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Margery Brereton

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Daughter of Sir William Brereton
Wife of Sir Henry Delves, Kt.
Mother of Sir Henry Delves, Kt.

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About Margery Brereton

  • Margaret Brereton
  • F, #52081
  • Father William Brereton1 d. b 1321
  • Mother Margery Bosley1
  • Margaret Brereton married Sir Henry Delves, son of Richard de Delves, Constable of Heleigh Castle and Amicia. Margaret Brereton married John Mareschal.2
  • Family 1 John Mareschal
  • Family 2 Sir Henry Delves d. 1397
  • Citations
  • 1.[S10297] Unknown author, History of the County Palatine and City of Chester, by George Omerod, 1819., p. 51.
  • 2.[S10297] Unknown author, History of the County Palatine and City of Chester, by George Omerod, 1819., p. 268.
  • From: http://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/p1733.htm#... _____________________
  • DELVES, Sir Henry (by 1498-1560), of Doddington, Cheshire.
  • b. by 1498, 1st s. of Henry Delves of Doddington by Margaret, da. of Sir William Brereton of Brereton. m. by 1519, Cecily, da. of (Sir) Richard Broke of London, at least 4s. inc. George† 2da. suc. fa. by 1533. Kntd. 30 May 1533.1
  • The Delves family, originally of Delves Hall in Staffordshire, had been established at Doddington since the time of Edward III. Although there is some confusion about Henry Delves’s parentage, the Cheshire historian Ormerod’s statement that he was the man of that name found heir apparent to Richard Delves, canon of Lichfield, appears to be untrue. The same authority adds, but without giving a source, that Delves was steward to the 5th Lord Fitzwarin in 1518 and to the 1st Earl of Rutland in 1526. The first clear trace of Delves appears to be his knighting at the coronation of Anne Boleyn in 1533, when he was one of four Cheshire gentlemen so honoured. In the following year .... etc.
  • From: http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1509-1558/member/de... _______________________________
  • A genealogical history of the dormant, abeyant, forfeited, and extinct peerages of the British empire (1978)
  • https://archive.org/details/agenealogicalhi00burkgoog
  • https://archive.org/stream/agenealogicalhi00burkgoog#page/n94/mode/1up
  • Pg.74
    • 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.
      • 3 Ralph, in holy orders.
      • 4 Robert.
      • 5 Hugh.
      • 1 Margaret, wife of Henry, brother of Sir John Delves.
      • 2 Jane, wife of Adam de Bostock.
    • 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. ______________________________
  • 'Brereton01'
  • William de Brereton, Cheshire
    • 1. William de Brereton
      • A. Ralph de Brereton
        • i. Sir William Brereton of Brereton (a 1216)
        • m. Margery de Thornton (dau of Randle de Thornton)
          • a. Sir Ralph Brereton of Brereton
            • (1) Sir William Brereton of Brereton
            • m. Margaret (?) de Sandbach (dau of Sir Richard de Sandbach)
              • (A) Sir William Brereton of Brereton
              • m. Roesia de Vernon (dau of Ralph de Vernon of Shipbroke)
                • (i) William Brereton (dvp)
                • m. Margery Bosley (dau of Richard de Bosley)
                  • (a) Sir William Brereton of Brereton (a 1376)
                  • m1. Ellen Egerton (dau of Philip Egerton (of Malpas))
                    • ((1)) .... etc.
                  • m2. Margaret Done (dau of ?? Done of Utkinton, widow of John Davenport)
                  • BE1883 shows Margaret as mother of Randle but Visitation (Cheshire, 1580, Brereton of Brereton) suggests that his mother was Hellin (of) Mallpas. BIFR1976 (Brereton) supports the view that Randle was son of Margaret.
                    • ((4)) .... etc.
                  • (b) Margaret Brereton
                  • m. Henry Delves (brother of Sir John)
                  • (c) Jane Brereton
                  • m. Adam de Bostock
                  • (d)+ other issue - John, Ralph, Robert, Hugh
                • (ii) .... etc.
  • Main sources: BE1883 (Brereton)
  • From: Stirnet.com
  • http://www.stirnet.com/genie/data/british/bb4fz/brereton01.php ______________________
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Doddington, Wybunbury, Cheshire, England
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