Sir
Edward
"6th Lord Cobham"
Brooke
Born about in England
[uncertain]
Ancestors [uncertain]
Son of Thomas Brooke
and Joan (Braybrooke) Brooke
Brother of
Elizabeth Brooke, Reginald Brooke, Hugh Brooke, Thomas Brooke, John Brooke, Robert Brooke, Margaret Brooke, Christian Brooke, Peter Brooke, Morgan Brooke, Henry Brooke, Christopher Brooke and Joan (Brooke) Carrant
Husband of
Elizabeth (Tuchet) Brooke
— married
before 2 Feb 1437 in England [uncertain]
Descendants [uncertain] 
Father of
Elizabeth (Brooke) Tanfield and John Brooke
Died before
before about age 49
in England [uncertain]
[uncertain]
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Biography
Edward Brooke, Knt., 6th Lord Cobham, son and heir of Thomas Brooke (or Broke), Knt., by his wife Joan Braybrooke, suo jure Lady Cobham, was born about 1415 (aged 24 in 1439).[1][2][3]
Edward was M.P. for Somerset in 1442.[3] He was summoned to Parliament from 13 January 1444/5 by writs directed Edwardo Broke de Cobham Chivaler[1] through 28 February 1463.[3] He was a staunch Yorkist and he fought in the Battle of St. Albans on 23 May 1455, and commanded the left wing in the Battle of Northampton on 10 July 1460.[1][2][3]
Marriages and Children
- Edward married first, on or before 2 February 1436/7, Elizabeth Audley (or Tuchet), daughter of James Tuchet (or Audley), Knt., 5th Lord Audley and his first wife, Margaret Roos.[1][2][4] They had one son and one daughter:
- John, Knt., 7th Lord Cobham, born about 1450, died 9 March 1511/12, married Margaret Neville and had issue[1][2]
- Elizabeth, married Robert Tanfield, Esq. of Gayton, Northamptonshire[1][2]
- He married second, Jane (or Joan) ______, allegedly granddaughter and heiress of Thomas Montague of Cathanger, Somerset.[1][2][5]
Death
- Sir Edward Brooke died testate shortly before 7 July 1464.[1][2] His widow, Jane, married second to Christopher Worsley,[3] Esq. (died 1471) and third to Robert Palmer, Esq. Jane was living on 12 October 1479.[1]
Research Notes
Disputed Daughter
- Joan (Brooks) Ely was detached as a daughter of Edward and Elizabeth as there are no sources given to support this connection.
Sources
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 Richardson, Douglas. Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families. 4 vols., ed. Kimball G. Everingham, 2nd edition. (Salt Lake City, UT: the author, 2011), vol. IV, pages 379-380 WYATT 11, Edward Brooke.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 5 vols., ed. Kimball G. Everingham (Salt Lake City, Utah: the author, 2013), vol. V, pages 408-409 WYATT 17, Edward Brooke.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 George Edward Cokayne and Vicary Gibbs ed. Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Vol. III: Canonteign - Cutts, 2nd edition. (London, 1913). Online at Archive.org, page 346.
- ↑ Complete Peerage has Elizabeth's mother as James Tuchet's second wife, Eleanor, illegitimate daughter of Thomas Holand, Earl of Kent.
- ↑ Complete Peerage does not list a second marriage.
- Richardson, Douglas. Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 4 vols., ed. Kimball G. Everingham. 2nd edition. (Salt Lake City: the author, 2011). See also WikiTree's source page for Magna Carta Ancestry.
- Richardson, Douglas. Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 5 vols., ed. Kimball G. Everingham. (Salt Lake City: the author, 2013). See also WikiTree's source page for Royal Ancestry.
- See also:
- Richardson, Royal Ancestry, (2013), vol. V, page 198.
- Wikipedia: Edward Brooke, 6th Baron Cobham.
- Hasted, Edward. "Parishes: Cobham", in The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent. Volume 3 (Canterbury, 1797), pages 404-442 at British History Online.
Acknowledgements
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Magna Carta Project
- This profile was re-reviewed and approved by Thiessen-117 on 25 Apr 2020.
- Edward Brooke appears in trails badged by the Magna Carta Project from Magna Carta Surety Baron William Malet to the following Gateway Ancestors:
- Henry Fleete: developed in 2015 and badged in April 2020. See the trail HERE.
- Randolph Gateways (William and Henry): badged in 2015, needs re-review. See the trail HERE.
- Dorothea Scott: badged in 2020. See the trail HERE.
- Wyatt Gateways (Hawte and Francis) (MCA IV:375-376 WYATT): badged in 2015, re-reviewed Apr 2020. See the trail HERE.
- See Base Camp for more information about Magna Carta trails. See the project's glossary for project-specific terms, such as a "badged trail".
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Edward Brooke, married (2nd) Jane or (Joan) ___?___. ..... His [Edward] widow, Jane, married (3rd) before 1473 Robert Palmer, Esq., His wife, Jane, was living 12 Octomber 1479. Robert Palmer Esq., was living 1492-3.
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