Tolleson family » George Brooke (± 1497-1558)

Personal data George Brooke 

  • He was born about 1497 in Cooling, Kent, England.
  • He was christened in the year 1497 in Kent, England.
  • Occupations:
    • in the year 1536 sat as one of the 27 peers for the trial of Queen Anne Boleyn.
    • on April 24, 1549 appointed Knight, Order of the Garter (K.G.).
    • on May 23, 1550 Appointed Privy Counsellor.
  • (Other ) about 1515 in Cobham, Kent, England, United Kingdom.
  • (Military Service ) July 1523: Appointed Knight Bachelor by the Earl of Surrey after the capture of Morlaix..
  • (Military Service ) in the year 1546: Gained the rank of Lieutenant-General against the Scots, under the Earl of Hertford..
  • (Title of Nobility ) November 1529: Succeeded as the 9th Baron Cobham.
  • (Title of Nobility ) : 9th Baron Cobham of Kent.
  • (Last+Will ) on January 13, 1557/1558.
  • (Inquest+Post+Mortem ) on January 20, 1558/1559.
  • (Probate+of+Will ) on December 6, 1560.
  • (He+received+large+grants+of+land+after+the+Dissolution+of+the+Monasteries. ) .
  • (He+was+accused+of+complicity+in+Sir+Thomas+Wyatt%27s+rebellion%2C+but+was+exonerated+and+released. ) .
  • He died on September 29, 1558 in Cobham, Kent, England.
  • He is buried in Cobham, Kent, England, United Kingdom.
  • This information was last updated on May 13, 2021.

Household of George Brooke

He had a relationship with Anne Bray.

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Day of death September 29, 1558

  • Graaf Filips III (Oostenrijks Huis) was from 1555 till 1581 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Graafschap Holland)
  • In the year 1558: Source: Wikipedia
    • January 7 » French troops, led by Francis, Duke of Guise, take Calais, the last continental possession of England.
    • April 24 » Mary, Queen of Scots, marries the Dauphin of France, François, at Notre Dame de Paris.
    • July 13 » Battle of Gravelines: In France, Spanish forces led by Count Lamoral of Egmont defeat the French forces of Marshal Paul de Thermes at Gravelines.
    • October 17 » Poczta Polska, the Polish postal service, is founded.
    • November 17 » Elizabethan era begins: Queen Mary I of England dies and is succeeded by her half-sister Elizabeth I of England.


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