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Biography of John Brooke 1st Baron Cobham 1575-1660

Paternal Family Tree: Brooke Baron Cobham

John Brooke 1st Baron Cobham lived at Heckington.

After 1572 [his father] Henry Brooke (age 33) and [his mother] Anne Sutton (age 36) were married.

On 15th August 1575 John Brooke 1st Baron Cobham was born to Henry Brooke (age 37) and Anne Sutton (age 39).

In January 1592 [his father] Henry Brooke (age 53) died.

In January 1612 John Brooke 1st Baron Cobham (age 36) was knighted.

On 8th November 1612 [his mother] Anne Sutton (age 76) died.

In or before 1625 John Brooke 1st Baron Cobham (age 49) and Anne Milner were married.

In February 1625 [his wife] Anne Milner died.

Before October 1636 John Brooke 1st Baron Cobham (age 61) and Frances Bampfield Baroness Cobham were married.

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John Brooke 1st Baron Cobham (age 69) was created 1st Baron Cobham. [his wife] Frances Bampfield Baroness Cobham by marriage Baroness Cobham.

John Lucas 1st Baron Lucas Shenfield (age 38) was created 1st Baron Lucas of Shenfield with special remainder to the male issue of his brother Thomas Lucas (age 66).

Before 20th May 1660 John Brooke 1st Baron Cobham (age 84) died. Baron Cobham extinct.

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The Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke. Baker was a secular clerk from Swinbroke, now Swinbrook, an Oxfordshire village two miles east of Burford. His Chronicle describes the events of the period 1303-1356: Gaveston, Bannockburn, Boroughbridge, the murder of King Edward II, the Scottish Wars, Sluys, Crécy, the Black Death, Winchelsea and Poitiers. To quote Herbert Bruce 'it possesses a vigorous and characteristic style, and its value for particular events between 1303 and 1356 has been recognised by its editor and by subsequent writers'. The book provides remarkable detail about the events it describes. Baker's text has been augmented with hundreds of notes, including extracts from other contemporary chronicles, such as the Annales Londonienses, Annales Paulini, Murimuth, Lanercost, Avesbury, Guisborough and Froissart to enrich the reader's understanding. The translation takes as its source the 'Chronicon Galfridi le Baker de Swynebroke' published in 1889, edited by Edward Maunde Thompson. Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.

On 20th May 1660 John Brooke 1st Baron Cobham (age 84) was buried.

In 1676 [his former wife] Frances Bampfield Baroness Cobham died.

Royal Ancestors of John Brooke 1st Baron Cobham 1575-1660

Kings Wessex: Great x 16 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England

Kings Gwynedd: Great x 13 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd

Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 19 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth

Kings Powys: Great x 14 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys

Kings England: Great x 6 Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Kings Scotland: Great x 15 Grand Son of King Duncan I of Scotland

Kings Franks: Great x 12 Grand Son of Louis VII King Franks

Kings France: Great x 8 Grand Son of King Philip IV of France

Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 20 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine

Ancestors of John Brooke 1st Baron Cobham 1575-1660

Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Brooke Baron Cobham

Great x 3 Grandfather: Edward Brooke 6th Baron Cobham 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Joan Braybrooke 5th Baroness Cobham 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: John Brooke 7th Baron Cobham 6 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: James Tuchet 5th Baron Audley, 2nd Baron Tuchet 8 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Tuchet Baroness Cobham 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Ros Baroness Audley Heighley 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England

Great x 1 Grandfather: Thomas Brooke 8th Baron Cobham 3 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Ralph Neville 1st Earl of Westmoreland 5 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Edward Neville 1st Baron Abergavenny Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Joan Beaufort Countess of Westmoreland Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Margaret Neville Baroness Cobham 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Howard 4 x Great Grand Son of King John of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Katherine Howard Baroness Bergavenny 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Mowbray Baroness Grey Ruthyn 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England

GrandFather: George Brooke 9th Baron Cobham 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Henry Heydon

Great x 1 Grandmother: Dorothy Heydon Baroness Cobham 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Geoffrey Boleyn

Great x 3 Grandfather: Geoffrey Boleyn

Great x 4 Grandmother: Alice Bracton

Great x 2 Grandmother: Anne Boleyn 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Hoo 1st Baron Hoo and Hastings 9 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Ann Hoo 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Wychingham 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England

Father: Henry Brooke 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: John Bray of Eaton Bray

Great x 1 Grandfather: Edmund Braye 1st Baron Braye

GrandMother: Anne Braye Baroness Cobham 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Richard Halwell of Halwell in Devon

Great x 1 Grandmother: Jane Halwell Baroness Bray 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Norbury 8 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 3 Grandfather: John IV Norbury 9 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Jane Norbury 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

John Brooke 1st Baron Cobham 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Mother: Anne Sutton