'Brooke02'
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Families covered: Brooke Lord Cobham
| (1) Commoners describes the arms of this family as "Gu. on a chevron, arg. a lion rampant, sa. crowned or, armed and langued of the first". (2) Thought to be connected to the Brokes of Leighton shown on Brooke01 was ... |
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| William de la Brooke in Somerset | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | Henry de la Brooke of the Brooke near Ilchester | ||||||||||||||
| m. Nicholas Gonvile (dau of Bryan Gonvile) | |||||||||||||||
| A. | Henry de la Brooke (a temp Edward II who r. 1307-1327) | ||||||||||||||
| i. | John de la Brooke (d 1347) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Joan Madston (dau of Sir John Madston) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | Sir Thomas Brooke (d 1339 (sb 1399?)) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Constance Mackenfield | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | Sir Thomas Brooke (d 1413) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Joan Hanham (dau/coheir of Simon Hanham (not Hannap) of Gloucestershire, widow of Robert Cheddar of Bristol) | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | Sir Thomas Brooke of Brooke (d 1439, MP for Somerset) - continued below | ||||||||||||||
| m. Joan Braybroke (dau of Sir Reginald Braybroke by Joane de la Pole, Baroness Cobham) | |||||||||||||||
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| Sir Thomas Brooke of Brooke (d 1439, MP for Somerset) - continued above | |||||||||||||||
| m. Joan Braybroke (dau of Sir Reginald Braybroke by Joane de la Pole, Baroness Cobham) | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | Edward Brooke, 6th Lord Cobham (d 06.06.1464) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth Tuchet (dau of James Tuchet, Lord Audley) | |||||||||||||||
| A. | John Brooke, 7th Lord Cobham (b c1444, d 09.03.1511-2) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Eleanor Austell of Suffolk (dsp) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Margaret Nevill (d 30.09.1506, dau of Edward Nevill, Lord Abergavenny) | |||||||||||||||
| i. | Thomas Brooke, 8th Lord Cobham (d 19.07.1529) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Dorothy Heydon (dau of Sir Henry Heydon of Baconsthorpe) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | George Brooke, 9th Lord Cobham (b c1497, d 29.09.1558, 2nd son) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (before 1526) Anne Braye (d 01.11.1558. dau of Edmund Braye, 1st Lord) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | William Brooke, 10th Lord Cobham (b 01.11.1527, d 06.03.1596/7) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Dorothy Nevill (d 22.09.1559, dau of George Nevill, Lord Abergavenny ) | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | Mary or Frances Brooke | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Thomas Coppinger of Kent | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Edmund (Edward) Beecher | |||||||||||||||
| m2. (25.02.1559/60) Frances Newton (d 17.10.1592, dau of Sir John Newton or Cradock by Margaret Poyntz) | |||||||||||||||
| (B) | Maximilian Brooke (b 04.12.1560, dvp unm 05.12.1583) | ||||||||||||||
| (C) | Henry Brooke, 11th Lord Cobham (b 12.11.1564, dsp 24.01.1618/9) | ||||||||||||||
| Henry was attainted in 1603, and his honours forfeited, "for complicity in the Raleigh conspiracy". | |||||||||||||||
| m. (mcrt 27.05.1601) Frances Howard (b before 1572, bur 11.07.1628, dau of Charles Howard, 1st Earl of Nottingham) | |||||||||||||||
| (D) | George Brooke (bur 05.12.1603, prebendary of York) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1599) Elizabeth Burgh (dau of Thomas Burgh, 5th Lord of Gainsborough) | |||||||||||||||
| The following comes mainly from BP1934 (Burgh). Through this marriage came claims for the baronies of Strabolgi (Strathbogie) and Burgh. | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | Sir William Brooke of Sterborough & Cooling 'of East Malling' (bpt 01.12.1601, d 20.09.1643) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Pembroke Lennard (dau of Henry Lennard, Lord Dacre) | |||||||||||||||
| (a) | Pembroke Brooke (bpt 01.10.1626, d 10.06.1683) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Sir Mathew Tomlinson (d 05.11.1681) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. (before 1642) Penelope Hill (bur 12.07.1694, dau of Sir Moyses Hill of Hillsborough) | |||||||||||||||
| (b) | Hill Brooke (d 14.05.1704) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (c12.1657) Sir William Boothby, 1st Bart of Broadlow Ash (d 24.03.1706-7) | |||||||||||||||
| Hill was heiress of the barony of Cobham and co-heir of the baronies of Strabogli and Burgh. Those baronies were successfully claimed in the early 20th century by 3 of their descendants, one for each barony. | |||||||||||||||
| (c) | Margaret Brooke (dsp 06.01.1666/7) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (25.05.1665) Sir John Denham (d 1669, poet) | |||||||||||||||
| p. James Stuart, Duke of York (later King James II) | |||||||||||||||
| (d) | Frances Brooke (d 1690) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (before 05.1665) Sir Thomas Whitmore of Bridgenorth & Buddwas (bur 21.05.1682) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Matthew Harvey of Twickenham (dsp bur 19.01.1693-4) | |||||||||||||||
| (ii)+ | other issue - Frances, Elizabeth | ||||||||||||||
| (E) | Sir William Brooke (d 1597) | ||||||||||||||
| (F) | Elizabeth Brooke (d 24.01.1596-7) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (31.08.1589) Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury (b 01.06.1563, d 24.05.1612) | |||||||||||||||
| (G) | Frances Brooke (d before 24.04.1623) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (1580) John Stourton, 9th Lord (b 01.1552-3, dsp 13.10.1588) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. (after 1591) Sir Edward Moore of Odiham and Worth (d 1623) | |||||||||||||||
| (H) | Margaret Brooke | ||||||||||||||
| m. Sir Thomas Sondes | |||||||||||||||
| One of their descendants was created Baron then Viscount Cobham. | |||||||||||||||
| (2) | George Brooke who married ... | ||||||||||||||
| m. Christiana Duke (dau of Richard Duke of Poerhayes) | |||||||||||||||
| (A)+ | issue including Peter (bpt 20.10.1565) | ||||||||||||||
| (3) | Sir Henry Brooke of Cobham (b 05.02.1537-8, d c1591, 7th son) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Anne Sutton (d 01.1611-2, dau of Sir Henry Sutton of Notts) | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | Sir John Brooke of Heckington, Lord Cobham (bur 20.05.1660) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (before 21.01.1608/9) Anne (probably bur 23.02.1625) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. (before 10.1636) Frances Bamfield (bur 1676, dau of Sir William Bamfield) | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | George Brooke (b 11.10.1636, dvp) | ||||||||||||||
| (B) | Anne Brooke apparently of this generation | ||||||||||||||
| m. Sir Edward Heron of Cressey Hall (a 1648) | |||||||||||||||
| (C) | Philippa Brooke possibly a sister of John, Lord Cobham | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Walter Calverley of Calverley | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Sir Thomas Burton, 1st Bart of Stockerston (d 1655) | |||||||||||||||
| (4) | Elizabeth Brooke (b 1526, d 1565) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (01.1547-8, sp) William Parr, Marquess of Northampton (d 28.10.1571) | |||||||||||||||
| (5) | Katherine Brooke | ||||||||||||||
| m1. John Jerningham | |||||||||||||||
| m2. _ Bellamy | |||||||||||||||
| (6)+ | 5/7 sons and 2 daughters | ||||||||||||||
| b. | Sir Thomas Brook(e) (younger son) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Susan Cranmer (dau of John Cranmer, widow of ?? Glearke) | |||||||||||||||
| The following comes from CountyGen (Kent, Berry, 1830, p45). | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | Cramner Brook of Ashford | ||||||||||||||
| m. Abell Fogg (dau of Sir John Fogg) | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | William Brook of Hartlipp (a 1619, escheator of Kent) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Jane Tenacre (dau/coheir of John Tenacre of Boughton-under-Blene) | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | Mary Brook | ||||||||||||||
| (2) | Sir Edward Brook | ||||||||||||||
| c. | Elizabeth Brooke (d 1560) probably of this generation | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Sir Thomas Wyatt of Allington Castle (d 1541) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Sir Edward Warner of Polsteadhall & Plumstead (d 1565) | |||||||||||||||
| d.+ | 8/10 children including John (dsp), William (dsp), | ||||||||||||||
| m2. Dorothy Southwell (dsp, widow) | |||||||||||||||
| m3. (sp) Elizabeth Hart (a 03.1552) | |||||||||||||||
| ii. | Mary Brooke (d 1543-4) | ||||||||||||||
| Mentioned in Douglas Richardson's 'Magna Carta Ancestry' (p13) as of this generation. | |||||||||||||||
| m1. Robert Blagge of Broke Montacute (d 13.09.1522, Baron of the Exchequer) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. John Barrett of Belhouse (d 1526) | |||||||||||||||
| m3. Sir Richard Walden of Erith (d 25.03.1536) | |||||||||||||||
| B. | Elizabeth Brooke probably of this generation | ||||||||||||||
| m. Sir Robert Tanfield | |||||||||||||||
| 2. | Reginald Brooke of Aspall, Suffolk | ||||||||||||||
| m. Anne Everton | |||||||||||||||
| 3. | Elizabeth Brooke possibly of this family, of this generation | ||||||||||||||
| m. John Seymour | |||||||||||||||
Main source(s):
(1) For upper section (added 15.09.08) : Commoners (vol I, 'Brooke of Ufford Place', p336+)
(2) For lower section (uploaded 10.02.05) : BP1934 (Cobham), BE1883 (Brooke of Cobham), TCP (Cobham)
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