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Sir Urian Brereton

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Sir Urian Brereton
BornUrian Brereton
1505
Malpas, Cheshire, England
💀Died19 March 1577(1577-03-19) (aged 71–72)
Handforth, Cheshire.19 March 1577(1577-03-19) (aged 71–72)
Resting placeSt Mary's Church, Cheadle [1]
💼 Occupation
👩 Spouse(s)
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👶 Children13
👴 👵 Parent(s)Sir Randle Brereton
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Urian Brereton was a Groom of the Privy Chamber to King Henry VIII. While in this role his older brother William Brereton, also a Groom of the Privy Chamber, was executed along with other conspirators for high treason and adultery with Ann Boleyn.[3]

In 1526 he was appointed Ranger of Delamere Forest and Escheator of Cheshire.[3] Brereton had a close personal relationship with Queen Anne, to the extent that she may have named one of her lap dogs after him.[4] Despite both the Queen's and his brother's execution he continued to enjoy the King's favour,[5] receiving the bulk of William's Cheshire estates—amounting to over 200 acres—from the King.[6] In 1538 he was appointed Sheriff of Flint,[7] and in July that year he became attorney to the King.[8] Following the Dissolution of the Monasteries, the King granted Brereton the assets of Newnham Priory and Chester Priory.[7] Brereton was knighted in 1544 by the Earl of Hertford for valour during the Burning of Leith.[3][9]

Brereton was responsible for the construction of Handforth Hall, where he died on 19 March 1577. He was buried in St Mary's Church, Cheadle.[9][10]

Brereton was the son of Sir Randle Brereton,[8] grandfather of Ambrose Barlow,[11] and great-grandfather of Sir William Brereton, 1st Baronet.[12]

References[edit]

  1. Cheshire Parish Register Database, Cheshire Parish Register Project, ( 2011), http://cgi.csc.liv.ac.uk/~cprdb/
  2. http://prathergenealogy.com/TNG/getperson.php?personID=I110152&tree=120k=
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 James Croston (2018). Historic Sites of Lancashire and Cheshire. p. 169. ISBN 9783734040771. Search this book on
  4. Thornton 2000, p. 210.
  5. Cheshire and the Tudor State 1480-1560. p. 210. Search this book on
  6. Thornton 2000, p. 214.
  7. 7.0 7.1 William Cobbett (1824). A History of the Protestant "Reformation," in England and Ireland. Charles Clement. Search this book on
  8. 8.0 8.1 Thornton 2000, p. 149.
  9. 9.0 9.1 "John Parsons Earwaker". East Cheshire: Past and Present or a History of the Hundred of Macclesfield in the County Palatine of Chester. 1. 1877. p. 251252. Search this book on
  10. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/150358314/urian-brereton
  11. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02298b.htm
  12. Historic Society of Lancashire and Chesire: proceedings and Papers. Session II, 1849-1850. 1850. p. 44. Search this book on


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