Honorable Frances Stourton (Brooke)

Frances Brooke, 1562-1615+, was the daughter of William Brooke, 10th baron Cobham (November 1, 1527-March 6, 1597) and Frances Newton (1539-October 17, 1592). She married John Stourton, 9th baron Stourton (1552-October 13, 1588) on November 5, 1580. He was succeeded by his brother. As a widow, Lady Stourton was at court, where in 1591 she was courted by Sir Thomas Sherley, in spite of the fact that he was secretly married to one of the queen's maids of honor, Frances Vavasour. From her twin sister Elizabeth's death in early 1597 until late 1604, Frances had charge of her niece, Frances Cecil. They lived for the most part away from London. Frances's second husband was Sir Edward More or Moore of Worth, Sussex (1550-1623), to whom she was married in 1592. They had a daughter, Frances (d. January 5, 1662). Lady Stourton died between 1615 and April 24, 1623 at Odiham, Hampshire. She should not be confused with her half sister, another Frances Brooke, who was her father's daughter by his first wife, Dorothy Neville. That Frances was born in 1549 and married first Thomas Coppinger and second Edmund Beecher.