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Sir Robert Brooke 1497–1551 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: Abt 1497

Birth Location: of London, London, England, Great Britain

Death Date: 11 July 1551

Death Location: London, London, England, Great Britain

Father: Sir Banneret

Mother: Lady Grosvenor

Spouse(s): Lady Westby, Lady Warring, Jennet Starkey, Lady Gatacre, Katherine Westby

Children(s): Isabell Brooke, Lady Brooke

Sir Robert Brooke was born in 1497 in of London, London, England, Great Britain, the child of Sir Knight Thomas Brooke 8Th Baron Of Cobham Knight Banneret And Lady Margaret Grosvenor. Sir Robert Brooke married Jennet Starkey, Katherine Burley Westby, Lady Anne Warring, Lady Dorothy Gatacre, Lady Katherine Burley Westby, and had children including Isabell Brooke, Lady Katherine Brooke. Sir Robert Brooke passed away in 1551 in London, London, England, Great Britain.

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Biography

  • Sir Robert Brooke was born in 1497 in of London, London, England, Great Britain, the child of Sir Knight Thomas Brooke 8Th Baron Of Cobham Knight Banneret And Lady Margaret Grosvenor.
  • Sir Robert Brooke married Jennet Starkey, Katherine Burley Westby, Lady Anne Warring, Lady Dorothy Gatacre, Lady Katherine Burley Westby, and had children including Isabell Brooke, Lady Katherine Brooke.
  • Sir Robert Brooke passed away in 1551 in London, London, England, Great Britain.

Immediate Family

Parents

Sir Banneret
1465–1529
Birth Location: of, Chorley, Shropshire, England
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Lady Grosvenor
1500–1558
Birth Location: Bushbury, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom
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Spouses(s)

Lady Westby
1501–1563
Birth Location: of London, London, England, Great Britain
LW
Lady Warring
1518–1560
Birth Location: Madeley, Telford and Wrekin, Shropshire, England, United Kingdom
LW
Jennet Starkey
1502–1549
Birth Location: Huddersfield, Yorkshire, , England
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Lady Gatacre
1518–1544
Birth Location: Madeley, Telford and Wrekin, Shropshire, England, United Kingdom
LG
Katherine Westby
1501–1563
Birth Location: London, London, England
KW

Children(s)

Isabell Brooke
1532–1586
Birth Location: London, London, England
IB
Lady Brooke
1526–1586
Birth Location: Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland
LB

Sir Brooke's Ancestors

Self
Sir Brooke
1497–1551
Birth Place: of London, London, England, Great Britain
Parents
Sir Knight Thomas Brooke , 8th Baron of Cobham, Knight Banneret
1465–1529
of, Chorley, Shropshire, England
Lady (Margaret) Grosvenor
1500–1558
Bushbury, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom
Grandparents
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Sir Brooke's Descendants

1.
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Sir (Robert) Brooke (Abt 1497–11 July 1551) m. Lady (Katherine Burley) Westby (Abt 1501–5 Sep 1563) m. Lady (Anne) Warring (1518–1560) m. Jennet Starkey (1502–1549) m. Lady (Dorothy) Gatacre (1518–1544) m. Katherine (Burley) Westby (1501–23rd March 1563)
  1. 1. Isabell Brooke 1532–1586 m. John (Wilson) II 1539–1609
    1. 1. Janet (Elizabeth) Page 1558–1563 m. Wm Nelson 1591–1674
      1. 1. Thomas Nelson 1590–1675 m. Dorothy Horne 1586–1627 m. Marian Nelson 1600–1657
        1. 1. William (Swift) Nealson 1620–1670 m. Bridget (Magret) Ramsey 1620–1670
  2. 2. Lady (Katherine) Brooke 1526–1586 m. Christopher Holmes 1550–1611
    1. 1. John (Thomas) Holmes 1567–1618 m. Katherine Warde 1575–1612
      1. 1. Francis Holmes 1599–1675 m. Ann Greenwood 1605–1777
        1. 1. Ann Holmes 1634–1703 m. John (Andrew Key) Jr 1653–1669

Sir Brooke's Timeline

11 Records

1495
Abt. 1495
Birth of Sir Robert Brooke in London, England
London, England
1497
Abt 1497
Birth of Sir Robert Brooke in of London, London, England, Great Britain
of London, London, England, Great Britain
1497
Abt 1497
Birth of Sir Robert Brooke in of London, London, England, Great Britain
of London, London, England, Great Britain
1500
1500
Age 3
Birth of Sir Robert Brooke in Greater London, England
Greater London, England
1510
9 Apr 1510
Age 13
Birth of Sir Robert Brooke in London, Middlesex, England
London, Middlesex, England
1551
11 July 1551
Age 54
Death of Sir Robert Brooke in St. Leonard Eastcheap, London, England
St. Leonard Eastcheap, London, England
1551
11 July 1551
Age 54
Death of Sir Robert Brooke in London, London, England, Great Britain
London, London, England, Great Britain
1551
11 July 1551
Age 54
Death of Sir Robert Brooke in London, London, England, Great Britain
London, London, England, Great Britain
1558
6 September 1558
Age 61
Death of Sir Robert Brooke in Claverley, Shropshire, England
Claverley, Shropshire, England
1558
5 September 1558
Age 61
Death of Sir Robert Brooke in Claverley, Shropshire, England
Claverley, Shropshire, England
1558
6 Sep 1558
Age 61
Death of Sir Robert Brooke in Claverly
Claverly

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 9 Apr 1510
    Event Place: London, Middlesex, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: Abt. 1495
    Event Place: London, England

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1500
    Event Place: Greater London, England

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: Abt 1497
    Event Place: of London, London, England, Great Britain
    Record Source: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: Abt 1497
    Event Place: of London, London, England, Great Britain
    Record Source: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: London
    Record Source: England & Wales, Prerogative Court of Canterbury Wills, The National Archives; Kew, Surrey, England; Records of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, Series PROB 11; Class: PROB 11; Piece: 41

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 6 September 1558
    Event Place: Claverley, Shropshire, England

    Genealogy Event 8
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 11 July 1551
    Event Place: St. Leonard Eastcheap, London, England

    Genealogy Event 9
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 5 September 1558
    Event Place: Claverley, Shropshire, England

    Genealogy Event 10
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 6 Sep 1558
    Event Place: Claverly

    Genealogy Event 11
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 11 July 1551
    Event Place: London, London, England, Great Britain
    Record Source: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 12
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 11 July 1551
    Event Place: London, London, England, Great Britain
    Record Source: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
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