Sir John Brereton, Kt.

• John Brereton, Esq.1,2,3
• M, #61187, b. circa 1452, d. after 1493
• Father Sir William Brereton2,3 b. c 1410, d. 1484
• Mother Philippa Hulse1,2,3
• John Brereton, Esq. was born circa 1452 at of Brereton, Cheshire, England.1 He married Katherine Berkeley, daughter of Sir Maurice Berkeley, Sheriff of Gloucestershire and Anne West, before 21 July 1486; They had 2 sons (John; & John) & 4 daughters (Warborough/Werburgh, wife of Sir Francis Cheyney & Sir William Compton; Joan; Dorothy; & Dorothy).1,2,3 John Brereton, Esq. died after 1493.2,3
• Family Katherine Berkeley b. c 1458, d. 25 Jan 1494
• Child
  • Walburga Brereton+1 b. c 1486
• Citations
• 1.[S61] Unknown author, Family Group Sheets, Family History Archives, SLC.
• 2.[S16] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. II, p. 174.
• 3.[S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. II, p. 592-593.
• From: http://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/p2036.htm#... ________________
• Catherine BERKELEY (B. Stourton of Stourton)
• Born: ABT 1453, Betteshorne, Hampshire, England
• Died: 25 Jan 1494
• Father: Maurice BERKELEY
• Mother: Anne WEST
• Married 1: John STOURTON (3º B. Stourton of Stourton) BEF 20 Feb 1473/4, Wiltshire, England
• Children:
  • 1. Anne STOURTON
  • 2. Francis STOURTON (4º B. Stourton of Stourton)
• Married 2: John BRERETON BEF 21 Jul 1486
• Children:
  • 3. Warburga BRERETON (b. ABT 1488, Betteshorne, Hampshire) (m.1 Francis Cheney - m.2 Sir William Compton)
• From: http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/BERKELEY1.htm#Catherine BERKELEY (B. Stourton of Stourton) ___________________
• Francis CHENEY (Gov. Queensborough Castle)
• Born: 1481, Shurland House, Eastchurch, Kent, England
• Father: William CHENEY (Esq.)
• Mother: Isabella BOLEYN
• Married: Warburga BRERETON (b. ABT 1488, Betteshorne, Hampshire) (dau. of John Brereton and Catherine Berkeley, B. Stourton) (m.2 Sir William Compton) AFT Jun 1528
• From: http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/CHENEY.htm#Francis CHENEY (Gov. Queensborough Castle) ___________________
• William COMPTON (Sir Knight)
• Born: ABT 1475 / ABT 1492, Compton, Wyngate, Warwickshire, England
• Died: Jun 1528, Compton, Wyngate, Warwickshire, England
• Notes: See his Biography. http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/Bios/WilliamCompton.htm
• Father: Edmund COMPTON
• Mother: Joan AYLWORTH
• Married 1: Warburga BRERETON (b. ABT 1488, Betteshorne, Hampshire) (dau. of John Brereton and Catherine Berkeley, B. Stourton) (w. of Francis Cheney) 1498
• Children:
  • 1. Peter COMPTON of Compton
  • 2. Catherine COMPTON
• Married 2: Elizabeth STONOR (d. 25 Aug 1560) (dau. of Sir Walter Stonor and Anne Foliot) (m.2 Walter Walshe - m.3 Sir Phillip Hoby)
• Associated with: Anne STAFFORD (C. Huntingdon)
• From: http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/COMPTON.htm#William COMPTON (Sir Knight) __________________
• Breretons of Cheshire, 1100 to 1904 A. D (1904)
• http://archive.org/details/breretonsofchesh00brer
• http://archive.org/stream/breretonsofchesh00brer#page/39/mode/1up
• Pg. 39
• Sir Richard Brereton, the founder of this family, was the second son of Sir Randle Brereton IV., of Malpas, by his wife,
• http://archive.org/stream/breretonsofchesh00brer#page/n73/mode/1up
• Pg. 40
• Eleanor, daughter of Sir Piers Dutton, of Halton. He married Joan, or Jane, daughter and heiress of Sir William Stanley, of Tatton, by his wife Joan, daughter and heiress of Sir William Masey of Tatton. This Joan Masey was the widow of Sir John Brereton, the half brother of Sir Andrew Brereton, of Brereton, (1460-1506). ......
• http://archive.org/stream/breretonsofchesh00brer#page/50/mode/1up
• Pg. 50
• ..... Sir John Brereton, of Lea Hall, Cheshire, son of Sir William de Brereton VIII., of Brereton, by his second wife, Phillippa, daughter of Sir Hugh Hulse, married
• http://archive.org/stream/breretonsofchesh00brer#page/51/mode/1up
• Pg. 51
• two only daughters who were heiresses : First, Katherine, daughter of Sir Maurice Berkeley, of Beverton, Gloucestershire, by his wife, Anne, daughter of Reginald West, fifth Baron West and first Baron Delawarr. This Katherine was the sister and heiress of Sir William Berkely, of Stoke Gifford, Gloucester, and also heiress of the manor of Moore, Wiltshire. Sir John Brereton's only child by this consort was Wyburga, who married Sir William Compton, Knight, of Compton Wyniate, Warwickshire ; died 1528. From them were descended the Earl of Northampton family. Sir John Brereton's second wife was Jane, or Joan, daughter and heiress of Sir Geoffrey Masey, of Tatton, the widow of William Stanley, of Tatton, by whom he had one son, Philip, heir to the Tatton estates, who died without issue.
• http://archive.org/stream/breretonsofchesh00brer#page/105/mode/1up
• Pg. 105
• William Stanley (family of Stanley, Cheshire) of Tatton, died in 1498. Joan, his widow, afterwards married Sir Edward Pickering, in 1500, and lastly Sir John de Brereton, of Lea Hall, Cheshire, by whom she had one son, Philip, who died without issue. She was the daughter and heiress of Sir Geoffrey Masey. Her only child by her first husband was Jane, or Joan, the heiress of Tatton. She had two consorts. The first was John Ashton, son and heir of Sir Thomas Ashton, of Ashton, super Mersey, Cheshire ; she was then but eight years old ; he died young without issue by her, in 1511. Her second husband was Sir Richard Brereton, second son of Sir Randle Brereton IV., of Malpas. _________________
• 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.
• 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 .... etc.
• Sir William d. 4th HENRY VI., and was s. 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 (Sir), m. 1st. Katherine, dau. of Maurice Berkeley, of Beverston, and relict of John, Lord Stourton, and by her had a dau. and heiress,
    • Werburga, m. 1st, to Sir Francis Cheney; and 2ndly, to Sir William Compton.
  • Sir John m. 2ndly, Jane, dau. and heiress of Geoffrey Massy, of Tatton, and relict of Sir William Stanley, and by her had a son,
    • Philip, who d. s. p.
  • IV. Robert.
  • V. Roger.
  • VI. Henry.
  • VII. Matthew.
  • VIII. Hugh, of Wimbersley, m. Anne, dau. of Robert Done.
  • I. Elizabeth, wife of John Radcliffe, of Ordeshall.
  • II. Jane, wife of Cotton, of Rudware.
  • III. Eleanor, m. 1st, Thomas Bulkeley, of Eyton, and 2ndly, to Hugh Cholmondeley.
  • IV. Matilda, wife of Thomas Needham, of Shavington.
• The eldest surviving son,
• SIR ANDREW BRERETON, of Brereton, Knt., m. Agnes, dau. of Robert Legh, of Adlington, and had issue, .... etc. ______________________________
• Stourton, Baron (E, 1448)
• John [Stourton], 3rd Baron Stourton
• born c. 1454
• mar. bef. 20 Feb 1473/4 Katherine Berkeley (mar. (2) bef. 21 Jul 1486 Sir John Brereton; d. 25 Jun 1494), dau. of Sir Maurice Berkeley, of Beverstone, co. Gloucester, Knight of the Body to King Edward IV, by his wife Ann West, dau. of Reynold [West], 6th Baron la Warre
• children
  • 1. Francis Stourton, later 4th Baron Stourton
  • 1. Anna Stourton (d. unm.)
• died 6 Oct 1485 (bur. at Mere, co. Wiltshire)
• suc. by son
• note Knight of the Bath at the creation of Prince Edward as Prince of Wales 1475; Commissioner of Array for Wiltshire 1484
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