Edward Brooke is shown as the son of Hugh and Dorothy Brooke,10 years old, in the 1623 Visitation of Somerset[1]. He died unmarried, his will (dated 1637 and proved 1637) mentions many relatives: "My mother, Dorothy Stroade (daughter of Edward Preston, of Glastonbury) ; my uncle, Thomas Brooke, gent. ; my father, Hugh Brooke, of Glaston, gent., deceased; my sister, Jane, wife of John Gaylard, of Lovington, Somerset, yeoman ; my sister, Joan, wife of Matthew Sheppard, of Calne, Wilts, vintner (who proved the will) ; my brothers, Silvanus, Thomas, and Edward Davies ; my brother, Will. Court alias Paris ; my sister, Dorothy Davies ; my father-in-law (step-father), Mr. John Strode, twenty shillings for a ring ; my uncles, Edward and Thomas Brooke, of Glaston"[2] (He makes no mention of a child)
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