Sir Adam Bostock Knight
- Born: Abt 1275, Bostock, Cheshire, England 1082
- Marriage: Joan de Brereton 713
- Died: 1339, Bostock, Cheshire, England about age 64
 General Notes:
~George Ormerod's The History of County Palatine and City of Chester, Vol. III, p. 259, Sir Adam de Bostok, lord of Botok, knight, occurs as living 3 and 15 Edward II, 7 Edward 3, and 1338. Sir Adam Bostok married Joan, daughter William de Brereton. 713
Information about this person:
• Web Reference: Sir Adam Bostock from Bostock: The Ancient Family & Town.
It is said that Sir Adam de Bostock was knighted at the battle of Falkirk on 22 Jul 1298, during Edward I's Scottish campaign. Adam is recorded as a witness to a deed relating to the Davenport family in 1323, and the next year he was one of the suretiies for a Richard Warihull. His name appears in records showing he was involved in some neighborly quarrels.
On 3 May 1343, Adam Bostock "the elder" granted to Nicholas, son of Richard de Vernon of Whatcroft, a parcel of land in bostock on the occasion of Nicholas' marriage to Adam's daughter, Margery. Witnesses were Sir Hugh Venables and Sir Hugh Vernon. His name continues to show up in records from 1316 to 1343. He died sometime between 1343 and 1350, when his widow, Matilda, sues for her dower.
According to the ancient pedigree, Adam married Jane, duaghter of Sir William Brereton of Brereton. They seem to have had children: Adam, William, Ralph, David and Margery.
Adam married Joan de Brereton, daughter of William Brereton and Margery de Bosley.713 (Joan de Brereton was born in 1294 in Brereton Hall, Brereton, Cheshire, England.)
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