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About Frances Brereton
- Frances Brereton1
- F, #2757, d. circa November 1676
- Last Edited=22 Oct 2009
- Frances Brereton was the daughter of Sir William Brereton, 1st Bt. and Susan Booth.1,2 She married Edward Ward, 7th Lord Dudley, son of Humble Ward, 1st Baron Ward of Birmingham and Frances Dudley, Baroness Dudley.1 She died circa November 1676.2 She was buried on 21 November 1676.2
- Her married name became Ward.1
- Children of Frances Brereton and Edward Ward, 7th Lord Dudley
- 1.Henrietta Ward
- 2.Humble Ward
- 3.Hon. Ferdinardo Ward1 d. Oct 1717
- 4.Lettice Ward
- 5.Hon. John Ward b. 16 Oct 1656, d. c Jun 1675
- 6.Hon. William Ward+1 b. 5 Jan 1659/60, d. c May 1692
- 7.Elizabeth Ward b. 5 Jan 1659/60
- 8.Hon. Catherine Ward+ b. c 1663
- Citations
- 1.[S37] BP2003 volume 1, page 1189. See link for full details for this source. Hereinafter cited as. [S37]
- 2.[S344] Burke's Peerage and Gentry, online http://www.burkes-peerage.net. Hereinafter cited as Burke's Peerage and Gentry.
- From: http://www.thepeerage.com/p276.htm#i2757 ______________________
- Sir William Brereton, 1st Baronet (13 September 1604 – 7 April 1661) was an English writer and politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1628 and 1659. He was a commander in the Parliamentary army in the English Civil War.
- Brereton was the son of William Brereton and was baptised at Collegiate Church, Manchester, in 1604. He matriculated at Brasenose College, Oxford on 2 November 1621, aged 18 and was a student of Gray's Inn in 1623. He was then of Handforth Hall, Cheshire.[1] He worked hard to increase the value of his estates. For example he was interested in field sports and built a duck decoy at Dodleston which became something of a commercial operation. He was created a baronet on 10 March 1627.
- In 1628 Brereton was elected Member of Parliament (MP) for Cheshire and sat until 1629 when King Charles I decided to rule without parliament for eleven years.[2] In the summer of 1634 Brereton visited Holland and the Seventeen Provinces and wrote a detailed account of his travels. He took a keen interest in military matters and studied siege warfare there at first hand. In the following year from 11 June to 4 August he journeyed through north eastern England to lowland Scotland and thence to Ireland, returning to land in England at Minehead from where he made his way back to Chester. In other years he journeyed in France and other parts of England although his records of the journeys have been lost.
- In April 1640, Brereton was re-elected MP for Cheshire in the Short Parliament. He was re-elected for the Long Parliament in November 1640.[2] He took a stand against King Charles by organising a petition, said to contain over 1000 signatures, directed against episcopacy - rule of the Church by bishops.
- In 1642, Brereton joined the Parliamentarian forces, and in March 1643 was appointed Commander-in-Chief for Parliament's army in Cheshire, where he quickly established a formidable intelligence network of spies and agents. He defeated the Royalists at the First Battle of Middlewich on 13 March[3] and established his Cheshire headquarters at Nantwich. In 1643, when Parliament's cause floundered elsewhere, Brereton stood out as a success, establishing Parliamentary dominance in Cheshire. With success came attention from the Royalists. More Cavaliers entered Cheshire to counter Brereton's forces and in late 1643 he suffered his only major defeat at the Second Battle of Middlewich. The Royalists were unable to press home the initiative however and in January 1644 Lord Byron's Royalists were routed by Sir Thomas Fairfax and Brereton at the Battle of Nantwich.
- After some time in London, Brereton returned to Cheshire. He was one of three officers (the other two being Sir Thomas Middleton (soldier)[citation needed] and Oliver Cromwell) specifically exempted by Parliament from the provisions of the Self-denying Ordinance. Brereton turned his attentions to besieging Chester, a Royalist stronghold. Byron, now Governor of the City, held out until February 1646, but finally had to capitulate. Brereton played an important role in the first civil war's final major pitched Battle at Stow-on-the-Wold, but thereafter faded into the background vis-a-vis military matters.
- Brereton survived Pride's Purge in 1648 and although he was one of the commissioners on the trial of the king, he did not act. He was present in the restored Rump Parliament in 1659.
- Brereton died at the age of 56. A series of letter books survive in which he preserved copies of letters he wrote, especially during the English Civil War.
- Sir William Brereton married as his first wife Susanna, daughter of Sir George Booth of Dunham Massey, Baronet. By her Brereton had Sir Thomas, his only son and successor in the baronetcy, and three daughters: Frances, wife of Edward Ward, 10th Baron Dudley and 2nd Baron Ward; Susanna, who married Edmund Lenthall, son of Sir John Lenthall; and Catherine, who died unmarried. Brereton's second wife was Cicely, daughter of Sir William Skeffington, Baronet, of Staffordshire. They had a daughter, Cicely, who became the wife of Edward, 4th Earl of Meath.
- In 1699, a family dispute broke out between these heirs, when Susanna Brereton's daughter Mary, who had married John Levett Esq., a barrister of the Inner Temple, London, petitioned the House of Lords in London on behalf of Edward Ward, 11th Baron Dudley and 3rd Baron Ward, who was an infant when his father died, and whose guardianship had been held by Edward, Earl of Meath, and his wife, who was the aunt of the infant lord.[4][5]
- From: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir_William_Brereton,_1st_Baronet __________________________
- Stamford, Earl of (E, 1628 - 1976)
- 3. Hon John Grey, of Enville Hall, co. Stafford, mar. (1) Mary Wollryche, dau. of Sir Francis Wollryche, of Dudmaston, co. Shropshire, and had issue:
- 1a. Mary Grey, mar. William Ward MP, of Willingsworth and Sedgeley Park, co. Stafford (d. 25 Oct 1720), and had issue
- Hon John Grey mar. (2) 21 Nov 1683 Hon Catharine Ward, 1st dau. of Edward [Ward], 7th Baron Dudley, by his wife Frances Brereton, sister and hrss. of Sir Thomas Brereton, 2nd Bt., and 1st dau. by his first wife of Gen Sir William Brereton, 1st Bt., of Honford, co. Chester, and (3) Susanna Scrimshaw, and had issue by his second wife: .... etc.
- From: http://www.cracroftspeerage.co.uk/online/content/stamford1628.htm?z... - SEARCH SITE FOR Brereton __________________
- Dudley, Baron (E, 1439/40)
- Hon Frances Sutton later Ward, suo jure Baroness Dudley
- born 23 Jul 1611
- mar. 17 Feb 1628 Humble [Ward], 1st Baron Ward
- children
- 1. Hon Edward Ward, later 2nd Baron Ward later 7th Baron Dudley
- 2. Hon William Ward, of Willingsworth, co. Stafford (d. 1713), mar. Anne Parker, dau. of William Parker, of Willingsworth, co. Stafford, and had issue:
- 1a. William Ward MP, of Willingsworth and Sedgeley Park, co. Stafford (d. 25 Oct 1720), mar. Mary Grey, only dau. of Hon John Grey, of Enville Hall, co. Stafford (by his first wife Mary Wollryche, dau. of Sir Francis Wollryche, of Dudmaston, co. Shropshire), 3rd son of Henry [Grey], 1st Earl of Stamford, and had issue:
- 1b. John Ward, later 6th Baron Ward later 1st Viscount Dudley and Ward
- 2b. Rev William Ward, Rector of Himley and Kingswinford, co. Stafford (d. 21 Jul 1758), mar. Elizabeth Hawkes, dau. of John Hawkes, and had issue:
- 1c. Humble Ward (d. 1785), mar. Susanna Beecroft, and had issue:
- 1d. William Humble Ward, later 10th Baron Ward
- 1c. Frances Ward (d. 4 Mar 1812; bur. at Staunton Harold, co. Leicester), mar. 24 Jul 1781 as his first wife Washington [Shirley], 8th Earl Ferrers, and had issue
- 1c. Humble Ward (d. 1785), mar. Susanna Beecroft, and had issue:
- 1a. Frances Ward, mar. after 15 May 1695 Robert Pigott, of Chetwynd, co. Shropshire, Sheriff of Shropshire 1697, and had issue
- 2a. Jane Ward, mar. Daniel Jevon
- 3a. Rebecca Ward
- 1a. William Ward MP, of Willingsworth and Sedgeley Park, co. Stafford (d. 25 Oct 1720), mar. Mary Grey, only dau. of Hon John Grey, of Enville Hall, co. Stafford (by his first wife Mary Wollryche, dau. of Sir Francis Wollryche, of Dudmaston, co. Shropshire), 3rd son of Henry [Grey], 1st Earl of Stamford, and had issue:
- 1. Hon Honora Ward (b. 1636; d. 18 Jul 1699), mar. William Dilke, of Maxstoke Castle, co. Warwick (d. 31 Aug 1669), and had issue
- 2. Hon Frances Ward, mar. 9 Jul 1672 as his second wife Sir William Noel, 2nd Bt., of Kirkby Mallory, co. Leicester, and had issue
- 3. Hon Theodosia Sutton (bapt. 15 May 1642; bur. 18 Jan 1678/9), mar. (1) bef. 1664 Sir Thomas Brereton, 2nd Bt., of Honford, co. Chester, and (2) bef. Feb 1677 Charles Brereton, and had issue by her second husband
- bur. 11 Aug 1697 (bur. at Himley, co. Stafford)
- suc. by son
- note raised to the rank of a Baron's dau. 24 Jun 1635
- Edward [Ward], 2nd Baron Ward later 7th Baron Dudley
- born 1631
- mar. Frances Brereton (bur. 21 Nov 1676 at Himley, co. Stafford), sister and hrss. of Sir Thomas Brereton, 2nd Bt., of Honford, co. Chester, and 1st dau. of Gen Sir William Brereton, 1st Bt., of Honford, co. Chester, by his first wife Susan Booth, 2nd dau. by his second wife of Sir George Booth, 1st Bt., of Dunham Massey, co. Chester
- children
- 1. Hon John Ward (dvp. 1675)
- 2. Hon William Ward (b. 1660; bur. vp. 16 May 1692), mar. Frances Dilke, dau. of William Dilke, of Maxstone Castle, co. Warwick, and had issue:
- 1a. Edward Ward, later 8th Baron Dudley and 3rd Baron Ward
- 2a. John Ward (bur. 29 Jul 1696)
- 3a. William Ward, later 10th Baron Dudley and 5th Baron Ward
- 1a. Frances Ward (b. 5 Dec 1688; d. 24 Jan 1737)), mar. 12 Nov 1709 William Lea, of Halesowen Grange, co. Worcester (b. c. 1677; d. 31 Jan 1741), only son of John Lea, of Halesowen Grange, co. Worcester, by his wife Mary Deely, dau. of William Deely, of Warley-Wigorn, and had issue:
- 1b. Ferdinando Dudley Lea, later 11th Baron Dudley
- 2b. William Lea (bapt. 15 May 1722; bur. 29 May 1743)
- 1b. Anne Lea, of Halesowen Grange, co. Worcester, assumed the title of Baroness Dudley on her brother's death (bapt. 24 Mar 1714; d. 29 Apr 1762; bur. in Halesowen Church, co. Shropshire), mar. after 18 May 1737 her second cousin William Smith, of Stoke Prior and Ridgeware, co. Worcester (b. c. 1713; d. 19 May 1784; bur. in Halesowen Church, co. Shropshire), only son of Jacob Smith, of Stoke Prior and Ridgacre, co. Worcester, by his wife Elizabeth Lowe, dau. of Humphrey Lowe, of Warley, co. Shropshire, by his wife Joice Lea, 1st dau. of John Lea, of Halesowen Grange, co. Worcester, and had issue:
- 1c. Harry Grey Smith (dvp. 21 Mar 1760)
- 2c. Ferdinando Smith, of Halesowen Grange, co. Worcester (bapt. 23 Jan 1747; bur. 13 Jan 1794/5), mar. 27 Dec 1774 Elizabeth Lyttelton (bur. 21 Sep 1805), dau. of Humphrey Lyttelton, and had issue:
- 1d. Lt Col Ferdinando Smith JP DL, of Halesowen Grange, co. Worcester (b. 26 Mar 1779; d. 20 Jul 1841), mar. (1) 1 Jul 1802 Eloisa Knudson (dsp. 14 Feb 1805), dau .and cohrss. of Maj Gen St George Knudson HEICS, and (2) 5 Oct 1830 Elizabeth Grazebrook (d. 23 Jan 1875), 4th dau. of Michael Grazebrook, of Audnam, co. Stafford, and had issue by his second wife:
- 1e. Capt Ferdinando Dudley Lea Smith JP DL, of Halesowen Grange, co. Worcester, High Sheriff of Staffordshire 1860 (bapt. 15 Jun 1834; d. 8 Feb 1905), mar. 23 Feb 1865 Amy Sophia Leigh (d. 10 Jun 1884), 2nd dau. of James Heath Leigh, of Belmont Hall, co. Chester, by his wife Frances Mosley, 3rd dau. of Sir Oswald Mosley, 2nd Bt., of Rolleston Hall, co. Stafford, and had issue:
- 1f. Ferdinando Dudley William Lea Smith, later 12th Baron Dudley
- 2f. Charles Edward Lea Smith (b. 23 Nov 1874; dvp. 6 Dec 1874)
- 1f. Lilian Amy Lea Smith
- 2e. Lieut William Lea Smith (b. 27 Feb 1836; d. 5 Feb 1880)
- 1e. Capt Ferdinando Dudley Lea Smith JP DL, of Halesowen Grange, co. Worcester, High Sheriff of Staffordshire 1860 (bapt. 15 Jun 1834; d. 8 Feb 1905), mar. 23 Feb 1865 Amy Sophia Leigh (d. 10 Jun 1884), 2nd dau. of James Heath Leigh, of Belmont Hall, co. Chester, by his wife Frances Mosley, 3rd dau. of Sir Oswald Mosley, 2nd Bt., of Rolleston Hall, co. Stafford, and had issue:
- 2d. Capt William Smith (b. 24 Jun 1785; d. in India 4 May 1824)
- 3d. Lieut Henry Lyttelton Smith (b. 1787; d. unm. in India)
- 1d. Elizabeth Smith (dsp. 1806), mar. Joseph Carruthers, of Halesowen, co. Worcester
- 2d. Amelia Smith (d. unm.)
- 3d. Frances Maria Smith (d. after 1839)
- 4d. Harriet Smith (d. unm.)
- 5d. Frances Caroline Smith (b. 1783; d. 8 Jul 1852), mar. Dec 1803 Capt Marcus John Annesley, of Oakley Park, co. Down (b. 1782; d. 15 Oct 1858), and had issue
- 6d. Matilda Smith (d. after 1839)
- 7d. Louisa Smith (d. unm.)
- 8d. Selina Smith (d. unm.)
- 1d. Lt Col Ferdinando Smith JP DL, of Halesowen Grange, co. Worcester (b. 26 Mar 1779; d. 20 Jul 1841), mar. (1) 1 Jul 1802 Eloisa Knudson (dsp. 14 Feb 1805), dau .and cohrss. of Maj Gen St George Knudson HEICS, and (2) 5 Oct 1830 Elizabeth Grazebrook (d. 23 Jan 1875), 4th dau. of Michael Grazebrook, of Audnam, co. Stafford, and had issue by his second wife:
- 1c. Frances Smith, mar. her cousin Walter Woodcock (bur. sp. 1 Mar 1821), 1st son of Walter Woodcock JP, of Albrighton, co. Shropshire, by his wife Frances Lea, sister of Ferdinando Dudley [Lea], 11th Baron Dudley
- 2c. Anne Smith, mar. 1766 Edward Baker, of Hill Court and Grafton Flyford, co. Worcester
- 3c. Mary Smith (bur. 19 Feb 1826)
- 2b. Frances Lea (bapt. 12 Apr 1717; d. 9 Mar 1800), mar. 8 Dec 1740 Walter Woodcock JP, of Albrighton, co. Shropshire, and had issue
- 3b. Mary Lea (bapt. 19 Jun 1723; bur. s.p. 14 Apr 1742), mar. 2 Aug 1741 Dr Joseph Harvey, of Stourbridge, co. Worcester, and had issue
- 4b. Catherine Lea (bapt. 8 Feb 1726/7), mar. (1) 16 Nov 1744 Thomas Jordan, gunsmith, of Birmingham, co. Warwick, and (2) Henry Turner, of Stowell, Birmingham, co. Warwick, and had issue by both husbands
- 5b. Elizabeth Lea (bapt. 23 Feb 1728/9; bur. 29 Jul 1765), mar. 14 Jul 1759 Rev Benjamin Briscoe, Rector of Staunton, co. Worcester, and had issue
- 3. Hon Ferdinando Ward (d. 1717)
- 1. Hon Catherine Ward, mar. 21 Nov 1683 Hon John Grey, of Enville Hall, co. Stafford, and had issue
- 2. Lettice Ward (dvp. an infant)
- 3. Hon Humbletta Ward, mar. Thomas Porter
- died 3 Aug 1701 (bur. at Himley, co. Stafford)
- suc. by grandson
- note suc. his father 14 Oct 1670 as 2nd Baron Ward
- From: http://www.cracroftspeerage.co.uk/online/content/dudley1439.htm?zoo... - SEARCH SITE FOR Brereton ____________________
- 'Brereton03'
- Randle Brereton of Malpas
- m. Alice Ipstones (dau of William de Ipstones)
- 1. Randle Brereton of Ipstones & Malpas
- m. Katherine Bulkeley (dau of William Bulkeley of Eaton)
- A. Randle (Randoll) Brereton
- m. Emma (heir of John Carington of Carington)
- i. Sir Randle Brereton of Ipstones, Shoclach and Malpas (a 1522, Chamberlain of Chester)
- m. Eleanor Dutton (dau of Piers Dutton of Hatton)
- a. .... etc.
- e. Sir Urian Brereton of Honford or Hanford or Handforth or Handford (d 19.03.1578, 9th son)
- The following is supported by Visitation (Cheshire, 1580, Brereton of Hanford) & Visitation (Cheshire, 1663, Brereton of Malpas).
- m1. Margaret Honford (dau of William Honford (or Hanford or Handford) of Honford, relict of Sir John Stanley)
- The following is supported by Ormerod (Cheshire, vol 3, Honford and Brereton of Honford).
- (1) Randoll Brereton of Honford (dspl bur 03.12.1583)
- partner unknown
- (A) Thomas Brereton
- (2) William Brereton of Honford, Sheriff of Cheshire (d 05.06.1601, 2nd son)
- m. (1548) Katherine Hurleston (dau of Roger Hurleston of Chester, m2. Sir Randle Mainwaring)
- (A) William Brereton of Honford or Hanford (bpt 13.10.1584, d 18.02.1609-10, 2nd son)
- m. Margaret Holland (bur 14.04.1609, dau of Richard Holland of Denton)
- (i) Sir William Brereton, 1st Bart of Honford (b c1605, d 07.04.1661, parliamentary general)
- m1. Susan Booth (dau of Sir George Booth, Bart of Dunham)
- (a) Sir Thomas Brereton, 2nd Bart of Honford (b 1632, dsp 07.01.1673)
- m. Theodosia Ward (dau of Humble Ward, Lord of Birmingham)
- (b) Frances Brereton (bur 21.11.1676)
- m. Edward Ward, Lord Dudley, Lord Ward of Birmingham (b 1631, d 03.08.1701)
- (c) Susannah Brereton (b 1627)
- m. Edmund Lenthall (son of Sir John of Great Haseley)
- (d) Catherine Brereton (b 1635, d young)
- m2. Cicely Skeffington (dau of Sir William Skeffington, Bart of Fisherwick)
- (e) Cicely Brereton (d 12.07.1704)
- m. (before 1677) Edward Brabazon, 4th Earl of Meath (b c1638, dsps 22.02.1707)
- (f) Mary Brereton
- (ii) .... etc.
- Main source(s): BEB1841 (Brereton of Honford (both main & supplement)), Visitation (Cheshire, 1580 & 1663, Brereton of Malpas) with support/input as reported above
- From: Stirnet.com
- http://www.stirnet.com/genie/data/british/bb4fz/brereton03.php _________________________________
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Frances Brereton's Timeline
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1635
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Handforth, Cheshire East, England, United Kingdom
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January 5, 1659
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November 21, 1676
Age 41
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Handforth, Cheshire East, England, United Kingdom
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