Urian Brereton

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 Anne Boleyn.[3]

Handforth Hall, built by Urian Brereton, seen in 2013
Urian Brereton
Born
Urian Brereton

Unknown
Malpas, Cheshire, England
Died19 March 1577(1577-03-19) (aged 71–72)
Handforth, Cheshire.
Resting placeSt Mary's Church, Cheadle [1]
Spouse(s)
  • Margaret Hondford
    ​
    (m. 1530)​
  • Alice Trafford
    ​
    (m. 1547)​
[2]
Children13
Parent(s)Sir Randle Brereton
Eleanor Dutton

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
  1. Cheshire Parish Register Database, Cheshire Parish Register Project, ( 2011), http://cgi.csc.liv.ac.uk/~cprdb/
  2. "Urian Brereton, Sir b. Abt 1505 of, Malpas, Cheshire, England d. 19 Mar 1577".
  3. James Croston (2018). Historic Sites of Lancashire and Cheshire. p. 169. ISBN 9783734040771.
  4. Thornton 2000, p. 210.
  5. Thornton, Tim (2000). Cheshire and the Tudor State 1480-1560. p. 210. ISBN 9780861932481.
  6. Thornton 2000, p. 214.
  7. William Cobbett (1824). A History of the Protestant "Reformation," in England and Ireland. Charles Clement.
  8. Thornton 2000, p. 149.
  9. Earwaker, John Parsons (1877). "John Parsons Earwaker". East Cheshire: Past and Present or a History of the Hundred of Macclesfield in the County Palatine of Chester. Vol. 1. p. 251252.
  10. "Sir Urian Brereton (Unknown-1577) - Find a Grave". Find a Grave.
  11. "CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Ven. Edward Ambrose Barlow".
  12. Historic Society of Lancashire and Chesire: proceedings and Papers. Vol. Session II, 1849–1850. 1850. p. 44.
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