Brooke, William (1527 - 1596/7)

Biographical Overview

Parents

Titles - 1
Properties - 1
Total events naming patron - 17
Troupes - 8
Bibliographic Sources - 5
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Born / Died

Birth Date: 1527-11-01
Death Date: 1597-03-06

Siblings

Female

Brooke, Elizabeth (1526 - 1565)

Marriages/Other Unions

  1. Neville, Dorothy ( - 1559)
    Type: marriage
    Union began: 1545
    Union ended: by 1553
    Note: Separated by 1553
  2. Newton, Frances (1530 - 1592)
    Type: marriage
    Union began: 1560-2-25
    Union ended: n.d.

Offspring

From Newton, Frances (1530 - 1592)

  1. Male offspring: Brooke, Maximillian (1560 - 1583)
  2. Female offspring: Brooke, Elizabeth (1562 - 1597)
  3. Female offspring: Brooke, Frances (1562 - 1623)
  4. Female offspring: Brooke, Margaret (1563 - 1621)
  5. Male offspring: Brooke, Henry (1564 - 1619)
  6. Male offspring: Brooke, William (1565 - 1597)
  7. Male offspring: Brooke, George (1568 - 1603)

From Neville, Dorothy ( - 1559)

  1. Female offspring: Brooke, Frances (b. 1549)

Primary Title

10th Baron Cobham (of Kent)

Titles

  • 10th Baron Cobham (of Kent)
    Assumed 1558-09-29
    Vacated 1596/7-03-06

Details of Offices

Began Ended Notes
MP, Kent 1547 n.d.
MP, Kent 1555 n.d.
JP, Kent 1558 1559
Constable, Kent 1559-4-28 1596/7-03-6 For life.
Lord Lieut, Kent 1559-5-26 1596/7-03-6
Warden, Kent 1559-4-28 1596/7-03-6 For life. Cinque Ports are in Kent & Sussex.
JP, Kent 1561/2 n.d.
JP, Kent 1564 1596/7
Privy Councillor, England 1585/6-2-19 n.d.
Keeper, Kent 1592 1596/7-03-6
Chamberlain of the Household, England 1596-8-8 1596/7-03-6

Details of Properties

Residence

  • Cobham Hall, Kent

Events Naming Patron

Event Date Location Troupe
Performance 1563-1564 Boothall, Gloucester , Gloucestershire Lord Cobham's Players
Performance 1570-1570 Guildhall, Bristol , Bristol (city-county) in Gloucestershire Lord Cobham's Players
Performance 1570-1571 Dover (Unknown), Dover , Kent Lord Warden's Drum and Fife
Performance 1573-1573 Faversham (Unknown), Faversham , Kent Lord Warden's Drum and Flute
Performance 1558-1559 Lydd (Unknown), Lydd , Kent Lord Warden's Minstrels
Performance 1558-1559 Guildhall, Faversham , Kent Lord Warden's Minstrels
Performance 1562-1563 Hythe (Unknown), Hythe , Kent Lord Warden's Players
Performance 1569-1570 Lydd (Unknown), Lydd , Kent Lord Warden's Players
Performance 1569-1570 Town Hall, Folkestone , Kent Lord Warden's Players
Performance 1569-1570 Dover (Unknown), Dover , Kent Lord Warden's Players
Performance 1569-1570 Canterbury (Unknown), Canterbury , Kent Lord Warden's Players
Performance 1570-1570 Court Hall, Rye , Sussex Lord Warden's Players
Performance 1570-1570 New Romney (Unknown), New Romney , Kent Lord Warden's Players
Performance 1570-1571 Canterbury (Unknown), Canterbury , Kent Lord Warden's Players
Performance 1581-1582 Guildhall, Faversham , Kent Lord Warden's Trumpeter
Performance? 1573-1574 Canterbury (Unknown), Canterbury , Kent Lord Warden's Trumpeters
Performance 1594-1594 Hythe (Unknown), Hythe , Kent Mr Cobham's Musicians

Patronized Troupes

Troupe Name Patron Troupe Type # of events
Lord Cobham's Players Brooke, William (1527 - 1597) Players 2
Lord Warden's Drum and Fife Brooke, William (1527 - 1597) Musicians 1
Lord Warden's Drum and Flute Brooke, William (1527 - 1597) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Lord Warden's Minstrels Brooke, William (1527 - 1597) Entertainers/Minstrels 2
Lord Warden's Players Brooke, William (1527 - 1597) Players 8
Lord Warden's Trumpeter Brooke, William (1527 - 1597) Musicians 1
Lord Warden's Trumpeters Brooke, William (1527 - 1597) Musicians 1
Mr Cobham's Musicians Brooke, William (1527 - 1597) Musicians 1

Bibliographic Sources

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Bindoff, S.T. The History of Parliament: The House of Commons, 1509–1558. 3 vols. London: Secker & Warburg, 1982.
The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom. 1887–98 (8 vols); 1910–59 (13 vols). 6 vols. Gloucester: Alan Sutton, 1982.
Hasler, P.W. The History of Parliament: The House of Commons, 1558–1603. 3 vols. London: HMSO, 1981.
McKeen, David. A Memory of Honour: the Life of William Brooke, Lord Cobham. 2 vol.. Salzburg: Institut für Anglistik und Amerikanistik, Universität Salzburg, 1986.
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. 01/05/2005 (http://www.oxforddnb.com)