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Sir Richard Brooke 1525 – 1594 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: Abt. 1525

Birth Location: Norton, Cheshire, England

Death Date: 16 January 1594

Death Location: Whitchurch, Basingtoke and Deane Borough, Hampshire, England

Father: Sir Banneret

Mother: Lady Cobham

Spouse(s): Elizabeth Twyne

Children(s): Thomas Brooks

In 1525, Sir Richard Brooke entered the world in Norton, Cheshire, England, born to Sir Thomas Brooke, 8th Baron Brooke of Cobham, Knight Banneret and Lady Dorothy Heydon, Baroness Cobham. Sir Richard Brooke married Elizabeth Twyne, and had children including Thomas Brooks. Sir Richard Brooke passed away in 1594 in Whitchurch, Basingtoke and Deane Borough, Hampshire, England.

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Biography

  • In 1525, Sir Richard Brooke entered the world in Norton, Cheshire, England, born to Sir Thomas Brooke, 8th Baron Brooke of Cobham, Knight Banneret and Lady Dorothy Heydon, Baroness Cobham.
  • Sir Richard Brooke married Elizabeth Twyne, and had children including Thomas Brooks.
  • Sir Richard Brooke passed away in 1594 in Whitchurch, Basingtoke and Deane Borough, Hampshire, England.

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Sir Brooke's Ancestors

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Sir Brooke
1525 – 1594
Birth Place: Norton, Cheshire, England
Parents
Sir Thomas Brooke, 8th Baron Brooke of Cobham, Knight Banneret
1465 – 1529
Cowling, Kent, England
Lady (Dorothy Heydon, Baroness) Cobham
1465 – 1560
Baconthorpe, Norfolk, England
Grandparents
John (Thomas) Brooke
1474 – 1522
England
Margaret Neville
– 1506
Throwley, Staffordshire, England
Sir (Henry) Heydon
1425 – 1503
Baconsthorpe, North Norfolk District, Norfolk, England
Lady (Anne Elizabeth) Boleyn
1450 – 1510
Blickling Hall, Norfolk, England
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2nd-Great-Grandparents

Sir Brooke's Descendants

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Sir (Richard) Brooke (Abt. 1525 – 16 January 1594) m. Elizabeth Twyne (1540 – 20 May 1599)
  1. 1. Thomas Brooks (Apr 1561 – 13 Sep 1612) m. Susan Foster\Forster (1570 – 18 Sep 1612)
    1. 1. Richard (Eybrook \) Ibrook (1580 – 14 Nov 1651) m. Margaret Clark (1589 – 4 Apr 1664)
      1. 1. Elizabetha Eybrook (31 Aug 1608 – Dec 1645) m. Petrus Hubbard (13 October 1604 – 20 Jan 1679)
        1. 1. Rev. (Gershom) Hobart (December 1, 1645 – 19 Dec 1707) m. Sarah Aldis (09 Jun 1652 – 14 Apr 1712)

Sir Brooke's Timeline

2 Records

1525
Abt. 1525
Birth of Sir Richard Brooke in Norton, Cheshire, England
Norton, Cheshire, England
1594
16 January 1594
Age 69
Death of Sir Richard Brooke in Whitchurch, Basingtoke and Deane Borough, Hampshire, England
Whitchurch, Basingtoke and Deane Borough, Hampshire, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: Abt. 1525
    Event Place: Norton, Cheshire, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 16 January 1594
    Event Place: Whitchurch, Basingtoke and Deane Borough, Hampshire, England

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