The Quest for a Lost Race

by Thomas Edward Pickett

Bretell. Normandy, 1126.

Brett, from Brette in Maine, or, possibly, short for Breton. Geoffry le Bret was one of the Barons of Ireland.

Brettell, Lords of Gremonville, Normandy (Des Bois). Bretel, Kent, 1130. Bretel is near Alençon.

Brettle, for Bretel.

Breun, or Brewn, for Brun. Vide Brown.

Brew, one of the forms of Breux, Brews, or Braiose.

Brewer, (1) from Brovers, or Brueria, now Breviare, near Caen. Seated in Devon at the Conquest. (2) From the English translation of Braceator, or Braceor. Vide Brazier, Bracher.

Brewhouse, for Brewis, or De Braiose, a baronial family, from Braiose, near Argenton, Normandy. Branches in Ireland, Wales, Suffold, Sussex, Norfolk, Hants "and elsewhere." The name is frequently written Breose, Brewes, and is totally different from that of Bruce or Brus, with which it has often been confounded.

Brewn. Vide Breun.

Brian, armorially identified with Bryan.