'Brooke03'
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Families covered: Brooke of Norton
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| Richard Brooke of Norton, Sheriff of Cheshire (d 1569) | |||||||||||||||
| m. Christian Carew (dau of John Carew of Hackam, m2. Raffe Donne of Flaxyard) | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | Thomas Brooke of Norton, Sheriff of Cheshire (d 03.11.1622) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Anne Touchet (dau of Henry Touchet, Lord Audley) | |||||||||||||||
| A. | Sir Richard Brooke of Norton (d 10.04.1632) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Jane Chaderton (dau of William Chaderton or Chatterton, Bishop of Chester then Lincoln) | |||||||||||||||
| i. | Elizabeth Brooke | ||||||||||||||
| Visitation shows that Elizabeth m. Turrell Jossleyn (sic) of Turrell, Essex. A note to Visitation (John Clay (1897), Cambridgeshire, 1575+1619, 'Chatterton') reports that she had a daughter/heir, Theodora, by ... | |||||||||||||||
| m. Terrell (or Edmond) Josselyn of Essex | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Catherine Nevill (dau of Sir Henry Nevill of Billingbere) | |||||||||||||||
| ii. | Sir Henry Brooke, Sheriff of Cheshire, 1st Bart of Norton (b 1611, d 1664) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Mary Pusey (dau of Timothy Pusey of Selston) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | Sir Richard Brooke, Sheriff of Cheshire, 2nd Bart of Norton (d 02.1709-10) the first shown by Ormerod | ||||||||||||||
| m. (04.1656) Frances Posthuma Legh (dau of Rev. Thomas Legh) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | Sir Thomas Brooke, Governor of Chester Castle, 3rd Bart of Norton (d 1739) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (12.07.1688) Grace Wilbraham (dau of Roger Wilbraham of Townsend, Natnwich) | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | Richard Brooke (dvp 1720) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Margaret Hill (dau of John Hill of Hawkstone) | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | Sir Richard Brooke, 4th Bart of Norton, Sheriff of Cheshire (b 1717-8, d 06.07.1781) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1752) Frances Patton (b 1730-1, d 12.04.1778, dau of Thomas Patton of Bank) | |||||||||||||||
| (a) | Sir Richard Brooke, 5th Bart of Norton (d 06.03.1795) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (04.05.1780) Mary Cunliffe (b 04.08.1761, d 13.04.1825, dau of Sir Robert Cunliffe, Bart of Acton Park) | |||||||||||||||
| ((1)) | Sir Richard Brooke, 6th Bart of Norton (b 18.08.1785, d 11.11.1865) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. (04.12.1809) Harriot Cunliffe (d 13.04.1825, dau of Sir Foster Cunliffe, Bart) | |||||||||||||||
| ((2)) | Mary Brooke (d 30.01.1866) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (27.03.1822) Sir James M. Riddell, Bart | |||||||||||||||
| ((3))+ | other issue - Thomas (d 15.05.1870, Colonel), Robert, Louisa, Mary (d young), Charlotte Frances (d 13.05.1868), Harriot | ||||||||||||||
| (b) | Thomas Brooke of Church Minshull, Sheriff of Cheshire (b 1760, d 16.12.1826) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (31.12.1787) Margaret Cunliffe (b 16.02.1763, d 16.12.1826, dau of Sir Robert Cunliffe, Bart) | |||||||||||||||
| ((1)) | Henry Brooke of Ashbrook Hall, Sheriff of Cheshire (b 1798, dsp 1884) | ||||||||||||||
| ((2)) | Frances Brooke | ||||||||||||||
| m. (22.02.1822) Rev. Charles Luxmoore (d 15.02.1863) | |||||||||||||||
| ((3)) | Emily Brooke (d 09.03.1878) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (09.07.1825) Sir Henry Shiffner, Bart (dsp 18.03.1859, Vice Admiral) | |||||||||||||||
| ((4)) | Harriet Brooke | ||||||||||||||
| m. (21.12.1816) Robert Townley-Parker of Cuerden Hall, Sheriff of Lancashire (b 27.08.1793, d 11.08.1879) | |||||||||||||||
| (c) | Margaret Brooke | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1782) Rev. Thomas Blackburne | |||||||||||||||
| (d) | Letitia Brooke | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1787) William Assheton of Downham (b 1758, d 1833) | |||||||||||||||
| (e) | Frances Brooke | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1783) Robert Denison of Kilnwick Percy | |||||||||||||||
| (B) | John Brooke (6th son) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Eleanor Cave (dau of Sir Roger Cave of Stanford, relict of Sir Holland Egerton of Heaton) | |||||||||||||||
| (C) | Elizabeth Brooke (dsps 10.10.1737) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (31.12.1731) Roger Wilbraham of Nantwich/Townshend (d 1745) | |||||||||||||||
| (D)+ | other issue - Thomas (b c1693, d 1757, rector of Walton & St. Mary's), Henry (professor in Oxford), Roger of Liverpool, Pusey in Portsmouth (surveyor), Frances (dsp), Alice (dsp) | ||||||||||||||
| (2) | Henry Brooke (dsp) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (Jane) Hesketh (dau of (Thomas) Hesketh) | |||||||||||||||
| (3) | Mary Brooke | ||||||||||||||
| m. Randle Wilbraham of Nantwich, Sheriff of Cheshire (d 1732) | |||||||||||||||
| (4) | Letitia Brooke (d 1758) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (17.10.1701) Henry Legh of High Legh (bpt 06.01.1680, d 11.1737) | |||||||||||||||
| (5) | Frances Brooke | ||||||||||||||
| m. Silvester Richmond of Acton Grange | |||||||||||||||
| (6)+ | other issue - Richard (Captain), George, Legh (a 1715, rector of Tarporley), Sarah (d unm) | ||||||||||||||
| iii. | Ann Brooke | ||||||||||||||
| m. Edward Hyde | |||||||||||||||
| iv | Mary Brooke probably the Mary who married ... | ||||||||||||||
| m. Thomas Marbury of Marbury (bpt 25.08.1611, d 27.01.1667) | |||||||||||||||
| iv | Katherine Brooke probably the Catherine who married ... | ||||||||||||||
| m. Rev. Richard Gerard (bur 17.05.1614) | |||||||||||||||
| v. | Christian Brooke apparently the Christian who married ... | ||||||||||||||
| m. (14.08.1642) Huntingdon Plumptre of Nottingham (bpt 05.02.1601, d 06.1660) | |||||||||||||||
| vi.+ | other issue - Thomas, Richard, George, John, Elizabeth (d young), Dorothy, Martha | ||||||||||||||
| One of the daughters m. _ Sandes. | |||||||||||||||
| B. | Christian Brooke | ||||||||||||||
| m. Richard Starkey (dvp 1621-2) | |||||||||||||||
| C. | Margaret Brooke | ||||||||||||||
| m. William Warberton of Shelton | |||||||||||||||
| D. | Elianor or Alice Brooke | ||||||||||||||
| m. John Brooke | |||||||||||||||
| E.+ | other issue (dsp) - George, Thomas | ||||||||||||||
| m2. Elizabeth Merbury (d 1604, sister of Thomas Merbury (Marbury) of Merbury) | |||||||||||||||
| G. | Townsend or Thomasyn Brooke | ||||||||||||||
| m. (06.12.1596) Thomas Legh of High Legh (bur 04.02.1628) | |||||||||||||||
| H. | Anne Brooke | ||||||||||||||
| m. Richard Marbury of Walton (d 1625) | |||||||||||||||
| I. | Elizabeth Brooke | ||||||||||||||
| m. George Spurstow of Spurstow | |||||||||||||||
| J. | Frances Brooke | ||||||||||||||
| m. George Legh of Barton | |||||||||||||||
| K. | Dorothy Brooke | ||||||||||||||
| m. William Barnston of Churton | |||||||||||||||
| L. | Clare Brooke | ||||||||||||||
| m. Theophilus Leigh of Standish | |||||||||||||||
| M.+ | other issue - William, Thomas, Valentine, Basil | ||||||||||||||
| One of these sons was possibly father or grandfather of ... | |||||||||||||||
| i. | William Brooke of Dromavana (a 1685) | ||||||||||||||
| m3. (c01.1607-8) Elinore Gerard (dau of John Gerard of London) father named in Visitation (Cheshire, 1663, Brooke of Norton) | |||||||||||||||
| Q. | Sir Peter Brooke of Mere, Sheriff of Cheshire (a 1660) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Alice Hulse (dau of Richard Hulse of Richardscote) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Frances Trott (dau of Sir Nicholas Trott of Quickswood, widow of William Marbury of Marbury) | |||||||||||||||
| m3. Mabel Farrington (dau of William Farrington of Warden) | |||||||||||||||
| 2. | John Brooke probably the John of Coerdley who married ... | ||||||||||||||
| m. Amy or Emme Merbury (sister of Thomas Merbury (Marbury) of Merbury) | |||||||||||||||
| 3. | Mary Brooke | ||||||||||||||
| m. Richard Brereton | |||||||||||||||
| 4. | Elizabeth Brooke | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Lancelot Bartlet or Bilott | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Kinch or Kendrick Eaton of Eaton | |||||||||||||||
| 5. | Christian Brooke | ||||||||||||||
| m. Richard Grosvenor of Eaton, Sheriff of Chester (d 18.09.1619) | |||||||||||||||
| 6. | Prudence Brooke probably not Martha | ||||||||||||||
| m. Hugh Starkey | |||||||||||||||
| 7. | Martha Brooke | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Henry Bowles | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Lawrance Dichfeild of Chester | |||||||||||||||
| 8.+ | other issue - Poynes, Richard | ||||||||||||||
Main source(s): BP1934 (Brooke of Norton Priory) with input/support from Visitation (Cheshire, 1613, Brooke of Norton), Ormerod (Cheshire, vol I, 'Continuation of the Pedigree of Brooke of Norton')
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