John Brockett (abt. 1540 - 1598)

Born about 1540 in Brocket Hall, Hertfordshire, England

Ancestors

Husband of Helen (Lytton) Brocket — married 1566 in Knebworth Place, Hertfordshire, England

Descendants

Died 2 Oct 1598 at about age 58 in Brocket Hall, Hertfordshire, England

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Biography

John Brocket III, later Sir John Brocket, is the son of John Brockett and Dorothy Hughson. Great stories are told of Sir John Brockett of Brocket Hall, husband of Helena Lytton and Dame Elizabeth Moore. The great Brocket Hall was situated at the extreme northern corner of Hatfield parish. This Sir John Brocket was a doughty knight, twice Sheriff for the county like his ancestors. He was “entrusted with the training and inspection of the men levied in this part of Hertfordshire at the time of the Armada.” It was “whilst Mary was on the throne, Elizabeth was kept under ‘house arrest’ at Hatfield House. She used to walk along the banks of the River Lea to visit John Brocket, probably plotting to raise an artillery to overthrow Mary. In 1558 Elizabeth was sitting under an oak tree on the far side of the lake when a horseman galloped from London bringing the news that she was the new Queen. In 1558, in recognition of their friendship, Elizabeth bestowed a knighthood on Sir John Brocket.” Sir John was buried at Hatfield in the year 1598. Sir John by his wife Helena, daughter of Sir Robert Lytton, had daughters Margaret, Anne, Elizabeth, Helen and Mary. All who married well. By Dame Elizabeth, his second wife he had Frances who married Dudley, third Lord North. Having no male issue, the estate of Brocket Hall was passed to descendants of Mary, youngest daughter of John and Helena, who married Thomas Reade.^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ The Ancient Brocket Family http://www.wheathampstead.net/brockett/

• BROCKET, John (c.1540-98), of Brocket Hall, Herts.
• Wikipedia - Sir John Brockett died 1598
• Burial & Information Burial: St Helen Churchyard Wheathampstead St Albans District Hertfordshire, England Find a Grave - Memorial# 77587392 - John Brockett

• The visitations of Hertfordshire, made by Robert Cooke, esq.,Clarencieux, in 1572, and Sir Richard St. George, kt., Clarencieux, in 1634 with Hertfordshire pedigrees from Harleian mss. 6147 and 1546. Ed. by Walter C. Metcalfe Page 32 Brockett of Whethamsted. Retrieved from the Internet Archive (Here;) Accessed 17 Mar 2023.
• http://brockett.info/britain/england/hertfordshire/hertspre16thc/sirjohnii/

• Pennant, Thomas (1811)., The Journey from Chester to London. (1811). Wilkie and Robinson. Retrieved from the Internet Archive (Here;) Accessed 9 Mar 2023.

• '...house was leased by Sir John Brockett of Brockett Hall [Hertfordshire] to John Tanner and Richard Fowler respectively.' (Here;) Accessed 13 Mar 2023.

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