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Brooke, William (1527 - 1596/7)

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Born / Died

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

Parents

Marriages/Other Unions

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

Siblings

Female

Male

  • Brooke, Henry (1529 - )
  • Brooke, Thomas (1533 - 1578)
  • Brooke, John (1535 - 1594)
  • Brooke, Henry (1536/7 - 1591/2)
  • Brooke, George (1533 - 1569/70)
  • Brooke, Thomas ( - )

Offspring

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
MP, Kent 1555
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
JP, Kent 1564 1596/7
Privy Councillor, England 1585/6 -2 -19
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

Event Naming Patron

Event Type Date Location Troupe
Performance - Boothall, Gloucester, Gloucestershire Lord Cobham's Players
Performance - Guildhall, Bristol, Bristol (city-county) in Gloucestershire Lord Cobham's Players
Performance - Dover (Unknown), Dover, Kent Lord Warden's Drum and Fife
Performance - Faversham (Unknown), Faversham, Kent Lord Warden's Drum and Flute
Performance - Lydd (Unknown), Lydd, Kent Lord Warden's Minstrels
Performance - Guildhall, Faversham, Kent Lord Warden's Minstrels
Performance - Hythe (Unknown), Hythe, Kent Lord Warden's Players
Performance - Lydd (Unknown), Lydd, Kent Lord Warden's Players
Performance - Town Hall, Folkestone, Kent Lord Warden's Players
Performance - Dover (Unknown), Dover, Kent Lord Warden's Players
Performance - Canterbury (Unknown), Canterbury, Kent Lord Warden's Players
Performance - Court Hall, Rye, Sussex Lord Warden's Players
Performance - New Romney (Unknown), New Romney, Kent Lord Warden's Players
Performance - Canterbury (Unknown), Canterbury, Kent Lord Warden's Players
Performance - Guildhall, Faversham, Kent Lord Warden's Trumpeter
Performance? - Canterbury (Unknown), Canterbury, Kent Lord Warden's Trumpeters
Performance - 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 1
Lord Cobham's Players Brooke, William (1527 - 1597) Players 1
Lord Warden's Players Brooke, William (1527 - 1597) Players 1
Lord Warden's Players Brooke, William (1527 - 1597) Players 1
Lord Warden's Players Brooke, William (1527 - 1597) Players 1
Lord Warden's Players Brooke, William (1527 - 1597) Players 1
Lord Warden's Players Brooke, William (1527 - 1597) Players 1
Lord Warden's Players Brooke, William (1527 - 1597) Players 1
Lord Warden's Players Brooke, William (1527 - 1597) Players 1
Lord Warden's Players Brooke, William (1527 - 1597) Players 1
Mr Cobham's Musicians Brooke, William (1527 - 1597) Musicians 1
Lord Warden's Minstrels Brooke, William (1527 - 1597) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Lord Warden's Minstrels Brooke, William (1527 - 1597) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
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 Trumpeter Brooke, William (1527 - 1597) Musicians 1
Lord Warden's Trumpeters 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.