BROOKE, Sir Thomas (c.1355-1418), of Holditch in Thorncombe, Dorset and Weycroft in Axminster, Devon.

Family and Education

b. c.1355, s. and h. of Thomas Brooke of Brooke Ilchester, Som. and Holditch, by Constance Markensfield. m. bef. May 1388, Joan (d. 10 Apr. 1437), da. and coh. of Simon Hanham of Glos., wid. of Robert Cheddar† of Bristol, 2s. inc. Thomas. Kntd. bef. 1386.CIPM, ix. 101; Procs. Som. Arch. Soc. xliv (ii), 14-17.

Offices Held

Commr. to requisition ships, Bristol Mar. 1385; of inquiry, Som., Glos. June 1389 (poaching), Som., Dorset Mar. 1393 (concealments), Som. Oct. 1395 (Merriott estates), Feb. 1400 (insurrections), Devon, Cornw. Aug. 1400, Devon, Som., Dorset, Wilts., Bristol, Hants Dec. 1400 (concealments), Devon Mar. 1403 (Montagu estates), Dorset Jan. 1405 (depopulation of Lyme Regis), Devon, Cornw. June 1406 (concealments), Som. Nov. 1411 (Cary estates); to take custody of the heir to the Fichet estates, Essex July 1391; of array, Som. Mar. 1392, Devon Dec. 1399, July 1402, Som., Dorset, Devon, Cornw. Aug. 1403, Som. July 1405; to survey the estates of the Lords Appellant of 1388, Som., Dorset, Hants, Wilts. Oct. 1397; of weirs, Som. June 1398; oyer and terminer, Bristol May 1400, Som. Feb. 1410; to survey rivers Mar. 1401; of sewers Aug. 1401; to proclaim Henry IV’s intention to govern well May 1402, the King’s rights at Litton Cheney church, Dorset Mar. 1404; raise royal loans, Devon, Cornw. June 1406, June 1410.

J.p. Som. 15 July 1389 – Nov. 1408, Feb. 1409 – Nov. 1417, Devon 26 Jan. 1394 – July 1397, Dorset 26 Nov. 1404–17.

Sheriff, Som. and Dorset 15 Nov. 1389 – 7 Nov. 1390, Devon 13 Nov. 1393–11 Nov. 1394.

Collector of an aid, Som. Dec. 1401.

Parlimentarian

BROOKE, Sir Thomas (c.1391-1439), of Holditch and Weycroft, Devon.

Main residences: Holditch in Thorncombe, Dorset; Weycroft in Axminster, Devon.

Author

L.S.W.

Volume

Commons 1386-1421

Web Title

BROOKE, Sir Thomas (c.1355-1418)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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