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?s. of Thomas Brocket of Yorks. by his w. Denise. CP25(1)/291/65/28. m. by 1428, KB27/668, rot. 8. Elizabeth (d. 12 Jan. 1481), da. of William Ash by Elizabeth, da. and coh. of Edward Fitzsymond (d. bef. 1400) of Hatfield, s.p. VCH Herts. ii. 434; iii. 26; C140/80/46. Dist. 1439, 1458, 1465.
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Attestor, parlty. election, Herts. 1449 (Feb.).

Commr. to distribute tax allowance, Herts. Jan. 1436; of gaol delivery, St. Albans Oct. 1449, July 1455, June 1458, Jan 1459, Apr. 1460 (q.), Hertford q. Mar., Sept. 1462, Mar. 1463, Apr. 1465, Hertford castle Jan.1463, July 1465 (q.), Rayleigh q. July 1465, Berkhampstead q. Oct. 1471, somewhere q. Dec. 1461; C66/470, m. 11d; 480, m. 14d; 485, m. 8d; 486, m. 13d; 488, m. 11d; 495, m. 10d; 499, mm. 5d, 21d; 500, m. 18d; 505, m. 18d; 512, mm. 11d, 15d; 513, m. 27d; 527, m. 14d. array, Herts. Dec. 1459, Feb. 1470, Apr. 1471; inquiry Sept. 1460 (treason, felonies and other misdeeds), Aug. 1473 (unpaid farms).

J.p.q. Herts. bef. Jan. 1455–d. Brocket’s first comm. of the peace recorded in CPR is that of 13 Jan. 1455, but he was in fact already a j.p. on 9 Jan. that year: CP40/799, rot. 337d.

Parlimentarian
BROCKET, Thomas (d.1477), of Hatfield and Wheathampstead, Herts.
Main residences: Hatfield; Wheathampstead, Herts.
Broket, Brokett, Brokette
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C.E.M.
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Commons 1422-1461
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Oxford 1644
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