Family and Education
b. c. 1553,REQ 2/417/118. ?s. of Nicholas Brooking of Totnes, merchant. m. 19 Jan. 1577, Mary Weymouth, 3s. 6da. (1 d.v.p.). bur. 12 Aug. 1627 12 Aug. 1627. Devon RO, Totnes par. reg. sig. Croffer Brokinge.
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Warden of Magdalene almshouses, Totnes 1588 – 89, recvr. Totnes 1588–9, Devon RO, 1579A-O/5/45. mayor 1595 – 96, 1614 – 15, ‘master’ 1596–d. E. Windeatt, ‘Totnes Mayors’, Western Antiquary, x. 4, 148.

Member, Spanish Co. 1604, Spanish Co. ed. P. Croft (London Rec. Soc. ix), 99. French Co. 1611. T.K. Rabb, Enterprise and Empire, 254.

Main residence: Totnes, Devon.
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Commons 1604-1629
Web Title

BROOKING, Christopher (c.1553-1627)

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Oxford 1644
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