Urian Brereton

Sir Urian Brereton was a Groom of the Privy Chamber to King Henry VIII.

Whilst in this role his older brother William Brereton, also a Groom of the Privy Chamber, was executed along with others for high treason and adultery with Anne Boleyn.

[7] Brereton was also involved in trying to negotiate the betrothal of Prince Edward to the infant Mary, Queen of Scots as part of the Treaty of Greenwich.

Following the breakdown of that agreement, Henry VIII wanted retribution and in May 1544, he sent an army to Scotland which included the Burning of Leith.

He was buried in St Mary's Church, Cheadle,[9] where he financed a screen to be installed round the Brereton chapel.