 57 years) |
| | 7. Robert BRERETON, b. 1440, Brereton, Cheshire, England , d. 1507, Chester, Cheshire, England (Age 67 years) |
| | 8. Henry BRERETON, b. Abt 1442, Brereton, Cheshire, England , d. 1473, Cheshire, England (Age ~ 31 years) |
| | 9. Roger BRERETON, b. 1444, Brereton, Cheshire, England , d. Yes, date unknown |
| | 10. John DE BRERETON, II, b. 1447, Brereton cum Smethwick, Cheshire, England , d. 11 Apr 1527, Austria or Hungary (Age 80 years) |
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| Last Modified |
17 Apr 2024 |
| Family ID |
F536728818 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family 2 |
Philippa Elanor HULSE, b. Abt 1415, Leighton, Montgomery, England , d. Abt 1463, Chester, Cheshire, England (Age ~ 48 years) |
| Children |
| | 1. Sir Andrew DE BRERETON, 11th Lord of Brereton, b. 1448, Brereton cum Smethwick, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom , d. 18 Oct 1496, Chester, Cheshire, England (Age 48 years) |
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| Last Modified |
17 Apr 2024 |
| Family ID |
F1805 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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| Notes |
- William de Brereton, son of Sir William, died at Harfleur in the life of his father, leaving issue (by a marriage with Alice, sister and heir of Sir Richard Corbet of Leighton.
Source: Ormerod
In 1415, while serving with King Henry V at Harfleur, in France, William Brereton 27, died, thereby predeceasing his father. Consequently, his son, another William Brereton became Sir William Brereton V upon the death of his grandfather.
(Siege of Harfleur 18 August-22 September 1415)
William was the son of William Brereton and his wife, Alice, the daughter of John Corbet of Leighton and sister and heir to Richard.
Issue:
Elizabeth, the wife of John Radcliffe of Ordeshall;
Jane, the wife of Unknown Cotton of Rudware;
Eleanor, the wife of 1) Thomas Bulkeley of Eyton, and 2) Hugh Cholmundeley;
Matilda, the wife of Thomas Needham of Shavington,[ or not Shavington but of Cranage;
Andrew, married 1) Agnes (or Anne), the daughter of Robert Ligh of Adlington, and 2) Anne Done;
Hugh Brereton of Hassall Grene, who married Anne, the daughter of Robert Donn who was the brother of Sir John, and younger son of John Done of Utkinton. Hugh was a younger son, of Wimbersley;
Sir John Brereton, who married 1) Katherine, the daughter and heir of Morrice Barkley (Maurice Berkeley of Beverston, widow of John lord Stourton), and 2) Jane, the daughter and heir of Geoffrey Massy of Tatton relict of William Stanley Junior.
Robert;
Roger;
Henry; and
Matthew;
After Phillipa died he re-married between 16 and 19 Edward IV (4 March 1476-3 March 1480), a second wife, Matild, the daughter of John Dutton of Dutton, esq, and widow of Sir William Bothe of Dunham, Inq 5 Henry VII (22 August 1489-21 August 1490), they had no children.
William was dead before 13 June, 19 Edward IV (1479), because on that date Matilda, late wife of the said Sir William Brereton, and widow also of Sir William Bothe, knight, had assignment of dower by settlement of Sir William Brereton's lands in Droitwich, Cudington, Shocklach, and Caldcote. An Inquisition post mortem held in 2 Richard III, 1484/5 found that William Brereton, esq, was the son and heir of Sir William Brereton, knight, and therefore heir to the properties Matilda had held in dower from his father. On 10 June 3 Richard III, enrollment of a mandate to the escheator to deliver to William Brereton, esq, son and heir of sir William Brereton, knight as per Inq 2 Richard III.
An Inquisition held in 22 Henry VII (22 August 1506-21 August 1507) found William Brereton was next of kin and heir to William Brereton, esq, who had held a fourth and a half a fourth of the moiety of the manor of Malpas, from the king as earl of Chester, value per annum 40l.
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| Sources |
- [S1160] FamilySearch Family Tree (http://www.familysearch.org), The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 2 Jan 2023), entry for John de Brereton, person ID 93JK-483. (Reliability: 3).
- [S1160] FamilySearch Family Tree (http://www.familysearch.org), The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 17 Apr 2024), entry for William BRERETON, person ID LK1R-KS9. (Reliability: 3).
- [S1160] FamilySearch Family Tree (http://www.familysearch.org), The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 2 Jan 2023), entry for William Brereton, person ID LZ2Q-6CB. (Reliability: 3).
- [S1160] FamilySearch Family Tree (http://www.familysearch.org), The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 2 Jan 2023), entry for William Brereton, person ID GZY1-797. (Reliability: 3).
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