BROOKE, alias COBHAM, William (1527-97), of of the Blackfriars, London and Cobham, Kent.

Family and Education

b. 1 Nov. 1527, 1sts s. of George Brooke, 8th Lord Cobham, and bro. of George, Henry, John and Thomas. educ. Padua 1542-5. m. (1) by 4 June 1535, Dorothy (d. 22 Sept. 1559), da. of George, 5th Lord Bergavenny, 1da., (2) 25 Feb. 1560, Frances, da. of Sir John Newton alias Cradock of East Harptree Som. and Hanham, Glos., 4s. inc. Henry and William. Kntd. 1 Dec. 1548, KG nom. 23 Apr. 1584, inst. 15 Apr. 1585. suc. fa. as 10th Lord Cobham 29 Sept. 1558.Date of birth given in CP. Arch. Cant. xi. 108; LP Hen. VIII, xviii; PCC 35 Hogen.

Offices Held

Esquire of the body by 1553; constable, Dover castle, Kent 16 Dec. 1558 – d.; ld. warden, the Cinque Ports 16 Dec. 1558 – d.; j.p. Kent 1558/59, q. 1561 – d.; ld. lt. Kent 1559 – d.; commr. Rochester bridge 1571; PC 1586 – d.; keeper, Eltham pk., Kent 1592 – d., ld. chamberlain, the Household 8 Aug. 1596–7.Stowe 571, f. 31; CPR, 1558–60, p. 103; 1569–72, p. 278; G. Scott Thomson, Lds. Lt. in the 16th Cent. 47–50; HMC 12th Rep. IV. 189; APC, xxvi. 98.

Parlimentarian

BROOKE, alias COBHAM, William (1527-97), of of the Blackfriars, London and Cobham, Kent.

Main residences: of the Blackfriars, London; Cobham, Kent.

COBHAM

Author

H.M.

Volume

Commons 1509-1558

Web Title

BROOKE, William (1527-97)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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