Sir William de Brereton 
William was born in of Brereton and Egerton, Cheshire, England.1 William's father was Sir William de Brereton and his mother was Ellen de Egerton. His paternal grandparents were William de Brereton and Margaret de Bosley. He had a half-brother named Randle. He died in Normandy.1 General Notes
Lord of Egerton and Brereton, lord of half of Malpas. He was a knight in 1385. He was a commissioner of array in 1404, and sheriff of Cheshire from 1408 to 1411. He was constantly employed and actively engaged on the Welsh border during this period when Owen Glendower was threatening. He was governor of Calais in 1418. He likely died of wounds received at the battle of Pontorson in 1425. His son died at Harfleur in 1415.
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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- b. in of Brereton, Cheshire, England
- b. in of Brereton, Cheshire, England d.AFT 1341/1342
- b. in of Sandbach, Cheshire, England
- d.AFT 1341/1342
- b. in of Shipbrook, Cheshire, England d.> 1326
- b. in of Shipbrook, Cheshire, England d.AFT 1321/1322
- b.~ 1319 in of Brereton and Egerton, Cheshire, England d.> 1390
- b.14 Feb 1348/1349 in of Brereton and Egerton, Cheshire, England d.10 Jan 1425/1426 in Normandy
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‌William were married in a religious ceremony in 1386 in Audlem, Cheshire, England.
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