Born before in Oulton Park, Winsford, Cheshire, England
Ancestors 
Daughter of Hugh Starkey esq
and Margaret (Egerton) Starkey
Sister of
James Starkey
Wife of
Thomas Brooke
— married
about 1516 [location unknown]
Descendants 
Mother of
Andrew Brooke, Elizabeth (Brooke) Walker, John Brooke gent, Richard Brooke esq, Reginald Brooke, Anna (Brooke) Shelton and Katherine Brooke
Died
after age 31
in Oulton Park, Winsford, Cheshire, England
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| Created 31 Mar 2011
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Biography
Elizabeth Starkey was born in about 1498-1500 at Oulton Park, Winsford, Cheshire, England. Her parents were Hugh Starkey, Esq. and his wife, Margaret (Egerton) Starkey. Both were from aristocratic gentry families established in Cheshire from Medieval times. Elizabeth's brother, Hugh Starkey, Jr., was an Usher to King Henry VIII and their parents are portrayed kneeling in stained glass windows at the church in Over township, after that church was rebuilt by Hugh Starkey, Jr. in the mid 16th Century. [1]
In about 1516, Elizabeth married Thomas Brooke, Esquire, of Leighton, Cheshire, about 10 miles south-east of Oulton. They had 6 children:[2]
- Elizabeth Brooke, b: ca. 1516; m. Richard Walker of Lee Green
- John Brooke, b: 1517; m.(1) Margery Mainwaring; m.(2) Catherine Ormeshaw of Shropshire; d. 1566 - son Thomas Brooke was his heir
- Richard Brooke "of Norton," b: ca. 1519 - bought "Norton" in 1535 from King Henry VIII; m. Christian Carew; d. 1569
- Anna Brooke, b: ca. 1523; m. ____?___ Shelton of Bewdley
- Katherine Brooke, b: ca. 1525 - no information
- Reginald Brooke, b: 1521 - no information
Elizabeth Starkey died at Leighton, Cheshire, in 1531. She is buried there with her husband.
Sources
- ↑ Ormerod, George. The History of the County Palatine and City of Chester (George Routledge and Sons, Broadway, Ludgate Hill, London, 1819) Vol. 2, Page 103
- ↑ Ormerod, George. The History of the County Palatine and City of Chester (George Routledge and Sons, Broadway, Ludgate Hill, London, 1819) Vol. 3, Page 241
See also:
- Ormerod, George. The History of the County Palatine and City of Chester (George Routledge and Sons, Broadway, Ludgate Hill, London, 1819) Vol. 3, Page 241
- Ancestry Family Trees (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com) Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.
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