Sir William Brenchley

Just found a new item on A2A.

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Quote:

Barrett-Lennard Manuscripts
Catalogue Ref. U1450

Creator(s):
Barret-Lennard family, baronets, of Kent
Lennard, Barret-, family, baronets, of Kent

TITLE DEEDS

Various parishes

FILE - Porters, with garden adjoining road E. in Brenchley -
ref. U1450/T5/25 - date: 1447
hit[from Scope and Content] Joan, widow of Sir William
Brenchley, Richard Wakeherst and Thomas Bettenham to William Orgele
and wife Joan

Anyone have access to this?

Louise Staley...

This is interesting because Richard Wakehurst (d. 1454) married an
Elizabeth Echyngham (d. 1464). She was the daughter of Robert Echyngham
(see C 1/31/281). Robert was the son of Sir William Echyngham (d. 1388)
and, it appears, Elizabeth Criol (see the will of Nicholas Criol, Kent
Wills). Hence this becomes another primary document linking the
Brenchleys and Echynghams but unfortunately it does not appear to bring
us any closer to determining how they were linked.

I would also note at this point that the excerpt from Hasted's History
of Kent makes Sir William Brenchley, chief justice of the common pleas.
This does not appear to be correct, see the Wikipedia list of all chief
Kentish judge.

Ye Old One...

I agree. I've found a number of references to him being a "justice of
the common pleas" but none as a "chief". I think that if he had
reached that high office there would be a lot more information about
him in the achives.