Paternal Family Tree: Brooke Baron Cobham
Maternal Family Tree: Emmeline Riddlesford 1223-1276
1509 Marriage and Coronation of Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon
1514 Marriage of Mary Tudor and Louis XII of France
Before 1470 [his father] John Brooke 7th Baron Cobham [aged 22] and [his mother] Margaret Neville Baroness Cobham [aged 15] were married. She by marriage Baroness Cobham. They were fourth cousins. She a great x 2 granddaughter of King Edward III of England.
Around 1470 Thomas Brooke 8th Baron Cobham was born to John Brooke 7th Baron Cobham [aged 22] and Margaret Neville Baroness Cobham [aged 16]. He a great x 3 grandson of King Edward III of England.
Around 1495 Thomas Brooke 8th Baron Cobham [aged 25] and Dorothy Heydon Baroness Cobham [aged 29] were married. She by marriage Baroness Cobham.
Around 1497 [his son] George Brooke 9th Baron Cobham was born to Thomas Brooke 8th Baron Cobham [aged 27] and [his wife] Dorothy Heydon Baroness Cobham [aged 31]. He a great x 4 grandson of King Edward III of England. He married 1517 Anne Braye Baroness Cobham, daughter of Edmund Braye 1st Baron Braye and Jane Halwell Baroness Bray, and had issue.
Around 1503 [his daughter] Elizabeth Brooke was born to Thomas Brooke 8th Baron Cobham [aged 33] and [his wife] Dorothy Heydon Baroness Cobham [aged 37]. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King Edward III of England. She married (1) 1520 Thomas Wyatt and had issue (2) after 11th October 1542 Edward Warner.
In 1506 [his mother] Margaret Neville Baroness Cobham [aged 52] died.
In 1507 [his wife] Dorothy Heydon Baroness Cobham [aged 41] died.
In 1507 [his daughter] Margaret Brooke was born to Thomas Brooke 8th Baron Cobham [aged 37] and [his wife] Dorothy Heydon Baroness Cobham [aged 41]. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King Edward III of England. She married in or before 1564 John Fogge.
On 23rd June 1509 King Henry VIII of England and Ireland [aged 17] created Knights of the Bath..
Robert Radclyffe 1st Earl of Sussex [aged 26]
Henry Scrope 7th Baron Scrope of Bolton [aged 27]
George Fitzhugh 7th Baron Fitzhugh [aged 23]
William Blount 4th Baron Mountjoy [aged 31]
Henry Daubeney 1st Earl Bridgewater [aged 15]
Thomas Brooke 8th Baron Cobham [aged 39]
Henry Clifford 1st Earl of Cumberland [aged 16]
Maurice Berkeley 4th Baron Berkeley [aged 42]
Thomas Knyvet [aged 24]
Andrew Windsor 1st Baron Windsor [aged 42]
Thomas Parr [aged 26]
Thomas Boleyn 1st Earl Wiltshire and Ormonde [aged 32]
Richard Wentworth 5th Baron Despencer [aged 29]
Henry Ughtred 6th Baron Ughtred
Francis Cheney [aged 28]
Henry Wyatt [aged 49]
George Hastings 1st Earl Huntingdon [aged 22]
Sir Thomas Metham of Metham, Yorkshire
Sir Thomas Bedingfield
John Shelton [aged 32]
Either Giles Alington [aged 26] or his son Giles Alington [aged 10].
Sir John Trevanion
Sir William Crowmer
Sir John Heydon of Baconsthorpe in Norfolk
Henry Sacheverell [aged 34].
On 9th March 1512 [his father] John Brooke 7th Baron Cobham [aged 64] died at Cowling, Kent. He was buried at Church of St Mary Magdalene, Cobham. His son Thomas [aged 42] succeeded 8th Baron Cobham.
On 16th August 1513 Henry VIII [aged 22] fought at Thérouanne [Map] during the Battle of the Spurs.
Henry's army included George Talbot 4th Earl of Shrewsbury [aged 45] (commanded), Thomas Grey 2nd Marquess Dorset [aged 36], Thomas Brooke 8th Baron Cobham [aged 43], Henry Bourchier 2nd Earl Essex 3rd Count of Eu, John de Vere 15th Earl of Oxford [aged 42] and Anthony Wingfield [aged 26]. John "Tilbury Jack" Arundell [aged 18], William Compton [aged 31], John Hussey 1st Baron Hussey of Sleaford [aged 48] and William Hussey [aged 41] was knighted by King Henry VII of England and Ireland. Thomas West 8th Baron De La Warr 5th Baron West [aged 56] and Andrew Windsor 1st Baron Windsor [aged 46] was created Knight Banneret.
Louis I d'Orléans Duc de Longueville 1480-1516 was captured.
Arthur Hopton [aged 24] was knighted for his bravery.
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In 1514 Thomas Brooke 8th Baron Cobham [aged 44] was appointed Knight Banneret.
Before 27th September 1514 Robert Southwell [aged 38] and [his future wife] Elizabeth Calthorpe Baroness Cobham [aged 26] were married.
On 9th October 1514 Louis XII King France [aged 52] and Mary Tudor Queen Consort France [aged 18] were married at Abbeville [Map], Somme. She by marriage Queen Consort France. Thomas Grey 2nd Marquess Dorset [aged 37], Thomas West 8th Baron De La Warr 5th Baron West [aged 57], Thomas Brooke 8th Baron Cobham [aged 44] and his son George Brooke 9th Baron Cobham [aged 17], Bishop Thomas Ruthall [aged 42] and Margaret Wotton Marchioness Dorset [aged 27] attended. The difference in their ages was 33 years. She the daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland and Elizabeth York Queen Consort England. He the son of Charles Valois Duke Orléans and Mary de la Marck Duchess Orléans. They were second cousin twice removed.
After 16th January 1516 Thomas Brooke 8th Baron Cobham [aged 46] and Elizabeth Calthorpe Baroness Cobham [aged 28] were married. She by marriage Baroness Cobham. In some sources she is described as 'Elizabeth Fowthewel' which is probably a typo of the name of her first husband Robert Southwell.
In 1517 [his son] George Brooke 9th Baron Cobham [aged 20] and [his daughter-in-law] Anne Braye Baroness Cobham [aged 15] were married.
Around 1518 [his wife] Elizabeth Calthorpe Baroness Cobham [aged 30] died.
After 1518 Thomas Brooke 8th Baron Cobham [aged 48] and Elizabeth Hart Baroness Cobham [aged 43] were married. She by marriage Baroness Cobham.
In 1520 [his son-in-law] Thomas Wyatt [aged 17] and [his daughter] Elizabeth Brooke [aged 17] were married.
In June 1520 Henry VIII [aged 28] hosted Field of the Cloth of Gold at Balinghem [Map].
Thomas Grey 2nd Marquess Dorset [aged 42] carried the Sword of State.
Bishop John Stokesley [aged 45] attended as Henry VIII's chaplain.
Edmund Braye 1st Baron Braye [aged 36], Gruffydd ap Rhys ap Thomas Deheubarth [aged 42], Anthony Poyntz [aged 40], William Coffin [aged 25], William "Great" Courtenay [aged 43], Robert Radclyffe 1st Earl of Sussex [aged 37], William Paston [aged 41], William Denys [aged 50], Richard Cecil [aged 25], William Parr 1st Baron Parr of Horton [aged 37], Ralph Neville 4th Earl of Westmoreland [aged 22], John Mordaunt 1st Baron Mordaunt [aged 40], Henry Guildford [aged 31], Marmaduke Constable [aged 40], William Compton [aged 38], William Blount 4th Baron Mountjoy [aged 42], Thomas Cheney [aged 35], Henry Willoughby [aged 69], John Rodney [aged 59], John Marney 2nd Baron Marney [aged 36], William Sidney [aged 38], John de Vere 14th Earl of Oxford [aged 20], John de Vere 15th Earl of Oxford [aged 49], Edmund Walsingham [aged 40], William Skeffington [aged 55] and Thomas West 8th Baron De La Warr 5th Baron West [aged 63] attended.
William Carey [aged 20] jousted.
William Sandys 1st Baron Sandys of the Vyne [aged 50] organised.
Jane Parker Viscountess Rochford [aged 15] attended.
Thomas Brooke 8th Baron Cobham [aged 50], Robert Willoughby 2nd Baron Willoughby 10th Baron Latimer [aged 48], Anthony Wingfield [aged 33], William Scott [aged 61], Thomas Wriothesley [aged 32], Bishop Thomas Ruthall [aged 48], Margaret Dymoke aka Mistress Coffin [aged 20] and Edward Chamberlayne [aged 36] were present.
In April 1521 Edward Stafford 3rd Duke of Buckingham [aged 43] was arrested and imprisoned at Tower of London [Map]. He was accused of listening to prophecies of the King's death and intending to kill the King. Thomas Howard 3rd Duke of Norfolk [aged 48] presided at his trial. Thomas Grey 2nd Marquess Dorset [aged 43] and Henry Guildford [aged 32] acted as judges. Thomas Brooke 8th Baron Cobham [aged 51], Anthony Poyntz [aged 41] and Edmund Walsingham [aged 41] as jurors.
On 19th July 1529 Thomas Brooke 8th Baron Cobham [aged 59] died. He was buried at St Mary Magdalene New Churchyard, Cobham. His son George [aged 32] succeeded 9th Baron Cobham. Anne Braye Baroness Cobham [aged 28] by marriage Baroness Cobham.
On 31st March 1552 [his former wife] Elizabeth Hart Baroness Cobham [aged 77] died.
[his son] Thomas Brooke was born to Thomas Brooke 8th Baron Cobham and Dorothy Heydon Baroness Cobham. He a great x 4 grandson of King Edward III of England.
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[his daughter] Mary Brooke Baroness Bergavenny was born to Thomas Brooke 8th Baron Cobham and Dorothy Heydon Baroness Cobham. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King Edward III of England. She married in or before June 1535 her half first cousin once removed George Neville 5th and 3rd Baron Abergavenny, son of George Neville 4th and 2nd Baron Abergavenny and Margaret Fenne Baroness Bergavenny.
King Edward III of England 1312 1377
John of Gaunt 1st Duke Lancaster 1340 1399
Ralph Neville 1st Earl of Westmoreland 1364 1425
Joan Beaufort Countess of Westmoreland 1379 1440
John Neville 3rd Baron Neville of Raby 1337 1388
Maud Percy Baroness Neville Raby
Kings Wessex: Great x 13 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Gwynedd: Great x 10 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 16 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 11 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys
Kings Godwinson: Great x 13 Grand Son of King Harold II of England
Kings England: Great x 3 Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Kings Scotland: Great x 9 Grand Son of King William I of Scotland
Kings France: Great x 5 Grand Son of King Philip IV of France
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 17 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Kings Spain: Great x 9 Grand Son of Alfonso VII King Castile VII King Leon
Great x 1 Grandfather: Thomas Brooke Baron Cobham 
Grandfather: Edward Brooke 6th Baron Cobham 5 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Gerard Braybrooke
Great x 3 Grandfather: Gerard Braybrooke
Great x 2 Grandfather: Reginald Braybrooke
Great x 1 Grandmother: Joan Braybrooke 5th Baroness Cobham 4 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Pole 
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Pole
Great x 4 Grandmother: Katherine Norwich
Great x 2 Grandmother: Joan Pole 4th Baroness Cobham 3 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Cobham 3rd Baron Cobham 
7 x Great Grandson of King Duncan II of Scotland
Great x 3 Grandmother: Joan Cobham 2 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Courtenay Baroness Cobham Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England
father: John Brooke 7th Baron Cobham 6 x Great Grandson of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Tuchet 
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Tuchet 6 x Great Grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Joan Audley 
5 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Tuchet 4th Baron Audley, 1st Baron Tuchet 7 x Great Grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Maud Abrichecourt
Great x 1 Grandfather: James Tuchet 5th Baron Audley, 2nd Baron Tuchet 8 x Great Grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Stafford 
10 x Great Grandson of Maredudd ab Owain King Deheubarth King Powys King Gwynedd
Great x 3 Grandfather: Humphrey Stafford 7 x Great Grandson of King David I of Scotland
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Stafford 6 x Great Granddaughter of King David I of Scotland
Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Stafford Baroness Audley Heighley 8 x Great Granddaughter of King David I of Scotland
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Greville of Southwick 
Great x 3 Grandmother: Alice Greville
Grandmother: Elizabeth Tuchet Baroness Cobham 5 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Ros 2nd Baron Ros Helmsley 
3 x Great Grandson of King William I of Scotland
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Ros 4th Baron Ros Helmsley 4 x Great Grandson of King William I of Scotland
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margery Badlesmere Baroness Ros of Helmsley 
4 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: William Ros 6th Baron Ros Helmsley 3 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Ralph Stafford 1st Earl Stafford 7 x Great Grandson of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Beatrice Stafford Countess Desmond 2 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Audley Countess Stafford Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Margaret Ros Baroness Audley Heighley 4 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Fitzalan 3rd or 10th Earl of Arundel 8th Earl of Surrey 
5 x Great Grandson of King John of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Fitzalan 1st Baron Arundel Baron Maltravers 2 x Great Grandson of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor Plantagenet Countess Arundel and Surrey 
Great Granddaughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Margaret Fitzalan Baroness Ros of Helmsley 3 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Maltravers 4 x Great Grandson of King John of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Eleanor Maltravers 2nd Baroness Maltravers Baroness Arundel and Cobham 5 x Great Granddaughter of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Gwenllian Unknown
Thomas Brooke 8th Baron Cobham 3 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Ralph Neville 1st Baron Neville of Raby 
Great x 3 Grandfather: Ralph Neville 2nd Baron Neville of Raby 6 x Great Grandson of King David I of Scotland
Great x 4 Grandmother: Euphemia Clavering Baroness Neville Raby 
5 x Great Granddaughter of King David I of Scotland
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Neville 3rd Baron Neville of Raby 4 x Great Grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Hugh Audley 1st Baron Audley of Stratton Audley 2 x Great Grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Alice Audley Baroness Greystoke and Neville 3 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Iseult Mortimer 
3 x Great Granddaughter of King John of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: Ralph Neville 1st Earl of Westmoreland 5 x Great Grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Percy 9th and 1st Baron Percy 8 x Great Grandson of Hugh I King of the Franks
Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry Percy 10th and 2nd Baron Percy 5 x Great Grandson of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor Fitzalan Baroness Percy 4 x Great Granddaughter of King John of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Maud Percy Baroness Neville Raby 5 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Clifford 1st Baron Clifford 
6 x Great Grandson of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Idonia Clifford Baroness Percy 4 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Maud Clare Baroness Clifford Baroness Welles 
3 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Grandfather: Edward Neville 1st Baron Abergavenny Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: King Edward II of England 
son of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: King Edward III of England son of King Edward II of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Isabella of France Queen Consort England 
daughter of King Philip IV of France
Great x 2 Grandfather: John of Gaunt 1st Duke Lancaster son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William of Avesnes I Count Hainaut III Count Avesnes III Count Holland II Count Zeeland 4 x Great Grandson of King Stephen I England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Philippa of Hainaut Queen Consort England Great Granddaughter of King Philip III of France
Great x 4 Grandmother: Joan Valois Countess Zeeland Holland Avesnes and Hainaut Granddaughter of King Philip III of France
Great x 1 Grandmother: Joan Beaufort Countess of Westmoreland 
Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Giles "Payne" Roet 
Great x 2 Grandmother: Katherine Swynford aka Roet Duchess Lancaster
mother: Margaret Neville Baroness Cobham 2 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Howard 
Great x 3 Grandfather: Robert Howard 2 x Great Grandson of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Joan Cornwall Great Granddaughter of King John of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Howard 3 x Great Grandson of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Scales 3rd Baron Scales 6 x Great Grandson of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Scales 7 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Catherine Ufford Baroness Scales 
Great x 1 Grandfather: Robert Howard 4 x Great Grandson of King John of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Tendring
Great x 2 Grandmother: Alice Tendring
Grandmother: Katherine Howard Baroness Bergavenny 4 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Mowbray 3rd Baron Mowbray 
4 x Great Grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Mowbray 4th Baron Mowbray Baron Segrave 2 x Great Grandson of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Joan Plantagenet Baroness Mowbray Great Granddaughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas Mowbray 1st Duke of Norfolk 2 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Segrave 4th Baron Segrave 
5 x Great Grandson of King John of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Segrave 5th Baroness Segrave Baroness Mowbray Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Plantagenet 1st Duchess of Norfolk Granddaughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Margaret Mowbray Baroness Grey Ruthyn 3 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Fitzalan 3rd or 10th Earl of Arundel 8th Earl of Surrey 5 x Great Grandson of King John of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Richard Fitzalan 9th Earl of Surrey 4th or 11th Earl of Arundel 2 x Great Grandson of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor Plantagenet Countess Arundel and Surrey Great Granddaughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Fitzalan Duchess Norfolk 2 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Bohun 1st Earl of Northampton 
Grandson of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Bohun Countess Arundel and Surrey Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Badlesmere Countess Northampton 4 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England