Family and Education
b. 1513 /14, 1st s. of John Brocket of Wheathampstead by Dorothy Huston or Hewson of Cambs. m. Margaret, da. and h. of William Bensted of Bennington, Herts., 10s. inc. John 3da. suc. gd.-fa. 6 Sept. 1532. Kntd. ?22 Feb. 1547.Aged 33 in January 1547, C24/23, but said to be of age at gd.-fa.’s death, C142/53/29. Trans. E. Herts. Arch. Soc. vii. 402; Clutterbuck, Herts. i. 522; Lit. Rems. Edw. VI, p. cccii.
Offices Held
Escheator, Essex and Herts. Jan. – Nov. 1539; j.p. Herts. 1540 – d.; commr. musters, Herts. 1546, goods of churches and fraternities 1550, 1553, relief 1550.
Main residences: Wheathampstead; Brocket Hall, Hatfield, Herts.
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Commons 1509-1558
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BROCKET, John (1513/14-58)
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Oxford 1644
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