Sixth Generation  

11. Baron William de BRIWERE of Torbay [122606] (Henry⁸, William I⁷, Brugo³, Randulf I², Reginald¹) was born on 22 Aug 1145 in Stoke Devon England, died on 24 Nov 1226 in Dunkeswell Devon England at age 81, and was buried in St Nicholas' Dunkeswell Devon England.

General Notes: Wikipedia says of William,
Brewer's ancestry is unclear, but he was probably the son of Henry Brewer and the grandson of William Brewer, Royal Forester of Bere, Hampshire,[4] who founded the nunnery of Polsloe in Exeter. William Brewer, Bishop of Exeter, was one of his nephews.

He began his career as Forester of Bere, a hereditary title,[5] and by 1179 had been appointed Sheriff of Devon.[6] Under King Richard I (1189\endash 1199) he was one of the justiciars appointed to administer the kingdom while the king was on the Third Crusade. He was present at Worms, Germany, in 1193 to aid in the negotiations for the ransom of King Richard. In about 1193 he began his career as a Baron of the Exchequer, an office that he exercised until the reign of King Henry III (1216\endash 1273).[7]

Under King John (1199\endash 1216) Brewer was one of the most active figures in government, in terms of the number of royal charters he witnessed,[8] together with Henry Marshal, Bishop of Exeter and Geoffrey FitzPeter, 1st Earl of Essex. During this period he was appointed Sheriff of Berkshire, Sheriff of Cornwall, Sheriff of Devon, Sheriff of Hampshire, Sheriff of Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire, Sheriff of Oxfordshire, Sheriff of Somerset and Dorset and Sheriff of Sussex and Sheriff of Wiltshire. He was often unpopular with the inhabitants of his counties, and the men of Cornwall, Somerset, and Dorset paid money to the king for his removal.[9]

He founded and endowed three monasteries: Torre Abbey, which was sited within his manor of Tor Brewer in Devon, in 1196; Mottisfont Abbey in Hampshire in 1201; and Dunkeswell Abbey in Devon in 1201.[10]

In 1224, he retired from the world to live as a Cistercian monk at Dunkeswell Abbey, where he died in 1226 and was buried with his wife before the high altar

William married Beatrice de VAUX [122608]. Beatrice was born on 21 Nov 1149 in Stoke Devon England and died on 24 Mar 1217 in Dunkeswell Devon England at age 67.

Children from this marriage were:

+ 17    i. Grecia de BRIWERE [81929] was born about 1161 in Stoke Devon England and died in 1223 in Bramber Sussex England aged about 62.

   18    ii. Margery de BRIWERE [122887] was born about 1165 in Newtimber Sussex England and died in 1225 in Saffron Walden Essex England aged about 60. Another name for Margery was Margaret de BRIWERE.

   19    iii. Richard de BRIWERE [122888] was born about 1175 in Stoke Devon England and died about 10 Dec 1213 aged about 38.

   20    iv. William II de BRIWERE [122889] was born about 1178 in Isle-Briwere Torquay Devon England and died on 14 Feb 1233 aged about 55.