Robert Brewster (Roundhead)

Robert Brewster (1599–1663) was an English landowner of Parliamentarian sympathies who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1645 and 1659.[1]

The Brewster residence at Wrentham Hall, built c. 1550, torn down in 1810

References

1. C.H. Firth and R.S. Rait, Acts and Ordinances of the Interregnum, 1642-1660, 3 volumes as 1 (HMSO London, 1911) passim (British History Online).
2. B. Burke, A Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Landed Gentry of Great Britain and Ireland, 2 Parts (Harrison, London 1862), I, p. 148 (Google).
3. Calendar of Patent Rolls, Elizabeth I, V: 1569-1572 (HMSO, London 1966), p. 320, no. 2373 (Internet Archive).
4. 'Hundred of Blything: Wrentham', in W.A. Copinger, The Manors of Suffolk: Notes on their History and Devolution, II: Hundreds of Blything and Bosmere and Claydon (Taylor, Garnett, Evans, & Co., Ltd, Manchester 1908), pp. 209-17, at pp. 211-13 (Internet Archive); citing a Fine levied in Hilary Term, 18 Elizabeth.
5. The National Archives (UK), Chancery, Butts v Brewster, ref. C 2/Eliz/B11/53 (Discovery Catalogue).
6. Copinger, Manors of Suffolk, II, pp. 213-17 (Internet Archive); citing a Fine levied in Michaelmas Term, 19-20 Elizabeth.
7. 'Church of St Nicholas, Wrentham', Historic England, List Entry Number: 1284532.
8. 'No. 236. 1593. Humphrey Brewster Esquire', in H. Haines, A Manual for the Study of Monumental Brasses (John Henry Parker, Oxford 1848), pp. 96-97 (Google).
9. 'The Visitation of Suffolk, 1612: Brewster of Wrentham', in W.C. Metcalfe (ed.), The Visitations of Suffolk, made in 1561, 1577 and 1612 (Metcalfe, Exeter 1882), pp. 117-18 (Internet Archive).
10. J.J. Howard (ed.), 'Brewster. Extracts from the Wrentham Registers relating to the family of Brewster', Miscellanea Topographica et Genealogica New Series, Vol. II (Hamilton, Adams and Co., London 1877), pp. 399-401 (Google).
11. "Brewster, Robert (BRWR617R)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
12. Burke, Landed Gentry (1862), I, p. 148 (Google).
13. 'Taverham Hundred: Sprouston', in F. Blomefield, ed. C. Parkin, An Essay towards a Topographical History of the County of Norfolk (William Miller, London 1809), Vol. X, pp. 458-64 (Internet Archive).
14. Acts and Ordinances, pp. 106-17 and pp. 168-71 (British History Online).
15. Acts and Ordinances, pp. 242-45 (British History Online).
16. Acts and Ordinances, pp. 852-55 (British History Online).
17. H.M. Doughty, Chronicles of Theberton, a Suffolk village (Macmillan and Co., London 1910), pp. 117-21 (Internet Archive).
18. Acts and Ordinances, pp. 1188-1215 (British History Online).
19. 'Pyes Hall', Historic England, List Entry Number: 1032119.
20. J. Browne, The Congregational Church at Wrentham in Suffolk: its History and Biographies (Jarrold & Sons, London 1854), pp. 11-15 (Internet Archive).
21. A.I. Suckling, The History and Antiquities of the County of Suffolk, 2 vols (1845-1847), II, p. 322 (Google).
22. Doughty, History of Theberton, p. 135 (Internet Archive).
23. Acts and Ordinances, pp. 968-90 (British History Online).
24. Gardner, Historical Account of Dunwich, pp. 118, and p. 167 (Google).
25. J. Nickolls, jun., Original Letters and Papers of State, Addressed to Oliver Cromwell: concerning the affairs of Great Britain, from the year MDCXLIX to MDCLVIII: found among the political collections of Mr. John Milton (William Bowyer & John Whiston, London 1743), pp. 155-58 (Google).
26. Willis, Browne (1750). Notitia Parliamentaria, Part II: A Series or Lists of the Representatives in the several Parliaments held from the Reformation 1541, to the Restoration 1660 ... London. pp. 229–239.
27. T. Gardner, An Historical Account of Dunwich, Antiently a City, Now a Borough (Author, London 1754), p. 90 (Google).
28. J.H. Leslie, The History of Landguard Fort, in Suffolk (Eyre and Spottiswoode, London 1898), p. 94 (Internet Archive).
29. The National Archives (UK), Chancery Final Decrees, C 78/553, no. 2 (1653), images 278-294. In English.
30. The National Archives (UK), Chancery Final Decrees, C 78/716, no. 16 (1658), rots 38-34. View original at AALT, images 336-344. In English.
31. Burke, Landed Gentry (1862), I, p. 148 (Google). "1671" misprinted as "1761".
32. J. and J.B. Burke, Heraldic Illustrations: comprising the armorial bearings of the principal families of the Empire (E. Churton, London 1846), III, pt. 57-58 and Plate CXLI (Google).

Parliament of England
Preceded by Henry Coke Anthony Bedingfield	Member of Parliament for Dunwich 1645–1653 With: Anthony Bedingfield 1645–1648	Succeeded by Not represented in Barebones Parliament
Preceded by Not represented in Barebones Parliament	Member of Parliament for Dunwich 1654	Succeeded by Francis Brewster
Preceded by Sir William Spring, Bt Sir Thomas Barnardiston, Bt Sir T Bedingfield William Bloys John Gurdon William Gibbes John Brandling Alexander Bence John Sicklemore Thomas Bacon	Member of Parliament for Suffolk 1656 With: Sir Thomas Barnardiston, Bt Henry Felton Henry North Edmund Harvey Edward Le Neve John Sicklemore William Bloys William Gibbes Daniel Wall	Succeeded by Henry Felton Sir Thomas Barnardiston, 1st Baronet
Preceded by Francis Brewster	Member of Parliament for Dunwich 1659–1660 With: John Barrington 1659	Succeeded by Sir John Rous Henry Bedingfield