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bap. 10 Jan. 1588, 1st s. of John Brerewood (bur. 22 Oct. 1599) of Chester, and Mary (d. 27 Sept. 1592), da. of Thomas Parry of Nannerch, Flint.J.P. Earwaker, Hist. of St Mary-on-the-Hill (1898), 256. educ. Brasenose, Oxf. 14 Mar. 1606;Al. Ox. M. Temple 21 Oct. 1607.M. Temple Admiss. i. 89. m. (1) lic. 10 July 1615, Anne (d. 23 Dec. 1630), da. of Sir Randall Mainwaring of Over Peover, Cheshire, 4s. (3 d.v.p.) 3da. (1 d.v.p.); (2) c.1632, Catherine (bur. 2 Mar. 1692), da. of Sir Richard Lea of Lea and Dernhall, Cheshire, 6s. (2 d.v.p.) 1da.PROB11/259, ff. 163v-164; SP23/197, pp. 137, 138; Archdeaconry of Chester Mar. Lics. ed. M. F. Irvine (Lancs. and Cheshire Rec. Soc. liii), 188; Earwaker, St Mary-on-the-Hill, 256-7; Cheshire and Lancs. Funeral Certificates ed. J.P. Rylands (Lancs. and Cheshire Rec. Soc. vi), 38. suc. grandfa. 29 May 1601;Cheshire and Lancs. Funeral Certificates ed. Rylands, 39. Kntd. 6 Dec. 1643;Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 217. d. 8 Sept. 1654.Le Neve, Mon. Angl. ii. 30.
Offices Held

Civic: freeman, Chester 15 Aug. 1615–?d.;Rolls of the Freemen of Chester ed. J.H.E. Bennett (Lancs. and Cheshire Rec. Soc. li), 102. clerk of the Pentice, 2 June 1618–20 Feb. 1627;Cal. Chester City Mins. ed. M.J. Groombridge (Lancs. and Cheshire Rec. Soc. cvi), 89, 143. city counsel, 15 Feb. 1633–9 Apr. 1639;Cal. Chester City Mins. ed. Groombridge, 173. alderman, 9 Apr. 1639 – 1 Oct. 1646; recorder, 9 Apr. 1639–1 Oct. 1646.Cal. Chester City Mins. ed. Groombridge, 199; LJ viii. 506.

Legal: called, M. Temple 13 Nov. 1615; bencher, 1637; Lent reader, 1638.MTR ii. 598, 859; M. Temple Bench Bk. ed. J.B. Williamson (1937), 112. C.j. Anglesey, Caern. and Merion. 6 Dec. 1637-c.Feb. 1644.Coventry Docquets, 8; Williams, Hist. Gt. Sessions in Wales, 96. Sjt.-at-law, 19 May 1640–?44;Baker, Serjeants at Law, 187, 395. queen’s sjt.-at-law, Jan-Mar. 1642–?Le Neve, Mon. Angl. ii. 30. J.k.b. 31 Jan. 1644–9.Docquets of Letters Patent ed. Black, 139; Baker, Serjeants at Law, 501.

Local: commr. sewers, Cheshire 7 Feb. 1628.C181/3, f. 238. J.p. 7 May 1638–11 Nov. 1644;C231/5, p. 291; Cheshire RO, DAR/I/29. Anglesey 26 May 1638-aft. Mar. 1642;SP16/489/86, f. 190; Justices of the Peace ed. Phillips, 11. Chester 9 Apr. 1639–1 Oct. 1646;Cal. Chester City Mins. ed. Groombridge, p. xiii; LJ viii. 506. Oxon. 7 Feb. 1644 – ?46; Oxf. 6 Mar. 1644–?1646.Docquets of Letters Patent ed. Black, 142, 159. Commr. charitable uses, Cheshire 15 Nov. 1638, 31 Mar., 27 June 1640;C192/1, unfol.; C93/17/18; C93/18/4. oyer and terminer, Wales and Welsh marches 31 July 1640–?;C181/5, f. 184v. subsidy, Chester 1641; further subsidy, 1641; poll tax, 1641; contribs. towards relief of Ireland, 1642; assessment, 1642;SR. array (roy.), Cheshire 10 Oct. 1642;Cheshire RO, DLT/B11, p. 83. rebels’ estates (roy.), Chester 23 Dec. 1643, 1 Jan. 1644.Docquets of Letters Patent ed. Black, 115–16, 119.

: St Mary-on-the-Hill, Cheshire., of Bridge Street, Chester.
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Commons 1640-1660
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BREREWOOD, Robert (1588-1654), of Bridge Street, St Mary-on-the-Hill, Chester, Cheshire.

Will
6 Jan. 1653, cods. 16 Feb., 29 Mar. 1653, 26 Feb. 1654, pr. 17 Sept. 1656.PROB11/259, f. 163v.
Estates
inherited numerous messuages in Chester and lands and messuages in Claverton and Handbridge, near Chester.Cheshire IPM ed. R. Stewart-Brown (Lancs. and Cheshire Rec. Soc. lxxxiv), 75-8. In 1634-48, rented chambers in the Middle Temple.MTR ii. 817, 963. In 1646, his estate consisted of numerous properties in and about Chester and property in Flint and was reckoned to be worth just over £300 p.a.SP23/197, pp. 93-4, 107-8, 123-4, 129, 137-9. At his death, estate inc. a house in Chester, messuages in Claverton and Handbridge and a messuage in Bostock, Cheshire.PROB11/259, ff. 163v-164.
Oxford 1644
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