William BRERETON, VII

Abt 1414 - 1496  (~ 82 years)

• Name	William BRERETON  [1]
  Suffix	VII
  Knighted	1385  [2]
  	Knighted
  Military	1409  [3]
  	Military
  Birth	Abt 1414	Brereton, Cheshire, England   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Alt. Birth	8 Sep 1414	Brereton cum Smethwick, Cheshire, England   [2]
  	Alt. Birth
  MilitaryService	[2]
  	MilitaryService
  TitleOfNobility	[2]
  	TitleOfNobility
  Name	William Brereton  [2]
  Name	William de Brereton  [2]
  _FSFTID	LK1R-KS9
  _FSLINK	https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LK1R-KS9
  _UID	4FEE89ED70E24C54867B49FC0F70407A2400
  Death	18 Oct 1496	Chester, Cheshire, England   [1, 2]
  Person ID	I594767014	Carney Wehofer July 2025
  Last Modified	17 Apr 2024

  
  

  Father	William BRERETON,   b. 1389, Brereton cum Smethwick, Cheshire, England d. 1415, Harfleur, Normandy, France (Age 26 years)
  Mother	Alice CORBET,   b. 1389, Leighton, Montgomeryshire, Wales d. 8 Sep 1458, Chester, Cheshire, England (Age 69 years)
  Marriage	1407	Leighton, Montgomery, England   [4]
  Family ID	F536728820	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Philippa Elanor HULSE,   b. Abt 1415, Leighton, Montgomery, England d. Abt 1463, Chester, Cheshire, England (Age ~ 48 years)
  Children	1. Sir Andrew DE BRERETON, 11th Lord of Brereton,   b. 1448, Brereton cum Smethwick, Cheshire, England d. 18 Oct 1496, Chester, Cheshire, England (Age 48 years)
  Family ID	F1805	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	17 Apr 2024

  
  

  Family 2	Philippa Elanor HULSE,   b. Abt 1415, Leighton, Montgomery, England d. Abt 1463, Chester, Cheshire, England (Age ~ 48 years)
  Marriage	Leighton, Shropshire, England   [3]
  Children	1. Sir Thomas BRERETON,   b. 1436, Burghill, Herefordshire, England d. 1500, England (Age 64 years)   2. Henry BRERETON,   b. Abt 1438, Chester, Cheshire, England d. Yes, date unknown   3. William BRERETON,   b. Abt 1438, Of Brereton, Cheshire, England d. 21 Aug 1507, Cheshire, England (Age ~ 69 years)   4. Eleanor BRERETON,   b. 1440, Brereton, Cheshire, England d. 21 Apr 1497 (Age 57 years)   5. Robert BRERETON,   b. 1440, Brereton, Cheshire, England d. 1507, Chester, Cheshire, England (Age 67 years)   6. Henry BRERETON,   b. Abt 1442, Brereton, Cheshire, England d. 1473, Cheshire, England (Age ~ 31 years)   7. Roger BRERETON,   b. 1444, Brereton, Cheshire, England d. Yes, date unknown   8. Matthew BRERETON,   b. Abt 1446, Chester, Cheshire, England d. Yes, date unknown   9. Matilda BRERETON,   b. Abt 1447, Of Brereton, Cheshire, England d. Yes, date unknown   10. John DE BRERETON, II,   b. 1447, Brereton cum Smethwick, Cheshire, England d. 11 Apr 1527, Austria or Hungary (Age 80 years)
  Family ID	F536728818	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	17 Apr 2024

  
  

• Notes

  William de Brereton, son of Sir William, died at Harfleur in the life of his father, leaving issue (by a marriage with Alice, sister and heir of Sir Richard Corbet of Leighton. Source: Ormerod In 1415, while serving with King Henry V at Harfleur, in France, William Brereton 27, died, thereby predeceasing his father. Consequently, his son, another William Brereton became Sir William Brereton V upon the death of his grandfather. (Siege of Harfleur 18 August-22 September 1415) William was the son of William Brereton and his wife, Alice, the daughter of John Corbet of Leighton and sister and heir to Richard. Issue: Elizabeth, the wife of John Radcliffe of Ordeshall; Jane, the wife of Unknown Cotton of Rudware; Eleanor, the wife of 1) Thomas Bulkeley of Eyton, and 2) Hugh Cholmundeley; Matilda, the wife of Thomas Needham of Shavington,[ or not Shavington but of Cranage; Andrew, married 1) Agnes (or Anne), the daughter of Robert Ligh of Adlington, and 2) Anne Done; Hugh Brereton of Hassall Grene, who married Anne, the daughter of Robert Donn who was the brother of Sir John, and younger son of John Done of Utkinton. Hugh was a younger son, of Wimbersley; Sir John Brereton, who married 1) Katherine, the daughter and heir of Morrice Barkley (Maurice Berkeley of Beverston, widow of John lord Stourton), and 2) Jane, the daughter and heir of Geoffrey Massy of Tatton relict of William Stanley Junior. Robert; Roger; Henry; and Matthew; After Phillipa died he re-married between 16 and 19 Edward IV (4 March 1476-3 March 1480), a second wife, Matild, the daughter of John Dutton of Dutton, esq, and widow of Sir William Bothe of Dunham, Inq 5 Henry VII (22 August 1489-21 August 1490), they had no children. William was dead before 13 June, 19 Edward IV (1479), because on that date Matilda, late wife of the said Sir William Brereton, and widow also of Sir William Bothe, knight, had assignment of dower by settlement of Sir William Brereton's lands in Droitwich, Cudington, Shocklach, and Caldcote. An Inquisition post mortem held in 2 Richard III, 1484/5 found that William Brereton, esq, was the son and heir of Sir William Brereton, knight, and therefore heir to the properties Matilda had held in dower from his father. On 10 June 3 Richard III, enrollment of a mandate to the escheator to deliver to William Brereton, esq, son and heir of sir William Brereton, knight as per Inq 2 Richard III. An Inquisition held in 22 Henry VII (22 August 1506-21 August 1507) found William Brereton was next of kin and heir to William Brereton, esq, who had held a fourth and a half a fourth of the moiety of the manor of Malpas, from the king as earl of Chester, value per annum 40l.

  
  

• Sources

  [S1160] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, FamilySearch Family Tree (http://www.familysearch.org), ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 2 Jan 2023), entry for John de Brereton, person ID 93JK-483. (Reliability: 3). [S1160] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, FamilySearch Family Tree (http://www.familysearch.org), ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 17 Apr 2024), entry for William BRERETON, person ID LK1R-KS9. (Reliability: 3). [S1160] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, FamilySearch Family Tree (http://www.familysearch.org), ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 2 Jan 2023), entry for William Brereton, person ID LZ2Q-6CB. (Reliability: 3). [S1160] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, FamilySearch Family Tree (http://www.familysearch.org), ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 2 Jan 2023), entry for William Brereton, person ID GZY1-797. (Reliability: 3).