Ralph de Brereton I

• Preferred Name: Ralph de Brereton I^[1]
  
• Gender: M
  
• Squire+for+Gilbert+de+Venables: with note: Description: Gilbert de Venables, aka Gilbert the Hunter, was a Norman lord who participated in the Norman Conquest of England.
  
• Death: ABT 1100 in Cheshire, England at LATI: N3.1827 LONG: E2.5305
  
• Birth: ABT 1055 in Cheshire, England at LATI: N3.1827 LONG: E2.5305
  
• http://familysearch.org/v1/TitleOfNobility: Sir
  
• FSID: G86T-YKG
  
• Notes:

  === Life Sketch ===
  The manor of Brereton is one of the six dependencies of the barony of "Kinderton", and in the Domesday Book, the tenant was Gislebertus Venator, who is perhaps the same man as Gislebert or Bilbert de Venables as the Venables family held the barony of Kinderton.
  
  The manor of Brereton was soon after granted to another family who assumed the name of the manor. Although it seems likely that the two families were related, as their eventual arms were similar, there is no clear indication of the manner in which they were related.
  
  Ralph de Brereton is the first person in this family than is mentioned in records; this is as a witness together with Orme de Davenport, of a deed of Gilbert de Venables of a date unknown but sometime during the reigns of Wm. II or Henry I.
  
  He may have had two sons:
  another Ralph de Brereton who witnessed the grant of Marton to Richard de Davenport in 1176. Richard de Davenport was married to Amabilia de Venables, indicating again that there were close ties between the famiies.
  William de Brereton, who is thought to be the ancestor of the Venables family.

1. William de Brereton I, b. ABT 1070 in Barton, Lancashire, England     d. ABT 1120 in England

1. Title: Gilbert de Venables
   Publication: Name: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilbert_de_Venables;
   Note: Gilbert de Venables, aka Gilbert the Hunter, was a Norman lord who participated in the Norman Conquest of England. He was born in Venables, Eure, presumably the son of Odo II, Count of Blois (since he is mentioned as younger brother of Stephen, Count of Blois by Sir Peter Leycester).[1] He was also a kinsman of Hugh d'Avranches, Earl of Chester and fought in his retinue during the Norman Conquest.[2] His second wife was Margery, daughter of Waltheof (son of Wolfric, lord of Halton).[3] He was the first baron of Kinderton and the progenitor of the English de Venables family; his grandson Gilbert II de Venables also held the title of Baron of Kinderton.[1] Gilbert was one of the nine barons of the county-palatine of Chester.[1][4] Although his name derives from Venables, Eure it is likely that he was the huntsman who served the Duke of Normandy based on the etymology; "Veneur" (huntsman), and "Abilis" (able).[1] His seal was a falcon sinister regardant although his descendants used a variation of the coat of arms of the counts of Blois, which suggests this was his coat of arms too.[1] He issued a charter in 1087 in which Ralph de Brereton was a witness.[4][5] There has been speculation that ever since Ralph de Brereton there has been a close relationship between the de Venables and the de Brereton possibly that the Breretons acted as the de Venables squire/attendant.[5] Since the de Breretons were given Gilbert's third most valuable fief and were recorded as witnesses in his charters it is likely that this was the case.