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William Brooke 1500–1548 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1500

Birth Location: Little Leighs, Co. Essex, England

Death Date: ABT 1548

Death Location: Colchester, Essex Co., England

Father: Thomas Brooke

Mother: Dorothy Heydon

Spouse(s): Agnes Brock

Children(s):

In 1500, William Brooke entered the world in Little Leighs, Co. Essex, England, born to Thomas Baron Cobham Brooke And Dorothy Heydon. William Brooke married Agnes Brock. William Brooke passed away in 1548 in Colchester, Essex Co., England.

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Biography

  • In 1500, William Brooke entered the world in Little Leighs, Co. Essex, England, born to Thomas Baron Cobham Brooke And Dorothy Heydon.
  • William Brooke married Agnes Brock.
  • William Brooke passed away in 1548 in Colchester, Essex Co., England.

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William Brooke's Ancestors

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William Brooke
1500–1548
Birth Place: Little Leighs, Co. Essex, England
Parents
Thomas (Baron Cobham) Brooke
1470–1529
Cobham Hall, Cowling, Kent, England
Dorothy Heydon
1465–1560
Beaconthorpe, Norfolk, England
Grandparents
John Brooke
1447–1512
Cowling, Kent, England
Margart Neville
–1506
Of Raby With Keverstone, Staindrop, Durham, England
Great-Grandparents
Edward Brooke
1411–1464
Elizabeth Touchet
1433–1464
1st Neville
1412–1476
Catherine Howard
1414–1478
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Sir Brooke
1326–1612
Joanne Brooke
1333–1366
James Touchet
1398–1459
Eleanor Holand
1405–1450
Ralph Neville
1364–1426
Joan Beaufort
1379–1440
Robert Howard
1385–1437
Margaret Mowbray
1387–1425

William Brooke's Timeline

2 Records

1500
1500
Birth of William Brooke in Little Leighs, Co. Essex, England
Little Leighs, Co. Essex, England
1548
ABT 1548
Age 48
Death of William Brooke in Colchester, Essex Co., England
Colchester, Essex Co., England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1500
    Event Place: Little Leighs, Co. Essex, England
    Record Source:
    [1] 252.FTW
    [2] FamilySearch Family Tree, "Family Tree," database, <i>FamilySearch<i> ( : modified 02 February 2019, 23:49), entry for William Brock(PID ; contributed by various users. PersonID L1KJ-F66

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: ABT 1548
    Event Place: Colchester, Essex Co., England
    Record Source:
    [1] 252.FTW
    [2] FamilySearch Family Tree, "Family Tree," database, <i>FamilySearch<i> ( : modified 02 February 2019, 23:49), entry for William Brock(PID ; contributed by various users. PersonID L1KJ-F66

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