WESTBROOKE, John (1616-66), of Witley, Surr. and West Ferring, Suss.

Westbrooke’s ancestors settled in the Godalming area as early as the 15th century. Little is known of Westbrooke before the second Civil War, in which he was clearly a trusted supporter of the Commonwealth. In 1659 he became the first of his family to enter Parliament, and he was re-elected for Haslemere, about eight miles from his home, with his brother-in-law, Richard West; but he was totally inactive in the Convention, though listed as a friend by Lord Wharton. After the Restoration he retired to his wife’s property in Sussex. He died on 7 June 1666 and was buried at Ferring.Manning and Bray, 607; Surr. Arch. Colls. ii. 212-15; The Topographer, iii. 159.