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BROOKE, alias COBHAM, John (1535-94), of Newington, Kent.

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b. 22 Apr. 1535,Coll. Top. et Gen. vii. 352 states that he was on a Thursday, which, together with the birth date of his bro. Thos., settles John’s date as 22 Apr. 1535, not 1534. 4th s. of George, 9th Lord Cobham, and bro. of George, Thomas, William and Henry Brooke alias Cobham I. Uncle of William and Henry Brooke alias Cobham II. educ. travelled abroad 1554-5; I. Temple 1556. m. by 1561, Alice, da. of Edward Cobbe of Cobbs Place, Kent, wid. of Sir John Norton of Northwood in Milton, Kent.
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J.p. Kent by 1564, commr. musters by 1573; capt. Foresight 1576; at Dunkirk 1582; with Leicester in the Netherlands 1586; commr. survey Isle of Sheppey 1587.

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BROOKE, alias COBHAM, John (1535-94), of Newington, Kent.
Main residence: Newington, Kent.
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BROOKE ALIAS COBHAM, John (1535-94)

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BROOKE, alias COBHAM, Henry II (1564-1619), of Cobham Hall, Kent.

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b. 22 Nov. 1564, 2nd but 1st surv. s. of William Brooke, 10th Lord Cobham, by his 2nd w. Frances, da. of Sir John Newton alias Cradock of Glos., lady of the bedchamber to Queen Elizabeth; bro. of William and nephew of George, John, Thomas, and Henry Brooke alias Cobham I . educ. King’s, Camb. 1580. m. May 1601, Frances, 2nd da. of Charles Howard I, 1st Earl of Nottingham, wid. of Henry Fitzgerald, 12th Earl of Kildare [I], s.p. suc. fa. as 11th Lord Cobham Mar. 1597. Kntd. 1598; KG 1599.
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Constable of Dover castle and ld. warden of the Cinque Ports Sept. 1597–1603; j.p. Kent 1594 – 1603, ld. lt. 1597–1603.CP; DNB; PCC 110 Cobham; Arch. Cant. xi. 208; E407/1/20; CSP Dom. 1595–7, passim.

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BROOKE, alias COBHAM, Henry II (1564-1619), of Cobham Hall, Kent.
Main residence: Cobham Hall, Kent.
COBHAM
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BROOKE ALIAS COBHAM, Henry II (1564-1619)

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BROOKE, alias COBHAM, Henry I (1538-92), of Sutton at Hone, Kent.

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b. 5 Feb. 1538, 7th s. of George, 9th Lord Cobham, and bro. of George, John, Thomas and William. Uncle of William and Henry Brooke alias Cobham II . educ. Trinity, Camb. 1547 (impubes). m. Anne, da. of Sir Henry Sutton of Notts., wid. of Walter Haddon, 3s. 2da. Kntd. 1575.C142/235/89; Hasted, Kent, iv. 526; Arch. Cant. xi. 208; Coll. Top. et Gen. vii. 352.
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Employed on missions abroad 1561, 1567, 1570, 1575; ambassador in Paris 1579 – 83; j.p. Kent by 1573, custos rot. c. 1584, dep. lt. 1588; gent. pens. 1560.APC, viii. 307; Staffs. RO, D593/s/32 ex inf. J. N. McGurk; E163/14/8.

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BROOKE, alias COBHAM, Henry I (1538-92), of Sutton at Hone, Kent.
Main residence: Sutton at Hone, Kent.
COBHAM
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J.E.M.
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BROOKE ALIAS COBHAM, Henry I (1538-92)

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BROOKE, alias COBHAM, George (b.1533), of London.

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b. 27 Jan. 1533, 2nd s. of George, 9th Lord Cobham by Anne, da. of Edmund, 1st Lord Bray, sis. and coh. of John, Lord Bray; bro. of John, Thomas, William and Henry Brooke alias Cobham I, and uncle of William and Henry Brooke alias Cobham II. educ. Venice 1546-7. m. by 1558, Christina (d.1608), da. and h. of Richard Duke of Otterton, Devon, 3s. 2da. She; (2) Gregory Sprint.CP, iii. 347-9; Coll. Top. et Gen. vii. 352; Proc. Som. Arch. Soc. xlv (2), p. 12; Arch. Cant. xi. 208; xii. 127 seq.; LP Hen. VIII, xxi(1), pp. 21, 127, 171; C142/311/120; Wards 7/42/104; Vis. Devon (Harl. Soc. vi), 342; PCC admon. act bk. 1572, ff. 13-14; HMC Hatfield, i. 147.
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Member of Queen Elizabeth’s household and sewer at the coronation 1559.Lansd. 3, f. 193; EHR, xxiii. 670.

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BROOKE, alias COBHAM, George (1533-69 or later), of London.
Main residence: London.
COBHAM
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N.M.F.
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BROOKE ALIAS COBHAM, George (b.1533)

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