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Personal data John Brooke 

• He was born about 1500 in Eng.
• (note1) .Source 1

  Source: Ellen Nicole Allen, Rhonda Bawdens, Michael Thomas Andrews, et al.

• He died before March 24, 1566 in fortasse, Eng.
• He is buried on March 23, 1566 in Eastcheap, London, Eng. (St Benet Gracechurch with St Leonard).
• A child of Robert Brooke and Katheryn (NN-Brooke, Robert)
• This information was last updated on November 22, 2024.

Household of John Brooke

He is married to Elizabeth Whetman.

They got married on May 8, 1554 at London city, London Co., Eng. (St Leonard Eastcheap).

Child(ren):

1. Joan (Johan) Brooke  ± 1555-> 1608 

Notes about John Brooke

John Brooke

Sources: Author: Allen, Ellen Nicole; Bawden, Rhonda; Andrews, Michael Thomas; et al.; Title: "John Brooke," (Publication site: Salt Lk. City UT, Publisher: Family Search, Publication date: xxvii Oct MMXXIV)

https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/MM8G-XHB

"... John Brooke Reason:

it was illegal to have 2 given names in 16th century England., this person's name was John Brooke, NOT John Richard Brooke Last Changed: May 16th, 2024 Robert V. Bremer Sex Male Last Changed: June 4th, 2012 Lawrence Higley

Birth about 1531 London, England Reason: we do not know where he was born, but he was married and had children christened in the parish of St Leonard Eastcheap, London, England. Last Changed: October 13th, 2024 Robert V. Bremer

Death before 8 July 1584 London St Benet Gracechurch with St Leonard Eastcheap, Middlesex, England Reason: No death/bur rec found. See the will of John Brook of London, 9 Jan 1577, proved 8 July 1584, Prerogative Court of Canterbury, 18 Watson (FHL #091966). St Leonard Eastcheap. Last Changed: October 13th, 2024 Robert V. Bremer

Burial 1584 London St Benet Gracechurch with St Leonard Eastcheap, Middlesex, England Reason: There is no standard for St Leonard Eastcheap London St Benet is a parish Last Changed: August 13th, 2024 Luana Rampton

Alternate Name Also Known As John Brook
Will Dated 9 January 1577 London, England
Probate 8 July 1584 Canterbury, Kent, England Perogative Court of Canterbury
Occupation Leatherseller

Spouses & Children

John Brooke Male 1531-1584 MM8G-XHB [<-ancestor]
Elizabeth Whetman Female1535-1599 LZKB-1PJ [<-ancestress]
Marriage 8 May 1554 London St Benet Gracechurch with St Leonard Eastcheap, Middlesex, England

Children (12)

[1] Joan Brooke Female 1555-1609 LZFY-F6L [<-ancestress]
[2] William Brooke Male 1556-1592
[3] John Brooke Male 1557-1558
[4] Susan Brooke Female 1559-1634
[5] Margaret Brooke Female 1560-1634
[6] Elizabeth Brooke Female 1562-1592
[7] John Brooke Male 1563-1579
[8] Mary Brooke Female 1564-1565
[9] Robert Brooke Male 1566-1601
[10] Katherine Brooke Female 1567-1634
[11] Thomas Brooke Male 1568-1625
[12] Sarah Brooke Female 1570-1625

Parents & Siblings

Robert Brooke Male 1495-1551 LZFD-JNR [<-ancestor]
Katheryn Female 1500-1566 LRHF-7L5 [<-ancestress]
Marriage 1520 London, London, England

Children (6)

[1] Margaret Brooke Female 1522-1586
[2] Frances Brooke Female 1524-1581
[3] John Brooke Male 1531-1584 MM8G-XHB [<-ancestor]
[4] Isabel Brooke Female 1532-1586
[5] Humphrey Brooke Male 1535-1549
[6] Andrew Brooke Male 1538-1549

Brief Life History
From https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Brooke-9
Biography
Robert Brooke, John's father, was the owner of the "sterre and the styroppe" in Gracious [Gracechurch] Street in the parish of Saint Leonards Eastcheap London England. This passed to his son John. John's will described the property: " my Messuage or Tenemente with shoppes, cellers, sollers [lofts], warehouses, yardes, lightes, easements, commodities and hereditaments with thappurtenaunces whatsover thereunto belonginge, commonly called the Signes of the Starre and Stirrope sett and being in Gracious Street." John's wife passed "all and singuler the appurtenncs in Gracyous streete in London comonlie called or known by the name of the signe of the Starre and Styrope" to son Robert.
John Brooke was born about 1530, probably in St. Leonard's parish, London.
John Broke, s. of [___] Broke, Citizen and Marchanttailor, Apprentice of William [illegible], Citizen and Letherseller, served with same, Wit. the same William in the presence of Thomas Kightley, Warden. Admitted 10 [month missing] year aforesaid. [about 1546/7][1]
He married 8 May 1554 at St. Leonard Eastcheap, London, Middlesex, England, Elizabeth Waterman (per parish record), likely Elizabeth Whatman of Bletchingley. (See her profile for discussion.)
He then settled in London where he was a leather seller. He was probably a member of the Leather seller Co.[2]
John Brooke died before 8 July 1584, the probate of his will. His will requested that he be buried at St Leonard Eastcheap, London, London, but there is record of his burial there.
Will
Will dated 9 Jan 1577; will proved 8 Jul 1584 at the Prerogative Court of Canterbury,
I John Brooke Citizen and Leatherseller of London beinge whole and sounde of bodye and of good and perfecte remembraunce... doe make... my last will... First and principally and above all earthlye thinges I gyve and bequeathe and commende my soule to allmightie god... and my bodye to be buried with the p'ish Churche of Saincte Leonard neighe eastcheape in London...yf I do dye within the said Cittye of London, yf not then to be buried where yt shall please god...and alsoe after my debts paide or sett in order to be paide... all and singuler my goods cattells, plate, Jewells, ready money and debtes whatsoev'r shalbe devided into three equall and indifferente partes, whereof one thirde pte I doe fullye and whollie give and bequeathe to Elizabeth my welbeloved wife...And one other thirde parte thereof I doe give and bequeathe to and amongest all my childrenn nowe being alive, that ys to saie, To William Brooke, Johan Brooke, Suzan Brooke, Margarett Brooke, Elizabeth Brooke, Johan [John] Brooke, Robert Brooke, Katherine Brooke, Thomas Brooke and Sara Brooke...And the other thirde parte thereof I doe fully and wholye reserve to my selfe for the p'formaunce and fullfillinge of such guifts and legacies as I have given herein...to the saide Elizabeth my wyfe One hundreth pounds currant money of Englande... the sayd Elizabeth my wife and her assigns shall have hould occupye possesse and enioye [= enjoy] to her and their owne use, All that p'cell of Lande called Alkens Lande conteyninge Fower Crofts, And also all that p'cell of Land called Wardens sett lyenge and beinge in the p'ishe of Childerditche in the Countie of Essex, And alsoe shall have... & receive to hir and theire owne use all the rents issues and proffitts of the same for and duringe the terme of her naturall lyfe, whiche p'cells of Land I houlde by vertue of twoe Leases heretofore graunted to one Thomas Thresser late of Childerdiche aforesaid yeoman deceased, She the same Elizabeth my wife paienge the rentes and p'fourminge the Covenntes reserved and mensioned in and by the same twoe Leases... after suche the decease of the said Elizabeth my wife unto my sonne John Brooke...Item... to all my sayde Childrenn Foure hundreth poundes corrant money... amongest them to be devided... uppon this condicon That my said childrenn shall p'mitt and suffer the sayde Elizabeth my wife to occupye and enioye my sayde p'cells of lande in Childerdiche...Item... to my sister Isabel Homes the wife of Xopher Homes one cassockclothe of Eleaven shillinges the yarde, and Fyve poundes of currant money of England to be paide to her twoe shillinges everye weeke weekely untyll th't be ronne oute...to the poore people harbored in the hospitall called Saincte Thomas hospitall in Sowthwarke in the Countie of Surrey fortie shillinges... to the poore people harboured in the hospitall called Christe Hospitall in London Fourtie shillinges... to be payde to them... at my buriall, Soe that the children doe comme to my buriall...to the poore persones [here evidently not to be read as "clergymen"] in Newgate, Ludgate, the Kings benche the Marshallsey and the White Lyon Fyftie shillinges that is to saie, to everie of the same prison howses Tenne shillinges, at sundrye tymes in bread...and to the twoe prisons called the Compters in London Tenne shillinges, that ys to saie to eyther of them fyve shillinges in breade...to Twelve poore Men Twelve gownes of clothe at fower shillinges the yarde by them to be worne at my buriallItem I give to fower other menn to carrye my bodye to the Churche Fower shillinges, That ys to saye, to every of them Twelve pence...Item... fourtie shillinges to be given at the Churche aforesaide at the daie of my buriall in breade amongest such poore people as shall thenn repaire thither to receive the same...to the Fellowshipp and Companye of Lethersellers of London three poundes currante money of Englande to make them a dynner at their Hall or at the Taverne on the daie of my buriall for that their be at my burial...to Mr. Eaton now p'son of Saincte Leonardes aforesaid and to other preachers Fourtie shillinges... to make eighte Sermons for mee in the saide Church within eighte mounethes after my decease...to every of my saide children, And to all those that have married with any of my sayde children, And to all my servaunts and apprentizes which shall dwell with mee at the tyme of my decease everye of them a blacke downe [?gown] or a cassocke...the saide Elizabeth my wife my soale Executrix...my sonne William Broke Letherseller and my sonne in lawe Robert Foote Cittizen and Fishemonger of London Overseers...to the saide Will'm Brooke my sonne, All and singuler that my Messuage or Tenemente with shoppes, cellers, sollers, warehouses, yardes, lightes, easements, com'odities and hereditaments with theappurtenaunces whatsoever thereunto belonging, commonly called the Signes of the Starre and the Stirrope sett and being in Gracious Street in the said p'ishe of St. Leonard nowe being in the occupacon of me the said John Brooke, And all and singuler my Messuages, Lands, Tenements, meadowes, Leasues, pastures, feedings, wooddes, under wooddes, Rents, revisions, and hereditam'ts with all and singular their appurtenaunces whatsover sett lyinge and beinge in the parish of Horsh'm in the Countie of Sussex nowe being in the occupacon of Richard Hollande... and to theires [the heirs] of hi s bodye lawfully to bee begotten... [for lack of such issue, the property is to go, if necessary, in turn to each of the other children]... witnesses... Richard Gall scr'r [= scrivenor, i.e. scribe] James Carter William Pauke Will'm Cuttes.

Children
Twelve children listed in NEHGS TAG 55:203-205
Johan (JOAN), baptized 11 May 1555, m. Robert Foote 18 June 1576. "Johan (Joan) baptized 11 May 1555, living in 1609 when her husband made his will; m. at St. Leonard's in Eastcheap 18 June 1576, Robert Foote, then Citizen and Fishmonger of St. Mary Boettalls in Thames Street, London, later of Wethersfield, Essex, still later of Shalford, Essex, where he made his will 27 Jan. 1608/9, proved 15 Feb. of same year. Joan is mentioned in the wills of both parents. For a detailed account of their posterity see TAG 53: 201-206."[3]
William: baptized 9 Oct 1556, buried 17 Dec. 1592
John: baptized 4 March 1557, died young
Susan: baptized 6 Mar. 1559/60, m. John Bonner (son of John Bonner, grocer)
Margaret: baptized 8 March 1560/1, m. John Foote 11 May 1581. : "Margaret, baptized 8 March 1560/1, d. testate between 13 and 10 Oct. leaving a very informative will (TAG 53:194); married 11 May 1581, by lic. dated 11 April 1581, at st. Mary's Woolnoth, John Foote, Citizen and Grocer of London, who d. between 17 Nov. and 14 Dec. 1616, testate. He was a brother of the Robert Foote who m. her sister Joan. For a detailed account of their posterity see TAG 53:194. [List of seven children follows.] [4] See also TAG 53:194
Elizabeth: baptized 20 July 1562, m. Thomas Berrie, buried 25 Aug. 1592
John: baptized 22 Oct 1563, buried 23 Feb. 1578/9
Mary: baptized 26 Nov. 1564, buried 16 Dec. 1565
Robert: baptized 4 Apr. 1566, wife Mary
Katherine: baptized 13 July 1567, m. Thomas Betheane, John Norcott, Robert Flood
Thomas: baptized 6 Jan. 1568/9, wife Joan, died 1625 (had eleven children)
Sara: baptized 1 Oct 1570, widow in 1599
Sources
? Cited by TAG55 -- Registry of Freeman, City of London, Henry VIII to Edward VI, Entry M, 9 Jan. [--] Henry VIII:
? "Foote History and Genealogy" page 649
? The Brookes of London - Maternal Ancestors of Nathaniel and Joshua Foote page 203
? The Brookes of London - Maternal Ancestors of Nathaniel and Joshua Foote, page 204
See also:

Unless otherwise stated the source for this Biography is
The American Genealogist. New Haven, CT: D. L. Jacobus, 1937-. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2009 - .) The Brookes of London - Maternal Ancestors of Nathaniel and Joshua Foote, by Janis Greene Valore, Myrtle Stevens Hyde and Glade Ian Nelson, Vol. 55, pages193-207.
Mildred Bradford, Moses S. Curtis Descendants and Ancestors Baltimore, Md: Gateway Press (2000)

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