Family and Education
b. c.1415, s. and h. of Sir Thomas Brooke* by Joan, Lady Cobham. m. (1) c. spring 1430, Margaret; Harl. Chs. 46 H 9, 21. (2) between Nov. 1436 and Feb. 1437, Elizabeth, da. of James Tuchet, 5th Lord Audley (d.1459), ? by his 2nd w. Eleanor, illegit. da. of Edmund Holand, earl of Kent, CP, iii. 346 errs in stating that her fa. was Thomas Holand, earl of Kent: see PROME, x. 461-3; Genealogist, n.s. xxviii. 62. However, since the marriage of Lord Audley and Eleanor Holand had not been consummated by Feb. 1430, it is perhaps more likely that Elizabeth’s mother was Audley’s first wife, Margaret Roos, and that Elizabeth was a full sister rather than half-sister of John Audley* alias Tuchet. 1s. 1da.; (3) Joan (fl.1479). Her family background has not been discovered. Kntd. by June 1432; Harl. Ch. 46 H 21. summ. as Lord Cobham 13 Jan. 1445-Feb. 1463. CP, iii. 346; Reps. Lords’ Cttees. iv. 908, 913, 916, 919, 924, 928, 933, 937, 941, 946, 951, 954, 957, 961.
Offices Held
J.p. Som. 8 May 1439 – Nov. 1451, Devon 25 Nov. 1443 – Nov. 1451.
Commr. to distribute tax allowance, Som. Apr. 1440, Mar. 1442; of oyer and terminer, Mar. 1445 (complaint of Edward St. John), Kent Dec. 1445, general (25 counties) Feb. 1462; to treat for loans, Devon Sept. 1449; assess a tax, Devon, Som. Aug. 1450; of array, Kent Sept. 1457; inquiry, Dec. 1461 (extortions of William Isle* and others).
Trier of petitions, Gascon 1461.
Parlimentarian
Main residences: Weycroft; Holditch, Devon; Lynch, Som.; Cooling castle, Kent.
Broke
Volume
Commons 1422-1461
Will
Estates
Oxford 1644
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