Ranulphus De Brereton I RALPH 1085 5302

Ranulphus De Brereton I RALPH Sex: Male

Birth Date	1085 Barton, Lancashire, England
Death Date	1120 England
Father	Ralph De brereton	Born: 1057 Normandy, France	Died: 1100
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Ranulphus De Brereton Notes:	The Breretons during the thirteenth to sixteenth centuries were among the most distinguished families in England. They intermarried with other noble families like the Caringtons, Cholmondeleys, Davenports, Hanmers, Traftords, Radclyffs, Edgertons, Corbets, Stanleys, Booths, etc. The early ancestors spelled their name Brerton, Bretone, Breerton, Brierton, and Brereton. I have found over 175 different spellings of this ancient surname. The lack of standardized spelling in the English language at the time means that many spellings for the surname exist today. Many families are unaware that they are actually descendants of this family. Knights were once elite warriors with high social status whose lives were dedicated to fighting. Knights were part of the ruling class in Europe. They were considered nobles and eventually land holding became a requirement to be a knight. Estates were often castles which gave the lineage its surname and it became the unit of social power. The first family member on record according to my research was not a Brereton at all. His name was Gilbert de Venables because in those early days people were identified by the place they were from. The word de in the french language means â€œofâ€. Gilbert de Venables was from the town of Venables in France. He changed his name to Gilbert de Brereton when he took over the land during the Norman Conquest in England. The family name is therefore derived from a place and not a person. When doing searches on the family name for genealogical purposes it is important to remember that some people with the last name de Brereton are not actually from the same family tree but are actually people who just lived in Brereton.
Notes:	Knights were often rewarded for their service through the granting of more land known as a fief. The knights were known for their bravery, honor, loyalty and service to women known as chivalry which attracted the aristocracy into also defining themselves as knights by the late 1200â€™s. Even kings began to refer to themselves as knights and by the 1300â€™s had founded a formal order of knighthood. These changes raised the cost of becoming a knight as well as the social and military obligations causing the decline of the knights by the 1500â€™s. The Brereton family had knights in the family following this period which was indicative of great wealth. I have an account of the land holdings recorded in a will of one of the Brereton family members which I will share with you at a later date to give you some sense of their wealth. The family held thousands of acres of land in England and other parts of the United Kingdom. A true knight had to also be a good Christian. Part of the knightâ€™s education involved learning to read Latin. The knights were often called upon to read the liturgy at church. The Brereton family motto is â€œOpitulante Deoâ€ which means â€œGod Assisting Usâ€ or â€œWith the aid of Godâ€.
Notes:	The Christian roots have remained in the family. The lost branch of the Brereton family had several generations of Reverends. One of the members of this branch also went on to influence great Christian men like A.W. Tozer and set up a camp for pastors in the United States in the early 1800â€™s. I have given several clues through this blog and if you follow the blog closely you may be able to figure out the members of the lost branch.
Notes:	Knights of the Shire for the County of Chester Under each Monarch at the time. King Richard I Sir Ranulphus or Radulphus Brereton, of Brereton was one of the knights of the Crusades King Henvry VII Sir Randolph Brereton King Henry VIII Sir William Brereton of Malpas Groom of the privy chamber Sir Urian Brereton of Handford Groom of the privy chamber (Williamâ€™s younger brother) Two other brothers were also in royal service. I have not been able to find their names yet. After Sir William Brereton was beheaded by the king the king placed his younger brother Urian in the same positions at his court as William had held. Anne Boleynâ€™s daughter Queen Elizabeth took special interest in the family because she knew what William had done to support her mother. It is said that she laid the foundation stone of Brereton Hall. To see pictures of Brereton Hall and to get more information go to www.brereton.org. Queen Elizabeth William Brereton, of Brereton, esq. James I William Brereton, of Brereton, knight William Brereton, of Ashley, esq Charles I Sir William Brereton, of Handford, bart. Charles II Lord William Brereton of Leighlin Barons of the Exchequer of Chester Owen Salusbury Brereton, of Shotwick, esq. Posted in Uncategorized \| Leave a Comment Â» Royal Lineage November 21, 2009 by thelostbrereton Royal Lineage

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Bulee De Stoke Sex: Female

Birth Date	1050

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William I De brereton

b.1110 Preston, Lancashire, England
d.1175 Brereton, Cheshire, England

Bulee De Stoke

Margery Terhaunt

1 Ralph De brereton KNIGHT TRACEABLE FOUNDER b.1147

William De Brereton SIR KNIGHT HUNTER b.1170

Ralph De Brereton KNIGHT RANDOLPHUS b.1200

Sibil De brereton b.1236

Ancestors Chart

Parents 2	4 persons	8 persons	16 persons	32 persons	64 persons	128 persons	256 persons	512 persons	1024 persons	-
Ralph De brereton b.1057 Normandy, France d.1100	Gilbert De blois de Venables I EUDES /DE CHAMPAGNE b.1010 Venables, Eure, Normandy, France d.1072	Count of blois Champagne and Chartres Odo II b.0983 Loire-et-Cher,, Blois, Loir-et-Cher, Centre-Val de Loire, France d.1037 See Notes	Count of blois Odo I EUDES b.0950 Marmoutier, Alsace, France d.0996	Count of Blois and Champagne Theobald ROBERTIANS I THE TRICKSTER b.0913 Blois, Loir-et-Cher, France d.0976 See Notes	Thibaud L'Ancien Comte de blois I DE TROYES b.0890 Blois, Loir-et-Cher, Orleanais/Centre, France d.0943 See Notes	Eudes De chartres II b.0860 Tours, Indre-et-Loire, Touraine/Centre, France d.0906 See Notes	Theobald Chartres I b.0840 Tours, Indre-et-Loire, France d.0871	Eudes Chartres I b.0800 d.0886	Comte of Chertres THEBALDI CHARTRES b.0777	MORE>
								Engeltrude Chartres b.0772 d.0832
							Richilde de Vermandois b.0802
								Richilde de Vermandois b.0802
						? De Chartres b.0862 d.0908
							? De Chartres b.0862 d.0908
					Richilde of Bourges b.0886 Bourges, Centre, France d.0946
						Richilde of Bourges b.0886 Bourges, Centre, France d.0946
				Luitgarde Of vermandois b.0925 Vermandois, Aisne, Picardy, France d.0985 See Notes	Count of Vermandois HÃ©ribert II b.0880 d.0943 See Notes	Count of Vermandois Heribert I b.-848 Vermandois, Normandy, France d.-902	Lord of PÃ©ronne Pepin II b.0817 Vermandois, Picardy, France d.0848 See Notes	King of Lombardy Bernard b.0797 Vermandois Neustria Frankish Empire d.0818 See Notes	King of Italy Pepin Carloman b.0777 Aachen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Deutschland d.0810 See Notes	MORE>
								Luitgarde Of vermandois b.0925 Vermandois, Aisne, Picardy, France d.0985 See Notes
							? Du vexin b.0787	Theodoric Du vexin Viii	Comte en Vexin Nibelung IV b.0810 d.0879	MORE>
								? Du vexin b.0787
						Bertha of Morvois (FICTITIOUS PERSON) b.0850
							Bertha of Morvois (FICTITIOUS PERSON) b.0850
					Adela Robertien ADÃ¨LE DE FRANCE b.0898
						Adela Robertien ADÃ¨LE DE FRANCE b.0898
			Queen of France Berthe De Bourgogne b.0964 Bourgogne, France d.1010 See Notes	King of Burgundy Conrad THE PEACEFUL b.0923 Arles, Bouches-du-Rhone, Provence-Alpes-CÃ´te d'Azur, France d.0993 See Notes	King of Upper Burgundy and Italy Rudolph II b.0890 d.0937	King of Upper Burgundy Rudolph I b.0859 d.0911	Duke of Transjurane Burgundy Conrad II THE YOUNGER b.0825 d.0876	Count of Auxerre Conrad I THE ELDER b.0805 d.0866 See Notes	Count of Swabia Welf Welfen I b.0776 d.0825	MORE>
								Adelaide Of tours	Count of Tours Hugh THE TIMID b.0775 Haut-Rhin, Alsace, France d.0837 See Notes	MORE>
							Waldrada Of wormsgau b.0850 Lorraine, Grand Est, France d.0869	Count of OrlÃ©ans Adrian b.0758 d.0824
								Waldrada b.0756
						Queen of Upper Burgundy Willa De Provence b.0873 Provence, France d.0924 See Notes	Count de Vienne, Dux De Provence Boson De Autun b.0850 Metz, Moselle, Lorraine, France d.0887 See Notes	Count and Lay Abbot of Gorze Bouin Of Vienne b.0810 d.0863	Richard d.0830	MORE>
								Richilde Of Arles b.0830 Arles, Bouches-du-Rhone, Provence-Alpes-CÃ´te d'Azur, France d.0883	Count of Arles Boson III THE OLD b.0800 Turin, Tuscany, Italy d.0855	MORE>
							Unknown Wife of Boson
								Unknown Wife of Boson
					Bertha Of Swabia b.0907 Bourgogne, France d.0966 See Notes	Duke of Swabia Burchard II b.0883 Swabia, Germany d.0926	Duke of Swabia Burchard I b.0860 Thurgau (Thurgovia), Born between 855 and 860, Frankish Empire d.0911	Count in the Thurgau Adalbert II b.0835 Switzerland d.0905	Graf Von RÃ¤thien and Thurgau Adalbert Von Schwaben I b.0800 Italy d.0841	MORE>
								Bertha Of Swabia b.0907 Bourgogne, France d.0966 See Notes
							Liutgard Of saxony b.0845 Sachsen, Ostfrankenreich d.0885	Duke of Saxony Liudolf I THE GREAT b.0784 d.0866	Margrave Bruno b.0786 Wittenberg, Sachsen-Wittenberg, ThÃ¼ringen, Deutchsland d.0843	MORE>
								Oda b.0818 d.0913 See Notes	Prinz unbekannter Billung von Sachsen b.0780 d.0850	MORE>
						Reginlinde von Nellenburg b.0889 Nellenberg, Baden- WÃ¼rttemberg (formerly called Sulich Gau), Duchy of Swabia, Germany d.0955
							Reginlinde von Nellenburg b.0889 Nellenberg, Baden- WÃ¼rttemberg (formerly called Sulich Gau), Duchy of Swabia, Germany d.0955
				Matilda Of france REIHNE CONSORT DES DEUX-BOURGOGNES b.0943 d.0992

		Ermengarde D'auvergne b.0870 Auvergne, Auvergne-RhÃ´ne-Alpes, France d.1040

	Petronilla De fezensac MS GILBERT DE VENABLES b.1028 Venables, Normandy d.1052	Otton Fezensac b.1009 Maurienne, Savoie, Rhone-Alpes, France d.1048

		Adelaide Marchioness b.1015 Turin, Torino, Piemonte, Italy d.1091

Parents 2	4 persons	8 persons	16 persons	32 persons	64 persons	128 persons	256 persons	512 persons	1024-persons	-

2 persons	4 persons	8 persons	16 persons	32 persons	64 Persons	128 persons	256 persons	512 persons	1024 persons	-

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