Edward Brooke, 6th Baron Cobham

6º B. Cobham of Olditch. Succeeded to the title in 1442. Staunch Yorkist. He fought in the Battle of St. Albans on 23 May 1455. He fought in the Battle of Northampton on 10 Jul 1460.

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• 'Sir Edward Brooke, 6th Lord Cobham1,2,3
• 'M, b. circa 1415, d. circa 7 July 1464
• Father Sir Thomas Brooke, Sheriff of Devonshire1,4,3 b. c 1392, d. 12 Aug 1439
• Mother Joan Braybrooke1,4,3 b. c 1396, d. 25 Nov 1442
• ' Sir Edward Brooke, 6th Lord Cobham was born circa 1415 at of Cobham, Kent, England; Age 24 in 1439.2,3 He married Elizabeth Touchet, daughter of Sir James Touchet, 5th Lord Audley and Margaret Roos, before 2 February 1437.1,5,2 Sir Edward Brooke, 6th Lord Cobham died circa 7 July 1464.1,2,3
• 'Family Elizabeth Touchet b. c 1420, d. a 8 Nov 1464
• Children
  • Elizabeth Brooke+2,3 b. c 1439, d. 26 Aug 1503
  • Sir John Brooke, 7th Lord Cobham+1,2,3 b. c 1450, d. 9 Mar 1512
• Citations
• 1.[S11568] The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom, by George Edward Cokayne, Vol. III, p. 346.
• 2.[S5] Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, p. 777.
• 3.[S15] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, p. 904.
• 4.[S5] Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, p. 776-777.
• 5.[S5] Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, p. 722-723.
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• 'Edward Brooke, 6th Lord Cobham (of Kent)1
• 'M, #11771, d. 6 June 1464
• Last Edited=20 Feb 2011
• ' Edward Brooke, 6th Lord Cobham (of Kent) was the son of Sir Thomas Brooke and Joan Braybroke, Baroness Cobham (of Kent).1 He married Elizabeth Tuchet, daughter of James Tuchet, 5th Lord Audley (of Heleigh) and Eleanor de Holland.1 He died on 6 June 1464.
• ' He held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.) for Somerset in 1442.2 He succeeded to the title of 6th Lord Cobham [E., 1313] in 1442.1 He fought in the Battle of St. Albans on 23 May 1455, for the Yorkists.1,2 He fought in the Battle of Northampton on 10 July 1460.2
• 'Child of Edward Brooke, 6th Lord Cobham (of Kent) and Elizabeth Tuchet
  • 1.John Brooke, 7th Lord Cobham (of Kent)+1 b. a 1446, d. 9 Mar 1511/12
• Citations
• 1.[S21] L. G. Pine, The New Extinct Peerage 1884-1971: Containing Extinct, Abeyant, Dormant and Suspended Peerages With Genealogies and Arms (London, U.K.: Heraldry Today, 1972), page 78. Hereinafter cited as The New Extinct Peerage.
• 2.[S6] G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed., 13 volumes in 14 (1910-1959; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), volume III, page 346. Hereinafter cited as The Complete Peerage.
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• 'Edward Brooke, 6th Baron Cobham (of Kent)[1] (died 6 June 1464) was a late medieval aristocrat.
• 'His parents were Sir Thomas Brooke and Joan Braybroke, 5th Baroness Cobham[2].
• 'He was a Member of Parliament for Somerset in 1442[3], the same year he succeeded to his mother's title[4]. An ardent supporter of Richard Duke of York, he fought on the Yorkist side at the First Battle of St Albans on 23 May 1455[5][6] and at the Battle of Northampton on 10 July 1460[7].
• 'He married Elizabeth Touchet, born c. 1433, daughter of James Touchet, 5th Baron Audley and second wife Eleanor de Holland, and had at least two children, John Brooke, 7th Baron Cobham and Elizabeth Brooke, married to Robert Tanfield; their son, also named Robert Tanfield, born in 1461, married Catherine Nevill, born before 1473, daughter of Edward Nevill, 1st Baron Bergavenny and second wife Katherine Howard, and had issue. His widow remarried Christopher Worsley, before 8 November 1464.[8]
• References
• 1.^ L. G. Pine, The New Extinct Peerage 1884-1971: Containing Extinct, Abeyant, Dormant and Suspended Peerages With Genealogies and Arms (London, U.K.: Heraldry Today, 1972), page 78.
• 2.^ L. G. Pine, The New Extinct Peerage 1884-1971: Containing Extinct, Abeyant, Dormant and Suspended Peerages With Genealogies and Arms (London, U.K.: Heraldry Today, 1972), page 78.
• 3.^ G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed., 13 volumes in 14 (1910-1959; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), volume III, page 346.
• 4.^ L. G. Pine, The New Extinct Peerage 1884-1971: Containing Extinct, Abeyant, Dormant and Suspended Peerages With Genealogies and Arms (London, U.K.: Heraldry Today, 1972), page 78.
• 5.^ L. G. Pine, The New Extinct Peerage 1884-1971: Containing Extinct, Abeyant, Dormant and Suspended Peerages With Genealogies and Arms (London, U.K.: Heraldry Today, 1972), page 78.
• 6.^ G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed., 13 volumes in 14 (1910-1959; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), volume III, page 346.
• 7.^ G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed., 13 volumes in 14 (1910-1959; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), volume III, page 346.
• 8.^ L. G. Pine, The New Extinct Peerage 1884-1971: Containing Extinct, Abeyant, Dormant and Suspended Peerages With Genealogies and Arms (London, U.K.: Heraldry Today, 1972), page 78.
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Brooke,_6th_Baron_Cobham
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• QUANTOCK, later QUANTOCK DURBOROUGH, was held in 1066 by Alwig Banneson and in 1086 by Robert of Alfred d'Epaignes. (fn. 90) John Durburgh held it of Spaxton manor in 1328, probably in succession to his father Walter (d. by 1313), (fn. 91) and the land descended in the Durburgh family with Stogursey Hadley manor (fn. 92) until 1384 or later. (fn. 93) By 1412 and probably by 1399 it was held by Sir Thomas Brooke. (fn. 94) Sir Thomas died in 1418 and his widow Joan in 1437. Their son Sir Thomas (d. 1439) (fn. 95) was succeeded by his son 'Edward, Lord Cobham (d. 1464). Edward probably settled the manor on his daughter' Elizabeth for her marriage to Robert Tanfield. Elizabeth (d. 1502) (fn. 96) was followed in turn by her grandson William Tanfield (d. 1529) (fn. 97) and by her great-grandson Francis Tanfield (d. 1558). Francis left two young sons, John and Clement, both of whom probably died childless. Clement's widow Anne was in possession in 1588, (fn. 98) and there is no further reference to lordship. The land had become part of the Enmore estate by 1720 (fn. 99) and some was absorbed into Enmore park.
• In 1384 Sir Hugh Durburgh gave rents and reversions to William Taillour of Dunster. (fn. 1) The estate came to be called Little Quantock, and by 1476 it had been acquired by William Dodesham. (fn. 2) In 1560 it was held by one of his heirs, Joan Coombe, and from her passed to the Halswell family. They held it until 1754 (fn. 3) when it was sold to John Perceval, earl of Egmont, and was absorbed into the Enmore estate. (fn. 4) A small holding at Quantock Durborough formed part of Williton Hadley manor by 1542 (fn. 5) and descended like that manor in the Wyndham family. Before 1763 Charles Wyndham, earl of Egremont (d. 1763), sold it to the earl of Egmont. (fn. 6) There is no record of a manor house at Quantock Durborough.
• From: 'Spaxton: Manors and other estates', A History of the County of Somerset: Volume 6: Andersfield, Cannington, and North Petherton Hundreds (Bridgwater and neighbouring parishes) (1992), pp. 113-118. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=18589 Date accessed: 27 March 2011.
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• VI.— Thomas de Brook. He is included by Pole among "the men of best worth in Devon," during the reigns of Rich. II, Henry IV, and Henry V (1377-1413), and styles him Sir Thomas Brooke, de Holditch, Knt. In him we reach the most important member of the family while resident in the west, owing in large measure to his marriage with the wealthy widow of Robert Chedder, which gave him considerable influence in the counties of Somerset and Devon.
• Sir Thomas Brook married Johanna, second daughter and coheiress of Simon Hanap, or Hanham, of Gloucestershire (according to Hutchins so denominated from a place of that name, situate a short distance east of Bristol) and widow of Robert Chedder, Mayor of that city in 1360-1, who died 1382-4 ; and by whom she had four sons. She held in dower extensive landed possessions, and several advowsons, in Somerset, Gloucester, and Dorset, which passed at her death to Thomas Chedder, her only surviving son by this marriage. This family of Chedder will be further referred to.*
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  • VII.— Sir Thomas Brook, the son of Sir Thomas Brook and the Lady Johanna, was born about 1391, he being twenty- six years of age at the death of his father, 23rd January, 1417-8. He was Knight of the Shire for Dorset, 1 Henry V (1413-4) : for the county of Somerset, 8 Henry V (1420-1),
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  • His marriage with Joan, only surviving child and sole heiress of Joan de la Pole, Lady of Cobham, by her second husband Sir Reginald Braybroke, took place in 1409-10, and she proved a prolific mother, bringing him ten sons and four daughters. Of the sons '(1) Edward, eldest son and heir was summoned to Parliament as a Baron by writs from 13th January, 1444-5 (23 Henry VI), to 28th February, 1462-3 (2 Edw. IV), as Edward Broke de Cobham, Chivalier.' He was a strong adherent of the House of York, and as previously related, had his mansion at Olditch sacked by the Lancastrian Earl of Ormond ; was present at the first battle of St. Alban's, 23rd May, 1455 ; took part in the solemn procession to St. Paul's, London ; and commanded the left wing of the Yorkshire men at the battle of Northampton, 10th July, 1460, He married Elizabeth, daughter of James Touchet, Lord Audley, and died in 1464.' (2) Reginald, was of Aspall, in Suffolk, with descent still in existence. (3) Hugh : he married Petronel .... and his descendants settled in Somerset. John, his son, Sergeant-at-law to Henry VIII, married a daughter of Mericke, of Bristol, and had three sons : Thomas, married Joan Speke, and had issue ; Hugh, of Long Ashton ; Arthur, whose son Edward, was of Barrow-Gumey, and he had issue Hugh, who married Dorothy Preston, of Glastonbury, ; Thomas, also of Glastonbury Abbey (1623), who married Rebecca, daughter and co-heir of John Wyke, of Ninehead, ; and Sir Davy or David Brook, Lord Chief Baron of the Exchequer, Knighted 1 Mary (1553), who married Catherine, sister of John Bridges, Lord Chandois — this descent is given in the Somerset Visitation for 1623. (4) Thomas; (5) John; (6) Robert ; (7) Peter ; (8) Christopher ; (9) Henry ; (10) Morgan ; all died without issue. Of the daughters: (1) Margaret; (2) Christian, died without issue; (3) Joan, or query Isabel, married John Carrant ; (4) Elizabeth, John St, Maure, whose
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  • daughter Joan married John Blewitt, of Holcombe-Rogus, whose son Nicholas, ob. 22nd August, 1523.
  • Although his wife styled herself Lady of Cobham, her husband was never summoned to Parliament as a Baron — the title remaining in abeyance thirty-two years, from 22nd March, 1413, temp. Sir John Oldcastle, until Sir Thomas Brook's son, Sir Edward Brook, had summons, 13th January, 1445. He survived his mother seven years, his mother-in-law five years only, and died in 1429. A continuation of the descent of Brook, will be given.
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• * From: Edward Hasted, 'Parishes: Cobham', in The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent: Volume 3 (Canterbury, 1797), pp. 404-442. British History Online http://www.british-history.ac.uk/survey-kent/vol3/pp404-442 [accessed 27 May 2021]. .... She [Joan Cobham] was then the wife of John Harpden, (fn. 10) who, if he was then living, did not possess this or any of her estates after her death, for her only daughter and heir Joane, by her second husband, Sir Gerard Braybrooke above mentioned, then entitled her husband, Sir Thomas Brooke, of Somersetshire, to them, who, though he was in his wife's right baron of Cobham, yet he never had summons to parliament. He died in the 17th year of king Henry VI. having had by her ten sons and four daughters. The family of Brooke was seated at the manor De la Brooke, near Ilchester, in that county, in the reign of king Edward I. (fn. 11) and bore for their arms, Gules, on a cheveron argent, a lion rampant sable, langued and unguled gules, crowned or. Of the surviving sons of Sir Thomas Brooke, Edward was the eldest; Reginald, esq. was of Aspal, in Suffolk; and Hugh was ancestor of the Brookes of Glastonbury abbey and Barrow-grove, in Somersetshire. Sir Edward succeeded his father in title and in his estates at Cobham and elsewhere; he received summons to parliament by the title of Edward Brooke de Cobham, chl. (fn. 12) and was a firm friend to the house of York; (fn. 12) he died possessed of this manor in the 4th year of king Edward IV. His direct descendant, Sir George Brooke, lord Cobham, procured his lands to be disgavelled by the act of the 31st of king Henry VIII. ...
• ' He held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.) for Somerset in 1442. He succeeded to the title of 6th Lord Cobham [E., 1313] in 1442. He fought in the Battle of St. Albans on 23 May 1455, for the Yorkists. He fought in the Battle of Northampton on 10 July 1460.2 'Child of Edward Brooke, 6th Lord Cobham (of Kent) and Elizabeth Tuchet. 1.John Brooke, 7th Lord Cobham (of Kent)+1 b. a 1446, d. 9 Mar 1511/12

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Edward Brooke Gender: Male Birth: Circa 1411 Brooke, Somerset Marriage: Heleigh, Staffordshire Death: Aug 12 1439 Cobham, Kent Father: Thomas Brooke Mother: Joan Brooke (born Braybrooke) Wife: Elizabeth Tuchet Siblings: Reginald Brooke Christian Brooke Elizabeth Brooke John Brooke Hugh Brooke Christopher Brooke Peter Brooke Robert Brooke Joan Brooke Henry Brooke Morgan Brooke Margaret Brooke Thomas Brooke Source: View full record on WikiTree website (wikitree.com)