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From: "Robert O'Connor" < >
Subject: Re: Brooke
Date: 11 Jun 1999 05:54:55 GMT


Here are details of Edward Brooke's ancestry in the male line:

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THOMAS BROOKE, of Brooke Ilchester, Somerset, & Holditch, Devon., M
Constance Markenfield. Died 1367. He had issue:HoP, 1386-1421, II, p 377

Sir THOMAS BROOKE, Kt., M.P., J.P., of Holditch & Weycroft, Devon., Born
1355. M Joan (Died 10 April 1437), d. of Simon Hanham, of Glouc., & widow
of Robert Cheddar, M.P. Commissioner to Requisition Ships, Bristol, March
1385. Knighted before 1386. Various other Royal Commissions, 1389 to
1410. Member of Parliament for Somerset, 1386, 1388, 1391, 1393, 1395,
1397, 1399, 1402, 1404, 1407, 1410 & 1413. Justice of the Peace for
Somerset, 15 July 1389 to Nov. 1417, for Devon, 26 Jan. 1394 to July 1397,
& for Dorset, 26 Nov. 1404 to 1417. High Sheriff of Somerset & Dorset, 15
Nov. 1389 to 7 Nov. 1390. High Sheriff of Devon, 13 Nov. 1393 to 11 Nov.
1394. Will dated 25 May 1415. Died 23 or 24 Jan. 1418. He had issue:
HoP, 1386-1421, II, p 377

Sir THOMAS BROOKE, Kt., M.P., J.P., of Brooke, Somerset, & of Holditch,
Devon., Born c. 1391. M 1410 Joan, suo jure 5th Baroness Cobham (Died 24
Nov. 1442), d. of Sir Reynold Braybrooke, Kt., M.P., of Cooling Castle &
Cobham, Kent, & his wife Joan de la Pole, 4th Baroness Cobham (See
BRAYBROOKE). Member of Parliament for Dorset, 1413, & for Somerset, 1417,
1421, 1422 & 1427. Knighted 1418. Commissioner of Array for Devon, June
1421. Appointed to various Royal Commissions, 1421to 1425. Justice of the
Peace for Somerset, 12 Feb. 1422 to Feb. 1433, & for Devon, 20 July 1431 to
1439. High Sheriff of Devon, 6 Nov. 1424 to 15 Jan. 1426. Tax Assessor
for Devon, Jan. 1436. Will dated 12 Feb. 1439. Died 12 Aug. 1439. He had
issue: CP, III, p 346 HoP , 1386-1421, II, p 375 Faris, p 287

EDWARD BROOKE, 6th BARON COBHAM., Member of Parliament for Somerset, 1442.
Summoned to Parliament, by right of his maternal descent, as Baron Cobham,
13 Jan. 1444/5 to 28 Feb. 1462/3. He was a staunch Yorkist, fought at the
Battle of St. Albans, 23 May 1455. & was at the Battle of Northampton, 10
July 1460. M Elizabeth, d. of James Tuchet, 5th Baron Audley, & his 2nd
wife Eleanor, illegit. d. Edmund Holand, 4th Earl of Kent, & his mistress
Constance of York (See TUCHET). Died 6 June 1464. He had issue:Burke's
P, 1970, p 591 CP, III, p 346 Faris, pp 270 & 287

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Robert O'Connor

Christchurch
New Zealand

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