Hon. Thomas Brooke

• Son of Richard Brooke, Esq., of Whitchurch and Elizabeth Twyne
• He resided at Whitchurch, co. Northampton, England. He was educated on 4 May 1584 at New College, Oxford, England. He was a barrister at Inner Temple. He was a Member of Parliament between 1604 and 1611 at Whitchurch, Hampshire, England. He left a will on 11 Sep 1612; proved 30 Nov 1612.

Married

• Thomas Brooke (Richard1); b. 1561; married Susan Forster, daughter of Sir Thomas Forster and Susan Foster; d. 13 Sep 1612; buried on 17 Sep 1612 at Whitchurch, Hampshire, England. Thomas Brooke, third son of Richard and Elizabeth (Twyne) Brooke, was born at White Church in 1567; married Susan Foster, daughter of Thomas Foster, Judge of the Court of Common Pleas, and niece of Robert Foster, chief judge of the King's Bench. The Fosters were a branch of the ancient family of Etherstone, in the county of Durham, grandsons of Alexander Comyns, Earl of Bucan, who was descended from Roger de Quincy, Earl of Winchester, Magna Charta Baron, and from David 1st, King of Scotland. King David's father was Malcolm III, who married Margaret, daughter of Edward (the outlaw), son of Edmund "Ironsides," Saxon King of England. King David's grandfather, Duncan I, was murdered by Macbeth, and this royal line goes back without a break to Fergus II, King of Scotland in A. D. 40.J. Susan Forster was also known as Susan Foster. She was buried on 18 Sep 1612 at Whitchurch, Hampshire, England.

Will of Hon. Thomas Brooke Probate Date: 30 Nov 1612

Known children of Thomas Brooke and Susan Forster were as follows:

• i. Thomas Brooke; b. 1599; bur. 25 Jan 1665 at Whitchurch, Hampshire, England. He was educated on 27 Oct 1615 at Oriel College, Oxford, England. He was a barrister.
• 3. ii. Robert Brooke, b. 3 Jun 1602 at London, England; m. Mary Baker; m. Mary Mainwaring.
• iii. Richard Brooke; d.s.p.
• iv. John Brooke; b. 1605. He was educated at Wadham College, Oxford, England.
• v. William Brooke.
• vi. Humphrey Brooke.
• vii. Charles Brooke.
• viii. Susan Brooke.
• ix. Elizabeth Brooke.
• x. Frances Brooke

Thomas Brooke Find A Grave Memorial

Son of Richard Brooke and Elizabeth Twyne, Thomas Brooke married Susan Forster. "He matriculated 24 November 1581 at New College, Oxford, at the age of twenty. He received the BA on 4 May 1584. Thomas was a barrister at the Inner Temple, becoming a bencher in 1607 (a senior member of an Inn of Court which governed the society), and an autumn reader in 1611. Thomas served as Member of Parliament from Whitchurch from 1604 to 1611 during the reign of King James I." Thomas and Susan Brooke had eleven children, at least two of whom, Robert Brooke (1602-1656) and Dr. John Brooke (d. 1693), immigrated to Maryland. More information aboput the family, including pictures of the tomb effigies, can be found at: http://www.whitchurchhampshire.org.uk/BrookeW.html

Thanks to Find A Grave contributor Cecilia Hartman, #47276584 for catching a mistake I had in the above and calling my attention to it.

Book of the "Revolutionary War Patriots and Soldiers" by Rosa Baylor Hall

Thomas Brooke, son of Richard and Elizabeth (Twyne) Brooke, was born in 1561 at the Brooke family home. Brooke Manor is still standing in Whitchurch, Hampshire, England. He received a B.A. degree from New College, Oxford, on May 4, 1584, was a Barrister of Inner Temple (1595), Bencher (1607), Autumn Reader (1611), and was a Member of Parliament for Whitchurch (1604-1611).

In 1590, Thomas Brooke married Susan Forster. Susan was the daughter of Sir Thomas Forster, Knight of Hunsdon, Herfordshire, Judge of the Court of Common Pleas, and Susan, his wife.

The Forsters were a branch of the ancient family of Etherstone, (northern England) Durham-Northumberland. Sir Thomas Forster and his brother Robert Forster, were the grandsons of Alexander Comyns (1242-1289), Earl of Buchan.

Alexander Comyns was descended from Roger de Quincy, 2nd Earl of Winchester (d. 1264), and from Kind David I of Scotland (who reigned from 1124 until his death in 1153).

Kind David's father was King Malcolm III (Malcolm Camore) of Scotland (who reigned from 1057 until his death in 1093). In 1057, King Malcolm III married [his second wife], Margaret. Margaret was the sister of Edgar Atheling, the daughter of Edward "the outlaw," and granddaughter of Edmund "Ironsides" Saxon, King of England (who had a short but vigorous reign from April 1016 to November 1016).

King Duncan I (who reigned from 1034 until his death in 1040), father of MalcomIII, was murdered by Macbeth. The legend of his life formed the basis of Shakespeare's "Macbeth." Macbeth established himself on the throne of Scotland after killing King Duncan I in a battle near Elgin, and not as Shakespeare has it by murdering him in his bed.

The Forster royal line appears to go back without a break to Fergus II, King of Scotland in A.D. 404.

Thomas Brooke died on Septemer 13, 1612. His will was dated September 11, 1612, and proved November 30, 1612. He was buried September 17, 1612. Susan (Forster) Brooke, who died within hours of her husband, was buried the following day. (Whitchurch Register)

The marble tomb upon which the sculptured figures of Thomas and Susan Brooke lie side by side can be found in Whitchurch, Hampshire, England.

-This was taken from the book "Revolutionary War Patriots and Soldiers" by Rosa Baylor Hall

Links

• http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~marshall/esmd27.htm

Sources

• From page 93 of The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Volume 11
• THE BROOKE FAMILY OF VIRGINIA. By Prof. St. George Tucker Brooke, Morgantown, W. Va.
• Balch, T.W. (1899). The Brooke Family of Whitchurch, Hampshire, England: Together with an Account of Acting-Governor Robert Brooke of Maryland and Colonel Ninian Beall of Maryland, and Some of Their Descendants.(Philadelphia: Allen, Lane & Scott. archive.org
• Johnston, C. (1906). "The Brooke family." Maryland Historical Magazine, 1, pp. 66, 184, 284, 376. (Describes family of Thomas and Susan Forster Brooks, and their ancestors).