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William de la Brooke in Somerset b abount 1230 | |||||||||||||||
1. | Henry de la Brooke of the Brooke near Ilchester b abount 1255
m Nicholas Gonvile dau of Bryan Gonvile |
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A. | Henry de la Brooke b abount 1280 (a temp Edward II who r. 1307-1327) | ||||||||||||||
i. | John de la Brooke b abount 1310 d 1347
m Joan Madston (dau of Sir John Madston) |
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a. | Sir Thomas Brooke b abount 1330 d 1339 (sb 1399?
m. Constance Mackenfield |
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(1) | Sir Thomas Brooke b abount 1365 d 1413
m Joan Hannap dau/coheir of Simon Hannap of Gloucestershire |
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(A) | Sir Thomas Brooke of Brooke b abount 1390 d 1439, MP for Somerset - continued below | ||||||||||||||
m Joan Braybroke dau of Sir Reginald Braybroke by Joane de la Pole, Baroness Cobham | |||||||||||||||
Br19. Sir Thomas Brooke of Brooke b abount 1390 d 1439, MP for Somerset - continued
above
m Joan Braybroke dau of | +1 Sir Reginald Braybroke
m Joane de la Pole, Baroness Cobham) |
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Br19 | Edward Brooke, 6th Lord Cobham b abount 1415 d 06.06.1464)
m. Elizabeth Tuchet (dau of James Tuchet, Lord Audley) |
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Br18 | John Brooke, 7th Lord Cobham (b c1444, d 09.03.1511-2) br>m1. Eleanor Austell of Suffolk (dsp) | ||||||||||||||
m2. Margaret Nevill (d 30.09.1506, dau of Edward Nevill, Lord Abergavenny) | |||||||||||||||
Br17 | Thomas Brooke, 8th Lord Cobham (d 19.07.1529)
m1. Dorothy Heydon (dau of Sir Henry Heydon of Baconsthorpe) |
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a. | George Brooke, 9th Lord Cobham b c1497, d 29.09.1558, 2nd son
m. by 1526 Anne Braye d 01.11.1558. dau of Edmund Braye, 1st Lord |
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(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 Brooke | ||||||||||||||
m1. Thomas Coppinger of Kent | |||||||||||||||
(i) | Francis Coppinger (2nd son) had issue | ||||||||||||||
m. Frances Burgh (dau of Thomas Burgh, 5th Lord of Gainsborough) | |||||||||||||||
m2. Edmund 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) | ||||||||||||||
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 and Cooling (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) | |||||||||||||||
((1)) | Jane Tomlinson (dsp bur 16.02.1703) | ||||||||||||||
m. Philip Owen (bur 10.04.1699) | |||||||||||||||
((2)) | Elizabeth Tomlinson (d unm 1692) | ||||||||||||||
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) | |||||||||||||||
(d) | Frances Brooke (d 1690) | ||||||||||||||
m1. (before 05.1665) Sir Thomas Whitmore of Bridgenorth and 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) | 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) | |||||||||||||||
(3) | Elizabeth Brooke (b 1526, d 1565) | ||||||||||||||
m. (01.1547-8, sp) William Parr, Marquess of Northampton (d 28.10.1571) | |||||||||||||||
(4) | Katherine Brooke | ||||||||||||||
m1. John Jerningham | |||||||||||||||
m2. _ Bellamy | |||||||||||||||
(5)+ | 6/8 sons and 2 daughters including George (had issue, 2nd son) | ||||||||||||||
b. | Sir Thomas Brooke (younger son) | ||||||||||||||
m. Susan Cranmer (dau of John Cranmer) | |||||||||||||||
c. | Elizabeth Brooke probably of this generation | ||||||||||||||
m. Sir Thomas Wyatt of Allington Castle (d 1541) | |||||||||||||||
d.+ | 8/10 children including John (dsp), William (dsp), | ||||||||||||||
m2. Dorothy Southwell (dsp, widow) | |||||||||||||||
m3. (sp) Elizabeth Hart (a 03.1552) | |||||||||||||||
ii. | Acelye Brooke possibly of this generation | ||||||||||||||
m. Robert Blague (a 1440) | |||||||||||||||
2. | Reginald Brooke of Aspall, Suffolk b abount 1420 | ||||||||||||||
m. Anne Everton | |||||||||||||||
3. | Elizabeth Brooke b about 1422 possibly of this family, of this generation | ||||||||||||||
m. John Seymour |
Source(s):
(1): Commoners (vol I, Brooke of Ufford
Place)
(2) BP1934 (Cobham), BE1883 (Brooke
of Cobham), TCP (Cobham)
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