Francis Brerewood

In 1716 he translated a work by Abbe Jean Terrasson, A Discourse on Ancient and Modern Learning, into English.

Fortunately, in July 1731 Thomas's wife Charlotte inherited 10,000 acres in northern Maryland known as My Lady's Manor.

Completing his resurrection as a man of importance, in 1741, the elder Thomas Brerewood became clerk of Baltimore County, a well-remunerated position he held until his death on 22 December 1746.

The story was recounted by the author and historian James Gill in 1852: In 1791 The Gentleman's Magazine published an account of the family's fortune, and of the straitened circumstances in which Brerewood found himself, quoting the following piece of doggerel verse: Francis Brerewood died penurious in 1781, having lived in serious financial straits for at least thirty years.

[3] In his will, dated 7 July 1781, in which he styled himself as being "of St George The Martyr, London", he left what remained of his possessions to his widow Mary.

A painting attributed him, titled Portrait of a Young Girl, was listed for sale by Christie's, South Kensington, London in September 2009.