Henry Breres

Henry Breres was a wealthy Coventry draper and politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1586, 1589, 1601, and 1604. He was born in Preston, Lancashire. He is recorded to have lent money on several occasions to the city of Coventry. He was a prominent citizen and had served as alderman, as sheriff in 1575 to 1576, and as mayor from 1583 to 1584 and again in 1597.

In his will he left legacies to his family and charitable bequests which included sums for the repair of St. Michael’s church, the poor of that parish, the poor of Preston, some poor old men of Bablake, and the inhabitants of an almshouse in Greyfriars Lane.