John Brooke, 7th Baron Cobham

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John Brooke, 7th Baron Cobham († March 9, 1512 ) was an English nobleman .

Life

He was a son of Edward Brooke, 6th Baron Cobham and Elizabeth, daughter of James Tuchet, 5th Baron Audley . He inherited the title of Baron Cobham from his father when he died in 1464.

During the Wars of the Roses he was, like his father, loyal to the House of York and fought in April 1471 at the Battle of Barnet for Edward IV against Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick and shortly afterwards at Tewkesbury in May 1471 against the army of Margaret of Anjou ( House of Lancaster ). After the victorious Battle of Tewkesbury on May 4, 1471, King Edward IV beat him to Knight Bachelor on the battlefield . In 1475 he accompanied King Edward IV on his campaign to France.

As Baron Cobham, he was called to Parliament under various kings. Under Edward IV twice (1472 and 1483), under Richard III. 1483 and five times under Henry VII between 1483 and 1495.

He died in 1512 and was buried in Cobham Church in Kent .

Marriage and offspring

He was married twice, first to Eleanor Austell and second to Margaret, daughter of Edward Neville, 3rd Baron Bergavenny († 1476).

He had the following children:

literature

  • Plantagenet Ancestry: A Study In Colonial And Medieval Families, 2nd Edition. Douglas Richardson, 2011, ISBN 978-1-4610-4513-7
  • Sir TC Banks: Baronia Anglica Concentrata, Vol. 1. Simpkin, Marshall & Co, 1844
  • William Dugdale : A Perfect Copy of all Summons of the Nobility to the Great Councils and Parliaments. London 1685
  • Charles Parkin: An Essay towards a Topographical History of the County of Norfolk. W. Whittingham, London 1775
  • Thomas Moule: Antiquities in Westminster Abbey. W. Davy, London 1825
  • TC Banks: The Dormant and Extinct Baronage of England Vol. I. T. Bensley, London 1807
  • Arthur Collins: The Peerage of England, Vol. VI. London 1779
  • John Burke: A General Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerages of England, Ireland and Scotland. Henry Colburn, London 1831

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Towton Battlefield Society
  2. ↑ Plantagenet Ancestry: A Study In Colonial And Medieval Families, 2nd Edition. Douglas Richardson, 2011, ISBN 978-1-4610-4513-7
predecessor Office successor
Edward Brooke Baron Cobham
1464-1512 		Thomas Brooke
personal data
SURNAME Brooke, John, 7th Baron Cobham
BRIEF DESCRIPTION English nobleman
DATE OF BIRTH 15th century
DATE OF DEATH March 9, 1512