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

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.