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Sir Knight Randall IV Brereton 1495 – 1577 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1495

Birth Location: Malpas, Cheshire, England

Death Date: 6 September 1577

Death Location: Over, Cheshire, England

Father: John Mainwaring

Mother: Katherine Honford

Spouse(s): Lady (Malpas)

Children(s): Margaret Peover*

Sir Knight Randall IV Brereton of Malpas, Chamberlane of Chester was born in 1495 in Malpas, Cheshire, England, the child of John Mainwaring and Katherine Honford. Sir Knight Randall IV Brereton of Malpas, Chamberlane of Chester married Lady Eleanor Dutton (Malpas), and had children including Margaret Mainwaring of Over Peover*. Sir Knight Randall IV Brereton of Malpas, Chamberlane of Chester passed away in 1577 in Over, Cheshire, England.

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Biography

  • Sir Knight Randall IV Brereton of Malpas, Chamberlane of Chester was born in 1495 in Malpas, Cheshire, England, the child of John Mainwaring and Katherine Honford.
  • Sir Knight Randall IV Brereton of Malpas, Chamberlane of Chester married Lady Eleanor Dutton (Malpas), and had children including Margaret Mainwaring of Over Peover*.
  • Sir Knight Randall IV Brereton of Malpas, Chamberlane of Chester passed away in 1577 in Over, Cheshire, England.

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Sir Brereton's Ancestors

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Sir Brereton
1495 – 1577
Birth Place: Malpas, Cheshire, England
Parents
John Mainwaring
1471 – 1515
Cheshire, England
Katherine Honford
1471 – 1529
Cheshire, England
Grandparents
William Mainwaring
1450 –
, Cheshire, England
Ellen Butler
1450 –
Over Peover, Cheshire, England
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Sir Brereton's Descendants

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Sir (Knight Randall IV) Brereton (1495 – 6 September 1577) m. Lady (Eleanor Dutton) (Malpas) (1505 – 30 November 1545)
  1. 1. Margaret (Mainwaring of Over) Peover* (1521 – 1591) m. Sir (Arthur Mainwaring) (Knight) (1520 – 4 Sep 1590)
    1. 1. Blanche (Horwell) King (1548 – 14 Jun 1578) m. William King (1536 – 1564)
      1. 1. Cecily ((Lady of Hempstead, Norfolk)) King-Pettus (1552 – 1641 or 1643) m. John (Petty) (Pettus) (12 Oct 1584 – 15 Apr 1629)
        1. 1. Sir (Thomas Petty) (Pettus) (1519 – 19 January 1597) m. Christian Dethick (25 January 1527 – 25 June 1578)

Sir Brereton's Timeline

2 Records

1495
1495
Birth of Sir Knight Randall IV Brereton of Malpas, Chamberlane of Chester in Malpas, Cheshire, England
Malpas, Cheshire, England
1577
6 September 1577
Age 82
Death of Sir Knight Randall IV Brereton of Malpas, Chamberlane of Chester in Over, Cheshire, England
Over, Cheshire, England

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    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1495
    Event Place: Malpas, Cheshire, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 6 September 1577
    Event Place: Over, Cheshire, England

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