Family and Education
b. 1589, 1st s. of William Brett of Rotherby, Leics. and Anne, da. of Anthony Beaumont of Glenfield, Leics.Bigland, Collections ed. Frith, i. 448; Vis. Leics. 1619 (Harl. Soc. ii), 206; CP. educ. Trinity, Camb. Easter 1607.Al. Cant. m. (1) bef. 1619 Margaret (d. 18 Oct. 1645), da. of Ald. Thomas Semys of Gloucester, wid. of Anthony Rudd, 2s. d.v.p. 1da. d.v.p.;Vis. Glos. 1682-3 ed. Fenwick and Metcalfe, 25; PROB11/345/265. (2) by 1665, Mary (bur. 23 Jan. 1672), wid. of Richard Pudsey of Elsfield, Oxon., da. of one Lowe.VCH Oxon. v. 118; Parochial Colls. ed. Davis, ii. 130; Hearth Tax Returns Oxon, 1665, 66. suc. fa. Mar. 1595.Rotherby par. reg. d. 31 Mar. 1674.Bigland, Collections ed. Frith, i. 448.
Offices Held
?‘an officer under the lord chancellor’, temp. James I.
burgess, Gloucester 16 Mar. 1629–d.
?Member of household of Lionel Cranfield, 1st earl of Middlesex, c.1630.
commr. sewers, Mdx. and Westminster 1637-aft. July 1638;
Glos.
Volume
Commons 1640-1660
Web Title
BRETT, Henry (1589-1674), of Cowley and Down Hatherleigh, Glos.
Will
23 Mar. 1673, pr. 25 June 1674.PROB11/345/265.
Estates
living at house in King St. East, Westminster by 1626-1627;Westminster City Archives, E152. tenant and farmer of manor of Cowley, under dean and chapter of Westminster Abbey, 1630-49, 1660-d. (under govs. of Westminster sch. 26 Sept. 1649-60);WAM, 8393; A. and O. ii. 261; Glos. Shire Hall deeds, DC/E88/16. property at Alvinsgate, Gloucester, 1651;Glos RO, GBR/H2/3, p. 67. an estate but not manor, Down Hatherleigh.Bigland, Collections ed. Frith, ii. 511. House in Tewkesbury, 1644, house in St Catherine’s parish, Gloucester, at death.Glos. RO, TBR/A1/1, p. 123; PROB11/345/265. Living in Elsfield, Oxon. by 1665; there in 1671.Hearth Tax Returns Oxon, 1665, 66; Glos. RO, GDR will 1670/230.
Oxford 1644
Yes
1640 Volume
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