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Lady Matilda Brereton 1420 – 1497 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1420

Birth Location: Shavington, Shropshire

Death Date: 12 Apr 1497

Death Location: Cranage, Cheshire, England

Father: Willem Brereton

Mother: Alice Corbet

Spouse(s): Thomas Needham

Children(s): William Needham

In 1420, Lady Matilda Brereton entered the world in Shavington, Shropshire, born to Willem IX Lord Brereton and Alice Corbet. Lady Matilda Brereton married Thomas Needham, and had children including William (Bromley) Needham. Lady Matilda Brereton passed away in 1497 in Cranage, Cheshire, England.

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Biography

  • In 1420, Lady Matilda Brereton entered the world in Shavington, Shropshire, born to Willem IX Lord Brereton and Alice Corbet.
  • Lady Matilda Brereton married Thomas Needham, and had children including William (Bromley) Needham.
  • Lady Matilda Brereton passed away in 1497 in Cranage, Cheshire, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

Willem Brereton
1390 – 1420
Birth Location: Brereton, Cheshire
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Alice Corbet
1390 – 1458
Birth Location: Leighton, Montgomeryshire, Wales
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Spouses(s)

Thomas Needham
1398 – 1463
Birth Location: Shavington, Shropshire, England
TN

Children(s)

William Needham
1450 – 1556
Birth Location: Sheinton, Shropshire, England
WN

Lady Brereton's Ancestors

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Lady Brereton
1420 – 1497
Birth Place: Shavington, Shropshire
Parents
Willem IX Lord Brereton
1390 – 1420
Brereton, Cheshire
Alice Corbet
1390 – 1458
Leighton, Montgomeryshire, Wales
Grandparents
John (of Leighton) Corbet
1360 – 1407
Leighton Montgomery, Cheshire, England
Joan Pigot
1369 – 1390
Great-Grandparents
John Corbet
1335 – 1382
Joan Binweston
1333 – 1384
Peter Pigot
1350 –
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Lady Calverhall
1275 – 1350

Lady Brereton's Descendants

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Lady (Matilda) Brereton (1420 – 12 Apr 1497) m. Thomas Needham (1398 – 1463)
  1. 1. William ((Bromley)) Needham (1450 – June 4, 1556) m. Lady (Isabel-Countess of Granage de) Bromley (1455 – May 2, 1560)
    1. 1. Hon. (Lord Sir Robert de Needham, of) Shaverton, (1476 – 4 Jun 1556) m. Lady (Agnes) Mainwaring (Abt. 1485 – 2 May 1516)
      1. 1. Thomas Needham (1510 – 1570) m. Anne, (Countess of Pembroke, Needham) Talbot (1515 – 18 July 1588)
        1. 1. William (I) Needham (1550 – 1621) m. Prudence Peck (1556 – Dec 1616)

Lady Brereton's Timeline

2 Records

1420
1420
Birth of Lady Matilda Brereton in Shavington, Shropshire
Shavington, Shropshire
1497
12 Apr 1497
Age 77
Death of Lady Matilda Brereton in Cranage, Cheshire, England
Cranage, Cheshire, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1420
    Event Place: Shavington, Shropshire
    Record Source: Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-2015

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 12 Apr 1497
    Event Place: Cranage, Cheshire, England
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