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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.

 

 

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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