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Werburgh Brereton

Female - 1525


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  • Name Werburgh Brereton  [1
    Relationshipwith Kathleen Alice Jones-Rouse
    Gender Female 
    Also Known As Werburgia Cheyney from being a widow  [1
    To Lady Kathleen Great GrandParent 
    Death 1525 
    Person ID I16153  Enchanted Family Tree
    Last Modified 29 Mar 2021 

    Family Courtier, Sir William Compton,   b. 1480, Compton Wynyates, , Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1528, Compton Wynyates, , Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 48 years) 
    Children 
    +1. Peter Compton,   b. 1508, Compton Wynyates, , Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 30 Jan 1538, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 30 years)
    Family ID F7740  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 14 Mar 2012 

  • Notes 
    • (Research):... It then apparently passed in the direct male line to Sir Maurice Berkeley (d. 1460), Sir Maurice Berkeley (fn. 66) (d. 1474), and William Berkeley (fn. 67) (d. s.p. 1485). (fn. 68) William's successor was his sister Catherine (d. 1494), wh o married John Stourton, Lord Stourton (d. 1485), and Sir John Brereton. Her estate passed successively to Brereton, (fn. 69) to her daughter Werburgh Brereton (d. 1525), who married secondly Sir William Compton (d. 1528), to Compton, to Peter C ompton (d. 1544), the son of Werburgh and Sir William, (fn. 70) and to Peter's relict Anne. (fn. 71) On the death in 1588 of Anne, then the relict of William Herbert, earl of Pembroke, (fn. 72) the estate reverted to her son Henry Compton, Lor d Compton (d. 1589), (fn. 73) whose son William, Lord Compton, sold it to Thomas Aubrey in 1591. ... [2]

  • Sources 
    1. [S38] Harold and Tilly (Compton) MacLeod with Pamela Halton Compton, The Loyalist Comptons of Prince Edward Island, (Harold S. MacLeod), Page iv.
      The Comptons of England

    2. [S40] Parishes: Sedgehill.
      Maurice