Katheryn (Unknown) Brooke (abt. 1501 - 1565)

Born about 1501 in London, England

Descendants

Died 23 Mar 1565 at about age 64 in London, Middlesex, England

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Biography

Name

Katheryne's last name at birth is unknown; see NEHGS article TAG 55:194. The Ancestry Family Tree and those from which the surname Westby is derived are all unsourced.

Kathryn (LNAB Unknown) ^[1] married first, Robert Brooke ^[2], and as a widow married second, 22 Sept. 1554, John Beereman or Beryman, citizen and ironmonger of London, and removed to his house called the Black Bell in the parish of St. Margaret's Bridgestreet (now New New Fish Street).^[3] John Beryman's will was proved 2 March 1565/6 in London. ^[4]

Birth

Birth: Possibly about 1500, Source: #S393 p. 71. ^[5] and probably in Kent county. ^[6]

Children

Listed in NEHGS TAG 55:198

Margaret m. William Harting

Francis m. 20 Nov 1547 John Clerke (or Clarke)

Isabel buried 23 May 1586, m. (1) John Wilson, (2) Christopher Holmes

John 1425-bef 8 Jul 1584

Humfrey buried 19 May 1549 (fathered child, name unknown)

Andrew buried 25 April 1549

Death

Her will is dated 14 March 1565/6 and proved 24 March following (Commissary Court of London, Huik, 1559-1570, page 247.)^[7]

“I Katheryne Beryman of London, wedowe beinge sicke of body ... ffirste and princypally and above all earthely thinges I geve bequeath and commende my soule unto Allmightye god my Creator ... my body to be buryed in the porche of the p[ar]ishe churche of St. Margarett in Bredgestreate of the Cittie of London betwene the twoe dores of the said church ... Johan Woodde my sister ... to Thomas Myles citizen and draper of London ... to Fraunces Wesby cittizen and Draper of London ... to Christian Wesby sister to the saide ffraunces Wesbye ... to Katheryne Hartinge one of the doughters of William Hartinge ... to Judethe Hartinge one other of the doughters of the saide William Hartinge ... to Johan Clarke and to Roberge Clerke the doughter of John Clarke of London yeoman ... Wiliam ffranckelyn Citizen and sadler of London ... to the wiff of te saide William ffranckelyn ... to Martha the doughter of the said William ffranckelyn ... to Elizabeth ffrancklyn one other of the daughters of the saide William ffrancklyn ... to the hospitall of Christs Church within the Cittie of London ... Saynte Thomass hospitall in sowtheworke in the com of Surr ... to the poor prisoners in Newgate of London ... to the prisoners of the mrshall sea [the Marshallsea debtors’ prison] in southeworke ... the prisoners in the Kinges benche in Sowtheworke ... to the prisoners... to every poore howseholder dwellinge int the p[ar]ishe of St. Margarette afforesaide twelvepence ... on the daye of my buriall ... as much breade ... amongst such poore people ... as shall amounte ot xxs ... to my doughter Margarette Hartinge ... my doughter ffraunces Clerke ... Margaret Martyn the wiff of Thomas Martyn Cittizen and grocer of London ... to Margaret Swaman the wiff of William Swaman Cittizen and haberdasher of London ... to John Emmes late my servante ... to John Atkinson my late servante ... to Cicely one of the sisters of the said William ffranckelyn ... to the wife of Beniamyn Dudsberye ... to the mynyster of ... St Margarett ... to my saide doughter Margaret Hartinge and to William Hartinge her husbande ... to my saide doughter ffraunces Clarke and to her husband ... to Elizabeth Broke ... to Isabel Wilson my doughter to John Wilson Cittizen and Draper of London the husbond of my said doughter Isabell Wilson ... to Katheryn Noble wedowe my kynsewoman ... John Broke my sonne ... “ In addtion she had a large table cloth cut into four pieces to be distributed to four named churches for altar cloths. Son John Broke and son-inlaw John Wilson were named executors. She made provision that if John Broke had no children that her property would go to daughter Isabel.

Sources

1. ↑ The Brookes of London - Maternal Ancestors of Nathaniel and Joshua Foote page 194
2. ↑ The Brookes of London - Maternal Ancestors of Nathaniel and Joshua Foote page 194
3. ↑ The Brookes of London - Maternal Ancestors of Nathaniel and Joshua Foote page 194
4. ↑ The Brookes of London - Maternal Ancestors of Nathaniel and Joshua Foote page 194
5. ↑ The Brookes of London - Maternal Ancestors of Nathaniel and Joshua Foote page 194
6. ↑ The Brookes of London - Maternal Ancestors of Nathaniel and Joshua Foote page 194
7. ↑ The Brookes of London - Maternal Ancestors of Nathaniel and Joshua Foote page 194

See Also:

• The American Genealogist. New Haven, CT: D. L. Jacobus, 1937-. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2009 - .) The Brookes of London - Maternal Ancestors of Nathaniel and Joshua Foote, by Janis Greene Valore, Myrtle Stevens Hyde and Glade Ian Nelson, Vol. 55, pages193-207.

• Source S393 Moses S. Curtis Descendants and Ancestors, Mildred Bradford, (Baltimore, Md: Gateway Press, 2000). Repository: #R85
• Repository R85 St. Louis County Library, St. Louis County Library, 1640 So. Lindbergh, St. Louis, Mo, 63131