Family and Education
b. 1589, 1st s. of William Brett of Rotherby, Leics. and Anne, da. of Anthony Beaumont of Glenfield, Leics.Bigland, Collections ed. Frith, i. 448; Vis. Leics. 1619 (Harl. Soc. ii), 206; CP. educ. Trinity, Camb. Easter 1607.Al. Cant. m. (1) bef. 1619 Margaret (d. 18 Oct. 1645), da. of Ald. Thomas Semys of Gloucester, wid. of Anthony Rudd, 2s. d.v.p. 1da. d.v.p.;Vis. Glos. 1682-3 ed. Fenwick and Metcalfe, 25; PROB11/345/265. (2) by 1665, Mary (bur. 23 Jan. 1672), wid. of Richard Pudsey of Elsfield, Oxon., da. of one Lowe.VCH Oxon. v. 118; Parochial Colls. ed. Davis, ii. 130; Hearth Tax Returns Oxon, 1665, 66. suc. fa. Mar. 1595.Rotherby par. reg. d. 31 Mar. 1674.Bigland, Collections ed. Frith, i. 448.
Offices Held
Central: ?‘an officer under the lord chancellor’, temp. James I.
Civic: burgess, Gloucester 16 Mar. 1629–d.
Household: ?Member of household of Lionel Cranfield, 1st earl of Middlesex, c.1630.
Local: commr. sewers, Mdx. and Westminster 1637-aft. July 1638;
: Glos.
Volume
Commons 1640-1660
Web Title
BRETT, Henry (1589-1674), of Cowley and Down Hatherleigh, Glos.
Will
23 Mar. 1673, pr. 25 June 1674.PROB11/345/265.
Estates
living at house in King St. East, Westminster by 1626-1627;Westminster City Archives, E152. tenant and farmer of manor of Cowley, under dean and chapter of Westminster Abbey, 1630-49, 1660-d. (under govs. of Westminster sch. 26 Sept. 1649-60);WAM, 8393; A. and O. ii. 261; Glos. Shire Hall deeds, DC/E88/16. property at Alvinsgate, Gloucester, 1651;Glos RO, GBR/H2/3, p. 67. an estate but not manor, Down Hatherleigh.Bigland, Collections ed. Frith, ii. 511. House in Tewkesbury, 1644, house in St Catherine’s parish, Gloucester, at death.Glos. RO, TBR/A1/1, p. 123; PROB11/345/265. Living in Elsfield, Oxon. by 1665; there in 1671.Hearth Tax Returns Oxon, 1665, 66; Glos. RO, GDR will 1670/230.
Oxford 1644
Yes
1640 Volume
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