Sir William Brereton, IV, Knight

Male 1347 - 1426  (~ 79 years)


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  • Name William Brereton 
    Title Sir 
    Suffix IV, Knight 
    Birth 0___ 1347  Egerton, Cheshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5
    Gender Male 
    Baptism Malpas, Cheshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Death 10 Jan 1426  Malpas, Cheshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3, 5
    Person ID I43200  The Hennessee Family
    Last Modified 20 May 2017 

    Father William Brereton,   b. 14 Feb 1326, Cheshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. ~ 1381, Brereton, Cheshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 54 years) 
    Mother Elena Egerton 
    Marriage 0___ 1349  Brereton, Cheshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Family ID F17973  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Angela Venables,   b. 1363, Kinderton, Cheshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1442, Brereton, Cheshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 79 years) 
    Marriage 1386  Audlem, Cheshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 7
    Children 
     1. William Brereton, III,   b. ~ 1396, Audley, Staffordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location
     2. Elizabeth Eleanor Brereton,   b. 1 Nov 1406, Brereton, Cheshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 22 Nov 1495, Clifton, Runcorn, Cheshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 89 years)
    Family ID F15665  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 30 Apr 2023 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 0___ 1347 - Egerton, Cheshire, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBaptism - - Malpas, Cheshire, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 1386 - Audlem, Cheshire, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 10 Jan 1426 - Malpas, Cheshire, England Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • About Sir William de Brereton

      In 1400, during the reign of the new King Henry IV, several more hundred men accompanied Richard and Thomas Vernon, William Brereton and Adam Bostock, John and Thomas Massey to Scotland. ____________________________________________________________________

      Born: 14 Feb 1348-1349, Egerton, Cheshire, England 696,713 Baptized: 1348-1349, Malpas, Chesire, England 713 Marriage: Anyill de Venables of Kinderton in 1386 in Audley, Staffordshire, England 696,713 Died: Bef 31 Aug 1426, Egerton, Cheshire, England 713

      Â Â Noted events in his life were:
      ãa€¢ Death. 696,713 Died of "honourable" wounds

      ãa€¢ Background Information. 696 In 1386, Sir William Brereton, son of William and Ellena, married Anylla, daughter of Sir William Venables, a descendant of Gilberts de Venables, first baron of Cheshire, and grantee of the first Brereton estate, three hundred years before.

      By a second marriage, to Elena, daughter of Sir William Massey of Tatton Hall, in 1426, the Brereton holdings were among the greatest estates of England, including the manors of Malpas and Picton, with lands in Woodhull, Cronton, Charlton and Norwich. ~Brereton, a Family History, pg. 14-15

      ãa€¢ Background Information. 713 Sir William de Brerton, lord of Brerton, born at Eggerton in the Feast of St. Valtine, 23 Edward 3, and baptized at Malpas. He was a knight in 1385, and his Obit per Inquisition took place in 4 Henry VI. He married twice, first to Anyll, daughter of Hugh Venables, baron of Kinderdon. They were married at Audley, 1386. His second wife was Elena, daughter of Sir William Mascy of Taton, knight, remarried to Sir Gilbert de Halsall, Knight.

      Children of Sir William and his second wife, Elena Mascy, as given by Ormerod: ãa€¢ Thomas de Brerton, rector of Brereton, 1433, heir of his mother.

      Children of Sir William and Anyll Venables, as given by Ormerod:

      ãa€¢ William de Brerton, living 11 Henry IV, died before his father at Harfeur, married to Alice, sister and heiress of Richard Corbet of Heghton in the barony of Caus, remarried to John Stretely, 37 Henry VI. ãa€¢ Nicholas de Brerton, living 2 Henry V ãa€¢ Hugh de Brerton, living 2 Henry V ãa€¢ Matthew de Brerton, living 2 Henry V ãa€¢ John de Brerton, living 2 Henry V Henry de Brerton, who with his son, Roger, is recorded 15 Edward IV ãa€¢ Elizabeth de Brerton, married to Sir John Savage, son of John Savage and Matilda Synnerton ãa€¢ Margery de Brerton, married to Richard Patten, alias Wanflete

      ~Ormerod's History of the County Palatine and City of Chester, Vol. III, p.88, "Brereton and Holt of Brereton"

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      Sir William Brereton1,2
      M, #19970, b. circa 1363, d. 1425
      Father Sir William Brereton d. bt 1381 - 1382
      Mother Ellen Egerton d. a 1379
      Sir William Brereton Governor of Caen, Normandy. He was born circa 1363 at of Kinderton & Brereton, Cheshire, England.3 He married Anyll Venables, daughter of Hugh Venables, Baron of Kinderton Manor and Margery Cotton, in 1386 at Audlem, Cheshire, England.2 Sir William Brereton married Elena Massey, daughter of Sir William Massey, circa 1412.3 Sir William Brereton died in 1425.
      Family 1 Anyll Venables
      Children
      Eleanor Brereton+4,2 b. c 1388
      Sir William Brereton+ b. c 1389, d. 1415
      Hugh Brereton b. c 1392
      Matthew Brereton b. c 1395
      Margery Brereton b. c 1400
      Margaret Brereton+ b. c 1402
      Family 2 Elena Massey b. c 1392, d. c 1445
      Child
      Thomas Brereton, Rector of Brereton b. c 1420
      Citations
      1.[S6167] Unknown author, The History of the County Palatine and City of Chester, by George Ormerod, 1819, p. 51; The Ancestry of Dorothea Poyntz, by Ronny O. Bodine, p. 41; Magna Charta by Wurts, p. 1005.
      2.[S16] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. III, p. 491.
      3.[S10297] Unknown author, History of the County Palatine and City of Chester, by George Omerod, 1819., p. 51.
      4.[S5] Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, p. 638.
      From: http://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/p665.htm#i19970
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      Sir William Brereton1
      M, #353711, b. 14 February 1349, d. 10 January 1426
      Last Edited=27 Apr 2009
      Sir William Brereton was born on 14 February 1349.1 He was the son of Sir William Brereton and Margaret Done.2 He married, firstly, Anilla Venables, daughter of Sir Hugh Venables.1 He died on 10 January 1426 at age 76.1
      He lived at Brereton, Cheshire, England.1
      Child of Sir William Brereton and Anilla Venables
      1.unknown Brereton+
      Citations
      1.[S47] Hugh Montgomery-Massingberd, editor, Burke's Irish Family Records (London, U.K.: Burkes Peerage Ltd, 1976), page 166. Hereinafter cited as Burke's Irish Family Records.
      2.[S47] Hugh Montgomery-Massingberd, Burke's Irish Family Records.
      From: http://www.thepeerage.com/p35372.htm#i353711
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      Breretons of Cheshire, 1100 to 1904 A. D (1904)
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      Sir William de Brerton VI., eighth Lord of Brereton, 1300, heir to his grandfather. His first wife was Ellen, daughter of Philip de Egerton, of Egerton, sister and heiress of David de Egerton, joint baron with the Cholmondeleys, of Malpas. Through her he became joint Baron of Malpas. His second wife was Margaret, daughter of Henry Done, of Utkington, widow of Sir John Davenport ; by her he had Randle, the founder of the
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      Malpas branch ; Elizabeth, wife of William Cholmondeley ; and a daughter who became the wife of Spurstow, of Spurstow.
      Sir Willam de Brerton VII., ninth Lord of Brereton, was born in 1350, died in 1426. His first wife was Anyll, daughter of Sir Hugh de Venables, Baron of Kinderton. By her he had six sons and two daughters: 1, Willam; 2, Nicholas; 3, Hugh; 4, Matthew ; 5, John ; 6, Henry ; 7, Elizabeth, wife of Sir John Savage ; 8, Margery, wife of Richard Putten Wanflete, of Wanflete. His second wife was Ellen, daughter of Sir William Masey, of Tatton. By her he had one son, Thomas, born in 1433 ; rector of Brereton ; heir to his mother of the Tatton estates.
      William de Brerton, eldest son, died in 1420, at Harfleur, France, during his father's lifetime. He married Alice, sister and heiress of Richard de Corbet, of Leghton, in the barony of Caius, Shropshire. By her he had two sons and two daughters : 1, William; 2, Ralph; 3, Alice, wife of Peter Corbet, of Leghton; 4. Joan, wife of Robert Aston, of Park Hall, Staffordshire.
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      Brereton; a family history (1919)
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      About 1176, Ralph de Brereton, a grand-son of the first Ralph, is witness in a grant of Marton to Richard de Davenport.
      About 1194, William de Brereton, son of this last Ralph, received a deed at the time of his marriage to Margery, daughter of Randle de Torhaunt, eight witnesses signing the contract. This William was knighted by Henry III in 1208, the beginning of honors held in the Brereton family for over five hundred years.
      In 1216, Sir Ralph de Brereton, son of William, granted land to "Brereton" church, as shown by parish records still in existence.
      About 1232, this Sir Ralph received payment of "half a salt works" for some public services done in Cheshire.
      During the year 1250, Sir William Brere-
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      ton was witness to legal documents in Chester. In 1307, another William Brereton was witness to four deeds still on file there. The same year, William le Brereton, Kt, was witness to deeds of sale in Chester.
      Sir William Brereton, Kt., son and heir of Ralph, married a daughter of Sir Richard de Sandbach, in fulfillment of a contract made with William de Venables.
      About 1275, Sir William Brereton married Roesia, daughter of Ralph de Vernon. This wedding united the Breretons with the Vernons of "Haddon Hall," so well described by Majors in the novel "Dorothy Vernon." This Sir William later gave one hundred marks for the marriage of their daughter Margery to Thomas de Davenport in 1301. He was knighted by Edward III in 1321.
      In 1342, Sir William and his wife, Roesia, united in a deed of lands in Brereton parish. Roesia must have believed in "woman's rights" and had her name put in the deeds. This Sir William received indulgences from the Pope for services rendered in
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      the Crusades to the Holy Sepulchre, about 1350. .... etc.
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      Returning to the records, we find that William de Brereton, son of the previous Sir William, died before his father, leaving a son of the same name.
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      In 1354, Sir William Brereton, heir to his grandfather, married Ellena, daughter of David de Egerton, a descendant of the Norman barons; by this alliance the Brereton estates were greatly extended, placing their social standing among the best in England.

      In 1386, Sir William Brereton, son of the above, married Anylla, daughter of Sir William Venables, a descendant of Gilbert de Venables, first baron of Cheshire, and grantee of the first Brereton estate, three hundred years before. By a second marriage, to Elena, daughter of Sir William Massey of Tatton Hall, in 1426, the Brereton holdings were among the great estates of England, including the manors of Malpas and Picton, with lands in Woodhull, Crouton, Charlton, and Norwich.

      William de Brereton, son of the above, married Alice, sister and heiress of Sir Richard Corbett of Leighton ; this William died during the life of his father. About this time the "de" was dropped from English names, as it was simply a descriptive
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      term and never a title, nor represented any special honor.

      In 1409, a record says that King Henry removed the Mayor of Chester and placed Sir William Brereton in charge as military governor.

      William Brereton, on the death of his grandfather, in 1435, was found heir to the vast estates of Brereton, and also the estates of his step-mother, in Tilston and Herthull, as recorded in 1438. He was knighted in 1485. His son, William Brereton, died issueless, breaking the line of descent, the succession passing to his nephew, son of Sir Andrew Brereton, in 1507.
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      John SAVAGE (Sir)
      Born: ABT 1410
      Died: 29 Jun 1463
      Father: John SAVAGE (Sir)
      Mother: Maud De SWYNNERTON
      Married: Eleanor BRERETON (dau. of William Brereton and Angela Venables)
      Children:
      1. John SAVAGE (Sir Knight)
      2. Alice SAVAGE
      3. Ellen SAVAGE
      4. Margaret SAVAGE
      5. Margery SAVAGE
      From: http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/SAVAGE.htm#John SAVAGE (Sir)4
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      A genealogical history of the dormant, abeyant, forfeited, and extinct peerages of the British empire (1978)
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      BRERETON--BARON BRERETON.
      RALPH DE BRERETON (son of William de Brereton, and grandson of William de Brereton,) was father (besides a 2nd son, Gilbert, and a dau., Isolda, wife of Gilbert de Stoke,) of an elder son and heir.
      SIR WILLIAM BRERETON, of Brereton, Knt, living temp. JOHN and HENRY III., who m. Margery, dau. of Randle de Thornton, and had a son, RALPH, and a dau., wife of Thurstan de Smethwick. The former
      SIR RALPH BRERETON, of Brereton, Knt, had two sons, WILLIAM (SIR), and Gilbert, father of Henry and Sibella, wife of William de Bouths. The elder son,
      SIR WILLIAM BRERETON, of Brereton, Knt., m. the dau. of his guardian. Sir Richard de Sandbach, Knt., and was father of
      SIR WILLIAM BRERETON, of Brereton, Knt., who m. Roesia, dau. of Ralph de Vernon, and had issue,
      I. WILLIAM, m. Margery, dau. of Richard de Bosley, and d. in his father's lifetime, leaving issue,
      1 WILLIAM (SIR), of whom presently.
      2 John.
      3 Ralph, in holy orders.
      4 Robert.
      5 Hugh.
      1 Margaret, wife of Henry, brother of Sir John Delves.
      2 Jane, wife of Adam de Bostock.
      II. .... etc.
      Sir William was s. by his grandson,
      SIR WILLIAM BRERETON, of Brereton, living 49th EDWARD III., who m. 1st, Ellen, dau. of Philip, and sister and finally heiress of David Egerton, of Egerton, and by her had a son and successor,
      WILLIAM.
      He m. 2ndly, Margaret, dau. of -- Done, of Utikinton, and widow of John Davenport, and by her had a son and two dau.,
      Randle, who m. Alicia, dau. and heir of William de Ipstones, and was ancestor of the BRERETONS OF MALPAS HALL AND SHOCKLACH, from whom the BRERETONS OF BRINTON, co. Norfolk, deduce their descent.
      Elizabeth, wife of William Cholmondeley.
      Another dau., wife of Spurstow, of Spurstow.
      The eldest son,
      SIR WILLIAM BRERETON, of Brereton, m. 1st, in 1386, Angella, dau. of Hugh Venables, and by her had issue,
      I. WILLIAM, d. before his father, having m. Alice, sister and heiress of Richard Corbett, of Leighton, and by her (who m. 2ndly, John Stretley, Esq.,) had issue,
      1 WILLIAM (SIR, successor to his grandfather,
      2 Ralph.
      1 Alice, wife of Peter Corbett, of Leighton.
      2 Johanna, wife of Robert Aston, of Parkhall, co. Stafford.
      II Hugh.
      III. Matthew.
      I. Elizabeth, wife of Sir John Savage.
      II. Margery, wife of Richard Patten, alias Wanflet, of Wanflet.
      Sir William m. 2ndly, Elena, dau. of Sir William Massy, of Tatton, Knt., and by her, who m. 2ndly, Sir Gilbert Halsall, Knt., had a son,
      Thomas, in holy orders, rector of Brereton, 1433.
      Sir William d. 4th HENRY VI., and was s. by his grandson.
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      The visitation of Cheshire in the year 1580 (1882)
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      Pg. 41
      CHART- Brereton of Brereton Pg. 41-42
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      Waynflete, William of (DNB00)
      WAYNFLETE or WAINFLEET, WILLIAM of (1395?ãa€“1486), bishop of Winchester, lord chancellor of England, and founder of Magdalen College, Oxford, was the elder of two sons of Richard Patyn, Patten, or Patton, alias Barbour, of Wainfleet, Lincolnshire. From a deed (recently rediscovered and printed by the Rev. W. D. Macray in his Register of Magdalen College) executed by Juliana Chirchestyle, grandniece of the bishop, in 1497, it appears that Waynflete held the manor and manor-house of Dakenham Place, Barkinge (printed by Macray ãa€˜Backingeãa€™). This deed points to Essex as the home of at least one branch of the family, and corroborates the inference which may be drawn from other data that the bishop was of gentle blood. It also makes it probable that the trade-name of Barbour was not common to the family, but was only the name of the bishop's father's mother. The social position of Richard Patyn is indicated by his marriage with Margery, youngest daughter of Sir William Brereton (d. 1425ãa€“6), knight, of Brereton, Cheshire (Ormerod, iii. 81).
      From: http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Waynflete,_William_of_(DNB00)
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      Archaeologia, or, Miscellaneous tracts relating to antiquity (1770) Vol. 33
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      Pg. 57
      b Hence it appears that the noble family of Egerton originally sprung from David de Malpas, lord of a moiety of the barony of Malpas. Elena, sister and coheiress of David de Egerton, having married Sir William Brereton of Brereton in 1368, the elder line of the Egertons were afterwards represented by the Breretons of Brereton Hall, and, as was then added, of Malpas Castle. Much of the Brereton property eventually reverted to the Egertons, partly by devise. See post, Shocklack and Malpas Hall Breretons, and Breretons of Tatton. The Golbornes of Golborne David and of Overton, were descendants of the same David de Malpas. ....
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      Pg. 60
      Elena Massey 2nd wife = Sir William Brereton (c 4 Hanry VI. 1426) = Anilla Venables, 1st wife
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      Sir William Brereton m1. dau. of Philip Egerton m.2 had ch: Randal & dau. (m. William Cholmondeley)
      the next Sir William Brereton m. Anilla Venables
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      DELVES, Sir Henry (by 1498-1560), of Doddington, Cheshire.
      b. by 1498, 1st s. of Henry Delves of Doddington by Margaret, da. of Sir William Brereton of Brereton. m. by 1519, Cecily, da. of (Sir) Richard Broke of London, at least 4s. inc. Georgeãa€ 2da. suc. fa. by 1533. Kntd. 30 May 1533.1
      The Delves family, originally of Delves Hall in Staffordshire, had been established at Doddington since the time of Edward III. Although there is some confusion about Henry Delvesãa€™s parentage, the Cheshire historian Ormerodãa€™s statement that he was the man of that name found heir apparent to Richard Delves, canon of Lichfield, appears to be untrue. The same authority adds, but without giving a source, that Delves was steward to the 5th Lord Fitzwarin in 1518 and to the 1st Earl of Rutland in 1526. The first clear trace of Delves appears to be his knighting at the coronation of Anne Boleyn in 1533, when he was one of four Cheshire gentlemen so honoured. In the following year .... etc.
      From: http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1509-1558/member/delves-sir-henry-1498-1560
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      A genealogical and heraldic history of the commoners of Great ..., Volume 3 By John Burke
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      NICHOLAS PATTEN, of Waynflete in the county of Lincoln, who had three sons, namely,
      I. JOHN, of Waynflete ... etc.
      III. RICHARD.
      Pg.80
      The third son,
      RICHARD PATTEN, alias WAYNFLETE, of Waynflete, sometime in the reigns of the fifth or sixth HENRIES, wedded Margery, daughter of Sir William Brereton, knt. of Brereton, in Cheshire, (who d. 4th HENRY VI., by Anylla, his wife, daughter of Hugh Veneables), and had issue,
      I. WILLIAM PATTEN, alias WAYNFLETE, the illustrious founder of Magdalen College, Oxford, who was born at Waynflete .... etc.
      II. John Patten, alias Waynflete, dean of Chichester, there buried.
      III. RICHARD PATTEN, founder of the Lancastrian family before us.
      The third son of Richard Patten, and brother of Bishop of Waynflete,
      RICHARD PATTEN, of Boslow, in the county of Derby, living in the reign of HENRY VI. m. and had two sons and one daughter, viz. .... etc.
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      Remains, Historical and Literary, Connected with the Palatine ..., Volume 97
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      Sir John Savage married Maud, daughter and heiress of Sir R. Swimmerton of Magna Barrow, in Cheshire. He was succeeded by his son, John Savage, who married Eleanor, daughter and heiress of Sir William Brereton. He died in 1463, and was succeeded by his son Sir John Savage, who married Catherine, daughter and heiress of Sir Thomas Stanley, and sister ....
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      The history of the county palatine and city of Chester: .... Vol. II.
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      EGERTON, OF EGERTON. Pg.350-351
      DAVID DE EGERTON, eldest son and heir, sheriff of Cheshire 7 Edw. III. = ISABELLA, daughter of Richard de Fulleshurst, lord of Crewe.; ch: PHILIP (m. ELLENA St. Pierre & MATILDA . . . ), URIAN (m. AMELIA Warburton), DAVID, MARGARET EGERTON.
      PHILIP DE EGERTON, son and heir, Inq. p. m. 36 Edw. III. = ELLENA, dau. of John de St. Pierre, marriage covenant dated 9 Edw. II.; ch: DAVID (m. Isabella Venables), ELLENA (m. sir William Brereton), ISABELLA (m. Robert de Bulkeley & John Venables & sir John Delves) EGERTON ; = MATILDA, dau. of . . . . Edw. III
      DAVID DE EGERTON, son and heir, married before 20 Edw. III. Isabella, dau of sir Hugh Venables, of Kinderton, knight; o. s. p.
      ISABELLA, sister and coheiress, wife of Robert de Bulkeley; 2dly, of John Venables; and 3dly, of sir John Delves, knight; recovered a moiety of a fourth of the barony of Malpas from John de Brunham, trustee of the Cokesays, in 1363; and another moiety of a fourth from John, son of sir John de Sutton, in 1368; o. s. p. 19 Ric. II.
      ELLENA, sister, and finally sole heiress, wife of sir William Brereton, of Brereton, knt. claimed a moiety of a fourth of the barony of Malpas against John Sutton in 1368, and another moiety of a fourth against sir Walter Cokesay, in 1379., ch: SIR WILLIAM BRERETON
      SIR WILLIAM BRERETON, of Brereton, knight, son and heir, succeeded to divers parcels of the aforesaid barony, on the death of his aunt Isabella, and was ancestor of sir William Brereton, knight, who recovered the residue of the said moiety of the barony, from the assigns of the Sutton, a0 22 Hen. VIII.
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      The history of the county palatine and city of Chester: .... Vol. III.
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      BRERETON AND HOLT OF BRERETON. Pg.51-52
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      Stirnet - 'Brereton01'
      (i) William Brereton (dvp)
      m. Margery Bosley (dau of Richard de Bosley)
      (a) Sir William Brereton of Brereton (a 1376)
      m1. Ellen Egerton (dau of Philip Egerton (of Malpas))
      ((1)) Sir William Brereton of Brereton (b 14.02.1349, d 10.1.1426)
      m1. (1386) Angella or Anilla or Emily Venables (dau of Hugh Venables)
      ((A)) William Brereton (dvp)
      m. Alice Corbett (sister of Richard Corbett of Leighton) .... etc.
      ((B)) Elizabeth Brereton
      m. Sir John Savage
      ((C)) Margery Brereton
      m. Richard Paten, later Wanflet of Wanflet
      ((D))+ other issue - Hugh, Matthew
      ((2))+) 2 sons mentioned by BIFR1976
      m2. Margaret Done (dau of ?? Done of Utkinton, widow of John Davenport)
      BE1883 shows Margaret as mother of Randle but Visitation (Cheshire, 1580, Brereton of Brereton) suggests that his mother was Hellin (of) Mallpas.
      BIFR1976 (Brereton) supports the view that Randle was son of Margaret.
      ((4)) Randle Brereton of Malpas
      m. Alice Ipstones (dau of William de Ipstones)
      ((5)) Elizabeth Brereton
      m. William de Cholmondely of Cholmondely (d 1375)
      ((6)) daughter
      m. (Richard William) Spurstow of Spurstow
      Etc. ...
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      The Brereton family tree begins in 1175 with William de Brereton. His family had arrived from France with William the Conqueror, and that William was named after him as a tribute - it was to become a recurring name within the family. Later, another unfortunate William Brereton, along with four companions, was arrested and sent to the Tower of London charged with high treason as lovers of Anne Boleyn . Despite protestations of innocence, they were sentenced to death and beheaded on Tower Hill in 1536. The Brereton family exerted power and influence over Cheshire with holdings in Handforth, Malpas, Cheadle and at their country seat at Brereton Hall. It was a Sir William Brereton who also headed parliamentarian forces at the Battle of Middlewich and the siege of Nantwich in the English Civil Wars. The Brereton's established Handforth Hall when they became lords of the manor of the Bosden area in the early 1500s. One Sir Richard Brereton was the last owner of Tatton Park before the Egerton family took it over.

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      Links
      http://www.brereton.org/Cheshire%20January%202013.pdf - SOME DATES ARE NOT CORRECT IN THIS LISTING & CONNECTIONS VERY CONFUSING
      _________________________________________________________________________________ http://www.thornber.net/cheshire/htmlfiles/brereton.html THE BRERETON FAMILY

      Ormerod describes the Parish of Brereton as having only one township - Brereton-cum-Smethwick - bounded by the parishes of Sandbach, Middlewich and Astbury. At the time of the Norman Conquest, Brereton came under Gilbert de Venables, Baron of Kinderton. It was granted to a family which assumed the local name but from the arms subsequently adopted it is likely that they were related to the Venables family. The Brereton family tree goes back to Ralph de Brereton who is known from being a witness to a charter by Gilbert Venables in the time of William II or Henry I. The manor and advowson continued in the male line of the Brereton family until Francis, 5th Lord Brereton died unmarried in 1722.

      The connection with the Egertons of Malpas is shown in the first tree below leading to the Breretons of Malpas and Shocklach. The first five Breretons shown below were called William and following inheritance through a brother called Andrew the next three were called William also.

      1. Sir William Brereton, Kt., heir to his grandfather, had a grant of free warren and market in 1369. +1st Ellen, dau. of Philip and the sister and eventually heiress of David de Egerton of Egerton, joint baron of Malpas. 2. Sir William de Brereton, born at Egerton on the feast of St. Valentine, 1350, baptised Malpas, a knight in 1385, died 1426. +1st wife Anyll or Anilla dau. of Hugh Venables, Baron of Kinderton married at Audley in 1386. Children were William, Nicholas, Hugh, Matthew, John, Henry, Elizabeth and Margery. 3. William de Brereton, known to be living in 1410 and 1417, died before his father, at Harfleur. + Alice, sister and heiress of Richard Corbet of Leghton in the barony of Caux. Children were William, Ralph, Alice, Joan. 4. Sir William Brereton of Brereton, Kt., heir to his grandfather, aged 12 in 1426 died about 1485. + Philippa, dau. of Sir Hugh Hulse. Children were William, Andrew, John, Hugh, Elizabeth, Jane, Eleanor, Matilda. See footnote. 5. Sir William Brereton of Brereton, son and heir. + Katherine, dau. of Sir John Byron, both living 1452. Children were Robert, Roger, Henry, Matthew, but succession went through Williamãa€™s brother, Andrew to his nephew, William. 5. Sir Andrew Brereton, Kt., living 1460 and 1495. + Agnes alias Anne, dau. of Robert Legh of Adlington. They had William, John, Andrew, Matthew, Johanna, Ellen, Alice, Elizabeth, Catherine and Matilda. William the eldest son succeeded his uncle Sir William Brereton. 6. Sir William Brereton of Brereton, Kt., chief justice and lord high marshal of Ireland died 1541 in Ireland. +1st Alice the daughter of Sir John Savage. 7. Sir William Brereton, son and heir apparent. + Ann the daughter of Sir William Booth of Dunham Massey. This couple had six sons and three daughters. The eldest son was William. 8. Sir William Brereton of Brereton, Kt., Sheriff of Cheshire in reign of Edward VI, died 1559. + Jane, dau. of Peter Warburton. This couple had one son, William, whose family is shown in a separate tree below, and five daughters. +2nd wife Elenor, dau. of Sir Ralph Brereton of Ipstones. This couple had eight children. +2nd wife of Sir William was Ellen, dau. of Sir William Mascey of Tatton, Kt. Their son was Thomas de Brereton, rector of Brereton in 1433, who was heir to his mother. 3. Thomas de Brereton, rector, 1433 and heir to his mother, was 34 in 1445. + 2nd wife of Sir William was Margaret, dau. of Henry Done of Utkinton, widow of John de Davenport of Henbury, living in 1418. 2. Randle de Brereton, Esq., ancestor of the Breretons of Malpas and Shocklach. + Alice, daughter and heiress of William de Ipstones. 2. Elizabeth who married William de Cholmondeley. The family tree is continued below from the Sir William Brereton shown above in generation 8. Sir William in generation 1. below was born in 1550 and his father died in 1559. As a boy he lived with the Savage family and saw Rock Savage being built. Subsequently he married Alice Savage and built Brereton Hall in the style of Rock Savage. This tree shows the end of the Brereton male line at Brereton and the succession through the Holte and Bracebridge families. The 2nd Lord Brereton was a leading Royalist in the Civil War and after the surrender at Nantwich was taken prisoner, with his wife and son at Biddulph Hall in Staffordshire. His distant cousin, Sir William Brereton of Handforth, was a General in the Parliamentary Army. The 3rd Lord Brereton was one of the founders of the Royal Society.

      In the Town Hall at Chester there is a tableau above one of the doors as shown below, entitled Sir W. Brereton before the Mayor's Court.

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      Brereton, formerly known as Brereton-cum-Smethwick

      The village is characterised by its hall, church and inn. Brereton Hall, a fine Elizabethan house, was built in 1586 but is not accessible to photography by the general public. A Bear's head was the symbol of the Brereton family, hence the name of the inn, which dates from 1615. Until the recent modifications, a stuffed bear's head was displayed under a small canopy above the front door. The head is now preserved in the church in connection with the Brereton monument.

      ST. OSWALD'S, BRERETON


      THE BRERETON FAMILY

      Ormerod describes the Parish of Brereton as having only one township - Brereton-cum-Smethwick - bounded by the parishes of Sandbach, Middlewich and Astbury. At the time of the Norman Conquest, Brereton came under Gilbert de Venables, Baron of Kinderton. It was granted to a family which assumed the local name but from the arms subsequently adopted it is likely that they were related to the Venables family. The Brereton family tree goes back to Ralph de Brereton who is known from being a witness to a charter by Gilbert Venables in the time of William II or Henry I. The manor and advowson continued in the male line of the Brereton family until Francis, 5th Lord Brereton died unmarried in 1722.

      The connection with the Egertons of Malpas is shown in the first tree below leading to the Breretons of Malpas and Shocklach. The first five Breretons shown below were called William and following inheritance through a brother called Andrew the next three were called William also.

      1. Sir William Brereton, Kt., heir to his grandfather, had a grant of free warren and market in 1369.
      +1st Ellen, dau. of Philip and the sister and eventually heiress of David de Egerton of Egerton, joint baron of Malpas.

      2. Sir William de Brereton, born at Egerton on the feast of St. Valentine, 1350, baptised Malpas, a knight in 1385, died 1426.
      +1st wife Anyll or Anilla dau. of Hugh Venables, Baron of Kinderton married at Audley in 1386. Children were William, Nicholas, Hugh, Matthew, John, Henry, Elizabeth and Margery.

      3. William de Brereton, known to be living in 1410 and 1417, died before his father, at Harfleur.
      + Alice, sister and heiress of Richard Corbet of Leghton in the barony of Caux. Children were William, Ralph, Alice, Joan.

      4. Sir William Brereton of Brereton, Kt., heir to his grandfather, aged 12 in 1426 died about 1485.
      + Philippa, dau. of Sir Hugh Hulse. Children were William, Andrew, John, Hugh, Elizabeth, Jane, Eleanor, Matilda. See footnote.

      5. Sir William Brereton of Brereton, son and heir.
      + Katherine, dau. of Sir John Byron, both living 1452. Children were Robert, Roger, Henry, Matthew, but succession went through William’s brother, Andrew to his nephew, William.

      5. Sir Andrew Brereton, Kt., living 1460 and 1495.
      + Agnes alias Anne, dau. of Robert Legh of Adlington. They had William, John, Andrew, Matthew, Johanna, Ellen, Alice, Elizabeth, Catherine and Matilda. William the eldest son succeeded his uncle Sir William Brereton.

      6. Sir William Brereton of Brereton, Kt., chief justice and lord high marshal of Ireland died 1541 in Ireland.
      +1st Alice the daughter of Sir John Savage.

      7. Sir William Brereton, son and heir apparent.
      + Ann the daughter of Sir William Booth of Dunham Massey. This couple had six sons and three daughters. The eldest son was William.

      8. Sir William Brereton of Brereton, Kt., Sheriff of Cheshire in reign of Edward VI, died 1559.
      + Jane, dau. of Peter Warburton. This couple had one son, William, whose family is shown in a separate tree below, and five daughters.
      +2nd wife Elenor, dau. of Sir Ralph Brereton of Ipstones. This couple had eight children.
      +2nd wife of Sir William was Ellen, dau. of Sir William Mascey of Tatton, Kt. Their son was Thomas de Brereton, rector of Brereton in 1433, who was heir to his mother.

      3. Thomas de Brereton, rector, 1433 and heir to his mother, was 34 in 1445.
      + 2nd wife of Sir William was Margaret, dau. of Henry Done of Utkinton, widow of John de Davenport of Henbury, living in 1418.
      2. Randle de Brereton, Esq., ancestor of the Breretons of Malpas and Shocklach.
      + Alice, daughter and heiress of William de Ipstones.

      2. Elizabeth who married William de Cholmondeley.
      The family tree is continued below from the Sir William Brereton shown above in generation 8. Sir William in generation 1. below was born in 1550 and his father died in 1559. As a boy he lived with the Savage family and saw Rock Savage being built. Subsequently he married Alice Savage and built Brereton Hall in the style of Rock Savage. This tree shows the end of the Brereton male line at Brereton and the succession through the Holte and Bracebridge families. The 2nd Lord Brereton was a leading Royalist in the Civil War and after the surrender at Nantwich was taken prisoner, with his wife and son at Biddulph Hall in Staffordshire. His distant cousin, Sir William Brereton of Handforth, was a General in the Parliamentary Army. The 3rd Lord Brereton was one of the founders of the Royal Society.

      In the Town Hall at Chester there is a tableau above one of the doors as shown below, entitled Sir W. Brereton before the Mayor's Court.

      Brereton monument



      1. Sir William Brereton of Brereton, Kt., son of Sir William shown above in generation 8. He was baptised at Brereton 6 Feb. 1550 built the hall in 1586. He was created 1st Lord Brereton of Leighlin in Ireland on 11 May 1624 and died in 1631. He erected the monument to his ancestor in the chancel at St. Oswald's.
      + Margaret, dau. of Sir John Savage, Kt., and his wife Elizabeth, dau. of the Earl of Rutland. She was born 1549 and died 7 April 1597, buried at Brereton. The first three sons died in infancy.

      2. William bapt. 13 Aug. 1579, died without issue.

      2. Robert, bapt. 29 June 1584, buried 1 March 1586/7

      2. William bapt. 13 February 1586, buried 14 February 1586

      2. Sir John Brereton, Kt., 4th son and heir apparent, born 25 February 1591 buried 31 December 1629 in his father’s lifetime.
      + Ann dau. of Sir Edward Fitton of Gawsworth. From this marriage there were two sons, William and John, the second having no issue, and two daughters of which Jane led to the successor Hall family.

      3. William Brereton, 2nd Lord of Leighlin, heir to his grandfather, born 28 Feb., bapt. Gawsworth 8 March 1611, buried Brereton, 21 April 1664.
      + Elizabeth dau. of George Lord Goringe, Earl of Norwich, buried Brereton, 5 December 1687. They had ten children, William, Henry, George, Thomas, Margaret, Anne, Mary, Elizabeth, Jane, Frances of whom the last five daughters died unmarried. Only William produced children and they had no surviving issue so the estate went eventually via William's sister, Jane who married Sir Robert Holte.

      4. William Brereton, 3rd Lord, born 4 May 1631, bapt. Brereton, died London 17 March 1679.
      + Frances dau. of Lord Willoughby of Parham.

      5. John Brereton, 4th Lord, married Mary, dau. of Sir Thomas Tipping of Oxfordshire, died without issue 1718.

      5. William 2nd son, died without issue.

      5. Francis, 5th Lord, died unmarried and buried Brereton 11 April 1722.

      3. John Brereton, bapt. Brereton, 21 Nov. 1624, died 22 Oct. buried Brereton 23 October 1656

      3. Jane Brereton, married c. 1646, died 1648.
      + Sir Robert Holte, who succeeded to his baronetcy in 1654. Died 3 Oct. 1679, buried St. Clement Danes.

      4. Sir Charles Holte, baronet, born 22 March 1648, died 15 June buried 18 June 1722.
      + Anne elder daughter and co-heiress of Sir John Clobery of Bradstone, Devonshire, by Anne his 2nd wife a descendent of Archbishop Cranmer, married 5 August 1680. She was buried aged near 90 on 6 Feb. 1737/8. They had four sons and eight daughters of whom we follow John.

      5. Sir Clobery Holte, born 19 Aug. bapt. 9 Sept. 1681, buried 24 July 1729
      + Barbara, dau. of Thomas Lister of Whitfield, Northamptonshire

      6. Sir Lister Holte, bapt. 28 April 1720 died 8 April 1770 with no surviving issue.

      6. Sir Charles Holte, succeeded his brother in 1770, bapt. 25 Nov. 1721, died 12 March 1782 in London.
      + Anne dau. Pudsey Jesson of Langley, Warwickshire

      7. Mary Elizabeth Holte
      + Abraham Bracebridge of Warwickshire. On 12 Sept. 1775.

      8. Mary Bracebridge born 22 June 1766 married Henry Bracebridge of Morville, Warwickshire, her first cousin on 8 Dec 1803

      8. Charles Holte Bracebridge of Atherstone, born 1799 died no issue in 1866.
      Sir Lister Holte left a complicated will, dated 12 October 1769. The Manors of Brereton and Aston were to go to his brother, Sir Charles Holte, for the remainder of his life, remainder to issue male, remainder to Heneage Legge, Esq. with similar remainder, remainder to Lewis Bagot, clerk (successively Bishop of Norwich and St. Asaph) who died without issue, remainder to Wriothesley Digby Esq., remainder to right heirs of Sir Lister Holte.

      In 1817 there was an Act of Parliament to dismember the estate to satisfy the claims of the assignees and mortgagees of Mr. Bracebridge and to indemnify Mr Legge and Mr. Digby for the resignation of their interests. The Manor and land was offered in parcels. The hall and large part of the land were bought in 1830 by John Howard Esq., of Hyde, succeeded by his son A. C. Howard in 1850. Another portion was sold to Sir Charles Shakerley.

      Mary Elizabeth Holte was the representative of the Holte and Brereton families and also of the eldest line of the Egertons of Egerton. Her husband, Abraham Bracebridge had leases of Brereton Hall and demesne and also parcels of the estate to which his wife was the ultimate heir, from Heneage Legge, who had succeeded on the death of Sir Charles Holte.

      ADDITIONAL SOURCES

      Stuart Raymond in Cheshire: A Genealogical Bibliography, quotes the following sources for Brereton genealogy:

      1. On Handford Old Hall, in Cheshire, formerly the residence of the ancient family of Brereton, with an account of Cheadle Church, in that county, and of the monuments to the Breretons in it, by Richard Brooke, Transactions of the Historic Society of Lancashire and Cheshire, 2, 1850, 41-54.

      2. The Story of Brereton Hall, Cheshire by A. L. Moir, 2nd ed. published in Chester by Phillipson and Golder, 1949, includes brief pedigree from 12-18th century.

      3. A Memoir of the Brereton Family, with occasional notices of certain other of the old Cheshire families, by Sir Fortunatus Dwarris, published by J. B. Nicholas and Son, 1848.

      4. Observations upon the history of one of the old Cheshire families, by Fortunatus Dwarris, Archaeologica, 33, 1850, 55-83.

      5. The Families of Brereton by John Hewitt, Cheshire Sheaf, 3rd series, 27, 1934, 12-150, and also 31, 1937, 61-92.

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