William Brereton

Male 1506 - 1534  (28 years)


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  • Name William Brereton 
    Birth 1506  Brereton, Cheshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3
    Gender Male 
    Death 1534  [4
    Person ID I37077  The Hennessee Family
    Last Modified 21 Feb 2019 

    Father Sir William Brereton, VII,   b. 1473, Brereton cum Smethwick, Cheshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1541, (Leinster, Ireland) Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 68 years) 
    Mother Alice Savage,   b. ~ 1453, Clifton, Cheshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. ~ 1506, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 53 years) 
    Marriage Bef 1506  Clifton, Cheshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 4, 5
    Family ID F15827  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Anne Booth,   b. Abt 1513, Barton-upon-Irwell, Eccles, Greater Manchester, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Marriage 1533-1534  Brereton, Cheshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3, 4, 6
    Children 
     1. Sir William Brereton, VIII,   b. 1520-1521, Brereton, Cheshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 26 Aug 1559, Brereton, Cheshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 38 years)
    Family ID F13663  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 30 Apr 2023 

  • Event Map
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  • Notes 
    • Biography

      William Brereton of Brereton, esq, was born in 1506.[1] William's father was Sir William Brereton, of Brereton, Lord Chief Justice of Ireland, and the son of Sir Andrew Brereton of Brereton and Agnes Leigh, daughter of Robert Ligh of Adlington.[2] His mother was Alice Savage, daughter to Sir John Savage.[2]. After his mother's death, William's father remarried to Elenor Brereton, the daughter of Sir Randoll Brereton of Ipstones,[2] and the widow of Egerton.[3] William had eight half-brothers and half-sisters:[2] [3]

      Margaret married 1) William Goodman, and 2) William Mostyn;
      Katherine, wife of 1) Edward Fulleshurst, of Crewe, and 2) Roger Brereton;
      Richard/Ralph Brereton of the Lea, who married Thomasine, daughter and heir to George Ashley of Ashley; and
      Mary who married Sir John Warburton of Arley;
      Ellen, wife of Robert Dokenfeld of Dokenfeld;
      Anne, wife of David Kynaston of Hanmey, baptised 1 January 1547-8 at Brereton;
      John, a captain in Ireland;
      Henry;
      William married Anne Booth, daughter of Sir William Bouth of Dunham. They had nine children:[3]

      Sir William of Brereton, kt, buried at Brereton, 4 September, 1559, married to Jane Warburton, daughter of Sir Peter Warburton and Elizabeth Wynynton, who afterwards married Sir Lawrence Smith of Hough.
      Andrew, married Catherine daughter of Sir Andrew Fitz-Simon of the Kingdom of Ireland.
      Ellen, married to 1) John Carington, and 2) Lawrence Winington of Hermitage;
      Jane, wife of Richard Clyve of Husley, esq;
      Margaret;
      Robert;
      Arthur;
      John;
      Edward, married to Edith, daughter of William Birche, of Birche, co Lanc.
      William predeceased his father, who died in Ireland and was buried in Kilkenny on 4 February, 1541.[3]

      Sources

      ? Entered by Janice Hardin, Nov 30, 2011
      ? 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 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, 1882), https://archive.org/stream/visitationofches00glov#page/40/mode/2up pp.41-2.
      ? 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 George Ormerod, The history of Chester, Ed. Lackington, and Hughes, Vol. III, (London: Nichols, Son, and Bentley, 1819), https://archive.org/stream/historyofcountyp03orme#page/n69/mode/2up pp.51.

      * [3]
    • 2 Apr 2014: William's 9-generation ahnentafel: http://www.ourfamilyhistories.org/ahnentafel.php?personID=I26675&tree=00&parentset=0&generations=9 [7]

  • Sources 
    1. [S343] http://www.ourfamilyhistories.org/getperson.php?personID=I26675&tree=00.

    2. [S7510] "William Brereton (1506- ?)" Pedigree & 9-Generation Ahnentafel, cited on "Our Family Histories", August 24, 2015, http:.

    3. [S8781] "William (Brereton) of Brereton Esq (abt. 1506 - bef. 1541)" profile, last modified November 24, 2015 by Gene Adkins, ab.

    4. [S8687] "The Breretons of Cheshire", copyright B. F. Brereton-Goodwin, 2001, brereton.faye@gmail.com, January 2013 (website edit.

    5. [S11034] "Elizabeth (Warburton) Booth", Pedigree Chart, https://www.wikitree.com/genealogy/Warburton-Family-Tree-30, retrieved, r.

    6. [S51363] http://fabpedigree.com/s057/f054237.htm.

    7. [S344] http://www.ourfamilyhistories.org/ahnentafel.php?personID=I26675&tree=00&parentset=0&generations=9.