Born about in England
Ancestors 
Son of John (Brewes) de Brewes
and Eve (Ufford) de Brewes
Husband of
Joan (Shardelowe) de Brewes
— married
1355 [location unknown]
Husband of
Agnes (Unknown) Rees
— married
about 1372 in England
Descendants 
Father of
Robert (Braose) Brewes
Died after
after about age 62
in England
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Biography
John de Brewes, Knt., son and heir of John de Brewes, Knt., and Eve de Ufford, was born about 1332.[1][2] He was deposed on 16 June 1386 in the Scrope vs. Grosvenor Controversy and stated that he was aged 54.[3] His father held lands in Norfolk, Suffolk and Lincolnshire, so it is uncertain where John was born.
In the 1370 will of William de Luthborow, rector of Salle, his parents, Sir John de Brews and Eva his wife, Sir John de Brews, junior, and Gyles his brother were mentioned.[4]
John was Lord of the manor of Stinton, and of Heydon, Witlingham, Witnesham, and Hasketon, Norfolk, and patron of Woodbridge priory.[4] Besides lands in Norfolk, he held lands at Ludborough, Lincolnshire; Akenham, Whittingham, and Witnesham, Suffolk, etc. In right of his 2nd wife, he held Caxton, Cambridgeshire,[1] which she had inherited from her first husband.[3] In 1368 John was a legatee in the will of his uncle, Robert de Ufford, K.G., 1st Earl of Suffolk, Lord Ufford.[1]
John was at the Siege of Calais in 1346-1347.[1] He was Sheriff of Norfolk and Suffolk[1][3] from 26 October 1376 to 26 November 1377.[5] He was also Keeper of Norwich Castle[1] in 1376.[6]
In 1380/1, John was one of the men seized by the Norfolk rebels during the peasant revolt. He was released by Henry Spencer, Bishop of Norwich, who cut off the heads of three of the rebels.[4][7]
Marriages and Children
John married first to Joan de Shardelow, daughter of John de Shardelow, Knt.,[4] of Suffolk and his wife Margaret.[1][3] They had one son:
- Robert Brewes, Knt., married Ela Stapleton and had issue.[1][3] He was Lord of Stinton in 1406.[4] His son Thomas inherited the Shardelowe Suffolk estates in 1433.[8]
John married second Agnes ______, widow of Richard de Freville,[1] before November 1372, when 2/3 of the manor of Claxton was delivered to the couple.[9] The reversion of the third part of the manor was received in 1380/1 on the death of Ellen/Eleanor de Freville.[10]
Death
John de Brewes was still living in 1394[1] but had died by 1402.[3] Richardson states that he was buried with his first wife at Woodbridge Priory, Suffolk.[1] Complete Peerage says John was married to "Joan [?Agnes], da. and in her issue h. of Sir John de Shardelowe" and goes on to say "He was bur., with Agnes, his wife, in Woodbridge Priory", citing Ancient Monuments.[3][11]
In 1403, John's manor of Hasketon Hall passed to his son, Robert.[12]
John's widow, Agnes, was still living in 1401 and married third to William Roos (or Rees), Esq., of Cambridgeshire.[1]
Sources
- ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 Douglas Richardson. Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, Vol. II. Salt Lake City, UT: the author, 2013, pp. 60-61, CALTHORPE 11.
- ↑ Douglas Richardson. Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 2nd edition, Vol. I. Salt Lake City: the author, 2011, pp. 387-392: CALTHORPE 7. Google Books.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 George Edward Cokayne and Vicary Gibbs, eds. Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Vol. II: Bass-Canning, 2nd edition. London: 1912, p. 306. Archive.org.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 Francis Blomefield. "Eynford Hundred: Stinton", in An Essay Towards A Topographical History of the County of Norfolk. Vol. 8. London, 1808, pp. 266-269. British History Online.
- ↑ List of Sheriffs for England and Wales. New York: Kraus Reprint Corp., 1963, p. 87. Archive.org.
- ↑ Calendar of the Fine Rolls Preserved in the Public Record Office, Vol. 8: Edward III (1368-1377). 1924, p. 369. HathiTrust.
- ↑ Francis Blomefield, "The city of Norwich, chapter 16: Of the city in Richard II's time", in An Essay Towards A Topographical History of the County of Norfolk. Vol. 3: the History of the City and County of Norwich, Part I. London, 1806, pp. 102-117. British History Online.
- ↑ Walter Copinger. The Manors of Suffolk, vol IV. Manchester: 1909, pp. 138-139. Google Books.
- ↑ Diane K Bolton, et al. "Parishes: Caxton", in A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely. Vol. 5. London: 1973, pp. 26-35. British History Online.
- ↑ M. C. B. Dawes, et al. "Inquisitions Post Mortem, Richard II, File 14", in Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem. Vol. 15, Richard II. London, 1970, pp. 134-149. British History Online: #345.
- ↑ John Weever, comp. Ancient Funerall Monuments. London: Thomas Harper, 1631, pp. 752-753. HathiTrust: Priory of St. Mary of Woodbridge in the Diocese of Norwich.
- ↑ Walter Copinger. The Manors of Suffolk, Vol. III. London, 1909, pp.50-51 (Hasketon Hall), p. 182 Archive.org.
- Blomefield, Francis. "Hundred of South Erpingham: Heydon", in An Essay Towards A Topographical History of the County of Norfolk, Vol. 6. London: 1807, pp. 241-253. British History Online.
- Francis Blomefield, "Hundred of Shropham: Snetterton", in An Essay Towards A Topographical History of the County of Norfolk. Vol. 1. London: 1805, pp. 419-428. British History Online: mentions Joan daughter of Sir John Bruse, who married (1) Hugh de Bokenham and (2) Oliver Grosse. No more info is found.
Acknowledgements
Magna Carta Project
- This profile was re-reviewed on 10 October 2022 by Thiessen-117.
- John (Braose) de Brewes is listed in Magna Carta Ancestry in a Richardson-documented trail from Gateway Ancestor Christopher Calthorpe to Magna Carta Surety Baron Richard de Clare (vol. I, pages 387-392 CALTHORPE). This profile and its trail to Richard de Clare was developed for the Magna Carta Project by Misty Rish Musco in June 2018. This profile was reviewed/approved for the project on 11 Feb 2020 and the trail was badged 17 March 2020 by Noland-165. The full trail can be seen in the Magna Carta Trails section of the Gateway's profile.
- See Base Camp for more information about Magna Carta trails. See the project's glossary for project-specific terms, such as a "badged trail".
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Hugh died and Joan married Oliver Grosse by 1425. [Bloomfield’s Norfolk] and her son Hugh confirmed to his mother, now wife of Oliver Gross, the manor of Newhall in Snitterton. Joan died in 1433. Oliver Gross of Sloley will 1439 [see Fuller, Worthies of England vol II p 131]
There was nothing found in Fuller, Worthies of England vol II p 131. Perhaps the vol or page # is incorrect?
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