Brereton Hall, Cheshire is in Brereton, Cheshire [Map].
Around 1585 William Brereton 1st Baron Brereton [aged 34] and his wife Margaret Savage [aged 36] commissioned the building of Brereton Hall, Cheshire [Map]; a Prodigy House.
Margaret Savage: In 1549 she was born to John Savage and Elizabeth Manners. Before 25th February 1591 William Brereton 1st Baron Brereton and she were married. They were third cousins. On 7th April 1597 Margaret Savage died.
On 1st October 1631 William Brereton 1st Baron Brereton [aged 81] died. His grandson William [aged 20] succeeded 2nd Baron Brereton and inherited Brereton Hall, Cheshire [Map]. Elizabeth Goring Baroness Brereton by marriage Baroness Brereton.
In 1649 Jane Brereton died. Charles Holte 3rd Baronet inherited Brereton Hall, Cheshire [Map].
In April 1664 William Brereton 2nd Baron Brereton [aged 53] died. His son William [aged 32] succeeded 3rd Baron Brereton and inherited Brereton Hall, Cheshire [Map]. Frances Willoughby Baroness Brereton [aged 39] by marriage Baroness Brereton.
On 17th March 1680 William Brereton 3rd Baron Brereton [aged 48] died. His son John [aged 20] succeeded 4th Baron Brereton and inherited Brereton Hall, Cheshire [Map].
In 1718 John Brereton 4th Baron Brereton [aged 58] died without issue. His brother Francis [aged 55] succeeded 5th Baron Brereton and inherited Brereton Hall, Cheshire [Map].
Before 18th June 1722 Charles Holte 3rd Baronet [aged 73] died. His son Clobery [aged 40] succeeded 4th Baronet Holte of Aston in Warwickshire and inherited Brereton Hall, Cheshire [Map].
Around 1729 Clobery Holte 4th Baronet [aged 47] died. His son Lister [aged 8] succeeded 5th Baronet Holte of Aston in Warwickshire and inherited Brereton Hall, Cheshire [Map].
On 8th April 1770 or 21st April 1770 Lister Holte 5th Baronet [aged 49] died. His brother Charles [aged 48] succeeded 6th Baronet Holte of Aston in Warwickshire and inherited Brereton Hall, Cheshire [Map].
This is a translation of the 'Memoires of Jacques du Clercq', published in 1823 in two volumes, edited by Frederic, Baron de Reissenberg. In his introduction Reissenberg writes: 'Jacques du Clercq tells us that he was born in 1424, and that he was a licentiate in law and a counsellor to Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy, in the castellany of Douai, Lille, and Orchies. It appears that he established his residence at Arras. In 1446, he married the daughter of Baldwin de la Lacherie, a gentleman who lived in Lille. We read in the fifth book of his Memoirs that his father, also named Jacques du Clercq, had married a lady of the Le Camelin family, from Compiègne. His ancestors, always attached to the counts of Flanders, had constantly served them, whether in their councils or in their armies.' The Memoires cover a period of nineteen years beginning in in 1448, ending in in 1467. It appears that the author had intended to extend the Memoirs beyond that date; no doubt illness or death prevented him from carrying out this plan. As Reissenberg writes the 'merit of this work lies in the simplicity of its narrative, in its tone of good faith, and in a certain air of frankness which naturally wins the reader’s confidence.' Du Clercq ranges from events of national and international importance, including events of the Wars of the Roses in England, to simple, everyday local events such as marriages, robberies, murders, trials and deaths, including that of his own father in Book 5; one of his last entries.
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On 13th March 1782 Charles Holte 6th Baronet [aged 60] died. Baronet Holte of Aston in Warwickshire extinct. His daughter Mary Elizabeth Holte [aged 26] and her husband Abraham Bracebridge inheritedBrereton Hall, Cheshire [Map]. The inheritance complicated since Lister Holte, 5th Baronet, appears to have bequeathed Heneage Legge a lifetime's interest in the Hall.
Archaeologia Volume 9 Appendix. Sir William Brereton, who signs the writing, was lord of the manor, and built a noble house [Brereton Hall, Cheshire [Map]] close to it in 1579. He was the son of that William Brereton who was one of the persons put to death by king Henry VIII. as a pretence for his charge against his queen Anne Boleyn.
Note. This appears to be a mistake. William Brereton didn't have children. William Brereton 1st Baron Brereton, the building of Brereton Hall, was the son of William Brereton.
10th July 1817. Act of Parliament. Cap. 38. An Act for confirming an Agreement relating to the Reversion expectant of certain Estates in the Counties of Warwick and Chester [Brereton Hall, Cheshire [Map]], late of Sir Lister Holte, Baronet, deceased, and property belonging to Abraham Bracebridge Esquire, and for vesting such Estates and Property in Trustees, to convey and assure the same according to the said Agreement.
On September 18, 1817 the following notice regarding the sale of a property [Brereton Hall, Cheshire [Map]] in Cheshire appeared in 'The Times':
A very valuable and highly important freehold estate, together with the extensive Manor and Advowson of the Rectory of Brereton, the latter estimated at 100 pounds sterling per annum, with chief rents, quit rents, courts, etc., situate in the parish of Brereton, in the county of Cheshire, on the high road to Liverpool, about 160 miles from London - the estate is nearly in a ring fence and comprises the whole parish of Brereton, except one farm, a capital spacious mansion called Brereton Hall, seated in a park of considerable extent, in which are two fine sheets of water, and about 1,100 acres of land attached, and of value of nearly 2,000 pounds sterling per annum.
In 1830 John Howard [aged 49] puchased Brereton Hall, Cheshire [Map].
Around 1884. Graves of servants of Brereton Hall, Cheshire [Map] in the churchyard of St Oswald's Church, Brereton [Map].
