In January of 1575 or 1576 he was appointed by Archbishop Sandys as "receiver of the town of Scrooby and bailiff of the manor house in that place belonging to the Archbishop, to have life-tenure of both offices."
1563 - William BREWSTER (Sr.) married first about 1563 to Mary (SMYTHE) SYMKINSON, daughter of William SMYTHE of Stainforth and widow of John SYMKINSON. In 1579, William BREUSTER and Mary his wife sued in chancery, William and Francis HOBSON, claiming life settlement of lands in Doncaster, late of John SYMKINSON, formerly husband of said Mary BREWSTER. John SYMKINSON and Mary his wife are first named in YORKSHIRE FINES in the year 1556 regarding lands in Wakefield, while they are last named during his lifetime in a fine of the year 1562 regarding lands at Wakefield. William and Mary (SMYTHE) BREWSTER had a son William BREWSTER (1563-1644). THE AMERICAN GENEALOGIST, v.41, pp.1-5; Sherwood, Mary B., PILGRIM, A BIOGRAPHY OF WILLIAM BREWSTER (1982), p.15.
1579 - In 1579, William BREUSTER (Sr.) and Mary his wife, in 1579, sued in chancery, William and Francis HOBSON, claiming life settlement of lands in Doncaster, late of John SYMKINSON, formerly husband of said Mary BREWSTER. John SYMKINSON and Mary his wife are first named in YORKSHIRE FINES in the year 1556 regarding lands in Wakefield, while they are last named during his lifetime in a fine of the year 1562 regarding lands at Wakefield.
1580 - Sometime after 1579, William BREWSTER (Sr.) married second to Prudence STOCTON, who was his relict. William and Prudence (STOCTON) BREWSTER probably had children James BREWSTER m. --?-- WELBECK; Prudence BREWSTER m. Robert PECK; and John BREWSTER. THE AMERICAN GENEALOGIST, v.41, pp.1-5; Banks, Charles Edward, THE ENGLISH ANCESTRY AND HOMES OF THE PILGRIM FATHERS (1929), pp.35-39; Sherwood, Mary B., PILGRIM, A BIOGRAPHY OF WILLIAM BREWSTER (1982), p.15.
William Brewster (Breuster) 
