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About Mary Brett
- Somersetshire wills By Frederick Brown, Frederick Arthur Crisp 1st Series.
- http://books.google.ca/books?id=PElFAAAAYAAJ&q=brett#v=snippet&q=br...
- Pg.66-67
- JOHN BRETT,1 of White Stanton, Somerset, Esq. Will, May 16, 1587, proved Apr. 30, 1589, by Alexander & George Brett. [41 Leicester.] To be buried in S. aisle of the Church of White Stanton, where my wife Margaret is buried. "The ile to be enlarged in that respect by my son & heir, which, by the help of God, I living do minde to do." My sons Alexander & George Brett, Exors. Death of my grandmother Thomasine Brett, of Pilland,2, widow of Robert Brett, my grandfather. My kinsmen Simon & Robert Brett, nephews of Robert Brett, of Pilland, my grandfather. My 2nd son, George, 3rd son, Arthur, 4th son, Robert. My sons in law, Mr. Christopher Morgan & Nicholas Frye, Overseers. My daughter Anne Brett. My daughter Ellinor Frye. My son & heir Alexander Brett, & his eldest son & heir John Brett, my cousin (sic). House at Thorncombe & Yarncombe, Devon. Loaves to poor householders who come to Friday morning prayers.
- 1 His wife, Margaret, was one of the daughters and coheirs of Hugh Ratcliff, Esq. She died Feb. 22, 1582. Their daughter Mary was wife of Xtopher Morgan, of Maperton, Dorset, and died Jan. 4. 1582. Another daughter, Ellinor, Married Nicholas Frye, of Varty, Devon. For Morgan pedigree, see B. 76, and "Genealogist," N.S. iii, II, 165.
- 2 A Branch of the Brett family held the manor of Pillond in the parish of Pulton, N. Devon. Two brasses still exist in Pilton Church to Alex. Brett, d. 1536; and Robert Brett, d. 1540.
- 3 She was widow of Robert Brett, citizen and Merchant Taylor of London. Vis. Lond., 1568.
- 4. B. 18.
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- Somersetshire wills By Frederick Brown, Frederick Arthur Crisp 2nd Series.
- https://archive.org/details/abstractssomers00browgoog
- https://archive.org/stream/abstractssomers00browgoog#page/n43/mode/1up
- Pg.29
- CHRISTOPHER MORGAN, esq. Will dated Jan. 7, 1590, admon. Feb. 20, 1590, to Ann Morgan, Widow. [II St. Barbe.] Debt of L400 due to me by my brother Alexander Brett, or the Exor. of his deceased father, to my two daughters Elizabeth & Mary Morgan, & L20 more out of my lands & goods. To my friends & feoffess Amias Bampfield, esq., John Crewkerne, esq., & William Morgan, gent., my brother, my Manor of Witherston, lands in Broad Winsor, & Marnhull, Dorset, after the decease of Mary Stourton my mother, until my heir attains the age of 21. My mother Stourton shall have the custudy of my evidences to the use of my heir at his full age. To my wife Ann Morgan, all my living beast & cattle. My kinsman & servant Edward Morgan. My son Christopher, Exor, my wife to have the Adm'n during his minority. Oveerseers, my mother Sturton, Mr John Strangwais, & Mr William Gibbes, esq'rs. Admon. Jan. 23, 1609, to Ann Luttrell alias Morgan, relict of the dec'd testator, in consequence of Christopher Morgan (the son) having died. Further Admon. Dec. 7, 1627, to Elizabeth Trenchard alias Morgan, wife of Sir Thomas Trenchard, knt, & Marie Broadrpp alias Morgan, wife of Robert Broadripp, daughters of Xtopher Morgan, of goods unadministered by Ann Luttrell alias Morgan.
- Buried at White Stanton, Somerset, Mary Morgan, eldest daughter of John Brett, Esq., and Margaret his wife, and wife of Christopher Morgan, of Maperton, Esq. She died Jan. 4, 1582.
- Ann Bampfield, widow of Christopher Morgan, married 2ndly, John Luttrell. His will III Soame.
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- The history and antiqutities of the county of Somerset (1791) Vol. 3
- https://archive.org/details/historyantiqutit03colluoft
- https://archive.org/stream/historyantiqutit03colluoft#page/127/mode...
- Pg.127
- On a black ftone in the wall: --- " In this ifle lyethe buried Margaret Brett, one of the daughters and coheirs of Hugh Ratcliff, efq; and wife of John Brett, efq; lord of this manor of Whitftanton, who died the 22d day of Februarie 1582, and here refteth in the affured hope of the joyful refurrection." Arms, Argent, a lion rampant between five crofs-croflets fitchee gules : Brett. Impaling, Argent, a bend engrailed fable : Ratcliff.
- " In this ifle lyethe buried Mary Morgane, eldeft daughter of John Brett, efq; and and Margaret his wife, lord of this manor of Whitftanton, and wife of Chriftopher
- https://archive.org/stream/historyantiqutit03colluoft#page/128/mode...
- Pg.128
- Morgane, of Maperton, efq; who died the 4th day of Januarie 1582, and here refteth in the affured hope of the joyful refurrection." Arms, Argent, on a bend cotifed fable, a fleur-de-lis between two cinquefoils gules: Morgan, impaling Brett.
- In the floor on a grave-ftone:- " Here lyeth the body of Alexander Brett, efq; who died the firft day of July, A. D. 1671, aetatis fuae 38."
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- Proceedings (1849) Somersetshire Archaeological and Natural History Society Vol. 28
- https://archive.org/details/proceedings28some
- https://archive.org/stream/proceedings28some#page/80/mode/1up
- Pg.80
- One branch of the White Staunton Bretts settled in London. Robert Brett was a Merchant Taylor, and evidently a man of great wealth. He married Elizabeth Highgate of Essex, and by her had many children. In his will, proved April 26, 1586, he bequeaths "to Mr. John Brett of Whyte Staunton, Somerset, Esq., a ringe of gold of one ounce weight, with a deaths head and two letters graven therein for my name." He was buried in St. Augustine's, London, April 15, 1586. The will of his relict, Elizabeth Brett, was proved by John Brett, her son, October 17, 1599. She bequeaths many valuable legacies to all her children, except to her daughter Katherine, to whom she leaves only "a black gowne." The reason for this difference I discovered in some
- https://archive.org/stream/proceedings28some#page/81/mode/1up
- Pg.81
- curious Chancery Proceedings taken in 1600, by Richard Leigh, citizen and Merchant Taylor, against John Brett, the executor of his father, in which he claimed a share in the legacies of John Brett, senior, "as the husband of Katherine." And John Brett says in reply, that Richard Leigh was an apprentice to his father, and "knowing Catherine's fortune, and that she was very young and easily to be seduced, he sought to obtain her good will, and feed a maid servant in her mother's house, and did, in the absence of her mother, most undutifully and ungodly steal away Katherine and marry her contrary to the wishes of her mother and family, and for that reason Elizabeth Brett only gave a black gowne to her daughter Catherine."
- Robert Brett, Merchant Taylor, had four sons. The eldest, Sir John Brett, Kt., of Edmonton, was buried at St. Augustine's, February 3, 1619/20. He had one son, Owen Brett, of Rowney, Beds, a Royalist, who died 1658, issueless, and five daughters, who all married and had children.
- His second son, William Brett, Esq., of Toddington, Beds, had many sons, whom I cannot trace. One of them, however, was Sir Edward Brett, Kt., born 1608. He married Barbara, only daughter of Sir John Fleming, Kt. .... The third son of Robert Brett, Merchant Taylor, was Dr. Richard Brett, a very learned man. Fellow of Lincoln College, Oxford, and one of the translators of the authorised version of the Bible. He
- https://archive.org/stream/proceedings28some#page/82/mode/1up
- Pg.82
- I now return to the owners of White Staunton Manor. John Brett, Esq., was High Sheriff of Somerset, 1579. He married Margaret Ratcliff, relict of John Ackland, Esq. She died Feb. 22, 1582/3, and there is a monumental inscription to her in the church. His will was proved April 30, 1589. He desires "to be buried in the southest part of the south Ile, which Ile is to be enlarged in that respect, my son and heir to enlarge the same in such order as I have directed, being so written by mine own hand, if I myself in my lifetime do not enlarge the south Ile, which by the help of God, I, livinge, doe mind to do." He speaks also of "my grandmother, Thomasine Brytt, of Pillond, Devon.
- John Brett, Esq., had six children. One of his daughters, Mary, married Christopher Morgan, Esq., of Maperton, Dorset. She died Jan. 4, 1582/3, and there is an inscription to her memory in White Staunton Church. He married secondly, Ann Bampfield, and his will was proved by his relict, Ann Morgan, Feb. 20, 1590/1. Another daughter, Ellinor Brett,
- https://archive.org/stream/proceedings28some#page/83/mode/1up
- Pg.83
- married Nicholas Fry, Esq., of Yearty, Devon, whose will was proved Feb. 7, 1632/3. She predeceased him.
- One of his sons. Sir Robert Brett, Kt., was of West Mailing, Kent, Gentleman Usher of H.M. Privy Chamber and King's Sergeant. He died Sept. 1, 1620, and there is a monument to him in West Mailing church. His first wife was Frances Fane. His second wife was Ann Meredith, who afterwards became the wife of Francis Lord Cottington, one of the chief ministers and advisers of Charles I. He was a Roman Catholic. He died at Valladolid, in Spain, June 19, 1652, aged 74. There is a large monument to him in the Chapel of St. Paul in Westminster Abbey.
- The eldest son of John Brett, Esq., was Sir Alexander Brett, Kt., knighted at Beddington, Surrey, 1603. He died 1609. His first wife was Ann Morgan, relict of Nicholas Turberville, Esq., who was murdered by his brother-in-law, John Morgan, Esq., for which murder John Morgan was attainted and executed at Wells, January 23, 22nd Elizabeth.
- The second wife of Sir Alexander Brett was Ann Gifford, daughter of John Gifford, of Weston-under-edge, Gloucestershire, by Elizabeth, daughter of Sir George Throckmorten, of Coughton. I think it was through this alliance that Sir Walter Raleigh, who married Elizabeth Throckmorten, speaks so often in his correspondence of "my cousin ....
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