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'Brooke01'
Index links to: Lead / Letter
Families covered: Broke of Leighton, Brooke of Norton
| Adam, lord of Leighton | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | William del Broke | ||||||||||||||
| A. | William Broke of Leighton (a 1249) | ||||||||||||||
| i. | Richard del Broke de Leighton (a 1291) | ||||||||||||||
| a. | John del Broke (dvp) | ||||||||||||||
| (1) | Thomas del Broke of Leighton | ||||||||||||||
| m. Felicia Crowmarsh (dau of R. Crowmarsh) | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | Richard del Broke (a 1332) | ||||||||||||||
| (i) | Nicholas de la Broke of Leighton (a 1362) | ||||||||||||||
| (a) | Ralph de la Broke of Leighton (a 1374) | ||||||||||||||
| ((1)) | Roger de la Broke of Leighton (a 1404) | ||||||||||||||
| ((A)) | John Broke (dvp) | ||||||||||||||
| ((i)) | Thomas Broke of Leighton (a 1460) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Agnes Venables | |||||||||||||||
| ((a)) | Thomas Broke of Leighton | ||||||||||||||
| m. _ Parker (dau of John Parker of Cuerden or Copen Hall) | |||||||||||||||
| (((1))) | John Broke of Leighton - continued below | ||||||||||||||
| (((2))) | Ralph Broke, Governor of Calais ancestor of Broke of Nantwich | ||||||||||||||
| (((3))) | Sir Richard Broke (d 1529, chief baron of the Exchequer, 4th son) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Anne Leeds (dau of William Leeds of Steyning) | |||||||||||||||
| (((4)))+ | other issue - Robert, Henry | ||||||||||||||
| Also connected to this family, but in ways not yet known, were the Brookes, Lords Cobham, and the Brookes of Oakley. | |||||||||||||||
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| John Broke of Leighton - continued above | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | Thomas Broke of Leighton | ||||||||||||||
| A. | Thomas Broke of Leighton | ||||||||||||||
| B. | Richard Brooke of Norton, Sheriff of Cheshire (d 1569) | ||||||||||||||
| i. | Thomas Brooke of Norton, Sheriff of Cheshire (d 1622) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Anne Touchet (dau of Henry Touchet, Lord Audley) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | Sir Richard Brooke of Norton (d 10.04.1632) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Jane Chaderton (dau of William Chaderton, Bishop of Chester) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Catherine Nevill (dau of Sir Henry Nevill of Billingbere) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | Sir Henry Brooke, Sheriff of Cheshire, 1st Bart of Norton (b 1611, d 1664) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Mary Pusey (dau of Timothy Pusey of Selston) | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | Sir Richard Brooke, Sheriff of Cheshire, 2nd Bart of Norton (d 02.1709-10) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (04.1656) Francisca Posthuma Legh (dau of Rev. Thomas Legh) | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | Sir Thomas Brooke, Governor of Chester Castle, 3rd Bart of Norton (d 1739) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (12.07.1688) Grace Wilbraham (dau of Roger Wilbraham of Townsend, Natnwich) | |||||||||||||||
| (a) | Richard Brooke (dvp 1720) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Margaret Hill (dau of John Hill of Hawkstone) | |||||||||||||||
| ((1)) | Sir Richard Brooke, 4th Bart of Norton (d 06.07.1781) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1752) Frances Patton (d 12.02.1778, dau of Thomas Patton of Bank) | |||||||||||||||
| ((A)) | Sir Richard Brooke, 5th Bart of Norton (d 06.03.1795) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (04.05.1780) Mary Cunliffe (d 13.04.1825, dau of Sir Robert Cunliffe, Bart of Acton Park) | |||||||||||||||
| ((i)) | Sir Richard Brooke, 6th Bart of Norton (b 18.08.1785, d 11.11.1865) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. (04.12.1809) Harriot Cunliffe (d 13.04.1825, dau of Sir Foster Cunliffe, Bart) | |||||||||||||||
| ((ii)) | Mary Brooke (d 30.01.1866) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (27.03.1822) Sir James M. Riddell, Bart | |||||||||||||||
| ((iii))+ | other issue - Thomas (d 15.05.1870, Colonel), Charlotte Frances (d 13.05.1868) | ||||||||||||||
| ((B)) | Thomas Brooke of Church Minshull (b 1760, d 16.12.1826) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (02.05.1780) Margaret Cunliffe (d 16.12.1826, dau of Sir Robert Cunliffe, Bart) | |||||||||||||||
| ((i)) | Henry Brooke of Ashbrook Hall, Sheriff of Cheshire (b 1798, dsp 1884) | ||||||||||||||
| ((ii)) | Frances Brooke | ||||||||||||||
| m. (22.02.1822) Rev. Charles Luxmoore (d 15.02.1863) | |||||||||||||||
| ((iii)) | Emily Brooke (d 09.03.1878) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (09.07.1825) Sir Henry Shiffner, Bart (dsp 18.03.1859, Vice Admiral) | |||||||||||||||
| ((iv)) | Harriet Brooke | ||||||||||||||
| m. (21.12.1816) Robert Robert Townley-Parker of Cuerden Hall, Sheriff of Lancashire (b 27.08.1793, d 11.08.1879) | |||||||||||||||
| ((C)) | Margaret Brooke | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1782) Rev. Thomas Blackburne | |||||||||||||||
| ((D)) | Letitia Brooke | ||||||||||||||
| m. William Assheton of Downham (b 1758, d 1833) | |||||||||||||||
| ((E)) | Frances Brooke | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1783) Robert Denison of Kilnwick Percy | |||||||||||||||
| ((i)) | Harriet Denison | ||||||||||||||
| m. (10.05.1824) Philip Saltmarshe, 17th of Saltmarshe (b 15.03.1780, d 28.11.1846) | |||||||||||||||
| (b) | Elizabeth Brooke (dsps) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1731) Roger Wilbraham of Nantwich (d 1745) | |||||||||||||||
| (c) | Henry Brooke probably of this generation | ||||||||||||||
| m. Jane Hesketh (dau of Thomas Hesketh of Rufford) | |||||||||||||||
| (d)+ | other issue - 4 sons and 1 daughter | ||||||||||||||
| (ii) | Mary Brooke | ||||||||||||||
| m. Randle Wilbraham of Nantwich, Sheriff of Cheshire (d 1732) | |||||||||||||||
| (iii) | Letitia Brooke (d 1758) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (17.10.1701) Henry Legh of High Legh (bpt 06.01.1680, d 11.1737) | |||||||||||||||
| (iv) | Frances Brooke | ||||||||||||||
| m. Silvester Richmond | |||||||||||||||
| (v)+ | other issue - 4 sons, Sarah (d unm) | ||||||||||||||
| (2) | Christian Brooke (3rd dau) apparently of this generation, of this marriage | ||||||||||||||
| m. (14.08.1642) Huntingdon Plumptre of Nottingham (bpt 05.02.1601, d 06.1660) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Elizabeth Merbury (sister of Thomas Merbury of Merbury) | |||||||||||||||
| b. | ?? Brooke father or grandfather of ... | ||||||||||||||
| (1) | William Brooke of Dromavana (a 1685) | ||||||||||||||
| m3. Elinore Gerard | |||||||||||||||
| c. | Sir Peter Brooke of Mere, Sheriff of Cheshire (a 1660) | ||||||||||||||
| Probably of this generation but not known by which marriage were ... | |||||||||||||||
| d. | Townsend Brooke | ||||||||||||||
| m. (06.12.1596) Thomas Legh of High Legh (bur 04.02.1628) | |||||||||||||||
| e. | Frances Brooke | ||||||||||||||
| m. George Legh of Barton | |||||||||||||||
| ii. | Christian Brooke probably of this generation | ||||||||||||||
| m. Richard Grosvenor of Eaton, Sheriff of Chester (d 18.09.1619) | |||||||||||||||
Main source(s):
(1) For upper section : BEB1841 (Broke of Nacton)
(2) For lower section : BP1934 (Brooke of Norton Priory)
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