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BROWKER, Hugh (d.1608), of Southwark, Surr.

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1st s. of William Browker, merchant tailor, of Southwark. educ. Barnard’s Inn; I. Temple 1581, called 1592, m. Jane, da. of Thomas Cure of Southwark, 4s. 4da.
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Prothonotary of ct. of common pleas; commr. subsidy Southwark 1593.

Main residence: Southwark, Surr.
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BROWKER, Hugh (-d.1608)

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BROUNCKER WILLIAM, (c.1547-96), of Melksham, Erlestoke and Winterbourne, Wilts.

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b. c. 1547, 1st s. of Henry Brouncker of Melksham and Erlestoke by his 2nd w. Ursula, da. of [?John] Yate of Lyford, Berks.; bro. of Henry. educ. M. Temple 1566. m. 10 Jan. 1569, Martha, da. of Sir Walter Mildmay, 1s. 4da. suc. fa. 1568. Kntd. 1592.
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J.p. Wilts. by 1573, sheriff 1581 – 82; commr. Wilts. hospitals 1592.

Main residences: Melksham; Erlestoke; Winterbourne, Wilts.
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BROUNCKER WILLIAM, (c.1547-96)

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BROUNCKER, Henry (c.1550-1607), of Erlestoke, Wilts. and West Ham, Essex.

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b. c. 1550, 2nd s. of Henry Brouncker of Melksham and Erlestoke, Wilts. by his 2nd w. Ursula, da. of [?John] Yate of Lyford, Berks.; bro. of William. educ. M. Temple 1566. m. Anne, da. of Henry Parker, Lord Morley; at least 1s., William, 1st Visct. Brouncker. Kntd. 1597.C142/152/166; Vis. Wilts. (Harl. Soc. cv, cvi), 32; CP, ii. 344-5.
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Surveyor of all issues lost by jurors from 1589; lord president of Munster 1603; member of Household by May 1603.PRO Index 6800; CSP Dom. Add. 1580–1625, p. 431; LC2/4/4; Harl. 6161, f. 132.

Main residences: Erlestoke, Wilts.; West Ham, Essex.
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BROUNCKER, Henry (c.1550-1607)

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BROUGHTON, Richard (1542-1604), of Lower Broughton, Bishop’s Castle and Owlbury, Salop.

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b. 1542, s. of Robert Broughton of Broughton by Jane, da. of Reignold ap Griffeth Vycha. educ. I. Temple 1568, called. m. 30 July 1577, Anne, da. of Richard Bagot of Blithfield, Staffs., 1s. 1da.
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Steward, Lichfield by 1583; dep. justice, Chester by 1588; recorder, Tamworth by 1584 – 98; 2nd justice of N. Wales 1594 – 1602; vice-justice, Chester 1599 – 1600; j.p. Anglesey, Caern., Mont., Merion. from 1594, Salop from 1596; member, council in the marches of Wales c.1595–1602.Cam. Misc. xiii(3), intro.; HMC 4th Rep. 325–44; Vis. Salop (Harl. Soc. xxviii), i. 87; J. C. Wedgwood, Staffs. Parl. Hist. (Wm. Salt Arch. Soc.), i. 372; W. R. Williams, Welsh Judges, 32, 71, 90; Add. 28175, ff. 51, 57; C66/1468.

Main residences: Lower Broughton; Bishop's Castle; Owlbury, Salop.
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BROUGHTON, Richard (1542-1604)

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BROOKE, alias COBHAM, William (1565-97), of Cobham Hall; later of Newington, Kent.

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b. 1565, 3rd but 2nd surv. s. of William Brooke, 10th Lord Cobham, by his 2nd w. Frances; bro. of Henry Brooke alias Cobham II and nephew of George, John, Thomas and Henry Brooke alias Cobham I . unm. Kntd. 1591.
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Capt. Dreadnought June 1597; keeper of Eltham park 1597.

Main residences: Cobham Hall; Newington, Kent.
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BROOKE ALIAS COBHAM, William (1565-97)

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BROOKE, alias COBHAM, Thomas (1533-78), ?of Wandsworth, Surr.

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b. 30 Dec. 1533, 3rd s. of George, 9th Lord Cobham, and bro. of George, John, William and Henry Brooke alias Cobham I. Uncle of William and Henry Brooke alias Cobham II.Hatfield ms 225/1; Coll. Top. et Gen. vii. 352; Arch. Cant. xi. 208; xii. 127. educ. Trinity, Camb. 1547;Al. Cant. i(1), p. 361. The Thos. Brooke who matric. Gonville Hall 1549 (ibid. 227) was perhaps his younger brother and namesake. Orleans 1550.Harl. 374, f. 5 m. Anne or Catherine, da. of Sir William Cavendish, 1s. 2da.Harl. 6157, f. 9; Hatfield ms 225/1; CSP For. 1582, p. 85; Arch. Cant. xii. 127; lxii. 55; Hasted, Kent, iii. 413.
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?Clerk of the pastry 1559; ?clerk of the woodyard 1563.C. G. Bayne, ‘First House of Commons of Eliz.’, EHR, xxiii. 671; CPR, 1560–3, p. 608.

Main residence: ?of Wandsworth, Surr.
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BROOKE ALIAS COBHAM, Thomas (1533-78)

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