Family and Education
b. c. 1553, s. of Alexander Brooke, yeoman, of Horwich, Lancs. educ. appr. to George Rainforth, merchant of Liverpool, 1567-74.Liverpool Town Bk. ed. J.A. Twemlow, i. 272 n. 14; ii. 153-4. m. Ellen, 2s. 2da. Lancs. RO, WCW, Giles Brooke, will and inventory, 1614. d. 1614. Ibid. sig. Gyles Broo[c]ke.
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Freeman, Liverpool 1574, Twemlow, ii. 470–1. merchant praiser 1583, Ibid. ii. 461. bailiff 1584–5, Ibid. portmoot ct. juryman and alderman c.1578-d., 1592 – 93 Ibid. ii. 295, passim. mayor, 1601–2. Ibid. ii. 650, 804.

Member, French Co. 1611. Select Charters of Trading Cos. ed. C.T. Carr (Selden Soc. xxviii), 67.

Main residence: Water Street, Liverpool, Lancs.
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Commons 1604-1629
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BROOKE, Giles (c.1553-1614)

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