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class="mw-parser-output"><p> <b>Sir John Brereton</b> (1576–1629) was an English-born lawyer who held office in <a href="/web/20221214161519/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ireland" title="Ireland">Ireland</a> as <a href="/web/20221214161519/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serjeant-at-law_(Ireland)" title="Serjeant-at-law (Ireland)">Serjeant-at-law</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1">[1]</a></sup> </p> <div class="thumb tright"><div class="thumbinner" style="width:222px;"><a href="/web/20221214161519/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Ashley_-_Castle_Mill_Lane.jpg" class="image"><img alt="" src="//web.archive.org/web/20221214161519im_/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/Ashley_-_Castle_Mill_Lane.jpg/220px-Ashley_-_Castle_Mill_Lane.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="thumbimage" srcset="//web.archive.org/web/20221214161519im_/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/Ashley_-_Castle_Mill_Lane.jpg/330px-Ashley_-_Castle_Mill_Lane.jpg 1.5x, //web.archive.org/web/20221214161519im_/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/Ashley_-_Castle_Mill_Lane.jpg/440px-Ashley_-_Castle_Mill_Lane.jpg 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="480"/></a> <div class="thumbcaption"><div class="magnify"><a href="/web/20221214161519/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Ashley_-_Castle_Mill_Lane.jpg" class="internal" title="Enlarge"></a></div>Ashley, Cheshire, Brereton's birthplace</div></div></div> <p>He was born in <a href="/web/20221214161519/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashley,_Cheshire" title="Ashley, Cheshire">Ashley, Cheshire</a>, one of the eight sons of George Brereton of Ashley Hall and Sybil Arderne, daughter of William Arderne of <a href="/web/20221214161519/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timperley" title="Timperley">Timperley</a>, near <a href="/web/20221214161519/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Altrincham" title="Altrincham">Altrincham</a>. The Breretons were descended from Sir William Brereton, who was <a href="/web/20221214161519/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earl_Marshal_of_Ireland" title="Earl Marshal of Ireland">Earl Marshal of Ireland</a> in the time of <a href="/web/20221214161519/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_VIII" title="Henry VIII">Henry VIII</a>. John was <a href="/web/20221214161519/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baptised" class="mw-redirect" title="Baptised">baptised</a> at the parish church in <a href="/web/20221214161519/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bowdon,_Greater_Manchester" title="Bowdon, Greater Manchester">Bowdon</a> on 20 June 1576. He attended <a href="/web/20221214161519/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sidney_Sussex_College,_Cambridge" title="Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge">Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge</a>, of which he was later a generous benefactor. He practised as an <a href="/web/20221214161519/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawyer" title="Lawyer">attorney</a> for some years and was then <a href="/web/20221214161519/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Called_to_the_Bar" class="mw-redirect" title="Called to the Bar">called to the Bar</a> at the <a href="/web/20221214161519/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inner_Temple" title="Inner Temple">Inner Temple</a> in 1609. He moved to Ireland and was admitted to the <a href="/web/20221214161519/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King%27s_Inn" class="mw-redirect" title="King's Inn">King's Inn</a> in 1613.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2">[2]</a></sup> </p><p>He was appointed the Irish Prime Serjeant in 1617,<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3">[3]</a></sup>with a <a href="/web/20221214161519/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knighthood" class="mw-redirect" title="Knighthood">knighthood</a>, and served in that office until his death on 1 October 1629. He was the first holder of the office to be called Prime Serjeant, rather than by the older title of King's Serjeant. The reason for the change of title was the creation in 1627 of the new office of Second Serjeant. </p><p>In his <a href="/web/20221214161519/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Will(law)" class="mw-redirect" title="Will(law)">will</a> he left a generous bequest to Sidney Sussex College, and divided the remainder of his estate between his wife Elizabeth and his brother Randal. Elizabeth was the widow of <a href="/web/20221214161519/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Montgomery_(bishop)" title="George Montgomery (bishop)">George Montgomery</a>, <a href="/web/20221214161519/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bishop_of_Meath" title="Bishop of Meath">Bishop of Meath</a>: she was the daughter of <a href="/web/20221214161519/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Brabazon,_1st_Baron_Ardee" title="Edward Brabazon, 1st Baron Ardee">Edward Brabazon, 1st Baron Ardee</a> and his wife Mary Smythe, and sister of <a href="/web/20221214161519/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Brabazon,_1st_Earl_of_Meath" title="William Brabazon, 1st Earl of Meath">William Brabazon, 1st Earl of Meath</a>. <sup id="cite_ref-DNB_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DNB-4">[4]</a></sup>In 1631 she remarried <a href="/web/20221214161519/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Bramston_the_elder" class="mw-redirect" title="John Bramston the elder">Sir John Bramston</a>, the <a href="/web/20221214161519/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lord_Chief_Justice_of_England" class="mw-redirect" title="Lord Chief Justice of England">Lord Chief Justice of England</a>. <sup id="cite_ref-DNB_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DNB-4">[4]</a></sup>She and Bramston had been in love when they were young, but her father had forbidden the marriage. <sup id="cite_ref-DNB_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DNB-4">[4]</a></sup>Her Bramston stepchildren described her appearance unflatteringly in her middle years as small, fat, red-faced and homely. On the other hand, they praised her as a good wife and a kindly stepmother. She died in 1647.<sup id="cite_ref-DNB_4-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DNB-4">[4]</a></sup> </p> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="References">References</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/web/20221214161519/https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=John_Brereton_(Irish_lawyer)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: References">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <ul><li>Hanshall, J.H. <i>The History of the County Palatine of Chester</i> Cheshire 1817</li> <li>Hart, A. R. <i>History of the King's Serjeants at law in Ireland</i> Dublin Four Courts Press 2000</li> <li>Kenny, Colum <i>Kings's Inns and the Kingdom of Ireland</i> Irish Academic Press Dublin 1992</li> <li><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1067248974">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free a{background:linear-gradient(transparent,transparent),url("//web.archive.org/web/20221214161519im_/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration a{background:linear-gradient(transparent,transparent),url("//web.archive.org/web/20221214161519im_/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:linear-gradient(transparent,transparent),url("//web.archive.org/web/20221214161519im_/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:linear-gradient(transparent,transparent),url("//web.archive.org/web/20221214161519im_/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:#d33}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:#d33}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#3a3;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}</style><cite class="citation encyclopaedia cs1"><span class="cs1-ws-icon" title="s:Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900/Bramston, John (1577-1654)"><a class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20221214161519/https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Dictionary_of_National_Biography,_1885-1900/Bramston,_John_(1577-1654)">"Bramston, John (1577-1654)" </a></span>. <i><a href="/web/20221214161519/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dictionary_of_National_Biography" title="Dictionary of National Biography">Dictionary of National Biography</a></i>. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=Bramston%2C+John+%281577-1654%29&rft.btitle=Dictionary+of+National+Biography&rft.place=London&rft.pub=Smith%2C+Elder+%26+Co&rft.date=1885%2F1900&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJohn+Brereton+%28Irish+lawyer%29" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Notes">Notes</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/web/20221214161519/https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=John_Brereton_(Irish_lawyer)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Notes">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1011085734">.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%;margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Kenny p.210</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Kenny p.283</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Kenny p.210</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-DNB-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-DNB_4-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-DNB_4-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-DNB_4-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-DNB_4-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Dictionary of National Biography "Bramston, John (1577-1654)"</span> </li> </ol></div></div>    </div><noscript><img src="//web.archive.org/web/20221214161519im_/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:CentralAutoLogin/start?type=1x1" alt="" title="" width="1" height="1" style="border: none; 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