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Families covered: Brewse of Little Wenham, Brewse of Topcroft
| Sir Thomas Brewes of Stinton, Topcroft, Wenham, etc., Sheriff of Norfolk & Suffolk (b c1406, d 17.06.1482) | |||||||||||||||
| m1. Mary (or Joan or Anne) Calthorpe (dau of Sir John Calthorpe of Burnham by Anne Wythe) | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | William Brewse of Topcroft (d 29.10.1489) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth Hopton (dau of John Hopton of Blythburgh (Swillington)) | |||||||||||||||
| A. | Thomasine Brewes (b c1459, d 20.07.1496) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (before 19.10.1490) Sir Thomas Hansard of Ludborough then Whittingham (a 1497) | |||||||||||||||
| B. | Anne Brewes (b c1474, d 25.07.1551) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Sir Roger Towneshend of Raynham (d 25.11.1551) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Eleanor Bernard (b c1472, dau/coheir of Robert Bernard of Starston, m2. Christopher Calthorpe of Cockthorpe) | |||||||||||||||
| 2. | Giles Brewse | ||||||||||||||
| A. | John Brewse (a 1502) | ||||||||||||||
| 3. | Alice Brewse (a 1479, nun) | ||||||||||||||
| m2. (before 16.10.1456) Elizabeth Debenham (a 07.1501, dau of Gilbert Debenham of Tattingston & Flixton, sister/heir of Sir Gilbert of Little Wenham) | |||||||||||||||
| 4. | Robert Brewse of Little Wenham, Suffolk (d 07.12.1513) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Katherine Wingfield (d 1525, dau of Sir John Wingfield of Letheringham) | |||||||||||||||
| A. | Thomas Brewse of Little Wenham & Topcroft (b c1481, d 07.11.1514) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Joan Scroope (d 26.11.1556, dau of Sir Richard Scroope of Bentley) | |||||||||||||||
| i. | Sir John Brewse of Little Wenham (b 13.12.1512, d 13.02.1584/5) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Elizabeth Willoughby (dau of Sir Christopher Willoughby of Parham) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | Thomas Brewse of Little Wenham & Topcroft (b 1550-1, d 03.03.1593/4) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (before 20.05.1589) Elizabeth Brewster (dau of Humphry Brewster of Wrentham, m2. Francis Claxton of Calton) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | Dorothy Brewse (b 1586-7) | ||||||||||||||
| (2) | Elizabeth Brewse (bpt 22.09.1588, d 22.07.1636) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (23.09.1617) Thomas Gleane of Hardwick (b c1587, d 27.01.1660/1) | |||||||||||||||
| b. | William Brewse of Little Wenham (d 05.08.1599) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Mary Brooke (d before 10.02.1629/30, dau of George Brooke of Aspall, m2. Sir Clipsby Gawdy) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | Sir John Brewse of Little Wenham (bpt 30.06.1597, bur 09.02.1642/3) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (before 14.11.1618) Susan Peyton (bur 20.04.1660, dau of Sir John Peyton of Iselham, Bart) | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | William Brewse of Little Wenham (b c1620, d 14.01.1677/8) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Dorothy Hobart (bpt 22.12.1625, d 09.02.1710/1, dau of Miles Hobart of Intwood, m2. John Hoys of Ipswich) | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | John Brewse, last of Little Wenham, later of Lamarsh (Essex) (d before 11.01.1710/1) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Jemima Bigg (bur 03.11.1705, dau of Samuel Bigg of Alphamstone) | |||||||||||||||
| (a) | John Brewse (d before 22.12.1752, Major) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Ann | |||||||||||||||
| ((1)) | John Brewse in Great Henny, Essex (d 12.09.1785, Colonel) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (c06.1767) Mary Chambers (a 03.1784) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Sarah Newman (d before 29.05.1777, sister of Charles Newman of Walter Belchamp) | |||||||||||||||
| (b) | William Brewse (bpt 23.07.1693) | ||||||||||||||
| (ii) | Alice Brewse (bpt 23.10.1656, d 26.01.1682/3) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Thomas Walker (d 12.07.1728, Master of Charterhouse, m2. Elizabeth Berry) | |||||||||||||||
| (iii)+ | other issue - Philip (b 21.02.1650/1), Dorothy (bpt 07.12.1648, bur 03.03.1650/1), Frances (b 20.11.1649, d 30.09.1658), Susanna (b 27.01.1651/2, bur 15.03.1684/5), Dorothy (b 17.03.1653/4, bur 10.05.1659), Frances (bpt 29.12.1659, bur 30.01.1675/6), Willoughby (bpt 27.10.1663, bur 15.07.1664) | ||||||||||||||
| (B) | John Brewse (bpt 23.06.1621, dsp bur 29.09.1687) | ||||||||||||||
| (C) | Mary Brewse (bpt 25.02.1623/4, bur 14.08.1691) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (01.01.1643/4) Edward Ventris of Shelford (bpt 10.02.1619/20, d c07.1649) | |||||||||||||||
| (D) | Alice Brewse (bpt 05.08.1624, a 08.1652) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. John Bragg of Stratford (d before 10.08.1652) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Roger Segret of Bradley | |||||||||||||||
| (E) | Penelope Brewse (bpt 05.08.1625, bur 23.07.1693) | ||||||||||||||
| m. John Brooke of Stradbroke (bpt 20.02.1623/4, d before 08.06.1688) | |||||||||||||||
| (2) | Penelope Brewse (bpt 27.05.1596) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (21.09.1614) Sir Edmund Munderford of Feltwell (bur 06.05.1643, m2. Abigail Heveningham) | |||||||||||||||
| (3) | Elizabeth Brewse (bpt 19.04.1599, d before 08.02.1646/7) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Thomas Tilney of Ipswich | |||||||||||||||
| m2. (before 24.12.1628) John Kempe | |||||||||||||||
| c. | Edward Brewse of Topcroft (a 1605, 4th son)) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Mary Wheatley (dau/coheir of William Wheatley of Holkham) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | Willoughby Brewse (b c1606, a 06.1647) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Sir Thurston Smith of Cratfield (dsp bur 26.01.1619/20) | |||||||||||||||
| (2)+ | other issue (a 1612) - Edward (b c1609), Rachel (b c1610) | ||||||||||||||
| d. | Elizabeth Brewse (a 06.1601) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Edward Withypoll of Ipswich | |||||||||||||||
| e. | Jane Brewse | ||||||||||||||
| m. (before 08.1582) Robert Buxton of Channons (d 05.06.1621) | |||||||||||||||
| f.+ | other issue - Robert of Topcroft (b 1544/5, dsp 23.05.1605), Edmund (b 1553-4, a 1601, dsp), Dorothy (bur 14.10.1564), Ann (d infant), Margaret (d infant) | ||||||||||||||
| m2. Cecily Wilton (d 09.05.1590, dau of John Wilton of Topcroft) | |||||||||||||||
| k. | Mary Brewse (bpt 06.08.1560, bur 29.06.1593) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (04.08.1590) Richard Pooley of Badley (d 14.02.1592/3) | |||||||||||||||
| l. | Ann Brewse (bpt 29.01.1563/4, d 09.11.1612) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (23.02.1584/5) Humphry Wingfield of Brantham (d before 13.10.1613) | |||||||||||||||
| m. | Prudence Brewse (bpt 01.06.1566, a 06.1601) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (21.12.1590) James Hill of Sheffield (a 1595) | |||||||||||||||
| n. | Margaret Brewse (bpt 06.06.1568, a 1619) | ||||||||||||||
| m. John Lucas of Royden Hall (d 13.12.1619) | |||||||||||||||
| o. | Alice Brewse (bpt 03.04.1572, dsp bur 20.08.1603) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Thomas Wingfield of Nettlestead (d 05.07.1632, m2. Alice, dau of Richard Pooley of Badley) | |||||||||||||||
| p.+ | other issue - Giles of Gray's Inn (b c1562, d 13.03.1595/6), Henry (bpt 28.04.1574, bur 07.05.1574) | ||||||||||||||
| ii. | Giles Brewes of Denton, Norfolk (d before 23.12.1559) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Mary Forth (a 1559, dau of Robert Forth of Hadleigh, sister of William) | |||||||||||||||
| a.+ | issue (a 15.11.1558) - Eleanor, Jane, Catherine, Mary | ||||||||||||||
| iii. | Ursula Brewes (bur 09.12.1598, nun) | ||||||||||||||
| B. | son | ||||||||||||||
| 5. | John Brewse of Whittingham Hall, Fressingfield, Suffolk (a 1482) | ||||||||||||||
| A. | Alice Brewse (d 1560) | ||||||||||||||
| m. John Colby of Brundish (d 1540) | |||||||||||||||
| 6. | Edward Brewse (a 1479, dsp before 1502?) | ||||||||||||||
| 7. | Elizabeth Brewse (a 1502) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (after 10.07.1479) Robert Willoughby | |||||||||||||||
| 8. | Muriel Brewse (d before 27.01.1507/8) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (before 10.07.1479) Sir John Audley of Swaffham (d 18.04.1530, m2. Elizabeth) | |||||||||||||||
| 9. | Margaret Brewse | ||||||||||||||
| m. (after 10.07.1479) Sir Philip Tilney of Shelley (d 08.01.1532/3, m2. John Tey, m3. Elizabeth Jeffery) | |||||||||||||||
| 10. | Margery Brewse | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1477) Sir John Paston of Paston (d 1503) | |||||||||||||||
| Possibly of this generation, but (if so) of which marriage is now known, was ... | |||||||||||||||
| 11. | Eleanor Brewse | ||||||||||||||
| m. Sir William Yelverton (a 10.1470, judge) | |||||||||||||||
Main source(s): 'Fragmenta Genealogica' (vol VIII, 'A Pedigree of Brewse of Little Wenham, co. Suffolk') by Frederick Arthur Crisp (1902)
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