Henry Brooke 11th Baron Cobham 1564-1619

In 1545 William Brooke 10th Baron Cobham [aged 17] and Dorothy Neville Baroness Cobham [aged 20] were married. He had been a ward of her father George Neville 5th and 3rd Baron Abergavenny. They were half second cousin once removed. He a great x 5 grandson of King Edward III of England. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King Edward III of England.

On 25th February 1560 [his father] William Brooke 10th Baron Cobham [aged 32] and [his mother] Frances Newton Baroness Cobham [aged 21] were married at Whitehall Palace [Map]. She by marriage Baroness Cobham. They were fourth cousins. He a great x 5 grandson of King Edward III of England.

On 22nd November 1564 Henry Brooke 11th Baron Cobham was born to William Brooke 10th Baron Cobham [aged 37] and Frances Newton Baroness Cobham [aged 25].

In 1589 Henry Fitzgerald 12th Earl of Kildare [aged 27] and [his future wife] Frances Howard Countess Kildare were married. She by marriage Countess Kildare. She the daughter of [his future father-in-law] Charles Howard 1st Earl Nottingham [aged 53] and [his future mother-in-law] Katherine Carey Countess Nottingham [aged 39]. He the son of Gerald "Wizard Earl" Fitzgerald 11th Earl of Kildare and Mabel Browne Countess Kildare [aged 53]. They were fifth cousin once removed.

Before 1592 [his step-father] John Poyntz [aged 31] and [his mother] Frances Newton Baroness Cobham [aged 52] were married. The difference in their ages was 21 years; she, unusually, being older than him. They were first cousin once removed.

On 6th March 1597 [his father] William Brooke 10th Baron Cobham [aged 69] died. His son Henry [aged 32] succeeded 11th Baron Cobham.

In 1599 Henry Brooke 11th Baron Cobham [aged 34] was appointed 389th Knight of the Garter by Queen Elizabeth I of England and Ireland [aged 65].

In 1601 Henry Brooke 11th Baron Cobham [aged 36] and Frances Howard Countess Kildare were married. She the daughter of Charles Howard 1st Earl Nottingham [aged 65] and Katherine Carey Countess Nottingham [aged 51]. They were third cousin once removed.

In 1603 Henry Brooke 11th Baron Cobham [aged 38] was attainted for his part in a plot to overthrow King James I. Baron Cobham abeyant or forfeit?

In 1604 John Stewart 1st Earl Carrick [aged 38] and [his sister-in-law] Elizabeth Howard Countess Carrick [aged 39] were married. She the daughter of [his father-in-law] Charles Howard 1st Earl Nottingham [aged 68] and [his mother-in-law] Katherine Carey Countess Nottingham. He the son of Robert Stewart 1st Earl Orkney [aged 71] and Jean Kennedy Countess Orkney. They were half fifth cousins. He a great x 2 grandson of King Henry VII of England and Ireland.

Before October 1606 Rory O'Donnell 1st Earl of Tyrconnell [aged 31] and [his step-daughter] Bridget Fitzgerald Viscountess Barnewell [aged 16] were married. She the daughter of Henry Fitzgerald 12th Earl of Kildare and [his wife] Frances Howard Countess Kildare.

Before 7th July 1617 Nicholas Barnewall 1st Viscount Barnewell [aged 25] and [his step-daughter] Bridget Fitzgerald Viscountess Barnewell [aged 27] were married. They had five sons and four daughters. She the daughter of Henry Fitzgerald 12th Earl of Kildare and [his wife] Frances Howard Countess Kildare.

Diary of Anne Clifford. 1st January 1619. The 1st of this month I began to have the curtain drawn in my chamber and to see light. This day the Child did put on her crimson velvet coat laced with silver lace, which was the 1st velevt coat she ever had. I sent the Queen a New Year's gift, a cloth of silver cushion embroidered richly with the King of Denmark's arms, and all one with stripes of tent stitch.

Note. About this time died my Lord Cobham [aged 54], he being lately come out of the Tower [Map]. He being the last of the three that was condemned for the first conspiracy [Main and Bye Plots] against the King at his first coming to England.

On 24th January 1619 Henry Brooke 11th Baron Cobham [aged 54] died. His nephew William [aged 20] de jure 12th Baron Cobham but he was unable to claim the title since it was suject to an attainder.

In 1628 [his former wife] Frances Howard Countess Kildare died.