Francis Brereton, 5th Baron Brereton of Leighlin

• Francis Brereton, 5th Baron Brereton of Leighlin1
• M, #151648, b. 1 May 1662, d. circa April 1722
• Last Edited=21 Jul 2005
• Francis Brereton, 5th Baron Brereton of Leighlin was born on 1 May 1662.1 He was the son of William Brereton, 3rd Baron Brereton of Leighlin and Frances Willoughby.1 He was baptised on 2 May 1662 at St. Paul's Church, Covent Gardens, London, England.1 He and Mary Frances Fowler obtained a marriage license on 14 February 1687/88 although this marriage never took place.1 He died circa April 1722 at Holborn, London, England, unmarried.1 He was buried on 11 April 1722 at Brereton, Cheshire, England.1 He died intestate and his estate was administered to his aunt, Elizabeth Brereton on 24 May 1722.1 He died intestate and his estate was administered to his cousins once removed, Sir Clobery Holte, Bt. and James Tyrrell on 14 March 1723/24.1
• He succeeded to the title of 5th Baron Brereton of Leighlin, co. Carlow [I., 1624] in 1718.1
• On his death, his title became extinct.1
• Citations
• 1.[S6] G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed., 13 volumes in 14 (1910-1959; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), volume II, page 301. Hereinafter cited as The Complete Peerage.
• From: http://www.thepeerage.com/p15165.htm#i151648 ______________________________
• Frances WILLOUGHBY
• Born: 1625
• Died: 1659
• Father: Francis WILLOUGHBY (5° B. Willoughby of Parham)
• Mother: Elizabeth CECIL (B. Willoughby of Parham)
• Married: William BRERETON BEF 1644, Rutland, Derbyshire, England
• Children:
  • 1. John BRERETON
  • 2. William BRERETON
  • 3. Francis BRERETON
• From: http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/WILLOUGHBY2.htm#Frances WILLOUGHBY2 ___________________
• William Brereton, 3rd Baron Brereton FRS (4 May 1631 – 17 March 1680) was an English mathematician and politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1659 and became Baron Brereton in the Irish peerage in 1664.
• Brereton was the eldest son of William Brereton, 2nd Baron Brereton of Brereton Hall Chester [1] and his wife Lady Elizabeth Goring, daughter of George Goring, 1st Earl of Norwich and Mary Neville. He studied mathematics, spending some time being tutored by John Pell.[2]
• In 1659, Brereton was elected Member of Parliament for Newton in the Third Protectorate Parliament [3] and for Bossiney in 1660.[4]
• Brereton became an original Fellow of the Royal Society on 22 April 1663. He inherited the Irish peerage Baron Brereton on the death of his father in 1664. In 1668 he gave the rectory of Tilston, near Malpas to mathematician Thomas Branker.[5]
• Brereton was succeeded by his sons John and Francis on whose death in 1722 the title became extinct.
• From: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Brereton,_3rd_Baron_Brereton _________________________
• John Brereton (1659–1718) was an English baron in the Peerage of Ireland.
• He was born on 2 December 1659, the son of the William Brereton, 3rd Baron Brereton. He lived at Brereton Hall near Sandbach, Cheshire. He inherited the Barony upon his father's death in 1679 and became a member of the House of Lords, but did not sit in James II's parliament of 7 May 1689.
• He married Mary (1655–1715) the youngest daughter of Sir Thomas Tipping of Wheatfield Park in Oxfordshire, but they had no children and he was succeeded by his brother, Francis Brereton, 5th Baron Brereton.
• From: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Brereton,_4th_Baron_Brereton _______________________
• A genealogical history of the dormant, abeyant, forfeited, and extinct peerages of the British empire (1978)
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  • BRERETON--BARON BRERETON.
• RALPH DE BRERETON (son of William de Brereton, and grandson of William de Brereton,) was father (besides a 2nd son, Gilbert, and a dau., Isolda, wife of Gilbert de Stoke,) of an elder son and heir.
• SIR WILLIAM BRERETON, of Brereton, Knt, living temp. JOHN and HENRY III., who m. Margery, dau. of Randle de Thornton, and had a son, RALPH, and a dau., wife of Thurstan de Smethwick. The former
• SIR RALPH BRERETON, of Brereton, Knt, had two sons, WILLIAM (SIR), and Gilbert, father of Henry and Sibella, wife of William de Bouths. The elder son,
• SIR WILLIAM BRERETON, of Brereton, Knt., m. the dau. of his guardian. Sir Richard de Sandbach, Knt., and was father of
• SIR WILLIAM BRERETON, of Brereton, Knt., who m. Roesia, dau. of Ralph de Vernon, and had issue,
  • I. WILLIAM, m. Margery, dau. of Richard de Bosley, and d. in his father's lifetime, leaving issue,
    • 1 WILLIAM (SIR), of whom presently,
    • 2 John. .... etc.
  • II. John, .... etc.
• Sir William was s. by his grandson,
• SIR WILLIAM BRERETON, of Brereton, living 49th EDWARD III., who m. 1st, Ellen, dau. of Philip, and sister and finally heiress of David Egerton, of Egerton, and by her had a son and successor,
  • WILLIAM.
• He m. 2ndly, Margaret, dau. of --- Done, of Utkinton, and widow of John Davenport, and by her had a son and two daus., .... etc.
• The eldest son,
• SIR WILLIAM BRERETON, of Brereton, m. 1st, in 1386, Angella, dau. of Hugh Venables, and by her had issue,
  • I. WILLIAM, d. before his father, having m. Alice, sister and heiress of Richard Corbett, of Leighton, and by her (who m. 2ndly, John Stretley, Esq.,) had issue,
    • 1 WILLIAM (SIR), successor to his grandfather,
    • 2 Ralph. .... etc.
  • II. Hugh. .... etc.
• Sir William m. 2ndly, Elena, dau. of Sir William Massy, of Tatton, Knt., and by her, who m. 2ndly, Sir Gilbert Halsall, Knt., had a son,
  • Thomas, in holy orders, rector of Brereton, 1433.
• Sir William d. 4th HENRY VI., and was c. by his grandson.
• SIR WILLIAM BRERETON, of Brereton, Knt., who m. Philippa, dau. of Sir Hugh, and sister of Thomas Hulse, and had issue,
  • I. WILLIAM, m. Katherine, dau. of Sir John Byron, and d. s. p.
  • II. ANDREW (SIR), of whom presently.
  • III. John .... etc.
• The eldest surviving son,
• SIR ANDREW BRERETON, of Brereton, Knt., m. Agnes, dau. of Robert Legh, of Adlington, and had issue,
  • I. WILLIAM (SIR), his heir.
  • II. John .... etc.
• The eldest son and heir,
• SIR WILLIAM BRERETON, of Brereton, Knt.; chief justice and lord high marshal of Ireland, m. 1st, Alice, dau. of Sir John Savage, Knt., of Clifton, and by her had a son,
  • I. WILLIAM, who m. Anne, dau. of Sir William Booth, of Dunham, and predeceasing his father, left issue,
    • 1 WILLIAM (SIR), successor to his grandfather.
    • 2 Andrew, .... etc.
• The chief justice m. 2ndly, Eleanor, dau. of Sir Ralph Brereton, of Ipstones, co. Stafford, and widow of --- Egerton, and by her had issue,
  • I. John .... etc.
• Sir William, who was buried at Kilkenny, in Ireland, 4 February, 1541, was s. by his grandson,
• SIR WILLIAM BRERETON, Knt., of Brereton, who m. Jane,
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• eldest dau. of Sir Peter Warburton, by Elizabeth Wynynton, his wife, and by her (who m. 2ndly, Sir Lawrence Smith, of Hough), had issue,
  • I. WILLIAM (SIR), his heir.
  • I. Mary. .... etc.
• Sir William, who was buried at Brereton, 4 September, 1559, was s. by his son,
• SIR WILLIAM BRERETON, of Brereton, Knt., bapt. 6 February, 1550, who built the Hall of Brereton in 1586, and was created Baron Brereton, of Leighlin, co. Carlow, 11 May, 1624. His lordship m. Margaret, dau. of Sir John Savage, Knt., by Elizabeth his wife, dau. of the Earl of Rutland, and by her (who d. 7 April, 1597,) had issue, besides other children, who d. young,
  • I. John (Sir), of Brereton, b. 25 March, 1591, m. Anne. Dau. of Sir Edward Fitton, of awsworth, and dying in the lifetime of his father, left by her (who m. 2ndly, Sir Gilbert Gerard, Knt.) three sons and two daus., viz.,
    • 1 WILLIAM, successor to his grandfather as 2nd baron.
    • 2 John, .... etc.
  • I. Mary, .... etc.
• Lord Brereton d. in 1631, and was s. by his grandson,
• WILLIAM BRERETON, 2nd Lord Brereton, b. 28 February 1611, who m. Elizabeth, dau. of George, Lord Goring, Earl of Norwich, and by her (who d. in 1687) had, besides five daus., Anne, Mary, Elizabeth, Jane, and Frances, of of whom d. unm., other issue,
  • WILLIAM, his successor.
  • Henry, .... etc.
• His lordship d. in 1664, and was s. by his eldest son,
• WILLIAM BRERETON, 3rd Lord Brereton, b. 4 May, 1631, who was distinguished as a man of letters, and was one of the founders of the Royal Society. He m. Frances, dau. of Francis, Lord Willoughby, of Parham; and dying in 1679, left a son and successor,
• JOHN BRERETON, 4th Lord Brereton, who m. Mary dau. of Sir Thomas Tipping; but d. s. p. in 1718, and was s. by his brother,
• FRANCIS BRERETON, 5th Lord Brereton; at whose decease, unm., in 1722, the title became EXTINCT. ______________________________
• Brereton, Baron (I, 1624 - 1722)
• William [Brereton], 2nd Baron Brereton
• born 28 Feb 1611
• mar. Lady Elizabeth Goring (bur. at Brereton, co. Chester, 5 Dec 1687), 1st dau. of George [Goring], 1st Earl of Norwich, by his wife Hon Mary Nevill, 2nd dau. of Edward [Nevill], 8th or 1st Baron Bergavenny
• children
  • 1. Hon William Brereton, later 3rd Baron Brereton
  • 1. Hon Elizabeth Brereton, adminstratrix of her nephew the 5th Baron Brereton 1722 (d. before 14 Mar 1723/4)
• bur. 21 Apr 1664 (bur. at Brereton, co. Chester)
• suc. by son
• note Member of Parliament for Cheshire 1661-64
• William [Brereton], 3rd Baron Brereton
• bapt. 4 May 1631
• mar. in or before 1659 Hon Frances Willoughby (bur. 12 Sep 1680 at St Martin's-in-the-Fields, co. Middlesex), 2nd dau. and cohrss. of Francis [Willoughby], 5th Baron Willoughby of Parham, by his wife Hon Elizabeth Cecil, 3rd dau. and cohrss. by his first wife of Edward [Cecil], 1st Viscount Wimbledon
• children
  • 1. Hon John Brereton, later 4th Baron Brereton
  • 2. Hon Francis Brereton, later 5th Baron Brereton
• died 17 Mar 1679/80 (bur. at St Martin's-in-the-Fields. co. Middlesex)
• suc. by son
• John [Brereton], 4th Baron Brereton
• born 2 Dec 1659
• mar. after 26 Jun 1686 Mary Tipping (b. c. 1655; dsp. Feb 1714/5; bur. at Brereton, co. Chester), dau. of Sir Thomas Tipping, of Wheatfield, co. Oxford, by his wife Elizabeth Beconsaw, dau. and cohrss. of Sir White Beconsaw, of Moyles Court, co. Hampshire
• died s.p. 1718 (bur. at Brereton, co. Chester)
• suc. by brother
• note he did not sit in the Irish Parliament of King James II 1689
• Francis [Brereton], 5th Baron Brereton
• born 1 May 1662
• bur. 11 Apr 1722 (bur. at Brereton, co. Chester)
• On the death of the 5th Baron Brereton the Barony of Brereton became extinct.
• From: http://www.cracroftspeerage.co.uk/online/ - SEARCH BRERETON ____________________
• Brereton; a family history (1919)
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• About 1176, Ralph de Brereton, a grand-son of the first Ralph, is witness in a grant of Marton to Richard de Davenport.
• About 1194, William de Brereton, son of this last Ralph, received a deed at the time of his marriage to Margery, daughter of Randle de Torhaunt, eight witnesses signing the contract. This William was knighted by Henry III in 1208, the beginning of honors held in the Brereton family for over five hundred years.
• In 1216, Sir Ralph de Brereton, son of William, granted land to "Brereton" church, as shown by parish records still in existence.
• About 1232, this Sir Ralph received payment of "half a salt works" for some public services done in Cheshire.
• During the year 1250, Sir William Brere-
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• ton was witness to legal documents in Chester. In 1307, another William Brereton was witness to four deeds still on file there. The same year, William le Brereton, Kt, was witness to deeds of sale in Chester.
• Sir William Brereton, Kt., son and heir of Ralph, married a daughter of Sir Richard de Sandbach, in fulfillment of a contract made with William de Venables.
• About 1275, Sir William Brereton married Roesia, daughter of Ralph de Vernon. This wedding united the Breretons with the Vernons of "Haddon Hall," so well described by Majors in the novel "Dorothy Vernon." This Sir William later gave one hundred marks for the marriage of their daughter Margery to Thomas de Davenport in 1301. He was knighted by Edward III in 1321.
• In 1342, Sir William and his wife, Roesia, united in a deed of lands in Brereton parish. Roesia must have believed in "woman's rights" and had her name put in the deeds. This Sir William received indulgences from the Pope for services rendered in
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• the Crusades to the Holy Sepulchre, about 1350. .... etc.
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• Returning to the records, we find that William de Brereton, son of the previous Sir William, died before his father, leaving a son of the same name.
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• In 1354, Sir William Brereton, heir to his grandfather, married Ellena, daughter of David de Egerton, a descendant of the Norman barons; by this alliance the Brereton estates were greatly extended, placing their social standing among the best in England.
• In 1386, Sir William Brereton, son of the above, married Anylla, daughter of Sir William Venables, a descendant of Gilbert de Venables, first baron of Cheshire, and grantee of the first Brereton estate, three hundred years before. By a second marriage, to Elena, daughter of Sir William Massey of Tatton Hall, in 1426, the Brereton holdings were among the great estates of England, including the manors of Malpas and Picton, with lands in Woodhull, Crouton, Charlton, and Norwich.
• William de Brereton, son of the above, married Alice, sister and heiress of Sir Richard Corbett of Leighton ; this William died during the life of his father. About this time the "de" was dropped from English names, as it was simply a descriptive
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• term and never a title, nor represented any special honor.
• In 1409, a record says that King Henry removed the Mayor of Chester and placed Sir William Brereton in charge as military governor.
• William Brereton, on the death of his grandfather, in 1435, was found heir to the vast estates of Brereton, and also the estates of his step-mother, in Tilston and Herthull, as recorded in 1438. He was knighted in 1485. His son, William Brereton, died issueless, breaking the line of descent, the succession passing to his nephew, son of Sir Andrew Brereton, in 1507.
• On December 7, 1496, a deed was recorded to Ralph Brereton, brother of Sir Randle Brereton of Malpas. This Sir Randle was Chamberlain and Knight of the Bedchamber to Henry VII and Henry VIII. His son, John Brereton, about 1534, started the Norfolk branch of Breretons, from which many noted families have sprung.
• In 1507, Sir William Brereton held vast
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• estates, and also had control of the appointment of clergymen to churches at Brereton, Malpas, Tilston, and St. John's.
• As a side-light on court life of the period, there is a record of one Sir William Brereton of Malpas, whom Henry VIII suspected of being too familiar with the Queen, Anne Boleyn. He was confined in the tower of London, and later the King gave orders to "muzzle the bear," meaning to take his head off; so Sir William died May 17,1536, and two days later the Queen, mother of Queen Elizabeth, was beheaded. There is a legend that ever since that event the bear on the Brereton arms has been muzzled, but in free America we have left the bear free also.
• In 1537, the wealthy Nunnery of Chester was dissolved, and its property confiscated by the King, as part of the policy of the "reformation." In 1541, these buildings and grounds were granted to "Urian Brereton, the elder, and his son, free of taxes," for favors done the King. For a century this place was used as a manorial residence by the Breretons, but was destroyed in 1646 by
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• Cromwell's army, led by Sir William Brereton.
• Sir William Brereton, grandson of the Lord High Marshal of Ireland, 1540, was married to Jane, daughter of Sir Peter Warburton of Arley.
• Sir William Brereton, born in 1550, married Margaret, granddaughter of the Earl of Rutland, being the same family, and about the time Dorothy Vernon married into the Rutland family. This Sir William built Brereton Hall in 1586, the cornerstone of which is said to have been laid by Queen Elizabeth. He was created "Lord Brereton of Leighlin" in Ireland, May 11, 1624.
• John, eldest son of Lord Brereton, died in his father's lifetime, leaving a son, William, the second Lord Brereton, who succeeded his grandfather in 1631 ; but having sided with the King against Parliament, lost most of his estates, suffering great financial and social reverses.
• William, the third Lord Brereton, through loyalty to the King, lost the barony of Mal-
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• pas. He was a scholarly man, being credited with founding the Royal Society in 1658.
• John, the fourth Lord Brereton, and Francis, his brother, the fifth Lord Brereton, both dying without issue, title to "Brereton Hall" in 1722 passed through the female line to the Holts of Aston, Warwickshire, after being in the Brereton family continuously for six hundred and fifty-six years. It has since passed from the Holts, having been sold to satisfy other claims, but retains the old name, and is shown to visitors as "Brereton Hall." ______________________________
• The history of the county palatine and city of Chester: .... Vol. III.
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  • BRERETON AND HOLT OF BRERETON. Pg.51-52 ____________________
• Links
• http://www.brereton.org/Cheshire%20January%202013.pdf - SOME DATES ARE NOT CORRECT IN THIS LISTING & CONNECTIONS VERY CONFUSING

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