William Brereton, c. 1487/1490 – 17 May 1536, was a member of a prominent Cheshire family who served as a courtier to Henry VIII. In May 1536, Brereton...
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William Brereton may refer to: William Brereton (fl. 1406–1432), MP for Midhurst and Chichester William Brereton (courtier) (died 1536) in the privy chamber...
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Sir William Compton (c. 1482 – 30 June 1528) was a soldier and one of the most prominent courtiers during the reign of Henry VIII of England. Compton was...
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treason to be laid against Anne, Norris, and four other courtiers (Mark Smeaton, William Brereton, Sir Francis Weston and Anne's brother George). Norris...
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Senegal William Brereton (disambiguation), several people William Brereton (fl. 1406–1432), MP for Midhurst and Chichester William Brereton (courtier) (d...
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George Boleyn, Viscount Rochford; Henry Norris, Francis Weston, and William Brereton – was executed for treason and adultery with Queen Anne. Mark Smeaton's...
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death, together with George Boleyn, Viscount Rochford, Henry Norris, William Brereton and Mark Smeaton. They were all executed on 17 May 1536, two days before...
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Sir Urian Brereton was a Groom of the Privy Chamber to King Henry VIII. Whilst in this role his older brother William Brereton, also a Groom of the Privy...
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of both William Brereton (courtier) and Urian Brereton, a cousin of Sir William Brereton, 1st Baronet, and was also related to William Brereton, 1st Baron...
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and egotistic." A member of the royal secretariat, Wriothesley and William Brereton were charged with helping secure an annulment for the King against...
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1671. Lady Elizabeth Goring (d. c. Nov. 1687), who married William Brereton, 2nd Baron Brereton Lady Catherine Goring, who married Edward Scott of Scot's...
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Sir Richard Page (died 1548) was an English courtier. He was a gentleman of the Privy Chamber at the court of Henry VIII of England, and Vice-Chamberlain...
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George Boleyn, Viscount Rochford (c. 1504 – 17 May 1536) was an English courtier and nobleman who played a prominent role in the politics of the early 1530s...
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in Warwickshire, was a Member of Parliament and a distinguished English courtier. His public career was impeded by remaining a Roman Catholic. Born around...
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Somerset, his only daughter, wife successively of Sir John Savage and Sir William Brereton. Secondly he allegedly married Elizabeth West, daughter of Sir Thomas...
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the stool and one of his closest friends; Sir Francis Weston; Sir William Brereton; and her brother, George Boleyn, 2nd Viscount Rochford. The Imperial...
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Weston was arrested two days later on the same charge, as was Sir William Brereton, a groom of the King's Privy Chamber. Sir Thomas Wyatt, the poet and...
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Eric Ives (redirect from Eric William Ives)
education. His biographical writing on Tudor courtiers covers the Welsh land-owning magnate William Brereton, who was unjustly condemned to death in 1536...
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musician of the royal household, Mark Smeaton, the courtiers Henry Norris, Sir Francis Weston, William Brereton, as well as the queen's brother, George Boleyn...
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Boleyn, along with William Brereton, a Groom of the Privy Chamber. Jean de Saint Yon Pierre Sala [fr], (1457-1529) French courtier and poet Veit Ludwig...
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actress and long-time poetic inspiration to William Butler Yeats Maud Lane (c. 1507 – 1558), English courtier and gentlewoman to Queen Katherine Parr Maud...
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as Lady Kingston Vernon Dobtcheff as Mendoza Brook Williams as Sir William Brereton Gary Bond as Mark Smeaton T. P. McKenna as Sir Henry Norris Denis Quilley...
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Richard II. Stroud: Tempus. ISBN 0-7524-1797-5. Froissart, Jean (1978). Brereton, Geoffrey (ed.). Chronicles. London: Penguin. ISBN 0-1404-4200-6. Gillespie...
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Grane. He was made a captain of a company of 100 archers, under Sir William Brereton and on recommendation from Thomas Cromwell. In 1538 his uncle wrote...
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PC (c. 1618 – 7 January 1694) was an English aristocrat, soldier and courtier. The eldest son of Sir Charles Gerard, he was a member of an old Lancashire...
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March 14 – René Le Bossu, French critic (b. 1631) March 17 William Brereton, 3rd Baron Brereton, English politician (b. 1631) François de La Rochefoucauld...
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Viscount Rochford, English courtier and diplomat, Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports (b. 1504) 1536 – William Brereton, English courtier (b. 1487) 1536 – Henry...
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Buckingham, implicated with the Princes in the Tower, and Tudor courtier William Brereton, accused of adultery with Queen Anne Boleyn. The lordship followed...
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children's writer, Chalet School Frederick Sadleir Brereton (1852–1957), writer for boys John Brereton (1571 or 1572 – c. 1632), travel writer and explorer...
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– John Murray, 1st Marquess of Atholl (d. 1703) May 4 – William Brereton, 3rd Baron Brereton, English politician (d. 1680) May 10 – Flavio Chigi, Italian...
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