William Brooke, 10th Baron Cobham
William Brooke, 10th Baron Cobham | |
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| Issue | Sir Maximilian Brooke Henry Brooke, 11th Baron Cobham Sir William Brooke Sir George Brooke Elizabeth Brooke, Countess of Salisbury Frances Brooke, Baroness Stourton Margaret Brooke, Lady Sondes |
| Father | George Brooke, 9th Baron Cobham |
| Mother | Anne Braye |
Sir William Brooke, 10th Baron Cobham,
Biography
William Brooke was the son of George Brooke, 9th Baron Cobham (d. 29 September 1558), and Anne Braye (d. 1 November 1558).[2]
Before 1544, Brooke attended
Like his father, Brooke sympathized with the anti-Marian nobles; he sided with the rebels during Wyatt's rebellion, and the intervention of his brother-in-law, Henry Nevill, 6th Baron Bergavenny, was needed to keep him from prison. In 1555, he served as MP for Rochester.[2]
In the late 1550s, Brooke's opportunities expanded in a number of areas. His father died in 1558, when he was just over thirty, and he succeeded him as Baron Cobham. Soon after, his wife Dorothy died, and in 1560 at
Brooke was made a
During his time, William Brooke built Cobham Hall, a Tudor style mansion that remained in his family until the mid-17th century.
Marriages and issue
William Brooke married firstly Dorothy Nevill (d. 22 September 1559), daughter of George Nevill, 5th Baron Bergavenny, by his third wife, Lady Mary Stafford, daughter of Edward Stafford, 3rd Duke of Buckingham,.[2] Through her father, Dorothy was the second-cousin of his father, George Brooke. By his first wife Dorothy, he had a daughter, Frances Brooke (b.1549), who married firstly Thomas Coppinger (1546–1580), and secondly Edward Becher (born c.1545).[4]
He married secondly
- Sir Maximilian Brooke (4 December 1560 – July 1583),[5][6] eldest son and heir, who predeceased his father, and died without issue.[7]
- Henry Brooke, 11th Baron Cobham (22 November 1564 – 24 January 1619),[8] who married Lady Frances Howard (1566 – July 1628), daughter of Charles Howard, 1st Earl of Nottingham, widow of Henry FitzGerald, Earl of Kildare, by whom he had no issue.[7]
- MP. Killed in duel.
- Sir George Brooke (17 April 1568 – 5 December 1603),[10][8] who married firstly Elizabeth Burgh (died c. 1637), the eldest daughter and coheir of Thomas Burgh, 3rd Baron Burgh (d. 14 October 1597),[1] by whom he had a son, William Brooke (1601–1643), and two daughters, Elizabeth Brooke and Frances Brooke.[7]
- Elizabeth Brooke (12 January 1562 – 24 January 1597),[11][12] who married Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury, by whom she had issue.[7]
- Frances Brooke (born 12 January 1562),[11] who married firstly, John Stourton, 9th Baron Stourton (1553–1588),[13] and secondly, as his second wife, Sir Edward More (1555–1623).[7]
- Margaret Brooke (2 June 1563 – 1621),[11][7] who married, as his second wife, Sir Thomas Sondes of Throwley, Kent (1544–1593), by whom she had a daughter, Frances Sondes (1592–c.1634), who married Sir John Leveson (d.1613).
The husband of Margaret Brooke, Sir Thomas Sondes, became convinced that her daughter Frances was not his child, and levied a fine of his lands, thus effectively depriving Margaret of her jointure, and died a few months later. His brother and heir, Sir Michael Sondes, honoured Margaret's jointure, but the Sondes family never acknowledged her daughter Frances; and Margaret and Frances returned to Cobham Hall. Before he died in 1597, William Brooke made his second son Henry promise to care for his daughter Margaret, and she and her daughter remained at Cobham Hall on their own after his death. At an unknown date, Margaret went mad, and on 4 November 1602, it was reported that Doctor John Dee had been called in and 'hath delivered the Lady Sondes of a devil or of some other strange possession'. Nothing further is known of her circumstances, apart from the fact that 'the mad Lady Sondes' died in 1621, aged fifty-seven. Her daughter Frances had two daughters by Sir John Leveson, Christian and Frances.[14] After Sir John Leveson's death, Frances married, as his first wife, Thomas Savile, who later became Earl of Sussex. There was no issue from the marriage.[15]
Notes
- ^ a b Cokayne 1913, pp. 348–349.
- ^ a b c d e f Cokayne 1913, p. 348.
- ^ "Cobham, William (CBHN544W)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
- ^ McKeen 2 1986, pp. 700–1.
- ^ McKeen 1 1986, p. 148.
- ^ McKeen 2 1986, pp. 430–1.
- ^ a b c d e f g McKeen 2 1986, pp. 700–2.
- ^ a b Nicholls 2008.
- ^ McKeen 1 1986, p. 161.
- ^ McKeen 1 1986, p. 162.
- ^ a b c McKeen 1 1986, p. 151.
- ^ McKeen 2 1986, p. 666.
- ^ McKeen 2 1986, pp. 420–1.
- ^ McKeen 2 1986, pp. 372, 424–9, 686, 702.
- ^ Cokayne 1953, pp. 531–2.
References
- Cokayne, G. E. (1913). Gibbs, Vicary & Doubleday, H. Arthur (eds.). The Complete peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct or dormant (Canonteign to Cutts). Vol. 3 (2nd ed.). London: The St Catherine Press.
- Cokayne, George Edward (1953). The Complete Peerage, edited by Geoffrey H. White. Vol. XII, Part I. London: St Catherine Press. pp. 531–2.
- McKeen, David (1986). A Memory of Honour; The Life of William Brooke, Lord Cobham. Vol. 1. Salzburg: Universitat Salzburg.
- McKeen, David (1986). A Memory of Honour; The Life of William Brooke, Lord Cobham. Vol. 2. Salzburg: Universitat Salzburg.
- Nicholls, Mark (2008). "Brooke, Henry, eleventh Baron Cobham (1564–1619), conspirator.". doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/3543. (Subscription or UK public library membershiprequired.)
- Richardson, Douglas (2011). Everingham, Kimball G. (ed.). Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families. Vol. II (2nd ed.). Salt Lake City. ISBN 978-1449966386. Retrieved 17 September 2013.)
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