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| Thought to be descended from the Brokes of Leighton was ... | |||||||||||||||
| Br26. William de la Brooke in Somerset | |||||||||||||||
| Br25 | Henry de la Brooke of the Brooke nearIlchester | ||||||||||||||
| m. Nicholas Gonvile dau of Bryan Gonvile | |||||||||||||||
| Br24 | Henry de la Brooke a temp Edward II who r. 1307-1327 | ||||||||||||||
| Br23 | John de la Brooke d 1347 | ||||||||||||||
| m. Joan Madston dau of Sir John Madston | |||||||||||||||
| Br22 | Sir Thomas Brooke d 1339 sb 1399? | ||||||||||||||
| m. Constance Mackenfield | |||||||||||||||
| Br21 | Sir Thomas Brooke d 1413 | ||||||||||||||
| m. Joan Hannap dau/coheir of Simon Hannap of Gloucestershire | |||||||||||||||
| Br20 | 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 | |||||||||||||||
| Br20Sir 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 | |||||||||||||||
| Br19. | Edward Brooke, 6th Lord Cobham d 06.06.1464 | ||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth Tuchet dau of James Tuchet, Lord Audley | |||||||||||||||
| Br18. | 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 | |||||||||||||||
| Br17 | Thomas Brooke, 8th Lord Cobham d 19.07.1529 | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Dorothy Heydon dau of Sir Henry Heydon of Baconsthorpe | |||||||||||||||
| Br16 | 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 | |||||||||||||||
| Br15-1 | 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 | |||||||||||||||
| Br15-1-1 | 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 | |||||||||||||||
| Br15-1-2 | Maximilian Brooke b 04.12.1560, dvp unm 05.12.1583 | ||||||||||||||
| Br15-1-3 | 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 | |||||||||||||||
| Br15-1-4 | 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 | ||||||||||||||
| Br15-1-5 | Sir William Brooke d 1597 | ||||||||||||||
| Br15-1-6 | 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 | |||||||||||||||
| Br15-1-7 | 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 | |||||||||||||||
| Br15-1-8 | Margaret Brooke | ||||||||||||||
| m. Sir Thomas Sondes | |||||||||||||||
| One of their descendants was created Baron then Viscount Cobham. | |||||||||||||||
| Br15-2 | 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 | |||||||||||||||
| Br15-2-1 | 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 | ||||||||||||||
| Br15-2-2 | Anne Brooke apparently of this generation | ||||||||||||||
| m. Sir Edward Heron of Cressey Hall a 1648 | |||||||||||||||
| Br15-2-3 | Philippa Brooke possibly a sister of John, Lord Cobham | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Walter Calverley of Calverley | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Sir Thomas Burton, 1st Bart of Stockerston d 1655 | |||||||||||||||
| Br15-3 | Elizabeth Brooke b 1526, d 1565 | ||||||||||||||
| m. 01.1547-8, sp William Parr, Marquess of Northampton d 28.10.1571 | |||||||||||||||
| Br15-4 | Katherine Brooke | ||||||||||||||
| m1. John Jerningham | |||||||||||||||
| m2. _ Bellamy | |||||||||||||||
| Br15-5+ | 6/8 sons and 2 daughters including George had issue, 2nd son | ||||||||||||||
| Br16-2 | Sir Thomas Brooke younger son | ||||||||||||||
| m. Susan Cranmer dau of John Cranmer | |||||||||||||||
| Br16 | Elizabeth Brooke probably of this generation | ||||||||||||||
| m Sir Thomas Wyatt of Allington Castle d 1541 | |||||||||||||||
| Br16-4.+ | 8/10 children including John dsp, William dsp, | ||||||||||||||
| m2 Dorothy Southwell dsp, widow | |||||||||||||||
| m3 sp Elizabeth Hart a 03.1552 | |||||||||||||||
| Br17-2 | Acelye Brooke possibly of this generation | ||||||||||||||
| m. Robert Blague a 1440 | |||||||||||||||
| Br19-2. | Reginald Brooke of Aspall, Suffolk | ||||||||||||||
| m. Anne Everton | |||||||||||||||
Sources:
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: Commoners vol I, Brooke of Ufford
Place
2 BP1934 Cobham, BE1883 Brooke
of Cobham, TCP Cobham
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