Family and Education
b. c. 1637, 3rd but 2nd surv. s. of Sir Robert Brooke (d.1646) of Cockfield Hall by Elizabeth, da. of Thomas Colepeper of Wigsale, Suss. educ. privately (Daniel Milles). m. 26 Apr. 1659, Ann (d. 7 Jan. 1666), da. of Sir Henry Mildmay, master of the jewels 1620-49, of Wanstead, 1da. d.v.p. suc. bro. 1652; Kntd. 9 June 1660.N. Parkhurst, Faithful and Diligent Christian (1684), 41-46; Pepys Diary, 29 May 1667; St. Olave Hart Street (Harl. Reg. xlvi), 277; Copinger, Suff. Manors, ii. 219-20.
Offices Held
J.p. Suff. 1658 – d., Essex 1662 – d.; commr. for militia, Suff. 1659, Mar. 1660; lt.-col. of militia ft. Suff. Apr. 1660 – d.; commr. for oyer and terminer, Mdx. July 1660 – d., assessment, Suff. Aug. 1660 – d., Aldeburgh 1661 – d., Essex 1663 – d., appeals, Bedford level 1668.
Six clerk in Chancery 1662–3.
Parlimentarian
Main residences: Cockfield Hall, Yoxford, Suff.; Wanstead House, Essex.
Volume
Commons 1660-1690
Web Title
BROOKE, Robert (c.1637-69)
Will
Estates
Oxford 1644
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