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Personal data Ada of Huntingdon Heiress of Yardley
- She was born about 1205 in Huntingdon, Huntingdonshire, England.
- She died between November 2, 1241 and June 30, 1242 in Yardley Hastings, Hardingstone, Northamptonshire, England.
- She is buried in Memorial in St Mary's Church, Astbury, Cheshire East, England.
- A child of David Huntingdon and Mathilda de Meschines of Chester (de Kevelioc)
- This information was last updated on November 24, 2022.
Household of Ada of Huntingdon Heiress of Yardley
She is married to Henry de Hastings.
They got married
Child(ren):
- The couple has common ancestors.
Notes about Ada of Huntingdon Heiress of Yardley
Ada of Huntingdon, Heiress of Yardley
Gender:
Female
Birth:
circa 1205
Huntingdon, Huntingdonshire, England (United Kingdom)
Death:
between November 02, 1241 and June 30, 1242 (31-41)
Yardley Hastings, Hardingstone, Northamptonshire, England
Place of Burial:
Memorial in St Mary's Church, Astbury, Cheshire East, England, United Kingdom
Immediate Family:
Daughter of David, 8th Earl of Huntingdon and Matilda of Chester
Wife of Sir Henry de Hastings, of Ashill
Mother of Matilda Pecche (de Hastings); Ada de Hastings; Hillaria de Hastings; Sir Henry ll de Hastings, of Ashill; Sir John de Hastings, of Ashill; and William de Hastings
Sister of NN of Huntingdon; Robert of Huntingdon, Prince of Scotland; Margaret of Huntington; David of Huntingdon; Isabel of Huntingdon; John "le Scot" Canmore, 7th Earl of Chester; N.N. Crawford (Huntingdon) and Henry de Huntingdon
Half sister of N.N. of Huntingdon; Henry of Huntington; Ralph de Brechin; Henry of Stirling and Ada (the Elder) of Huntington
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Ada of Huntingdon, Heiress of Yardley is your 22nd great grandmother.
You ‰ ᆒ Henry Marvin Welborn
your father ·Üí Henry Marvin Welborn, Sr.
his father ·Üí Calhoun H. Welborn
his father ·Üí Younger Welborn, II
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his father ·Üí Aaron W Welborn, Sr.
his father ·Üí James Welborn
his father ·Üí Ann Wellborn (Crabtree)
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her mother ·Üí John Stucley, of Affeton
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her father ·Üí Frances Plantagenet
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her mother ·Üí Edward Grey, 1st Viscount Lisle
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his father ·Üí Sir Reynold de Grey, II, 3rd Baron Grey de Ruthin
his father ·Üí Sir Reginald de Grey, 2nd Baron Grey of Ruthyn
his father ·Üí Elizabeth Hastings, Baroness Grey of Ruthin
his mother ·Üí John Hastings, 1st Baron Hastings
her father ·Üí Sir Henry ll de Hastings, of Ashill
his father ·Üí Ada of Huntingdon, Heiress of Yardley
his mother
Ada of Huntingdon, Heiress of Yardley is your 22nd great grandmother.
You‰ ‰ ‰ ᆒ‰ Henry Marvin Welborn‰
your father‰ ᆒ‰ Henry Marvin Welborn, Sr.‰
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his father‰ ᆒ‰ Hillaria de Hastings‰
his mother‰ ᆒAda of Huntingdon, Heiress of Yardley‰
her mother
Ada of Huntingdon, Heiress of Yardley is your 25th great grandmother.
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his father‰ ᆒ‰ Morfydd verch Rhys‰
his mother‰ ᆒ‰ Ada de Hastings‰
her mother‰ ᆒSir Henry ll de Hastings, of Ashill‰
her father‰ ᆒ‰ Ada of Huntingdon, Heiress of Yardley‰
his mother
Ada of Huntingdon, Heiress of Yardley is your 24th great grandmother.
You
‰ ᆒ Geneva Allene Welborn
your mother ·Üí Alice Elmyra Smith
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her mother
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Ada of Huntingdon1,2,3,4,5,6
F, #6451, d. between 4 August 1241 and 30 June 1242
Father David, 9th Earl of Huntingdon2,3,7,5,6 b. 1152, d. 17 Jun 1219
Mother Maud of Chester3,7,6 b. 1171, d. 6 Jan 1233
Ada of Huntingdon married Sir Henry de Hastings, King's Steward of the Abbey of Bury St. Edmunds, son of Sir William de Hastings, Steward of the Royal Household & of the Abbey of Bury St. Edmunds and Margaret le Bigod, between 1224 and 7 June 1237; They had 1 son (Sir Henry) and 3 daughters (Hillary, wife of Sir William de Harcourt, & of Robert de Frankeville; Ada, wife of Sir Hubert Hovel; & Margery).2,3,4,5,6 Ada of Huntingdon died between 4 August 1241 and 30 June 1242; Buried at Astbury, Cheshire.3,6
Family Sir Henry de Hastings, King's Steward of the Abbey of Bury St. Edmunds b. c 1205, d. c 9 Aug 1250
Children
Hillaria de Hastings+2,3,5,6 d. a 1295
Ada de Hastings8 b. b 1230, d. a 1301
Sir Henry de Hastings, Baron Hastings, Constable of Winchester Castle+3,6 b. c 1235, d. c 4 Mar 1269
Margery de Hastings8 b. c 1237
Citations
1.[S1674] Unknown author, The Complete Peerage, by Cokayne, Vol. IV, p. 670, Vol. VI, p. 345; Ancestral Roots of 60 Colonists, p. 91; Burke's Peerage, 1938, p. 1356.
2.[S16] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. II, p. 340-341.
3.[S16] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. III, p. 321-323.
4.[S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. I, p. 226.
5.[S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. III, p. 204.
6.[S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. III, p. 248-249.
7.[S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. I, p. 223.
8.[S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. III, p. 251.
From: http://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/p215.htm#i...
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There are old tombs of the Brereton family in the churchyard. The one with a canopy shows the effigy of a knight with his lady. It is rare to see a monument of such age outside and these are badly weathered. Raymond Richards notes that it is the tomb of Sir Ralph Brereton but the brochure in the church mentions that is could be the tomb of a Brereton or a Ventables. My photograph below, taken with flash and enhanced digitally allows one to pick out most of the following incripiton, but the beginning of the last work was provided from Ormerod's History of Cheshire, Volume 3 page 33. Note that the letter N is written back-to-front throughout. It translates as "Here lie Radulphus Brereton, knight, and lady Ada his wife one of the daughters of David Earl of Huntingdon. Ormerod gives a family tree of the Breretons of Brereton in which he states "Sir Ralph de Brereton, knight, said in some pedigrees to marry Ada, daughter of David Earl of Huntingdon, relict of Henry Hastings, and living in 1275".
From: http://www.thornber.net/cheshire/htmlfiles/astbury.html
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Ada of Huntingdon1
F, #107766, d. after 1241
Last Edited=19 Jan 2011
Ada of Huntingdon was the daughter of David of Scotland, 9th Earl of Huntingdon and Matilda of Chester.1 She married Sir Henry de Hastings before 7 June 1237.1 She died after 1241.1
Children of Ada of Huntingdon and Sir Henry de Hastings
1.Sir Henry de Hastings+1 d. c 5 Mar 1268/69
2.Eleanor de Hastings+2
Citations
1.[S11] Alison Weir, Britain's Royal Families: The Complete Genealogy (London, U.K.: The Bodley Head, 1999), page 194. Hereinafter cited as Britain's Royal Families.
2.[S37] BP2003 volume 2, page 1816. See link for full details for this source. Hereinafter cited as. [S37]
From: http://www.thepeerage.com/p10777.htm#i107766
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Henry De HASTINGS of Asshill (Sir)
Born: ABT 1190
Died: 9 Aug 1250
Notes: of Asshill, Norfolk
Father: William De HASTINGS
Mother: Margaret BIGOD
Married: Ada De HUNTINGDON (b. AFT 1190 - d. AFT 2 Nov 1241) (dau. of David De Huntingdon and Maud De Keveliok) 7 Jun 1237
Children:
1. Henry De HASTINGS (Sir Constable of Winchester Castle)
2. Margaret De HASTINGS
3. Hillary De HASTINGS
From: http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/HASTINGS1.htm#Henry De HASTINGS of Asshill (Sir)
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David of Scotland (Medieval Gaelic: Dabââ d) (c.·Äâ1144 ·Äì 17 June 1219) was a Scottish prince and Earl of Huntingdon. He was a claimant to the Scottish throne.
He was the youngest surviving son of Henry of Scotland, 3rd Earl of Huntingdon and Ada de Warenne, a daughter of William de Warenne, 2nd Earl of Surrey, and Elizabeth of Vermandois. His paternal grandfather was David I of Scotland. Huntingdon was granted to him after his elder brother William I of Scotland ascended the throne. David's son John succeeded him .... etc.
On 26 August 1190 David married Matilda of Chester (1171 ·Äì 6 January 1233), daughter of Hugh de Kevelioc, 3rd Earl of Chester. He was almost thirty years Matilda's senior. The marriage was recorded by Benedict of Peterborough.[1]
David and Matilda had seven children:
Margaret of Huntingdon (c. 1194 ·Äì c. 1228), married Alan, Lord of Galloway, by whom she had two daughters, including Dervorguilla of Galloway.
Robert of Huntingdon (died young)
Ada of Huntingdon, married Sir Henry de Hastings, by whom she had one son, Henry de Hastings, 1st Baron Hastings.
Matilda (Maud) of Huntingdon (-aft.1219, unmarried)
Isobel of Huntingdon (1199·Äì1251), married Robert Bruce, 4th Lord of Annandale, by whom she had two sons, including Robert de Brus, 5th Lord of Annandale.
John of Scotland, Earl of Huntingdon (1207 ·Äì 6 June 1237), married Elen ferch Llywelyn. He succeeded his uncle Ranulf as Earl of Chester in 1232, but died childless.
Henry of Huntingdon (died young)[2][3]
Earl David also had three illegitimate children:[4]
Henry of Stirling
Henry of Brechin
Ada, married Malise, son of Ferchar, Earl of Strathearn
After the extinction of the senior line of the Scottish royal house in 1290, when the legitimate line of William the Lion of Scotland ended, David's descendants were the prime candidates for the throne. The two most notable claimants to the throne, Robert Bruce, 5th Lord of Annandale (grandfather of King Robert I of Scotland) and John of Scotland were his descendants through David's daughters Isobel and Margaret, respectively. .... etc.
From: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_of_Scotland,_Earl_of_Huntingdon
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Ada of Huntingdon[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8]
Born of, , , England
Died Aft 2 Nov 1241 [2, 4]
Father David of Scotland, Earl of Huntington, of, , , England
Mother Maud of Chester, Countess of Huntingdon, of, , Cheshire, England
Family 1 Henry de Hastings, Lord Hastings, b. Abt 1200, of, Ashill, Norfolk, England
Children
1. Sir Henry de Hastings, Knight, b. Abt 1230, of, Ashill, Norfolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location, d. Abt 5 Mar 1268-1269
Family 2 Sir Ralph de Brereton, Knight, of, Brereton cum Smethwick, Cheshire, England
Children
1. Sir William de Brereton, Knight, of, Brereton cum Smethwick, Cheshire, England
2. Gilbert de Brereton, of, Brereton cum Smethwick, Cheshire, England
Sources
[S1506] #560 [1882] The History of the County Palatine and City of Chester (1882), Ormerod, George, (2nd edition. 3 volumes. London: G. Routledge, 1882), FHL microfilms 496,910, 547,521 and 824,313-824,31., vol. 3 p. 52;.
[S4876] #21 The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct, or Dormant (1910), Cokayne, George Edward (main author) and Vicary Gibbs (added author), (New edition. 13 volumes in 14. London: St. Catherine Press,1910-), vol. 3 p. 169 fn. d.
[S1800] #771 The History of the Princes, the Lords Marcher and the Ancient Nobility of Powys Fodog and the Ancient Lords of Arwystli, Cedewen and Meirionydd (1881-1887), Lloyd, Jacob Youde William, (6 volumes. London: T. Richards, 1881-1887), FHL book 942.9 D2L; FHL microfilms 990,213-990,214., vol. 3 p. 92, 92 fn. 1; vol. 5 p. 413*.
[S4587] The Magna Charta Sureties, 1215 (1964), Adams, Arthur and Weis, Frederick Lewis, (Reprint of the second authorized edition with revision and corrects by Walter Lee Shepard, Jr. published in Baltimore in 1964. The original was first published in Boston in 1955. Microfilm of original published: Baltimore [Mayland]: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1968. Salt Lake city, Utah: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1978), FHL book 973 D2aa, volumes 1-5; FHL microfilm1,036., p. 9 line 7:3.
[S1096] #798 The Wallop Family and Their Ancestry (1928), Watney, Vernon James, (4 volumes. Oxford: John Johnson, 1928), FHL book Q 929.242 W159w; FHL microfilm 1,696,491 ., p. 136;.
[S2411] #11915 British Genealogy (filmed 1950), Evans, Alcwyn Caryni, (Books A to H. National Library of Wales MSS 12359-12360D. Manuscript filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1950), FHL microfilms 104,355 and 104,390 item 2., book 8 p. H77.
[S2619] #11050 The English Ancestry of Peter Bulkeley, Grace Chetwood, and Sarah Chauncy (1988), Ayers, Frank Wayne, (Walnut Creek, California: F.W. Ayers, 1988), 88;.
[S1137] #772 Archaeologia Cambrensis: a Record of the Antiquities of Wales and its Marches, and the Journal of the Cambrian Archaeological Association (1846-), Cambrian Archaeological Association (London), (London: W. Pickering, 1846-), FHL book 942.9 B2c., H.J.F. Vaughan, "Tribe of Ednowain Bendew", 4th series (1878) vol. 9 p. 40.
From: https://histfam.familysearch.org//getperson.php?personID=I93191&tre...
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Death: AFT 2 Nov 1241 in Yardley Hastings, Hardingstone, Northamptonshire, England
Note:
"The Complete Peerage", Vol. VI,p.345 :-
Ada, sister and coheir of John the Scot, 10th Earl of Huntingdon, 3rd daughter of David of Scotland, 9th Earl of Huntingdon.
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Ormerod, for some reason, calls her Adama and doesn't show a d. Ada. This is because his sources have suggested that the Ada shown as the d. was actually the widow of Henry de Hastings. i.e. Ada and Adama were thought to be one person.
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Recently (Feb.2006) the following was found on the internet (edited from G o o g l e's cache of http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/g/a/r/J-H-Garner/FILE/01... retrieved 23/01/2006)
Sir Henry de Hastings, Lord Hastings born 1200 of Fillongley, Warwickshire, England,[N];
married Ada le Scot , daughter of David of Scotland Earl of Huntingdon and Matilda (Mabel) le Meschines of Chester, circa 1224; died circa 9 Aug 1250.
Children of Sir Henry de Hastings,Lord Hastings and Ada le Scot were as follows:
ii. Ada d'Eu; married Hubert Houel. (MORE THAN ONE MARRIAGE ????)
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*Ada le Scot of Huntington
born 1 January 1199/1200
died after 1241
father:
David Earl of Huntington
born 1144 Northumberland, England
died 17 June 1219 Yardley, Northhamptonshire, England or Jedburgh, Roxburghshire, Scotland
mother:
Maud (Matilda) Kevelioc de Meschines
born 1171 Chester, England
died 6 January 1233
married 26 August 1190
siblings:
Margaret Huntington le Scot born 1191 died 1228
Robert le Scot
Maud le Scot
Henry le Scot of Stirling Lord of Brechin died after 1215 before August 1238
David le Scot
Isobella le Scot born 1199 Huntington, Huntingtonshire, England died 1251/52
John le Scot Earl of Chester born 1207 died 6 Jun 1237 Darnhall, Chestershire, England
daughter of David Earl of Huntington
spouse:
Sir Henry de Hastings
born about 1193? Ashill, Norfolk, England
died before 9 August 1250
children:
Sir Henry de Hastings
born about 1225 Bergavenny, Norfolk, England
died 5 March 1269 England
biographical or anecdotal information:
source:
LDS
ancestry.com
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Descendant of Charlemagne, Holy Roman Emperor (747-813)
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http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=gloriawes...
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Ada was the 3rd daughter of Prince David of Scotland, Earl of Huntingdon and Matilda of Chester. Matilda was approximatey 30 years younger than her husband. It is therefore difficult to determine when Ada was born, except that it had to be before 1219 when David died.
Ada was first married to Henry de Hastings, who died in 1250. The Cheshire historian Ormerod relates that according to ancient pedigrees, Ralph Brereton and Ada were married. A famous, canopied effigy tomb in the churchyard of St. Mary's, Astbury, Cheshire, states that both Ralph and Ada are buried there, side by side. Ralph Brereton was Ada's second, or possibley third, husband. Ada was Ralph's first known wife. There is great controversy surrounding Ada's life,and death dates, as a possible heir, or mother to the heir to the Scottish throne, at a time when the king was engaged with many border disputes with both Scotland and Wales, and was intent on dispossessing Ada and her sisters, which he did. He gave their hereditary lands to his Lusignan cousins,in return for smaller estates, and quickly incorporated them into crown lands. Henry also took her son, Henry de Hastings, and gave him as a ward to another Norman lord, raising him as an Englishman, and reduced his lands and title when he came of age. Henry de Hastings, the heir, lived only 4 years after coming of age. Richardson claims that Ada's death must have happened before 1247, as her lands are being transferred at this point. There is room for doubt, however, as Ada and her sisters, were not under the protections afforded by English law, and Henry III had already said to the four of them, preceding buying the estates in 1246, that the earldoms should be annexed to the crown "lest so fair a dominion should be divided among women". This was contrary and technically illegal according to the Treaty of York. Welsh Medieval records do confirm the marriage of Ada and Ralph, and the birth of their sons, William and Gilbert Brereton; English records conflict with Welsh perhaps because they were less influenced by the king's power. The Brereton, and cadet family pedigrees all show descent from Ada, and this descent is reflected in the arms of the Brereton family.
Lineage Prince David was the youngest surviving son of Henry of Scotland, 3rd Earl of Huntingdon and Ada de Warenne, a daughter of William de Warenne, 2nd Earl of Surrey, and Elizabeth of Vermandois. His paternal grandfather was David I of Scotland. Huntingdon was granted to him after his elder brother William I of Scotland ascended the throne. David's son John succeeded him to the earldom, but died young under mysterious circumstances, making Ada and her sisters the heirs to the Kingdom of Scotland. According to the Treaty of York, Ada and her sisters were not English subjects, and would never be subject to the courts of England. Henry III, in a power struggle, forced Ada and her sisters to relinquish their lands and titles, and made Ada's son, Henry de Hastings "heir".
David of Scotland and Matilda of Chester had seven children: Ada, Margaret (second daughter), Robert (died young), Matilda (youngest daughter), Isobel (oldest daughter), John (died age 30) and Henry (died young). Ada had 2 illegitimate half brothers, Henry of Stirling and Henry of Breching, and one illegitimate half sister, Ada .
After the extinction of the senior line of the Scottish royal house in 1290, when the legitimate line of William the Lion of Scotland ended, David's descendants were the prime candidates for the throne. The two most notable claimants to the throne, Robert Bruce, 5th Lord of Annandale (grandfather of King Robert I of Scotland) and John of Scotland were his descendants through David's daughters Isobel and Margaret, respectively.
"Other features of note include the great west door beneath a stately tower, the spire (rebuilt in 1838 to replace an early English one destroyed by lightning), the massive battlements and the 13th century canopied tomb of Sir Radulph and Lady Ada Brereton. The exterior of the church is decorated with grotesque gargoyles - to keep away evil spirits and devils. The figures also act as outlets for rainwater from the roof." ---The Brereton's of Chesire
page 3
http://www.brereton.org/Cheshire%20January%202013.pdf
Ada's Profile: https://histfam.familysearch.org//getperson.php?personID=I93191&tre...
Dating of the Tomb: Ralph Brereton's bones were found in the tomb when it was renovated in the 1800's. It is referred as a tomb, and not a memorial, in every source cited here. The tomb is the only one of its kind in Cheshire, and is a Grade II listing. The Brereton coat of arms, including the 2 shields of the house of Scotland, are found in both St. Mary's Astbury and the Brereton Chapel, as well as St Oswald's. Brereton family tradition has it that "the Knight's burial) was originally a chantry chapel inside the church, but was moved outside when the church was extensively remodeled in the 14th century. Gilbert Brereton, Ada and Ralph's son, was a Rector at this church for several years, during the construction of the Knights' tomb.. In 1578, the Warburtons, descendants of the Brereton's, as well as the church rector and other local aristocrats or kinsmen, swore a documents as to who was buried in the Knight's burial, being Ralph and Ada de Huntingdon. The first herald's visitations began in 1580, approving use of arms by Chesire armigers.
Further:
George Ormerod's book, History of the County Palatine and City of
> > Chester, vol. 3 (1819), pg. 51 has an extensive chart of the Brereton
> > family which traces the Brereton family back in time before 1150.
> > One of the remote ancestors in the Brereton family tree is stated to
> > be Sir Ralph Brereton, of Brereton, Cheshire who Ormerod states is
> > "said in some pedigrees to marry Ada, daughter of David earl of
> > Huntingdon, relict of Henry Hastings." Ada of Huntingdon, wife of
> > Henry de Hastings, is a well known figure in medieval genealogy.
> > Complete Peerage shows her marriage to Henry de Hastings and Henry's
> > death in 1250, but provides no additional information regarding a
> > subsequent marriage.
> >
> > Recently while I was combing through the book, Manuscripts of St.
> > George's Chapel, Windsor Castle, by J.N. Dalton (1957), I encountered
> > an interesting document on page 409:
> >
> > "XV.24.34 Attestation by Dame Mary Warburton, widow of Sir John
> > Warburton, of Arley in the county of Chester, Knight, Thomas
> > Comberbache, Mayor of Congleton in the county of Chester, Henry
> > Brereton of the Peel, and John Somerforde of Freeerfeilds, Richard
> > Spencer and William Thorley, aldermen of Congleton, Randall Rode of
> > Walhill yeoman, Sir James Brucke now or late parson of Sadyngton, co.
> > Warwick, Sir Roger Willyam curate of Astburye and James Brownesworthe,
> > sexton or clerk of the same, concerning a monument or tomb in the
> > churchyard of Astbury, commonly called the Knight's Burial, wherein
> > was buried Sir Ralph Brereton Kt. sometime Lord of Brereton in the
> > county of Chester, who married Ada one of the daughters of the Earl of
> > Huntingdon, which also was buried in the same monument. Signed by
> > all. 1578."
Source: http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/GEN-MEDIEVAL/2002-02/...
From a booklet, published by St. Mary's Church:
"The Brereton Coat of Arms can be found on both the exterior and interior of the church. It is one of a number of coats of arms which decorate the ceiling molding. The Brereton family of Astbury died out before the church was completed in the 14th century.(sic)"
What the pamphlet seems to be trying to say is that the Scots Earls of Huntington died out in the male line: John le Scot died childless and left 4 sisters. However Henry III decided that the earldoms should be annexed to the crown "lest so fair a dominion should be divided among women". In 1246, Henry bought the honour (estate) of Chester from John's four sisters.
It would be recreated in 1264 for Simon de Montfort.
14 References: Parish of St. Mary's Church Information Booklet14 produced by the Parish of St. Mary's Church and provided by Mr. Sam Moore (member of the congregation) during a tour of the church in 2001. The booklet is written by the Rector and Wardens of St. Mary·Äôs Church, Astbury, St. Mary·Äôs Church (Old Vicarage Publications, Reades Lane, Congleton, Cw12 3LL - printed by Jarrold Publishing, Norwich
Source: http://www.brereton.org/Cheshire%20January%202013.pdf
Source: http://www.thornber.net/cheshire/htmlfiles/astbury.html The Buildings of England: Cheshire, by Nikolaus Pevsner and Edward Hubbard, first edition 1971, Yale University Press edition in 2003. The King's England, Cheshire, edited by Arthur Mee, published by Hodder and Stoughton, 1938, fourth impression 1950. St. Mary's Church, Astbury, published by the Rector and Wardens in 1995, Old Vicarage Publications, Reades Lane, Congleton, CW12 3LL, ISBN 0-947818-75-8, a coloured brochure available in the church for £1-50 in 2005. Old Cheshire Churches, with a supplementary survey of the lesser old chapels of Cheshire, completely revised and enlarged by Raymond Richards, first published in 1947 and reprinted by E. J. Morten, Didsbury, 1973. ___________________________________________________________________________________
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Re: St. Mary's Church, Astbury, Chesire There are old tombs of the Brereton family in the churchyard. The one with a canopy shows the effigy of a knight with his lady. It is rare to see a monument of such age outside and these are badly weathered. Raymond Richards notes that it is the tomb of Sir Ralph Brereton but the brochure in the church mentions that is could be the tomb of a Brereton or a Ventables. My photograph below, taken with flash and enhanced digitally allows one to pick out most of the following incripiton, but the beginning of the last work was provided from Ormerod's History of Cheshire, Volume 3 page 33. Note that the letter N is written back-to-front throughout. It translates as "Here lie Radulphus Brereton, knight, and lady Ada his wife one of the daughters of David Earl of Huntingdon. Ormerod gives a family tree of the Breretons of Brereton in which he states "Sir Ralph de Brereton, knight, said in some pedigrees to marry Ada, daughter of David Earl of Huntingdon, (relict of Henry Hastings,) and living in 1275". Notation for this date is in Sources section, as are multiple other original sources regarding the marriage of Ralph and Ada.
Tomb inscription from Ralph De Brereton's tomb at St. Mary's Churchyard, Astbury, Cheshire:
HIC IACENT RADULPHUS BR ERETON MILES ET DOMINA ADA UXOR SUA UNA FI LIARUM DAVIDIS COMI TIS HUNTINGDONIS _______________________________________________________________________________
Date of monument from church records ca. 1275.
Prefix Sir Suffix Knight Born of, Brereton cum Smethwick, Cheshire, England Gender Male Name AKA Ralph de Brereton Name AKA Randolphus de Brereton [7] _UID 8DDECFB6010811DA9E6E0060089E376996BD Died Yes, date unknown Notes LIVING: Living Henry III (1275/1276). RESIDENCE: Brereton. (Lloyd, History of the Princes, the Lords Marcher and the Ancient Nobility of Powys Fadog, vol. 3 p. 93)
REMARKS: It was in the suite of Princess Maude that Ralph de Brereton went to Scotland. (Lloyd, History of the Princes, the Lords Marcher and the Ancient Nobility of Powys Fadog, vol. 3 p. 92) (Research):MARRIAGE: Investigate> Lloyd's 'History of the Princes, the Lords Marcher and the Ancient Nobility of Powys Fadog' volume 3 page 92 states he married secondly, Margred ferch Sir Rhydderch "Groes", Knight. Person ID I93400 Wales. Welsh Medieval Database Primarily of Nobility and Gentry. Last Modified 26 Mar 2013
Father Sir William de Brereton, Knight, of, Brereton cum Smethwick, Cheshire, England , d. Yes, date unknown Mother Margery [de Thornton], of, Middlewich, Cheshire, England , d. Yes, date unknown Family ID F56184 Group Sheet
Family Ada of Huntingdon, of, , , England , d. Aft 2 Nov 1241 Married STATUS: Widow of Henry de Hastings. Children
1. Sir William de Brereton, Knight, of, Brereton cum Smethwick, Cheshire, England , d. Yes, date unknown
2. Gilbert de Brereton, of, Brereton cum Smethwick, Cheshire, England , d. Yes, date unknown Last Modified 13 Feb 2005 Family ID F56186 Group Sheet
Sources [S116] Peerages Extinct (Burke), Burke, John , 1787-1848, (London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, 1831), FHL 942 D22bg 1831., p. 74;.
[S1506] #560 [1882] The History of the County Palatine and City of Chester (1882), Ormerod, George, (2nd edition. 3 volumes. London: G. Routledge, 1882), FHL microfilms 496,910, 547,521 and 824,313-824,31., vol. 3 p. 47, 52;.
[S1800] #771 The History of the Princes, the Lords Marcher and the Ancient Nobility of Powys Fodog and the Ancient Lords of Arwystli, Cedewen and Meirionydd (1881-1887), Lloyd, Jacob Youde William, (6 volumes. London: T. Richards, 1881-1887), FHL book 942.9 D2L; FHL microfilms 990,213-990,214., vol. 3 p. 92; vol. 5 p. 413.
[S1096] #798 The Wallop Family and Their Ancestry (1928), Watney, Vernon James, (4 volumes. Oxford: John Johnson, 1928), FHL book Q 929.242 W159w; FHL microfilm 1,696,491 ., p. 136;.
[S2619] #11050 The English Ancestry of Peter Bulkeley, Grace Chetwood, and Sarah Chauncy (1988), Ayers, Frank Wayne, (Walnut Creek, California: F.W. Ayers, 1988), 88;.
[S1137] #772 Archaeologia Cambrensis: a Record of the Antiquities of Wales and its Marches, and the Journal of the Cambrian Archaeological Association (1846-), Cambrian Archaeological Association (London), (London: W. Pickering, 1846-), FHL book 942.9 B2c., H.J.F. Vaughan, "Tribe of Ednowain Bendew", 4th series (1878) vol. 9 p. 40.
[S1800] #771 The History of the Princes, the Lords Marcher and the Ancient Nobility of Powys Fodog and the Ancient Lords of Arwystli, Cedewen and Meirionydd (1881-1887), Lloyd, Jacob Youde William, (6 volumes. London: T. Richards, 1881-1887), FHL book 942.9 D2L; FHL microfilms 990,213-990,214., vol. 3 p. 92.
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Born of, Brereton cum Smethwick, Cheshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location Gender Male Name AKA Ralph de Brereton
LDS:
_UID 8DDECFA0010811DA9E6E0060089E3769809F Died Yes, date unknown Notes ·ó¶TITLES: Baron of Kinderton.
PROPERTY: the Domesday Lord of Brereton.
LIVING: comtempory of William II and Henry I, Plantagenet "Beauclerc". (1100-1135) Henry I ; William II (1091-1100).
LIVING: witness to a charter by Gilbert de Venables.(died ca 1154-1189). AKA Gislebert Venatour.
I93378 Wales. Welsh Medieval Database Primarily of Nobility and Gentry.
Brereton Lineage: http://www.thornber.net/cheshire/htmlfiles/brereton.html
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