Sir John Brewse, Kt.

BELOW IS SPECIAL LINK TO SEE PHOTO ALBUM OF ALL SAINTS, INSIDE AND OUT WITH GREAT NOTES ON THE BREWES FAMILY. THE 1ST BREWES LORD OF LITTLE WENHAM, THOMAS b1407 AND HIS 2ND WIFE ELIZABETH DEBENHAM MARRIED 1456 ARE FEATURED IN THE FLOOR ENGRAVINGS AND BEAUTIFULLY DESCRIBED. THEN THEIR GT. GRANDSON SIR JOHN BREWES died 1585 APPEARS IN A SQUARE MARBLE PANEL KNEELING IN PRAYER. HIS WIFE CECILY WILTON ALSO IS MENTIONED IN THE LATIN DESCRIPTION BELOW SIR JOHN/JOHANNES, Click on the photo of the kneeling John and you will be taken to photo collection with the ability to enlarge and be able to read the words and see close detail of John. It says 1585 was the year but some disagree. Link: http://www.suffolkchurches.co.uk/lwenham.htm

This branch of Sir John Brewse 1512-1585 and his son Sir William Brewse b1548 at Little Wenham, Suffolk to his 2x gt..grandson John Brewse bc1645 is taken from "The Manors of Suffolk" volume 6 printed 1910 and is available on Archives.org. During the lifetime of this latter John Brewse, the manor and hall of Little Wenham was sold in 1682 to the Mason family and later to Thurston family. John Brewse and his wife Jemima Bigg of Alphamstone, Essex moved to Essex where Jemima was born. So "The Manors of Suffolk" then do not continue with the Brewse lineage from after 1682. The link to Suffolk Manors follows: https://archive.org/stream/cu31924092579592#page/n119/mode/2up

From https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/73829545/john-brewse:

He was admitted to Gray's Inn in 1530 and knighted at the accession of Queen Mary in 1553. His first wife was Elizabeth Willoughby, daughter of Sir Christopher Willoughby of Parham, His second wife was Cecily Wilton, daughter of John Wilton of Topcroft, who died in 1590.