Richard Brent

1578 - 1652  (74 years)

• Name	Richard Brent  [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Birth	1578	Lark Stoke, Gloucestershire, England   [1, 2, 4]
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	Sheriff of Gloucestershire  [2]
  Death	1 May 1652	Gloucestershire, England   [1, 2, 4]
  Burial	Ilmington, Warwickshire, England   [2]
  	(St Mary the Virgin Churchyard)
  Person ID	I19699	A Tree Called Smith
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth Reed,   b. 1574, England d. May 1631, England (Age 57 years)
  Marriage	1594  [4]
  Children	1. Anne Brent,   b. 1608, England d. 1646, St Mary's County, Maryland, USA (Age 38 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F7475	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Death - 1 May 1652 - Gloucestershire, England Burial - - Ilmington, Warwickshire, England  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Arms Icons & Insignia

  Arms-BRENT Brent Coat of Arms

  
  

• Sources

  [S984] Heritage Consulting, Millennium File, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT ; Date: 2003;). [S6040] FindAGrave Old World, Richard Brent 1573-1652. Richard Brent, Esquire, of Larkstoke in Ilmington and Admington, Gloucestershire. Sheriff of Gloucestershire. Son of Richard Brent and Mary Hugford, grandson of John Hugford and Katherine Heneage daughrer of John Heneage of Hainton. Husband of Elizabeth Reade, daughter of Giles Reade of Tewkesbury and Katherine Greville, daughter of Fulk. They had six sons and seven daughters; Fulk, Colonel Richard, Giles, William, Edward and George, Margaret, Mary, Catherine, Elizabeth, Eleanor, Jane and Anne. three of his daughters became nuns. Richard subscribed (helped to financially support) to the building of the bridge at Stratford-Upon-Avon in 1618, leased Larkstoke for 14 years to his brother-in-law, Fulke Reade, and in 1629, he and Elizabeth conveyed the manor of Admington to the executors of Fulk Greville, Lord Brooke, his wife's cousin. Two thirds of his lands were collected in 1644 for recusancy (fees to the church as he failed to pay), and Elizabeth's children were left amounts in the will of her brother, Fulk. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/107767504/richard-brent [S270] Ancestry.com, Warwickshire, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, 1535-1812, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT ; Date: 2011;), Warwickshire County Record Office; Warwick, England; Warwickshire Anglican Registers; Roll: Engl/2/1194; Document Reference: DR 328. Warwickshire, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, 1535-1812 Warwickshire County Record Office; Warwick, England; Warwickshire Anglican Registers; Roll: Engl/2/1194; Document Reference: DR 328 [S384] Ancestry.com, Colonial Families of the USA, 1607-1775, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT ; Date: 2016;). Colonial Families of the USA, 1607-1775