John CORBET

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John married Joan about 1354 in Of, Leighton, Montgomery, Wales. Joan was born about 1333 in Of, Leighton, Montgomery, Wales; died after 1383. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Family/Spouse: Joan LEIGHTON. Joan was born about 1359 in Leighton, Shropshire, England, United Kingdom; died in 1389 in Leighton, Cheshire. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Name: Alice DE CORBET

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Biography
Alice Corbet was born at of Leighton, Cheshire, England.

She married Sir William Brereton, son of Sir William Brereton and Anyll Venables, circa 1407.

Alice Corbet married John Stretley, Esq. after 1415. Alice Corbet died circa 1459.

Family
Sir William Brereton b. c 1389, d. 1415

Children
1.) Ralph Brereton b. c 1408

2.) Sir William Brereton b. c 1410, d. 1484

3.) Isabel Brereton b. c 1412

4.) Alice Brereton b. c 1414

Notes
In an Inquisition post mortem in 9 Henry IV [1409] Alice's brother, Richard Corbet of Leghton, son of John Corbet, was found heir to their father. The following year, 10 Henry IV [1410], Alice, wife of William Brereton, was found to be the sister of the deceased Richard Corbett, and heir to the manor of Fulke Stapleford.

Alice married William BRERETON in 1407 in Leighton, Montgomery, England. William (son of William BRERETON and Anyll VENABLES) was born in 1389 in Brereton cum Smethwick, Cheshire, England; died in 1415 in Harfleur, Normandy, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• MilitaryService: ; 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: ; Sir Knight
• Name: William Brereton
• Name: William de Brereton
• Knighted: 1385
• Military: 1409; Military Governor of Chester (appointed by King Henry IV)
• Alt. Birth: 8 Sep 1414, Brereton cum Smethwick, Cheshire, England

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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.

William married Philippa Elanor HULSE in Leighton, Shropshire, England. Philippa (daughter of Hugh HULSE and Margery DE DOMVILLE) was born about 1415 in Leighton, Montgomery, England; died about 1463 in Chester, Cheshire, England; was buried in 1463 in Cheshire, England, United Kingdom. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Philippa Elanor HULSE. Philippa (daughter of Hugh HULSE and Margery DE DOMVILLE) was born about 1415 in Leighton, Montgomery, England; died about 1463 in Chester, Cheshire, England; was buried in 1463 in Cheshire, England, United Kingdom. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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