Biography of Henry Brooke 11th Baron Cobham 1564-1619

Paternal Family Tree: Brooke Baron Cobham

Maternal Family Tree: Frances Newton Baroness Cobham 1539-1592

1600 Wedding of Henry Somerset and Anne Russell

1603 Main and Bye Plots

In 1545 [his father] William Brooke 10th Baron Cobham (age 17) and Dorothy Neville Baroness Cobham (age 20) were married. They were half second cousin once removed. He a great x 5 grandson of King Edward III of England. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King Edward III of England.

On 29 Sep 1558 [his grandfather] George Brooke 9th Baron Cobham (age 61) died. His son [his father] William Brooke 10th Baron Cobham (age 30) succeeded 10th Baron Cobham. Dorothy Neville Baroness Cobham (age 33) by marriage Baroness Cobham.

On 25 Feb 1560 [his father] William Brooke 10th Baron Cobham (age 32) and [his mother] Frances Newton Baroness Cobham (age 21) were married at Whitehall Palace [Map]. She by marriage Baroness Cobham. He a great x 5 grandson of King Edward III of England.

On 22 Nov 1564 Henry Brooke 11th Baron Cobham was born to William Brooke 10th Baron Cobham (age 37) and Frances Newton Baroness Cobham (age 25).

Before 1592 [his step-father] John Poyntz (age 32) and [his mother] Frances Newton Baroness Cobham (age 52) were married. The difference in their ages was 21 years; she, unusually, being older than him.

On 06 Mar 1597 [his father] William Brooke 10th Baron Cobham (age 69) died. His son Henry Brooke 11th Baron Cobham (age 32) succeeded 11th Baron Cobham.

In 1599 Henry Brooke 11th Baron Cobham (age 34) was appointed 389th Knight of the Garter by Queen Elizabeth I of England and Ireland (age 65).

Wedding of Henry Somerset and Anne Russell

On 16 Jun 1600 Henry Somerset 1st Marquess Worcester (age 23) and Anne Russell 2nd Marchioness Worcester (age 22) were married. He the son of Edward Somerset 4th Earl of Worcester (age 50) and Elizabeth Hastings Countess of Worcester (age 54).

Mary Fitton (age 21) led a Masque in celebration at the Blackfriars residence of Henry Brooke 11th Baron Cobham (age 35) with Queen Elizabeth I of England and Ireland (age 66) and William Herbert 3rd Earl Pembroke (age 20) attending. She, Mary soon afterwards became the mistress of William Herbert 3rd Earl Pembroke (age 20) and soon became pregnant.

In 1603 Henry Brooke 11th Baron Cobham (age 38) was attainted for his part in a plot to overthrow King James I. Baron Cobham abeyant or forfeit?

Main and Bye Plots

In Jul 1603 the Main and Bye Plots led by Henry Brooke 11th Baron Cobham (age 38) and Thomas Grey 15th Baron Grey of Wilton (age 27) sought to replace King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland (age 37) with Arabella Stewart (age 28).

Thomas Grey 15th Baron Grey of Wilton (age 27) was sentenced to death, attainted, and imprisoned in the Tower of London [Map].

Diary of Anne Clifford 1619. 01 Jan 1619. The 1st of this month I began to have the curtain drawn in my chamber and to see light. This day the Child did put on her crimson velvet coat laced with silver lace, which was the 1st velevt coat she ever had. I sent the Queen a New Year’s gift, a cloth of silver cushion embroidered richly with the King of Denmark’s arms, and all one with stripes of tent stitch.

Note. About this time died my Lord Cobham (age 54), he being lately come out of the Tower [Map]. He being the last of the three that was condemned for the first conspiracy [Main and Bye Plots] against the King at his first coming to England.

On 24 Jan 1619 Henry Brooke 11th Baron Cobham (age 54) died. His nephew William Brooke (age 21) de jure 12th Baron Cobham but he was unable to claim the title since it was suject to an attainder.

Royal Ancestors of Henry Brooke 11th Baron Cobham 1564-1619

Kings Wessex: Great x 16 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England

Kings Gwynedd: Great x 13 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd

Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 19 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth

Kings Powys: Great x 14 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys

Kings England: Great x 6 Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Kings Scotland: Great x 12 Grand Son of William "Lion" I King Scotland

Kings Franks: Great x 12 Grand Son of Louis VII King Franks

Kings France: Great x 8 Grand Son of Philip "The Fair" IV King France

Ancestors of Henry Brooke 11th Baron Cobham 1564-1619

Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Brooke Baron Cobham

Great x 3 Grandfather: Edward Brooke 6th Baron Cobham 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Joan Braybrooke 5th Baroness Cobham 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: John Brooke 7th Baron Cobham 6 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: James Tuchet 5th Baron Audley, 2nd Baron Tuchet 8 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Tuchet Baroness Cobham 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Ros Baroness Audley Heighley 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England

Great x 1 Grandfather: Thomas Brooke 8th Baron Cobham 3 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Ralph Neville 1st Earl of Westmoreland 5 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Edward Neville 1st Baron Bergavenny Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Joan Beaufort Countess of Westmoreland Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Margaret Neville Baroness Cobham 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Howard 4 x Great Grand Son of King John "Lackland" of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Katherine Howard Baroness Bergavenny 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Mowbray Baroness Grey Ruthyn 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England

GrandFather: George Brooke 9th Baron Cobham 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Henry Heydon

Great x 1 Grandmother: Dorothy Heydon Baroness Cobham

Great x 4 Grandfather: Geoffrey Boleyn

Great x 3 Grandfather: Geoffrey Boleyn

Great x 4 Grandmother: Alice Bracton

Great x 2 Grandmother: Anne Boleyn

Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Hoo 1st Baron Hoo and Hastings

Great x 3 Grandmother: Ann Hoo

Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Wychingham

Father: William Brooke 10th Baron Cobham 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: John Bray of Eaton Bray

Great x 1 Grandfather: Edmund Braye 1st Baron Braye

GrandMother: Anne Braye Baroness Cobham 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Richard Halwell of Halwell in Devon

Great x 1 Grandmother: Jane Halwell Baroness Bray 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Norbury 8 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 3 Grandfather: John IV Norbury 9 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Jane Norbury 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Henry Brooke 11th Baron Cobham 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Mother: Frances Newton Baroness Cobham