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Lady Margaret Brereton 1525–1574 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1525

Birth Location: Over Peover, Cheshire, England

Death Date: November 1574

Death Location: Ightfield, Shropshire Unitary Authority, Shropshire, England

Father: Sir (jr)

Mother: Lady Brereton

Spouse(s): Sir Knight

Children(s): Lady Aston, George Mainwaring, Lady Cotton, Eleanor Mainwaring, Blanche Mainwaring, Sir Mainwaring, John Knight

Lady Margaret Brereton was born in 1525 in Over Peover, Cheshire, England, the child of Sir Randall Randolph Randulph Randle John De Manewaringe Manwaring Mainwaring Jr And Lady Elizabeth De Brereton. Lady Margaret Brereton married Sir Arthur Mainwaring Knight, and had children including Blanche Horwell Mainwaring, Eleanor Mainwaring, George Mainwaring, John Knight, Lady Elizabeth Mainwaring Aston, Lady Mary Mainwaring Cotton, Sir George Mainwaring. Lady Margaret Brereton passed away in 1574 in Ightfield, Shropshire Unitary Authority, Shropshire, England.

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Biography

  • Lady Margaret Brereton was born in 1525 in Over Peover, Cheshire, England, the child of Sir Randall Randolph Randulph Randle John De Manewaringe Manwaring Mainwaring Jr And Lady Elizabeth De Brereton.
  • Lady Margaret Brereton married Sir Arthur Mainwaring Knight, and had children including Blanche Horwell Mainwaring, Eleanor Mainwaring, George Mainwaring, John Knight, Lady Elizabeth Mainwaring Aston, Lady Mary Mainwaring Cotton, Sir George Mainwaring.
  • Lady Margaret Brereton passed away in 1574 in Ightfield, Shropshire Unitary Authority, Shropshire, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

Sir (jr)
1495–1557
Birth Location: **VERIFIED- Peover Manor, Peover Superior (or Over Peover) Parish, Cheshire, England -Land has a country house built for Sir Ralph Mainwaring abt 1584 tho they lived there earlier. In 1919 sold to John Graham Peel.
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Lady Brereton
1505–1545
Birth Location: VERIFIED- Malpas Castle, Malpas, Cheshire, England -Malpas Castle was an earth and timber motte-and-bailey fortification raised in the late 11th century, Malpas used to be a market town and also a civil parish in the ceremonial county of Cheshire
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Spouses(s)

Sir Knight
1520–1590
Birth Location: Ightfield, Shropshire, England
SK

Children(s)

Lady Aston
1548–1601
Birth Location: Yorkshire, England
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George Mainwaring
1550–1628
Birth Location: Ightfield, Shropshire, England
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Lady Cotton
1541–1578
Birth Location: Ightfield, Shropshire, England
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Eleanor Mainwaring
1551–1580
Birth Location: Kinderton, Cheshire, England
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Blanche Mainwaring
1548–1601
Birth Location: Cheshire, England
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Sir Mainwaring
1543–1644
Birth Location: Ightfield, Shropshire, England
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John Knight
1540–1570
Birth Location: Romsey, Hampshire, England
JK

Lady Brereton's Ancestors

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Lady Brereton
1525–1574
Birth Place: Over Peover, Cheshire, England
Parents
Sir Randall (Randolph, Randulph, Randle) John de (Manewaringe, Manwaring) Mainwaring (jr)
1495–1557
**VERIFIED- Peover Manor, Peover Superior (or Over Peover) Parish, Cheshire, England -Land has a country house built for Sir Ralph Mainwaring abt 1584 tho they lived there earlier. In 1919 sold to John Graham Peel.
Lady (Elizabeth de) Brereton
1505–1545
VERIFIED- Malpas Castle, Malpas, Cheshire, England -Malpas Castle was an earth and timber motte-and-bailey fortification raised in the late 11th century, Malpas used to be a market town and also a civil parish in the ceremonial county of Cheshire
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Lady Brereton's Descendants

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Lady (Margaret) Brereton (1525–November 1574) m. Sir (Arthur Mainwaring,) Knight (1520–04 Sep 1590)
  1. 1. Lady (Elizabeth Mainwaring) Aston 1548–1601 m. Johan (Fredrik Christoffel) Berry 1541–1612
    1. 1. Elizabeth Berie 1562–1658 m. Christophorus ((Spofori) Bailey II) (Bayllye) 1560–1620
      1. 1. John (Godfrey BAILEY Sr.,) Immigrant 1590–1651 m. Elizabeth Emery 1585–1618
        1. 1. Richard Bailey 1614–1648
        2. 2. James (Stephen) BAILEY 1612–1677
        3. 3. John (Bailey) Jr. 1613–1691
        4. 4. Henry Bailey 1614–1670
        5. 5. Thomas Bailey 1614–1622
        6. 6. Joanna Bailey 1615–1679
        7. 7. William Bailey 1618–1687
        8. 8. Joseph Bailey 1611–1619
        9. 9. Tristram Bailey 1610–1650
        10. 10. James Bailey 1619–
        11. 11. Anne Bailey 1608–1669
        12. 12. Mary Bailey 1616–1669
      2. 2. Susanna BAYLLYE 1577–
      3. 3. Lancelott BAYLIE 1577–
      4. 4. Joannes Bayllye 1587–
      5. 5. Janie BAYLLYE 1598–1617
  2. 2. George Mainwaring 1550–1628
  3. 3. Lady (Mary Mainwaring-) Cotton 1541–1578
  4. 4. Eleanor Mainwaring 1551–1580
  5. 5. Blanche (Horwell) Mainwaring 1548–1601
  6. 6. Sir (George) Mainwaring 1543–1644
  7. 7. John Knight 1540–1570

Lady Brereton's Timeline

2 Records

1525
1525
Birth of Lady Margaret Brereton in Over Peover, Cheshire, England
Over Peover, Cheshire, England
1574
November 1574
Age 49
Death of Lady Margaret Brereton in Ightfield, Shropshire, England
Ightfield, Shropshire, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1525
    Event Place: Over Peover, Cheshire, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: November 1574
    Event Place: Ightfield, Shropshire, England
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Ightfield, Shropshire Unitary Authority, Shropshire, England
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index
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