'Brereton02'
Index links to: Lead / Letter
Families covered: Brereton of Brereton, Brereton of Laghlin (Leighlin)

Sir William Brereton of Brereton
m. Philippa Hulse (dau of Sir Hugh Hulse)
1. William Brereton of Brereton (dsp)
  m. Katherine Byron (dau of Sir John Byron)
2. Sir Andrew Brereton of Brereton
  m. Agnes Legh (dau of Robert Legh of Adlington)
A. Sir William Brereton of Brereton (bur 04.02.1541, Chief Justice and Lord High Marshal of Ireland)
  m1. Alice Savage (dau of Sir John Savage of Clifton)
  i. William Brereton (dvp)
  m. Anne Booth (dau of Sir William Booth of Dunham)
  a. Sir William Brereton of Brereton (bur 04.09.1559)
  m. Jane Warburton (dau of Sir Peter Warburton)
(1) William Brereton of Brereton, 1st Lord of Laghlin or Leighlin (bpt 06.02.1550, d 01.10.1631)
  m. Margaret Savage (b 1549, d 07.04.1597, dau of Sir John Savage of Rocksavage)
  (A) Sir John Brereton of Brereton (b 25.03.1591, dvp 23.12.1629)
  m. Anne Fitton (dau of Sir Edward Fitton, Bart of Gawsworth)
  (i) William Brereton, 2nd Lord of Laghlin (b 28.02.1611, bur 21.04.1664)
  m. Elizabeth Goring (d 1687, dau of George Goring, 1st Earl of Norwich)
  (a) William Brereton, 3rd Lord of Laghlin (b 04.05.1631, d 17.03.1679)
  m. (by 1659) Frances Willoughby (bur 12.09.1680, dau of Francis Willoughby, 5th Lord of Parham)
  ((1)) John Brereton, 4th Lord of Laghlin (b 02.12.1662, dsp 1718)
  m. (c06.1686) Mary Tipping (d 02.1714/5, dau of Sir Thomas Tipping of Wheatfield by Elizabeth, dau/coheir of Sir White Beconsaw of Moyles Court)
((2)) Francis Brereton, 5th Lord of Laghlin (b 01.05.1662, bur unm 24.05.1722)
  (b)+ other issue
  (ii) Mary Brereton
  m. Sir Michael Hutchinson
  (iii) Jane Brereton (d 1648)
  m. (c1646) Sir Robert Holte, Bart (d 03.10.1679)
  (iv)+ other issue - John (b 1624, d 22.10.1656), Edward
(B) Mary Brereton
  m. (13.07.1608) Henry O'Brien, 5th Earl of Thomond (d 1639)
  (2) Elizabeth Brereton (d 06.1591)
  m. Thomas Venables of Kinderton (d 1606)
  (3) Jane Brereton
  m. John Legh of Boothes (d 1617)
(4) Anne Brereton
  m. Sir Thomas Smith, Mayor then Sheriff of Chester (a 1596)
  (5)+ other issue - Mary, Susanna
  b. Andrew Brereton had issue
  m. Catherine FitzSimon (dau of Sir Andrew FitzSimon of Dublin)
  c. Edward Brereton
  m. Edith Birche (dau of William Birche of Birche)
  (1) Henry Brereton ancestor of Breretons of Queen's County
  d. Ellen Brereton
  m1. John Carenton
  m2. Lawrence Winington of Hermitage (dsp)
  e. Jane Brereton
  m. Richard Clyve of Huxley (d 1573)
f.+ other issue - Robert, Arthur, John, Margaret
  m2. Eleanor Brereton (dau of Sir Ralph Brereton of Ipstones)
  ii. Ralph Brereton had issue
 

m. Thomasine Ashley (dau of George Ashley of Ashley)

  iii. Margaret Brereton
  m1. William Goodman
  m2. William Mostyn
  iv. Katherine Brereton
  m1. Edward Fullehurst
  m2. Roger Brereton
v. Elen Brereton
  m1. Robert Dokenfield of Dokenfield (d 02.09.1548)
  m2. William Meere of Sutton
  vi. Anne Brereton
  m. David Kynaston of Hanney
  vii. Mary Brereton
  m. Sir John Warburton of Warburton and Arley (d 1572)
  viii.+ other issue - John (captain), Henry
  B. Ellen Brereton
  m. John Fitton of Gawsworth (d 19.02.1524)
C. Alice Brereton
  m. William Moreton of Little Moreton
  D. Elizabeth Brereton
  m1. Philip Legh of Boothes
  m2. John Carington of Carington or Carrington
E. Catherine Brereton
  m1/2. Thomas (not John) Smith of Hagh (Hough)
  This is presumably the Catherine who (also) married ...
  m2/1. William Bowyer of Knipersley (d 1540-1)
  F. Matilda (Maud) Brereton
  m. John Davenport of Davenport
  G. Johanna Brereton
  m. Lawrence Dutton of Marshe
  H.+ other issue - John of Leek, Andrew, Matthew
3. Sir John Brereton
  m1. Katherine Berkeley (dau of Maurice Berkeley of Beverston)
  A. Werburga Brereton
  m1. Sir Francis Cheney
  m2. Sir William Compton, Chancellor of Ireland (d 31.05.1528)
  m2. Jane Massey (dau of Geoffrey Massey of Tatton)
  B. Philip Brereton (dsp)
4. Hugh Brereton of Wimbersley (8th son)
  m. Anne Done (dau of Robert Done)
5. Elizabeth Brereton
  m. John Radcliffe, younger of Ordeshall (dvp 12.04.1497)
6. Jane or Elizabeth Brereton
  m. Richard Cotton of Richware
7. Eleanor Brereton
  m1. Thomas Bulkeley of Eyton
  m2. Hugh Cholmondeley
8. Matilda or Maud Brereton
  m. Thomas Needham of Shavington
9.+ other issue - Robert, Roger, Henry, Matthew

Main sources: BE1883 (Brereton) with some support from TCP (Brereton of Laghlin or Leighlin)
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