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

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.