William de Briwerre

- 1226

• Name	William de Briwerre  [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Birth	of Torre, Devon, England   [5]
  Gender	Male
  Alternate birth	Abt 1145	of King's Somborne, Ashley, Hampshire, England   [6, 7]
  Death	24 Nov 1226  [7, 8, 9, 10, 11]
  Burial	Dunkeswell Abbey, Devon, England   [5, 8]
  Person ID	I2154	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others | Ancestor of AP, Ancestor of AW, Ancestor of DDB, Ancestor of DGH, Ancestor of DK, Ancestor of EK, Ancestor of JMF, Ancestor of JTS, Ancestor of LD, Ancestor of LDN, Ancestor of LMW, Ancestor of TNH, Ancestor of TSW, Ancestor of TWK, Ancestor of UKL, Ancestor of WPF
  Last Modified	23 Apr 2018

  
  

  Father	Thomas Briwerre
  Mother	(Unknown) de Albemarle
  Family ID	F1308	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Beatrice de Vaux,   b. Abt 1149   d. 24 Mar 1217 (Age ~ 68 years)
  Children	+ 1. Margery Briwerre   d. Aft 1232 + 2. Isabel de Briwerre   d. Bef 10 Jun 1233 + 3. Grace Briwerre   d. Bef 1215 + 4. Alice de Briwere   d. Aft 1239 + 5. Joan Briwerre   d. Bef 12 Jun 1233
  Family ID	F1306	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	29 Jun 2015

  
  

• Notes

  Also called Briwere, Briguerre. Justice of the King's Bench for both kings Richard I and John. Sheriff of Devon, 1179-89, 1200; of Berkshire 1190-94; of Oxfordshire 1190-4, 1201-2; of Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire, 1194-1200, 1203-4; of Hampshire 1199-1201, 1207-9, 1212, 1214-15; of Cornwall 1202-4; of Somerset and Dorset 1207-9; of Wiltshire 1207-9; of Sussex 1208-9; of Gloucestershire 1220. Hereditary forester of Bere Ashley Forest. "In 1223 he opposed the confirmation of the Magna Carta and the charter of the forest, declaring that they were 'extorted by violence.'" [Royal Ancestry] "When King Richard left England in 1189, he appointed Briwere to be one of the four justices to whom he committed the charge of the kingdom. Called one of King John's evil counselors who care for nothing but to please their master. One of the favorite counsellors of Henry III." [The Ancestry of Dorothea Poyntz] Buried in the habit of a Cistercian monk before the high altar in Dunkeswell Abbey, Devon.

  
  

• Sources

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