Thomas Brooke, 8th Baron Cobham (died 19 July 1529),

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of the

Manor of Cobham, Kent Manor may refer to: Land ownership *Manorialism or "manor system", the method of land ownership (or "tenure") in parts of medieval Europe, notably England *Lord of the manor, the owner of an agreed area of land (or "manor") under manorialism *Man ...

, was an English peer. Thomas Brooke was the son and heir of Sir John Brooke, 7th Baron Cobham (-1512) and Margaret Neville (-1506)., daughter of

Edward Neville, 3rd Baron Bergavenny Edward Neville, ''de facto'' 3rd (''de jure'' 1st) Baron Bergavenny (died 18 October 1476) was an English nobleman. Family He was the 7th son7th son as implied by the difference of a rose imposed upon his paternal arms of Nevill. However Debr ...

, and his second wife, Catherine Howard.

Career

Thomas took part in the wars with France and was at the Siege of Tournay in 1513, and fought at the

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on 16 August 1513. He was made

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in 1514, and attended the

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in 1520. He was summoned to Parliament from 1514 to 1523. In 1521 he was one of the twelve Barons for the trial of the

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Family

Thomas Brooke married Dorothy Heydon, daughter of Sir

Henry Heydon Sir Henry Heydon (died 1504) was the son of John Heydon of Baconsthorpe, Norfolk, 'the well-known opponent of the Paston family'. He married Anne Boleyn, the daughter of Sir Geoffrey Boleyn, great-grandfather of Henry VIII's queen Anne Boleyn ...

Baconsthorpe Baconsthorpe is a village and civil parish in the North Norfolk district of the English county of Norfolk. It is 4 miles (6 km) south-east of Holt, 5 miles (8 km) south of Sheringham and 20 miles (32 km) north of Norwich. Popul ...

and Anne, daughter of Sir

Geoffrey Boleyn Sir Geoffrey Boleyn (1406–1463; also Jeffray Bulleyn, Bullen, etc) was an English merchant and politician who served as Lord Mayor of London from 1457 to 1458. He purchased the manor of Blickling, near Aylsham, in Norfolk from Sir John Fastol ...

and Anne Hoo. They had seven sons and six daughters. His daughter

Elizabeth Brooke Elizabeth Brooke may refer to: * Elizabeth Brooke (1503–1560), alleged mistress of Henry VIII and estranged wife of the poet Thomas Wyatt * Elizabeth Brooke (writer) Elizabeth Brooke (January 1601 – 22 July 1683), also known as Lady Brooke ...

married

Sir Thomas Wyatt Sir Thomas Wyatt (150311 October 1542) was a 16th-century English politician, ambassador, and lyric poet credited with introducing the sonnet to English literature. He was born at Allington Castle near Maidstone in Kent, though the family was ...

. He was twice widowed. He married secondly Elizabeth Calthorpe (d.1517), the daughter of Sir Philip Calthorpe of Burnham Thorpe, Norfolk, widow of Sir Robert Southwell and thirdly Elizabeth Hart, and had no issue from them.L. G. Pine, The New Extinct Peerage 1884–1971: Containing Extinct, Abeyant, Dormant and Suspended Peerages With Genealogies and Arms (London, U.K.: Heraldry Today, 1972), page 78. Thomas Brooke died on 19 July 1529 and was buried at St Mary Magdalene New Churchyard,

Cobham, Kent Cobham () is a village and civil parishes in England, civil parish in the borough of Gravesham in Kent, England. The village is located south-east of Gravesend, and just south of Watling Street, the Roman road from Dover to London. The parish, ...

References

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