Margaret (Hanford) Brereton (1501)

Born 1501 in Handforth, Cheshire, England

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Margaret Hanford was born in 1501.^[1] She was the daughter, and sole heir of her father, William Hanford of Honford, the son of John Hondford of Honford, esq, and Margaret, the daughter of sir Fwrence Warren of Poynton.^[1] Her mother may have been Sybil Scargill,^{[citation needed]} or Margaret the daughter of sir John Savage, who married Sir Edmond Trafford after William Honford's death.^[1]

Margaret was 12 when her father died on 9 September 1513.^[1] William fell at the Battle of Flodden.^[2]

Margaret was married to Sir John Stanley,^[3] the illegitimate son of James Stanley, Bishop of Ely and Warden of Manchester.^[2] Margaret's husband Sir John had a distinguished part at Flodden Field.^[2]

Dame Margaret and Sir John Stanley had one son:

1. John, who married Ellin, the daughter of Sir Edward Fitton, and died without children.^{[3] [1]}

Margaret's husband, "Sir John Stanley of Honford Knyght" made his will on 30 June 1527, in the nonage of his heir apparent, three year-old, John Stanley the younger, in which he made dispositions for property in Honford, Bosden, Asheton, Sale, Altryngham, Badeley, Fadely, Torkynton, Burlond, Bromley, Stoke, Yaiton, Buglawton, Holmewalfeld and Hawkeslegh within the forest of Macclesfield and all the other manors, lands and tenements that were in reversion to Dame Margaret, his wife.^[2] Sir John also mentions covenants, grants and agreements by indentures "tripertyte" between himself and his wife and Dame Kateryne Maynwairying, widow, and Edmond Trafford of Trafford Esq, dated 12 February, 17 Henry VIII.^[2] (17 Henry VIII was 1525, so was this their marriage settlement?) Edmond Trafford is mentioned frequently in the will, Sir Alexander Rattclyffe of Hordesall Knyght is mentioned as well. Sir John also willed that his son was not to be married until he was 21, and that if he was of a mind to marry, that he should choose his wife himself with the good advice of the Abbott of Westminster and Edmond Trafford.^[2] Sir John also made arrangements for properties, which were held by Sybill/Sibill Warren and Margery Holdford/Holfordes for their "Joyntor and dower", and upon their deaths would revert to him and his wife Dame Margaret and their heirs.^[2]

In January 1527-8, six months after making his will, Sir John purchased "letters of fraternity" for himself and his wife Dame Margaret, his son and heir apparent John Stanley and his sister Anne Stanley, and later that same year Sir John and Margaret obtained a divorce so they might devote themselves to a religious life, after which Sir John became a monk at Westminster.^[2]

An Inquisition post mortem found that John was aged 3 when his father died in 1527.^[1]

Margret then married Urian Brereton, the son of Sir Randoll Brereton of Mallpas (Malpas), Knight Banerett and his wife, Elenor, daughter to Piers Dutton of Dutton.^[4]

Sir Urian and Margret had eight children: ^[1]

1. Randoll of Hanford in 1580,^[3] died without legitimate issue, an Inquisition post mortem was held on 30 December, 26 Elizabeth [1584];^[1]
2. William Brereton, of Honford in 1596, married Katherin daughter of Roger Hurlston of Chester;^[3]
3. Edward Brereton, married the daughter of Latham of Ireland [Irlam];^[3]
4. Richard without issue in 1580;^[3]
5. John without issue [Harl. 1505];^[3]
6. Cutbert without issue in 1580;^[3]
7. Cibell Brereton, who was married to Thomas Ligh of Adlington;^[3]
8. Jane wife of Edward Ligh of Baguley.^[3]

After Margaret's death, Urian married Alice daughter to Sir Edmond Trafford.^{[3] [1]}

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8} George Ormerod, ed., "Containing the hundreds of Northwich, Nantwich, and Macclesfield; Appendix and General Index", The history of the county palatine and city of Chester compiled from original evidences in public offices, the Harleian and Cottonian mss., parochial registers, private muniments, unpublished ms. collections of successive Cheshire antiquaries, and a personal survey of every township in the county; incorporated with a republication of King's Vale royal, and Leycester's Cheshire antiquities, Vol. III, (London: Lackington, Hughs, Harding, Mavor, and Jones, 1819), accessed 21 April 2014, https://archive.org/stream/historyofcountyp03orme#page/326/mode/2up pp.327.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7} W M Fergusson Irvine, ed., "A Collection of Lancashire and Cheshire Wills not now to be found in Any Probate Registry 1301-1752, The Record Society for the Publication of Original Documents relating to Lancashire and Chester, XXX, (Lincoln's Inn Fields, WC: The Record Society, 1896), accessed 24 August 2014, https://archive.org/stream/publications11chesgoog#page/n66/mode/2up pp.46-61.
3. ↑ ^{3.00 3.01 3.02 3.03 3.04 3.05 3.06 3.07 3.08 3.09 3.10} 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, The Publications of the Harleian Society, XVIII, (London: Harleian Society, 1882), accessed 26 May 2014, https://archive.org/stream/visitationofches00glov#page/46/mode/2up pp.46.
4. ↑ 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, The Publications of the Harleian Society, XVIII, (London: Harleian Society, 1882), accessed 26 May 2014, https://archive.org/stream/visitationofches00glov#page/42/mode/2up pp.43-4.