William Brereton (abt. 1500 - abt. 1534)

Born about 1500 in Brereton cum Smethwick, Cheshire, England

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Died about 1534 at about age 34 in Brereton cum Smethwick, Cheshire, England

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The Breretons of Brereton

Biography

William Brereton was born in 1500.

William was the only child of Sir William Brereton, of Brereton, Lord Chief Justice of Ireland, and his wife, Alice Savage, daughter of Sir John Savage.^[1]

After his mother's death, William's father married Elenor Brereton, the daughter of Sir Randoll Brereton of Ipstones,^[1] and the widow of Egerton.^[2]

William had eight younger, half-brothers and half-sisters:

1. Margaret Brereton, who was married to 1) William Goodman, and 2) William Mostyn;
2. Katherine Brereton who was married to 1) Edward Fulleshurst, of Crewe, and 2) Roger Brereton;
3. Richard Brereton of the Lea, who married Thomasine, daughter and heir of George Ashley of Ashley;^[1]
4. Mary Brereton, who was married to Sir — Warburton of Arley;^[1]
5. Ellen Brereton who was married to Robert Dokenfeld of Dokenfeld;
6. Anne Brereton who waas married to David Kynaston of Hanmey, baptised 1 January 1547-8 at Brereton;
7. John Brereton a captain in Ireland;
8. Henry Brereton

He married Anne Boothe, daughter of Sir William Boothe of Dunham. ^[1]

William and Anne had nine children: ^[2]

1. Sir William Brereton of Brereton, kt, died 1559, married Jane Warburton, daughter of Sir Peter Warburton;^[1] buried at Brereton, 4 September, 1559, Jane's mother was Elizabeth Wynynton; Jane afterwards married Sir Lawrence Smith of Hough;
2. Andrew Brereton ^[1] married Catherine daughter of Sir Andrew Fitz-Simon of the Kingdom of Ireland.
3. Ellen Brereton married to 1) John Carington, and 2) Lawrence Winington of Hermitage;
4. Jane Brereton wife of Richard Clyve of Husley, esq;
5. Margaret Brereton;
6. Robert Brereton;
7. Arthur Brereton;
8. John Brereton;
9. Edward Brereton, ^[1] married to Edith Birche daughter of William Birche, of Birche, co Lanc.

William died c. 1534. He predeceased his father, who died in Ireland and was buried in Kilkenny on 4 February, 1541.^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7} John Paul Rylands, ed., The Visitation of Cheshire in the Year 1580 Made by Robert Glover, Somerset Herald, for William Flower, Norroy King of Arms, with Numerous Additions and Continuations, Including Those from the Visitation of Cheshire Made in the Year 1566, by the Same Herald. With an Appendix, Containing the Visitation of a Part of Cheshire in the Year 1533, made by William Fellows, Lancaster Herald, for Thomas Benolte, Clarenceux King of Arms. And a Fragment of the Visitation of the City of Chester in the Year 1591, Made by Thomas Chaloner, Deputy to the Office of Arms, (London: Harleian Society, XVIII, 1882), 41-42, e-book Internet Archive (https://archive.org/details/visitationofches00glov/page/42/mode/1up : accessed 6 August, 2022). [Pedigree: Brereton of Brereton].
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} George Ormerod, The history of Chester, Archive.org, Ed. Lackington, Hughes, Harding, Mavor, & Jones, Vol. III, (London: Nichols, Son, and Bentley, 1819), https://archive.org/stream/historyofcountyp03orme#page/n69/mode/2up pp.51.