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William Brewer is a possible original for the
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In 1224, he retired from the world to live as a
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William Brewer, Royal
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the inheritance of his daughter Alice, wife of
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Margaret (or
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William (died 1232), eldest surviving son and heir. He married Joan de
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in Devon, was a prominent administrator and judge in
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from relatively humble beginnings. By 1219 he was assessed for
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appointed to administer the kingdom while the king was on the
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in Somerset, and her second to William Paynel (died 1228),
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217:Reginald de Dunstanville, 1st Earl of Cornwall
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920:Survey of Devon, with considerable additions
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355:Tor Mohun
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112:Henry III
92:Richard I
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