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

Family and Education

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.

Offices Held

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

Author

J.E.M.

Volume

Commons 1558-1603

Web Title

BROOKE ALIAS COBHAM, Henry I (1538-92)

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Estates

Oxford 1644

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