Nielsen Hayden genealogy
Margery Brewse
Abt 1457 - Abt 1495 (~ 38 years)1. Margery Brewse was born about 1457 (daughter of Thomas Brewse and Elizabeth Debenham); died about 1495; was buried in White Friars, Norwich, Norfolk, England. Margery married John Paston in Jul 1477. John (son of John Paston and Margaret Mautby) was born in 1444; died on 28 Aug 1504; was buried in Carmelite Friars, Norwich, Norfolk, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:- Elizabeth Paston died in 1539.
- William Paston was born about 1479; died on 20 Sep 1554 in Paston, Norfolk, England; was buried on 26 Sep 1554 in St. Margaret's, Paston, Norfolk, England.
2. Thomas Brewse was born about 1406 in of Stinton, Norfolk, England (son of Robert Brewes and Ela Stapleton); died on 17 Jun 1482; was buried in Woodbridge Priory, Suffolk, England. Other Events and Attributes:
- Alternate birth: of Topcroft, Norfolk, England
Notes:
Knight of the shire for Suffolk 1435; 1445-46; 1467-68.
Thomas married Elizabeth Debenham before 1445. Elizabeth (daughter of Gilbert Debenham and Margaret Hastings) was born about 1436; died about 1503; was buried in Chapel of the Field, Norwich, Norfolk, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
3. Elizabeth Debenham was born about 1436 (daughter of Gilbert Debenham and Margaret Hastings); died about 1503; was buried in Chapel of the Field, Norwich, Norfolk, England. Other Events and Attributes:
- Alternate death: Between 5 Dec 1502 and 9 Feb 1503
Notes:
"Elizabeth (Debenham) Brewse was heavily involved in the 1477 negotiations for the marriage of her eldest daughter to John Paston, during which she stressed her own advantageous family connection to 'my nowncle Hastynges' [i.e., John Hastings of Gressenhall (1412-1477)]. Elizabeth was also instrumental in reversing the attainder of her childless brother Sir Gilbert Debenham. She paid £500 in 1501, which helped her eldest son and heir Robert Brewse recover some of the Debenham lands in 1504 and 1507." [Brad Verity, citation details below.]
Notes:
"It seems the couple were married by 1445, since the feoffees of their marriage settlement included William Debenham, esquire, presumably her father’s first cousin who died about that year." [Andrews-Reading and Bevan, citation details below]
Children:
- 1. Margery Brewse was born about 1457; died about 1495; was buried in White Friars, Norwich, Norfolk, England.
Generation: 3
4. Robert Brewes was born in of Stinton in Salle, Norfolk, England (son of John de Brewes and Joan de Shardelow); died before 30 Sep 1424; was buried in Woodbridge Priory, Suffolk, England. Robert married Ela Stapleton. Ela (daughter of Miles Stapleton and Ela Ufford) died after 16 Oct 1456. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
5. Ela Stapleton (daughter of Miles Stapleton and Ela Ufford); died after 16 Oct 1456. Notes:
She presented to the church of Heydon, Norfolk in 1433.
Children:
- Ela Brewes died between 3 Nov and 9 Dec 1489.
- 2. Thomas Brewse was born about 1406 in of Stinton, Norfolk, England; died on 17 Jun 1482; was buried in Woodbridge Priory, Suffolk, England.
6. Gilbert Debenham was born about 1402 (son of Gilbert Debenham and Ellen Jernegan); died on 10 May 1481. Other Events and Attributes:
- Alternate birth: Abt 1405, of Little Wenham, Suffolk, England
Notes:
Knight of the shire for Suffolk 1427; 1432; 1437; 1442; 1449; 1453-54. Sheriff of Suffolk 1427-28. Like his son Sir Gilbert Debenham, he was a retainer for the Duke of Norfolk.
Gilbert married Margaret Hastings in 1432. Margaret (daughter of Edward Hastings and Muriel Dinham) was born before 1414. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
7. Margaret Hastings was born before 1414 (daughter of Edward Hastings and Muriel Dinham). Children:
- 3. Elizabeth Debenham was born about 1436; died about 1503; was buried in Chapel of the Field, Norwich, Norfolk, England.
Generation: 4
8. John de Brewes was born about 1332 in of Stinton in Salle, Norfolk, England (son of John de Brewes and Eve de Ufford); died after 1393; was buried in Woodbridge Priory, Suffolk, England. Notes:
Sheriff of Norfolk and Suffolk, 1376-77. Keeper of Norwich Castle. He was present at the siege of Calais, 1346-47.
John married Joan de Shardelow before 26 Feb 1365. Joan (daughter of John de Shardelow and Margaret) died before 1376; was buried in Woodbridge Priory, Suffolk, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
9. Joan de Shardelow (daughter of John de Shardelow and Margaret); died before 1376; was buried in Woodbridge Priory, Suffolk, England. Children:
- 4. Robert Brewes was born in of Stinton in Salle, Norfolk, England; died before 30 Sep 1424; was buried in Woodbridge Priory, Suffolk, England.
- Margaret Brewse was born about 1365; died before 1404.
10. Miles Stapleton was born about 23 Jun 1357 in of Ingham, Norfolk, England (son of Miles de Stapleton and Joan de Ingham); died on 10 Apr 1419; was buried in Ingham Priory, Norfolk, England. Other Events and Attributes:
- Alternate birth: Abt 1355, of Ingham, Norfolk, England
- Alternate birth: 1356
Notes:
"He had letters of protection in 1381 among those sent to Portugal to renew the alliance; afterwards he was sent to Prague to negotiate the marriage of King Richard II and Princess Anne of Bohemia." [Royal Ancestry]
Miles married Ela Ufford before 1376. Ela (daughter of Edmund de Ufford and Sibyl de Pierrepont) died in 1425; was buried in Ingham Priory, Norfolk, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
11. Ela Ufford (daughter of Edmund de Ufford and Sibyl de Pierrepont); died in 1425; was buried in Ingham Priory, Norfolk, England. Children:
- 5. Ela Stapleton died after 16 Oct 1456.
- Brian Stapleton was born about 1379; died on 7 Aug 1438; was buried in Ingham, Norfolk, England.
12. Gilbert Debenham was born about 1349 in of Little Wenham, Suffolk, England (son of Gilbert Debenham and Mary Holbrook); died between 27 Aug 1417 and Oct 1417. Notes:
Sheriff of Suffolk and Norfolk, 1394-95. Knight of the shire for Suffolk in 1402.
Gilbert married Ellen Jernegan. Ellen (daughter of John Jernegan and Joan Kelvedon) was born after 1364; died after May 1421. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
13. Ellen Jernegan was born after 1364 (daughter of John Jernegan and Joan Kelvedon); died after May 1421. Children:
- 6. Gilbert Debenham was born about 1402; died on 10 May 1481.
14. Edward Hastings was born on 21 May 1382 in Fenwick, Yorkshire, England (son of Hugh Hastings and Anne Despenser); died on 6 Jan 1438. Other Events and Attributes:
- Alternate birth: 1382, of Elsing, Norfolk, England
Notes:
He and Reynold Grey, Lord Grey of Ruthin, contended with one another at the Court of Chivalry over the right to bear the undifferenced arms of Hastings. He lost, and refused to pay the costs of his suit, lest by doing so he might acknowledge the ruling's justice. According to Dugdale, he was then imprisoned in the Marsalsea for the next 16 years, a span of time that may be an exaggeration given that he married his second wife, Margery Clifton, in 1427.
Edward married Muriel Dinham before 20 Feb 1406. Muriel (daughter of John Dinham and Eleanor Montagu) was born about 1385; died before 1420. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
15. Muriel Dinham was born about 1385 (daughter of John Dinham and Eleanor Montagu); died before 1420. Children:
- John Hastings was born about 1412 in of Fenwick, Yorkshire, England; died on 9 Apr 1477 in Elsing, Norfolk, England.
- 7. Margaret Hastings was born before 1414.