300 BRENTFORD Willdat. 8 Aug. i649.(") His widow t/. Aug. i679.() Will pr. 26 Nov. 1679. [Alexander Ruthven, styled Lord Ruthven, s. and h. by 2nd wife, was a Capt. in the Royal service, and with his father at the siege of Edin- burgh (1639-40). He m. ( — ), and had a s. Patrick (who was living at the date of his grandfather's will, 8 Aug. 1649). He d. between 11 Mar. 1642 and 8 Aug. 1649.] [Patrick Ruthven, styledl^oKH Ruthven, only s. and h. ap. by 3rd wife, b. 1648, d. an infant 4 Sep. 1650.] i.e. "Brentford, Midx.," Earldom (Sc/iomberg), cr. 1689, with the Dukedom of Schomberg, which see; presumed to be extinct 1719. i.e. "Brentford, Midx.," Barony (Fane), cr. 1722, with the Earldom OF Darlington, which see; extinct 1730. BREOUSE see BREWES BRERETON OF LAGHLIN or LEIGHLIN BARONY [I.] I. William Brereton, s. and h. of Sir William B., J f- of Brereton Hall, co. Chester (d. 4 Sep. 1559), by Jane, ■■ da. of Sir Peter Warburton, was />ap. 6 Feb. 1550, at Brereton; built "the Hall" at Brereton about 1586; knighted at Flushing, by the Earl of Leicester, i May 1588. He was cr., II May 1624, BARON BRERETON OF LAGHLIN, co. Carlow [I.]. He m. Margaret, da. of Sir John Savage, of Rocksavage, co. Chester, by Elizabeth, da. of Thomas (Manners), ist Earl of Rutland. She, who was l>. 1549, d. 7 Apr. 1597, and was iur. at Brereton. He d. 1 Oct. 1631, and was bur. there, aged 81. Will dat. 20 May 1630, pr. 16 Feb. 163 1/2. II. 1631. 2. William (Brereton), Baron Brereton OF Leigh- LiN [I.], grandson and h., being s. and h. of Sir John B., by Anne, da. of Sir Edward Fitton, Bart., of Gawsworth, which Sir John was only surv. s. and h. ap. of the first Lord, and d. v.p., 23 Dec. 1629, aged 38. He was b. 28 Feb., and bap. 8 Mar. 161 1, at Gawsworth afsd. M.P. for Cheshire 1661 till his death. He m. Elizabeth, da. of George (Goring), ist Earl of Norwich, by Mary, da. of Edward (Nevill), Lord he well knew what was to be done '] and was still a man of unquestionable courage and integrity; yet he was now (1644) much decayed in his parts and with the long continued custom of immoderate drinking, dozed in his understanding, which had been never quick and vigorous; he having been always illiterate to the greatest degree that can be imagined." (*) It is printed in the Ruthven Correspondence (Roxburghe Club). V.G. C") She had a grant from Charles I, dat. 6 Feb. 1644, of a pension of ;^500, to be- gin on the death of the Earl. (T. Hearne, Collections, vol. v, p. 328). V.G.
