BRERETON FAMILY

I. BRERETON LINE

Gilbert De VENABLES

Born: Venables, Eure, Haute-Normandy, France

Died: 1072, Northwich, Cheshire, England

Father: Odo II (Count of Blois, Champagne and Chartres)

Mother: Ermengarde d'AUVERGNE

Married: Petronilla De FÉZENSAC

Children:

1. Gilbert De VENABLES

2. Ralph De BRERETON


Ralph De BRERETON

Born: Évreux, Eure, Haute-Normandie, France

Died: 1100, Brereton, Cheshire, England

Notes: The manor of Brereton is one of the six dependencies of the barony of Kinderton, and in the Domesday Book, the tenant was Gislebertus Venator, who is probably the same man as Gislebert (Gilbert) De Venables, as the Venables family held the barony of Kinderton. The manor of Brereton was soon after granted to another family who assumed the name of the manor. Although it seems likely that the two families were related, particularly as their eventual arms were similar, there is no clear indication of the manner in which they were related. Ralph De Brereton is the first person in this family that is mentioned in records; this is as a witness together with Orme De Davenport, of a deed of Gilbert De Venables, date unknown but sometime during the reigns of William II or Henry I. He may have had two sons: William De Brereton, who is thought to be the ancestor of the Venables family, and another Ralph De Brereton, who witnessed the grant of Marton to Richard De Davenport in 1176. Davenport was married to Amabilia De Venables, indicating again that there were close ties between the families.

Father: Gilbert De VENABLES

Mother: Petronilla De FÉZENSAC

Married: ¿?

Children:

1. Ralph De BRERETON

2. William De BRERETON


Ralph De BRERETON

Born: ABT 1085

Died: 1120

Father: Ralph De BRERETON

Mother: ¿?

Married: Bunlee ?

Children:

1. William De BRERETON


William De BRERETON

Born:  Preston, Lancashire, England

Died: ABT 

Father: Ralph De BRERETON

Mother: Bunlee ?

Married: Margery ?

Children:

1. Ralph De BRERETON (Sir)


Ralph De BRERETON (Sir)

Born: , Barton, Preston, Lancashire, England

Died: 1190, Best, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands

Father: William De BRERETON

Mother: Margery ?

Married: Cecily St. GEORGE (dau. of Sir George St. George)

Children:

1.

2. Gilbert De BRERETON

3. 


Isolda De BRERETON

Born: 1184

Notes: her father gave lands in Brindley/Brunlea to her husband in free marriage.

Father: Ralph De BRERETON (Sir)

Mother: Cecily St. GEORGE

Married: Gilbert PRAYERS of Stoke (son of Randle of Praers, lord of Stoke, and Alicia of Newhall)

Children:

1. Brindley PRAYERS of Brindley


William De BRERETON (Sir)

Born: ABT , Brereton, Cheshire, England

Died: BEF 

Father: Ralph De BRERETON (Sir)

Mother: Cecily St. GEORGE

Married: Margery THORNTON

Children:

1. Margery BRERETON

2. 


Ralph BRERETON (Sir)

Born: ABT , Brereton, Cheshire, England

Died: AFT , Brereton, Cheshire, England

Father:

Mother: Margery THORNTON

Married 1: ¿?

Children:

1. Margery BRERETON

2. Richard BRERETON

4. William BRERETON (Sir)

4. Sybil BRERETON

5. Ralph BRERETON

Married 1: Ada De HASTINGS

Children:

6. Gilbert BRERETON

Married 3: Margred Ferch RHYDDERCH


Gilbert BRERETON

Born: 1253

Died: AFT 1327

Notes: Rector of St Mary's Church, Astbury, Chesire.

Father:

Mother: Ada De HASTINGS

Married: Alice VENABLES

Children:

1. Henry De BRERETON

2. Sibilla De BRERETON


Sibyl BRERETON

Born: ABT  Barton, Lancashire, England

Died:

Father:

Mother: ¿?

Married: William BOOTH (b. 1232 - d. AFT 1275) (son of Adam De Booth)

Children:

1. Thomas BOOTH of Barton (d. 1327)

2. Sybil BOOTH (b. 3 Jan 1276)

3. John BOOTH


William BRERETON (Sir)

Born: ABT 

Died: AFT , Sandbach, Cheshire, England

Father:

Mother: ¿?

Married: Cecily SANDBACH (dau. of Richard Sandbach) ABT 1268

Children:

1. William BRERETON (Sir)

2. Margery BRERETON

3. Hamo BRERETON

4. Jane BRERETON


Jane BRERETON

Born: ABT 1285

Father: William BRERETON (Sir)

Mother: Cecily De SANDBACH

Married: Adam De BOSTOCK

Children:

1. William BOSTOCK (m.1 Alice Winnington- m.2 Maud Multon)


William BRERETON (Sir)

Born: ABT 1265

Died: AFT 1342

Father: William BRERETON (Sir)

Mother: Cecily De SANDBACH

Married: Rohese De VERNON

Children:

1. Margery BRERETON

2. Maud BRERETON

3. William BRERETON

4. Peter BRERETON (b. 1292 - d. 1337)

5. Richard BRERETON (Sir)

6. John BRERETON (Priest) (b. 1296 - d. 1370)

7. Nicholas BRERETON

8. Jane BRERETON


Margery BRERETON

Born: ABT 1278

Died: 1350

Father: William BRERETON (Sir)

Mother: Rohese De VERNON

Married: John DAVENPORT (Sir) (son of Sir Thomas Davenport and Agnes Macclesfield)

Children:

1. Urian DAVENPORT

2. Ralph DAVENPORT (Sir) (d. 1383) (m. Joyce ?)

3. Thomas DAVENPORT (d. 1388)

4. Arthur DAVENPORT (d. 1403, slain in battle of Shrewsbury)

5. Isabel DAVENPORT

6. Richard DAVENPORT

7. Roger DAVENPORT

8. Margaret DAVENPORT

9. Maud DAVENPORT (m. William Bulkeley)


Maud BRERETON

Born: ABT 1298

Died: 1322

Father: William BRERETON (Sir)

Mother: Rohese De VERNON

Married: John DOMVILLE (Sir) (m.2 Maud Downes)

Children:

1. John DOMVILLE (Sir) (b. ABT 1322 - d. 1395) (m. Cecily Mobberley)

2. Matthew DOMVILLE (d. 1351) (m. Agnes Wettenhall)


Nicholas BRERETON

Born: 1298

Father: William BRERETON (Sir)

Mother: Rohese De VERNON

Married: Margaret ?

Children:

1. John BRERETON (Chaplain)

2. William BRERETON


William BRERETON

Born: 1286

Died: 1342

Father: William BRERETON (Sir)

Mother: Rohese De VERNON

Married: Margaret BOSLEY (dau. of Sir Richard Bosley and Jane Fulford)

Children:

1. William BRERETON (Sir)

2. Margaret BRERETON

3. Ellen BRERETON

4. Ralph BRERETON

5. John BRERETON

6. Robert BRERETON

7. Hugh BRERETON

8. Joan BRERETON

9. Roger BRERETON (Sir)


Margaret BRERETON

Born: 1322

Died: AFT 1398

Father: William BRERETON

Mother: Margery BOSLEY

Married 1: Henry DELVES (son of Sir Richard Delves) (w. of Catherine Arderne)

Children:

1. Margaret DELVES (b. 1386 - d. 1469) (m. Sir Robert Bayley)

Married 2: John MARESCHAL


Ellen BRERETON

Born: 1325

Father: William BRERETON

Mother: Margery BOSLEY

Married: Thomas OVERTON (b. 1312 - d. 1392)

Children:

1. Thomas OVERTON


Roger BRERETON (Sir)

Born: 1340

Died: 1383, Cheshire, England

Father: William BRERETON

Mother: Margery BOSLEY

Married: Ellen ?

Children:

1. Jane BRERETON

2. William BRERETON


Jane BRERETON

Born: 1370, Malpas, Cheshire, England

Died: 1453

Father: Roger BRERETON (Sir)

Mother: Ellen ?

Married: George EATON (Sir) (b. 1367 - d. 1476)

Children:

1. Nicholas EYTON (Sir) (m. Catherine Talbot)

2. George (Heton) EATON

William BRERETON (Sir)

Born: ABT 14 Feb 1326, Egerton, Cheshire, England

Died: ABT 1381, Brereton, Cheshire, England

Father: William BRERETON

Mother: Margery BOSLEY

Married 1: Ellen EGERTON (b. 1326 - d. 1352) (dau. of Sir Phillip Egerton and Ellen St. Pierre) ABT 1347

Children:

1.

2. 

Married 2: Margaret DONNE (b. ABT 1342 - d. 30 Mar 1417) (dau. of Henry Done of Utkinton and Margaret Thornton) (w. of John Davenport - m.3 Gilbert Trussell) 1354

Children:

3. 

4. Dau. BRERETON

5. Randle BRERETON of Malpas (Sir)


Ellen BRERETON

Born: 1339, Smethwick, Cheshire, England

Died: 1390, Helmsley, Yorkshire, England

Father: William BRERETON (Sir)

Mother: Ellen EGERTON

Married: Nicholas Le BRUN of Tarvin

Children:

1. John Le BRUYN (m. Margaret Massey)


Elizabeth BRERETON

Born: ABT 1355, Brereton, Cheshire, England

Notes: in 1375 her father, Sir William Brereton, paid the Black Prince, as earl of Chester, 166/3/4d for the grant of the marriages of William Cholmondeley's children Richard, Catherine and Margery, and the wardship of Richard, with the reversion of the dower of Matilda, widow of Richard Cholmondeley, who was the son of Hugh, the father of Richard, and the brother of William.

Father: William BRERETON (Sir)

Mother: Margaret DONNE

Married: William CHOLMONDELEY (d. BEF 1375) (son of Hugh De Colmondelegh and Catherine De Spurstowe)

Children:

1. Richard CHOLMONDELEY (m. Agnes Bromley)

2. John CHOLMONDELEY (m. Maud Chorley)

3. Catherine CHOLMONDELEY

4. Margery CHOLMONDELEY


William BRERETON (Sir)

Born: , Brereton cum Smethwick, Cheshire, England

Died:

Notes: a Writ regarding Isabel Egerton, wife of John Delves, knight, was issued on 14 Nov 1395, which resulted in an Inquisition taken at Stafford, on Thursday before Palm Sunday, 19 Richard II [1396], which found Isabel died on Sunday before St Luke last, and her heir was William son of William de Brereton, knight, aged 40 years and more, to wit, son of Ellen sister and heir of the said Isabel. Died in 1425/6 after participating in the battle of Pontorson under lord Scales.

Because both William and Angela were descended from Sir Ralph Vernon, they were considered consanguineous in the fourth degree on each side and needed a dispensation to marry, which Richard de Dounes, prior of the Carmelites of Chester confirmed on 12 Jun 1386, the proceedings stating that the indulgence was granted in consequence of the services of Sir William in the crusade against don Enrique, instrusive king of Castile.

Father: William BRERETON (Sir)

Mother: Ellen EGERTON

Married 1: Angela VENABLES (b. ABT 1370 - d. BEF 1405) (dau. of Hugh Venables and Margery Cotton) 1386, Audlem, Cheshire, England

Children:

1. Margery BRERETON

2. Nicholas BRERETON (b. 1390 - d. 13 Mar 1460)

3. William BRERETON (Sir)

4. Hugh BRERETON (b. 1392 - d. 13 Mar 1460)

5. 

6. Ellen BRERETON

7. Matthew BRERETON (b. 1394 - d. 13 Mar 1460)

8. John BRERETON (b. 1396 - d. ABT 1426)

9. Henry BRERETON

10. Joan BRERETON

Married 2: Ellen MASCY (dau. of Sir William Mascy of Tatton) (m.2 Sir Gilbert Halsal)


Margery BRERETON

Born: ABT 1386

Died: ABT 1422

Father:

Mother: Angela VENABLES

Married: Richard PATTEN of Wainfleet

Children:

1. William WAYNFLETE (Bishop of Winchester) (b. ABT 1400 - d. 11 Aug 1486)

2. John PATTEN (Dean of Chichester)

3. Nicholas PATTEN of Bastobare

4. Richard PATTEN

Ellen BRERETON

Born: 1386

Died: 1422

Father:

Mother: Angela VENABLES

Married: Robert DOKENFIELD (son of Thurston De Dukenfield and Dau. Foljambe)

Children:

1. Margaret DUKENFIELD (b. 1407 - d. 1479) (m. Ralph Hyde)

2. Agnes DUKENFIELD


Eleanor BRERETON

Born: 21 Jul 1405

Died: 22 Nov 1495

Father:

Mother: Angela VENABLES

Married: John SAVAGE (Sir)

Children:

1. John SAVAGE (Sir Knight)

2. Alice SAVAGE

3. Ellen SAVAGE

4. Margaret SAVAGE

5. Margery SAVAGE

6. Anne SAVAGE


William BRERETON (Sir)

Born: ABT  Brereton cum Smethwick, Cheshire, England

Died: , Harfleur, Normandy, France

Father:

Mother: Angela VENABLES

Married: Alice CORBETT (b. BEF 1391 - d. 8 Sep 1458) (dau. of John Corbett and Joan Leighton) (m.2 John Streteley) 1407, Leighton, Montgomery, England

Children:

1.

2. Eleanor BRERETON (b. 1405 - d. 1422)

3. 

4. 

5. Ralph BRERETON

6. Alice BRERETON

7. Thomas BRERETON


Maud BRERETON

Born: 1402

Died: 1438

Father: William BRERETON (Sir)

Mother: Alice CORBETT

Married: Thomas NEEDHAM (son of Robert Needham and Dorothy Savage)

Children:

1. William NEEDHAM (Sir) (b. 1438 - d. 1498) (m. Isabel Bromley)


Isabel BRERETON

Born: 1412

Father: William BRERETON (Sir)

Mother: Alice CORBETT

Married 1: John (Robert) KINNERSLEY

Children:

1. Margaret KINNERSLEY

2. Robert KINNERSLEY

3. Joan KINNERSLEY

4. Thomas KINNERSLEY

5. Elizabeth KINNERSLEY

6. Isabel KINNERSLEY

Married 2: Robert ASTON of Parkhall

Children:

7. Margaret ASTON (m. Ralph Wolseley)

8. John ASTON (Esq.) (m. Elizabeth Delves)

9. Isabel ASTON (m. Richard Bagot)


Alice BRERETON

Born: ABT 1420

Died:  Tixall Haywood, Staffordshire, England

Father: William BRERETON (Sir)

Mother: Alice CORBETT

Married: Peter CORBETT of Leghton (son of Thomas Corbett and Jane Beverley)

Children:

1. Thomas CORBETT

2. Edmund CORBETT

3. John CORBETT

4. Margaret CORBETT

5. Elizabeth CORBETT


William BRERETON (Sir)

Born: 8 Sep 1414, Brereton, Cheshire, England

Died: 1485, Chester, Cheshire, England

Notes: In 1435, King Henry VI, presented John Browne, clerk, to Malpas Church by reason of the minority of the son and heir of Sir William Brereton, Kt.

In Jun 1474, William, jointly with Robert Brereton, rector of Brereton, made over to the bishop and dean of Winchester, and to their heirs and assigns for ever, all his possessions in Lincolnshire; William was the cousin of William Wainflete, bishop of Winchester, who was the son of father's sister, Margery.[4]

In 1484, at Chester, Thomas Fyton of Pownall, William Davenport of Broomhall, and Edward Fyton, esquires, gave to William Brereton, knight, and Dame Maud his wife, a bond for observance of covenants on the marriage of the said Thomas with Elizabeth daughter of the said Dame Maud.

Father: William BRERETON (Sir)

Mother: Alice CORBETT

Married 1: Philippa HULSE (dau. of Sir Hugh Hulse) 1436, Chester, Cheshire, England

Children:

1. William BRERETON of Brereton (Esq.)

2. Roger BRERETON (b. 1442 - d. 1513)

3. Hugh BRERETON of Wimbersley

4. Matthew BRERETON

5. Maud BRERETON

6. Andrew BRERETON of Brereton (Sir)

7. Jane BRERETON

8. Elizabeth BRERETON

9. John BRERETON (Sir)

10. Eleanor BRERETON

11. Henry BRERETON

12. Robert BRERETON

Married 2: Maud DUTTON (dau. of Sir John Dutton and Margaret Savage) (w. of William Booth)


William BRERETON of Brereton (Esq.)

Died: ABT 1507

Father:

Mother: Philippa HULSE

Married: Catherine BYRON (dau. of Sir John Byron and Margery Booth)


Maud BRERETON

Born: 1447

Father:

Mother: Philippa HULSE

Married: Thomas NEEDHAM of Cranage


Jane BRERETON

Born: 1454

Died: 30 Apr 1517

Father:

Mother: Philippa HULSE

Married: Richard COTTON of Rudware

Children:

1. Thomas COTTON (b. 1485 - d. 1506)

2. Maud COTTON (b. 1488 - d. 1551) (m. Sir Anthony Fitzherbert)

3. Eleanor COTTON (b. 1490 - d. 18 Jun 1517) (m. Sir Thomas Venables)

4. Catherine COTTON (m. Richard Grosvenor of Eaton)

5. Isabel COTTON (m. Sir Humphrey Bradbourne of Lea)

6. Richard COTTON


Eleanor BRERETON

Father:

Mother: Philippa HULSE

Married 1: Thomas BULKELEY of Eyton (d. 1 May 1493)

Children:

1. Thomas BULKELEY

Married 2: Hugh CHOLMONDLEY (son of Richard Cholmondeley and Ellen Davenport)


Elizabeth BRERETON

Born: ABT 1458

Died: 12 Apr 1497

Father:

Mother: Philippa HULSE

Married: John RADCLIFFE

Children:

1. Alexander RADCLIFFE of Ordsall (Sir Knight)

2. Margaret RADCLIFFE

3. William RADCLIFFE

4. Christina RADCLIFFE

5. Anne RADCLIFFE

6. Elizabeth RADCLIFFE


John BRERETON (Sir)

Born: 1462

Died: 1527

Notes: between 1486 and 1493, John Brereton and his wife Catherine, sister and heir to William Berkeley of Bettesthorn, were the plaintiffs in a suit against defendant William Berkeley, of Wyle, knight, for detention of deeds relating to the manor of Bettesthorn and other lands in Hampshire, Wiltshire, Somerset, Dorset, Gloucestershire, etc, late of the said William Berkeley of Bettesthorn, during whose absence with Henry Tudor in France during the reign of Richard III they came into his hands.

After 17 Jun 1497, John Brereton was one of the knights dubbed at the Bridge Foot on the King Henry VII's entering London after the Battle of Blackheath.

Father:

Mother: Philippa HULSE

Married 1: Catherine BERKELEY (B. Stourton of Stourton) BEF 21 Jul 1486

Children:

1. Warburga BRERETON

Married 2: Jane MASSEY (dau. and heir of Geoffrey Massy of Tatton) (w.1 of Sir William Stanley - w.2 of Edward Pickering)


Warburga BRERETON

Born: ABT 1488, Betteshorne, Hampshire, England

Father: John BRERETON

Mother: Catherine BERKELEY (B. Stourton of Stourton)

Married 1: William COMPTON (Sir) 1498

Children:

1. Peter COMPTON of Compton

2. Catherine COMPTON

Married 2: Francis CHENEY (Gov. Queensborough Castle) AFT Jun 1528


Hugh BRERETON of Wimbersley

Born: 1444

Died: 1534, Hassall Green, Sandbach, Cheshire, England

Notes: Vicar of St Mary's at Sandbach in 1517, he occurs in Consistory Court Records at Chester in 1530, and was still Vicar at the time of the survey for the Valor Ecclesiasticus in 1534-5. Thomas Smyth and William Beryngton of Bradwall, presented Thomas Smyth on 15 Sep to the Vicarage of Sandbach on the death of Hugh Brereton.

Father:

Mother: Philippa HULSE

Married: Anne DONNE (dau. of Robert Done of Utkinton)

Children:

1. Henry BRERETON of the Peele

2. Ellen BRERETON

3. Jane BRERETON

4. Isabel BRERETON

5. Anne BRERETON

6. Margaret BRERETON

7. Elizabeth BRERETON

6. Alice BRERETON


Ellen BRERETON

Father: Hugh BRERETON of Wimbersley

Mother: Anne DONNE

Married: Charles MAINWARING of Croxton


Jane BRERETON

Father: Hugh BRERETON of Wimbersley

Mother: Anne DONNE

Married: Roger RAWSON


Isabel BRERETON

Father: Hugh BRERETON of Wimbersley

Mother: Anne DONNE

Married 1: William COOPER

Children:

1. John COWPER

Married 2: Son WINNINGTON of Offerton


Anne BRERETON

Father: Hugh BRERETON of Wimbersley

Mother: Anne DONNE

Married: Thomas SOMERFORD


Margaret BRERETON

Father: Hugh BRERETON of Wimbersley

Mother: Anne DONNE

Married: Thomas UNWINE of Clough


Elizabeth BRERETON

Father: Hugh BRERETON of Wimbersley

Mother: Anne DONNE

Married: Son GILL


Alice BRERETON

Born: 1493

Died: 1552

Father: Hugh BRERETON of Wimbersley

Mother: Anne DONNE

Married: Ralph RUDYARD of Rudyard

Children:

1. Thomas RUDYARD of Rudyard (m. Elizabeth Osbaldeston)

2. Ralph RUDYARD (d. AFT 1583) (m. Margery Mylner)

3. Hugh RUDYARD

4. Richard RUDYARD

5. James RUDYARD (m. Mary Kedwelly)

6. Lawrence RUDYARD

7. John RUDYARD

8. Randal RUDYARD

9. Richard RUDYARD

10. Edmund RUDYARD (m. Temperance Osbaldeston)

11. William RUDYARD

12. Charles RUDYARD

13. Anne RUDYARD (m.1 William Parrott - m.2 John Parshouse)

14. Alice RUDYARD (m. William Clanden)


Andrew BRERETON of Brereton (Sir)

Born: ABT  Brereton, Cheshire, England

Died: ABT 1527, Chester, Cheshire, England

Father:

Mother: Philippa HULSE

Married 1: Anne LEGH (b. 1456 - d. 22 May 1511) (dau. of Robert Leigh of Adlington and Isabel Stanley)

Children:

1.

2William BRERETON (Lord Chief Justice of Ireland)

3John BRERETON of Leek

4

5Catherine BRERETON

6. Matilda BRERETON

Married 2: Anne DONNE

Associated with: ¿?

Children:

7

8.

9


Elizabeth BRERETON

Born: 1460

Died: 1549

Father: Andrew BRERETON of Brereton (Sir)

Mother: ¿?

Married: John SMYTHE of Oldhaugh

Children:

1. Randall SMYTHE

2. Thomas SMYTHE

3. William SMYTHE

4. Hugh SMYTHE

5. John SMYTHE

6. Reignold SMYTHE

7. Richard SMYTHE

8. Margaret SMYTHE


Catherine BRERETON

Born: 1471

Died: 1549

Father: Andrew BRERETON of Brereton (Sir)

Mother: ¿?

Married: William BOWYER (b. 1476 – d. 1541) (son of John Bowyer and Elizabeth Leveson)

Children:

1. Anne BOWYER (m. John Wedgwoode)

2. Maud BOWYER (m. Richard Edge of Horton)

3. Alice BOWYER (m. Richard Sergenat of Bagenhould)

4. Ellen BOWYER (m. Randulph Rayne)

5. Elizabeth BOWYER (m. William Berinton of Bradwall)

6. John BOWYER of Knipersley (m. Elizabeth Buckenall)

7. Andrew BOWYER

8. Thomas BOWYER of Broadheath

Alice BRERETON

Born: 1493

Died: 1552

Father: Andrew BRERETON of Brereton (Sir)

Mother: ¿?

Married: William MORETON

Children:

1. Joan MORETON (m. Richard Fortescue)

2. Elizabeth MORETON (b. 1527 - d. 1594) (m.1 Ralph Ballet - m.2 William Yardley)

3. William MORETON (m. Joan Fowleshurst)

4. Ralph MORETON

5. Margaret MORETON (m. Sir George Calverley)

6. Alice MORETON (m. Thomas Rhodes)

7. Anne MORETON


Elizabeth BRERETON

Born: 1468

Died: 1540

Father: Andrew BRERETON of Brereton (Sir)

Mother: Anne LEGH

Married 1: Phillip LEIGH of Bothes (Esq.)

Children:

1. Ellen LEIGH

2. Jane LEIGH

3. Roger LEIGH

4. Edward LEIGH

5. Anne LEIGH

6. William LEIGH

7. John LEIGH of Boothes (Sir)

Married 2: John CARRINGTON


Ellen BRERETON

Born: 1477

Died: 22 Sep 1541

Father: Andrew BRERETON of Brereton (Sir)

Mother: Anne LEGH

Married: John FITTON of Gawsworth (d. 19 Feb 1524) (son of Sir Edward Fitton and Emma Siddington)

Children:

1. Anne FITTON (m. Richard Holland of Denton)

2. Edward FITTON (Sheriff of Cheshire) (b. 1500 - d. 17 Feb 1547/8) (m. Mary Harbottle)

3. John FITTON

4. Lawrence FITTON

5. Ellen FITTON (b. 1506  - d. 18 Dec 1541)

6. Elizabeth FITTON (b. 1497 - d. 1577) (m. Tomas Davenport)

7. Randle FITTON

8. Thomas FITTON

9. Matilda FITTON

10. William FITTON

11. Cecily FITTON (m. Francis Charlton of Apley)


Matilda BRERETON

Born: 1481

Died: 1530

Father: Andrew BRERETON of Brereton (Sir)

Mother: Anne LEGH

Married: John DAVENPORT of Davenport (b. 1480 - d. 1554) (son of Sir Ralph Davenport and Margery Davenport)

Children:

1. John DAVENPORT of Davenport (b. 1506 - d. 1582) (m.1 Eleanor Holland - m.2 Jane Massey - m.3 Anne Mainwaring)

2. Catherine DAVENPORT (m. William Highfield)


Catherine BRERETON

Born: 1487

Died: 1520

Father: Andrew BRERETON of Brereton (Sir)

Mother: Anne LEGH

Married: Thomas SMYTHE of Hough (Sir)

Children:

1. Ursula SMYTHE

2. Andrew SMYTHE

3. Thomas SMYTHE

4. George SMYTHE

5. Edward SMYTHE

6. Lawrence SMYTHE

7. Jane SMYTHE


William BRERETON (Lord Chief Justice of Ireland)

Born: 1473

Died: 4 Feb 1541

Father: Andrew BRERETON of Brereton (Sir)

Mother: Agnes LEIGH

Notes: See his Biography.

Married 1: Alice SAVAGE ABT 1488, Clifton, Cheshire, England

Children:

1. William BRERETON (Sir)

2. John BRERETON (Sir)

Married 2: Eleanor BRERETON

Children:

3. Catherine BRERETON

4. Margaret BRERETON

5. Ellen BRERETON

6. Mary BRERETON

7. Anne BRERETON

8. Richard BRERETON of the Lea (Esq.)


John BRERETON (Sir)

Died: 1549

Notes: Gentleman Usher of the King's Chamber. He held the office of Escheator of Cheshire in 1544. He held the office of Seneschal of the liberties of Wexford in 1548. He held the office of Constable of Wexford Castle in 1548.

Father: William BRERETON (Lord Chief Justice of Ireland)

Mother: Alice SAVAGE

Married: Joyce St. LEGER


Catherine BRERETON

Born: 1502

Died: 1559

Father: William BRERETON (Lord Chief Justice of Ireland)

Mother: Eleanor BRERETON

Married 1: Edward FULLESHURST of Crewe

Married 2: Roger BRERETON (Sir)

Children:

1. Roger BRERETON

2. Eleanor BRERETON

Married 3: Richard WESTON of Hagley

Children:

3. John WESTON of Hagley (Sir)

4. William WESTON

5. Edmund WESTON


Margaret BRERETON

Born: 1504

Died: AFT 1576

Father: William BRERETON (Lord Chief Justice of Ireland)

Mother: Eleanor BRERETON

Married 1: William GOODMAN (Mayor of Chester) (d. 19 Sep 1554)

Children:

1. Paul GOODMAN

2. Adam GOODMAN

3. Elizabeth GOODMAN

4. William GOODMAN

5. Christopher GOODMAN

6. Grace GOODMAN

7. Ursula GOODMAN

8. John GOODMAN

Married 2: William MOSTYN


Ellen BRERETON

Father: William BRERETON (Lord Chief Justice of Ireland)

Mother: Eleanor BRERETON

Married 1: Robert DUNKENFIELD

Married 2: William MEERE


Mary BRERETON

Born: 1522

Died: 10 Dec 1590

Father: William BRERETON (Lord Chief Justice of Ireland)

Mother: Eleanor BRERETON

Married: John WARBURTON of Arley (Sir) (b. 1520 - d. 31 Aug 1575) (son of Sir Piers Warburton and Elizabeth Winnington)

Children:

1. Elizabeth WARBURTON (b. 1540 - d. 1628)(m. Sir William Booth)

2. Peter WARBURTON of Warburton (Sir) (b. 1544 - d. 22 Jul 1626) (m. Mary Holcroft)

3. John WARBURTON of Winnington

4. George WARBURTON of the Lodge (esq.) (b. 1555 - d. 1 Jan 1613) (m. Elizabeth Heskett)

5. Anne WARBURTON (m. Sir Robert Markham)

6. Jane WARBURTON


Anne BRERETON

Father: William BRERETON (Lord Chief Justice of Ireland)

Mother: Eleanor BRERETON

Married: David KNYASTON (KYNASTON)


Richard BRERETON of the Lea (Esq.)

Born: 1510

Died: 20 Aug 1558

Father: William BRERETON (Lord Chief Justice of Ireland)

Mother: Eleanor BRERETON

Married: Thomasine ASHLEY

Children:

1. George BRERETON of Ashley (Esq.)

2. Anne BRERETON

3. Jane BRERETON


George BRERETON of Ashley (Esq.)

Born: 1548

Died: 1587

Father: Richard BRERETON of the Lea (Esq.)

Mother: Thomasine ASHLEY

Married: Sybilla ARDERNE (bur. 16 Jun 1583) (d. of William Arderne, Mayor of Altrinham, and Sybilla ?)

Children:

1. William BRERETON of Ashley & Timperley

2. Richard BRERETON

3. George BRERETON (b. 1570 – bur. 19 Nov 1571)

4. Ottiwell BRERETON (bur. 4 Oct 1571)

5. George BRERETON

6. Edward BRERETON

7. John BRERETON

8. John BRERETON (Sir)

9. Thomas BRERETON

10. Randle BRERETON

11. Lucretia BRERETON

12. Jane BRERETON

George BRERETON

Born: Jun 1573

Father: George BRERETON of Ashley (Esq.)

Mother: Sybilla ARDERNE

Married: ¿?

Children:

1. John BRERETON (bapt. 20 Aug 1593)


John BRERETON (Sir)

Born: 20 Jun 1576

Died: 1 Oct 1629

Notes: King's Serjeant at Law in Ireland; married but died without children. Sir John Brereton, as he had no children, left his great estate shared between his widow, who married the Lord Chief Justice Bramston, to Sidney College in Cambridge, and to his brother Randle,

Father: George BRERETON of Ashley (Esq.)

Mother: Sybilla ARDERNE

Married: Elizabeth BRABAZON (d. 7 Jun 1647) (dau. of Edward Brabazon and Mary Smythe) (w. of George Montgomery - m.3 Sir John Bramston)


Randle BRERETON

Born: 10 May 1585

Notes: heir of part of the states of his brother John.

Father: George BRERETON of Ashley (Esq.)

Mother: Sybilla ARDERNE

Married: ¿?

Children:

1. Dau. BRERETON (m. Son Bourchir of Gloucestershire)

2. Randle BRERETON (d. AFT 1672)


William BRERETON of Ashley & Timperley

Born: 1567

Died: 29 Aug 1630

Notes: armiger in 1580 and 1613, and signed the pedigree made at the Visitation of 1613.

Father: George BRERETON of Ashley (Esq.)

Mother: Sybilla ARDERNE

Married: Jane WARBURTON (b. 1571 - d. 1628) (dau. of Peter Warburton of Arley and Mary Holcroft) 3 Dec 1589

Children:

1. Richard BRERETON of Ashley (bapt. 30 Dec 1590)

2. Frances BRERETON

3. Thomas BRERETON

4. Mary BRERETON

5. William BRERETON (bapt. 23 Dec 1596 - d. 1631)

6. Anne BRERETON

7. Mary BRERETON

8. Catherine BRERETON

9. Peter BRERETON

Frances BRERETON

Born: 26 Aug 1592

Father: William BRERETON of Ashley & Timperley

Mother: Jane WARBURTON

Married: Alexander BARLOW of Barlow (son of Alexander Barlow and Elizabeth Parker) 4 Mar 1632, Northenden, Cheshire, England


Anne BRERETON

Born: 5 Jan 1598

Died: Apr 1670

Father: William BRERETON of Ashley & Timperley

Mother: Jane WARBURTON

Married: Robert TATTON of Withenshaw (son of William Tatton and Catherine Leicester) 8 Jan 1638

Children:

1. Anne TATTON

2. William TATTON


Catherine BRERETON

Born: 16 Mar 1598

Father: William BRERETON of Ashley & Timperley

Mother: Jane WARBURTON

Married: Ralph ASHTON of Kirkby (son of Sir Richard Ashton of Middleton) BEF 1630


William BRERETON (Sir)

Born: 1506

Died: 1534, Sandbach, Cheshire East, England

Father: William BRERETON (Lord Chief Justice of Ireland)

Mother: Alice SAVAGE

Married: Anne BOOTH (b. 1520 - d. 1585) (dau. of William Booth and Ellen Montgomery) (m.2 John Corbett)

Children:

1. Jane BRERETON

2. William BRERETON (Sir)

3. Ellen BRERETON

4. Arthur BRERETON of Killyan & Castle Richard

5. Robert BRERETON (b. 16 Jan 1542)

6. John BRERETON

7. Edward BRERETON

8. Margaret BRERETON

9. Andrew BRERETON of Lecale


Ellen BRERETON

Died: 1612

Father: William BRERETON (Sir)

Mother: Anne BOOTH

Married 1: John CARRINGTON (Esq.) (son of John Carrington and Ellen Warburton)

Children:

1. Andrew CARRINGTON (m. Thomasine Booth)

2. John CARRINGTON (b. 1537 - d. 1570) (m. Ellen Holford)

Married 2: Lawrence WINNINGTON of Hermitage


Jane BRERETON

Born: 1538

Father: William BRERETON (Sir)

Mother: Anne BOOTH

Married: Richard CLYVE of Husley (Esq.) 17 May 1553, Brereton-cum-Smethwick, Cheshire, England

Children:

1. George CLIVE (Sir) (m. Susan Coppinger)


Andrew BRERETON of Lecale

Born: 1523

Died: 1577

Notes: In 1541 he was ordered to capture Carlow Castle with 50 gunners and 50 archers. Appointed by Bellingham to guard and direct a colony of settlers in the district of Lecale, Co. Down. In 1549 he defeated a force of Scots Islanders who landed to assist O'Neill's Rebellion and made General of Ulster. Then in 1556 Governor. He was Baron of Lecale (he sold the 32,000 acre estate to Earl of Kildare) in 1563. 

Father: William BRERETON (Sir)

Mother: Anne BOOTH

Married: Catherine FITZSIMON (dau. of Sir James FitzSimon and Alison Fitzwilliam)

Children:

1. Mary BRERETON

2. Jane BRERETON

3. John BRERETON

4. William BRERETON

5. Cecily BRERETON

6. Alice BRERETON

7. Eleanor BRERETON

Associated with: ¿?

Children:

8. Andrew BRERETON


Andrew BRERETON

Father: Andrew BRERETON of Lecale

Mother: ¿?

Married: Catherine LYNCH


Jane BRERETON

Father: Andrew BRERETON of Lecale

Mother: Catherine FITZSIMON

Married 1: Richard NUGENT (Sir) (son of Sir Garrett Nugent and Margaret Cheevers)

Married 2: Christopher BARNEWALL (son of Robert Barnewall of Trimlestown and Genet Talbot) Jul 1621

Married 3: Gilbert NUGENT AFT 1622


Mary BRERETON

Died: 28 Apr 1621

Father: Andrew BRERETON of Lecale

Mother: Catherine FITZSIMON

Married 1: Nicholas WHYTE of Leixlip (Sir) (d. 1592) (son of James White y Margaret Walsh)

Children:

1. Thomas WHITE

2. Andrew WHITE

Married 2: Robert HARTPOLE of Shrule (Sir) (b. 1514 – d. 3 Oct 1594)


Arthur BRERETON of Killyan & Castle Richard

Died: BEF 1584

Father: William BRERETON (Sir)

Mother: Anne BOOTH

Married: Catherine ?

Children:

1. Anne BRERETON


Anne BRERETON

Born: BEF 1584

Father: Arthur BRERETON of Killyan & Castle Richard

Mother: Catherine ?

Married: Phillip LACY of Balrodery


Edward BRERETON

Born: BEF 1534

Died: Sep 1599

Buried: 18 Sep 1599, Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin, Ireland

Notes: around 1548 moved to Ireland, and in 1563 he was granted Loughteeog, nr Timogue, Queen's Co. which was burnt by insurgents in Jul 1569. He petitioned Privy Council in Dec 1573 for payment for two years of entertainment as Provost Marshal of Connaught.

Father: William BRERETON (Sir)

Mother: Anne BOOTH

Married: Edith BIRCHE (dau. of William Birche of Birche)

Children:

1. Edward BRERETON (d. young)

2. Henry BRERETON

3. Roger BRERETON of Old Leighlin

4. Francis BRERETON

5. Robert BRERETON

6. Arthur BRERETON of Cavan

7. Andrew BRERETON

8. William BRERETON

9. Jane BRERETON

10. John BRERETON of Rahanmarque


Jane BRERETON

Born: ABT 1563

Father: Edward BRERETON

Mother: Edith BIRCHE

Married: Alexander BARRINGTON

Children:

1. Joan BARRINGTON

2. Jane BARRINGTON

3. Son BARRINGTON


Francis BRERETON

Father: Edward BRERETON

Mother: Edith BIRCHE

Married: ¿?

Children:

1. Andrew BRERETON


Arthur BRERETON of Cavan

Father: Edward BRERETON

Mother: Edith BIRCHE

Married: ¿?

Children:

1. Henry BRERETON (Rev.) (b. 1607 - d. 1680)


Andrew BRERETON

Father: Edward BRERETON

Mother: Edith BIRCHE

Married: ¿?

Children:

1. Jane BRERETON (m. Alexander Borrowes)


John BRERETON of Rahanmarque

Born: 1575

Died: 1627

Father: Edward BRERETON

Mother: Edith BIRCHE

Married: Amy BARRINGTON

Children:

1. Robert BRERETON (Rev.) (b. 1600 - d. 1641)

2. John BRERETON

3. Thomas BRERETON (Major)

4. Roger BRERETON (Rev.) (d. 1643)

5. Avice BRERETON


Henry BRERETON

Born: 1555

Died: 4 Apr 1627

Father: Edward BRERETON

Mother: Edith BIRCHE

Married: Margery BOWEN (b. ABT 1568 - d. 1634) (dau. of Robert Bowen and Alice Harpole)

Children:

1. Edward BRERETON of Ballyadams

2. Andrew BRERETON of Philipstown (Capt.)

3. Robert BRERETON (Capt.)

4. Francis BRERETON of Stradbally

5. Roger BRERETON of Tallaght

6. William BRERETON

7. Judith BRERETON

8. Alice BRERETON

9. Mary BRERETON


Edward BRERETON of Ballyadams

Born: 1602

Died: 1680

Father: Henry BRERETON

Mother: Margery BOWEN

Married: Helen ?

Children:

1. Edward BRERETON


Robert BRERETON (Capt.)

Died: 1642

Father: Henry BRERETON

Mother: Margery BOWEN

Married: Elizabeth HYDE (dau. of Sir Arthur Hyde of Carrigoneda)

Children:

1. William BRERETON

2. Henry BRERETON

3. Margaret BRERETON

4. Jane BRERETON

5. Margery BRERETON

6. Dorothy BRERETON

Francis BRERETON of Stradbally

Died: 29 May 1688

Father: Henry BRERETON

Mother: Margery BOWEN

Married: ¿?

Children:

1. William BRERETON

2. Thomasine BRERETON


Roger BRERETON of Tallaght

Died: 1692

Father: Henry BRERETON

Mother: Margery BOWEN

Married: Dau. BULKELEY

Children:

1. William BRERETON (b. 1620 – d. 1692) (m. Jane Blount)

2. Henry BRERETON (b. 1630 – d. 1673) (m. Mary Blount)

William BRERETON (Sir)

Born: 1521

Died: 26 Aug 1559

Buried: 4 Sep 1559, Brereton, Cheshire, England

Notes: succeeded his grandfather, chief justice of Ireland, to considerable lands in Cheshire, and also owned some duchy of Lancaster property at Wainfleet, Lincolnshire, and manors in several other counties. Most of the information found about him concerns his military career. He took part in the 1544 expedition to Scotland, and was knighted by the Earl of Hertford after the successful attack on Leith. In Mary’s reign he was in trouble with the government for illegally claiming the mayoralty of Congleton, Cheshire. He was again fighting on the Scottish border in Sep 1558: a Privy Council letter thanked him for his part in the ‘exploit at Coidingham’.

He died, still under 40. The widow, who was granted the wardship of their son and heir William, married as her second husband Sir Lawrence Smith. See: http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1558-1603/member/brereton-sir-william-i-1520-59

Father: William BRERETON (Sir)

Mother: Anne BOOTH

Married: Jane WARBURTON (dau. of Sir Piers Warburton and Elizabeth Winnington) (m.2 Sir Lawrence Smith of Hough)

Children:

1. William BRERETON of Leighlin (1º B. Brereton)

2. Jane BRERETON

3. Anne BRERETON

4. Margaret BRERETON

5. Elizabeth BRERETON

6. Mary BRERETON (b. 4 Dec 1553)

7. Susan BRERETON


Jane BRERETON

Born: 16 Jul 1548

Died: 29 Jan 1620

Father: William BRERETON (Sir)

Mother: Jane WARBURTON

Married: John LEIGH of Boothes

Children:

1. John LEIGH

2. Peter LEIGH

3. Thomas LEIGH

4. John LEIGH

5. William LEIGH (Sheriff of Cheshire)

6. Richard LEIGH

7. Francis LEIGH

8. Anne LEIGH

9. Isabel LEIGH

10. Margaret LEIGH


Anne BRERETON

Born: Dec 1546/7

Died: AFT 1614

Father: William BRERETON (Sir)

Mother: Jane WARBURTON

Married: Thomas SMYTHE (Sir)

Children:

1. Lawrence SMYTHE of Hatherton

2. Jane SMYTHE


Margaret BRERETON

Died: BET 5 Oct 1592 - 26 Feb 1594/5

Father: William BRERETON (Sir)

Mother: Jane WARBURTON

Married 1: William GOODMAN

Married 2: William MOSTYN (son of Thomas ap Richard and Jane Griffith) AFT 4 Oct 1556


Elizabeth BRERETON

Born: ABT 1545

Died: Jun 1591

Father: William BRERETON (Sir)

Mother: Jane WARBURTON

Married: Thomas VENABLES of Kinderton (Sir) (d. 8 Dec 1605) (son of Sir Thomas Venables and Maud Needham)

Children:

1. Thomas VENABLES

2. Isabel VENABLES

3. Mary VENABLES

4. Alice VENABLES

5. Charles VENABLES

6. Mary VENABLES

7. Peter VENABLES of Kinderton


William BRERETON of Leighlin (1º B. Brereton)

Born: 6 Feb 1550, Brereton, Cheshire, England

Died: 1 Oct 1631, Brereton, Cheshire, England

Notes: See his Biography.

Father: William BRERETON (Sir)

Mother: Jane WARBURTON

Married: Margaret SAVAGE 24 Jan 1561/62 England

Children:

1. Mary BRERETON (C. Thomond)

2. John BRERETON (Sir)

3. Elizabeth BRERETON (b. Nov 1581 - d. Mar 1587)

4. Eleanor BRERETON

5. Margaret BRERETON

6. William BRERETON (Sir)

7. Robert BRERETON

8. Son BRERETON


Mary BRERETON (C. Thomond)

Born: 28 Dec 1580

Died: Apr 1640

Father: William BRERETON of Leighlin (1º B. Brereton)

Mother: Margaret SAVAGE

Married: Henry O'BRIEN (5° E. Thomond)(son of Donnchadh macConchobhair O'Brien, 4° E. Thomond, and Elizabeth (Eveleen) Fitzgerald) 13 Jul 1608

Children:

1. Anne O'BRIEN

2. Elizabeth O'BRIEN

3. Margaret O'BRIEN)

4. Mary O'BRIEN

5. Honora O'BRIEN


William BRERETON (Sir)

Born: 1604

Died: 7 Apr 1661

Father: William BRERETON of Leighlin (1º B. Brereton)

Mother: Margaret SAVAGE

Married 1: Susan BOOTH

Children:

1. Susannah BRERETON

Married 2: Cecily SKEFFINGTON

Children:

1. Mary BRERETON

2. Cecily BRERETON


John BRERETON (Sir)

Born: 25 Feb 1591

Died: 23 Dec 1629

Father: William BRERETON of Leighlin (1º B. Brereton)

Mother: Margaret SAVAGE

Married: Anne FITTON (b. 1594 - d. 1663) (dau. of Edward Fitton and Anne Barrat) (m.2 Gilbert Gerard) 14 Mar 1610

Children:

1. Jane BRERETON

2. Mary BRERETON

3. William BRERETON (2° B. Brereton of Leighin)


William BRERETON (2° B. Brereton of Leighin)

Born: 28 Feb 1611, Gawsworth, Cheshire East, England

Died: 21 Apr 1664, Cheshire, England

Father: John BRERETON (Sir)

Mother: Anne FITTON

Married: Elizabeth GORING (dau. of George Goring, 1° E. Norwich and Mary Neville)

Children:

1. William BRERETON (3° B. Brereton of Leighin)

2. Thomas BRERETON (Col.)

3. Henry BRERETON

4. George BRERETON

4. Elizabeth BRERETON

5. John BRERETON


William BRERETON (3° B. Brereton of Leighin)

Born: 4 May 1631, Brereton, Cheshire East, England

Died: 17 Mar 1690, Maryland, Colonial America

Father: William BRERETON (2° B. Brereton of Leighin)

Mother: Elizabeth GORING

Married: Frances WILLOUGHBY BEF 1644, Rutland, Derbyshire, England

Children:

1. John BRERETON (4° B. Brereton of Leighlin)

2. William BRERETON

3. Francis BRERETON (5° B. Brereton of Leighlin)


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