BROOKING, Christopher (c.1553-1627), of Totnes, Devon

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.

Offices Held

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.

Parlimentarian

BROOKING, Christopher (c.1553-1627), of Totnes, Devon

Main residence: Totnes, Devon.

Author

G.Y.

P.M.H.

Volume

Commons 1604-1629

Web Title

BROOKING, Christopher (c.1553-1627)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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