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| Keywords: indoor William Brooke, 10th Baron Cobham (1527-1597) was Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports, and a Member of Parliament for Hythe. Although he was viewed by some as a religious radical during the Somerset protectorate, he entertained Elizabeth at Cobham Hall in 1559, signalling his acceptance of the moderate regime. His father died in 1558 when William was just over thirty. Brooke married Dorothy Neville, daughter of George Neville, 5th Baron Bergavenny in 1545, but the marriage was unhappy, and they separated after 1553. Brooke seems to have attended The King's School, Canterbury and Queens' College, Cambridge before 1544.[1] He spent much of his younger life in Europe. In the early 1540s he visited Padua. At the end of the decade he served in northern France, where his father was in charge of Calais and in 1549 accompanied Paget's embassy to Brussels. Like his father, Brooke sympathized with the anti-Marian nobles; he sided with the rebels during Wyatt's rebellion, and the intervention of his brother-in-law, Henry Nevill was needed to keep him from prison. For the last years of Mary's reign he served as MP for Rochester. In the late 1550s, Brooke's opportunities expanded in a number of areas. His father died, making him Baron Cobham; his first wife died, leaving him free to marry Frances Newton (at Whitehall in 1560). He became Warden of the Cinque Ports, a position in which he wielded great power over a large number of seats in Parliament. Most important, the accession of Elizabeth, and his close friendship with William Cecil made him a powerful noble. Elizabeth deputed him to inform Philip II of Mary's death. This embassy was only the first in a long series of missions and intrigues. Along with Cecil, he numbered among his friends some nobles, such as Thomas Howard and the Earl of Arundel, whose loyalty to Elizabeth was far from certain. He suffered some months' house imprisonment as a result of a very tangential role in the Ridolfi plot. In 1578, he joined Francis Walsingham's failed mission to the Low Countries; on this mission he presumably served as Cecil's agent. In the late 1580s, he helped John Whitgift search for the author of the Martin Marprelate tracts. Brooke became a member of the Privy Council in 1586, the year after he joined the Order of the Garter. He was involved in a minor capacity in the events that ended with the death of Mary Queen of Scots. During the Armada crisis, he was on a diplomatic mission to Alexander Farnese, Duke of Parma. By the early 1590s he had assumed a less active role in government. His daughter married Robert Cecil in 1589. His second wife died in 1592. In 1596, he was named Lord Chamberlain on the death of Baron Hunsdon; he died in March 1597. According to historian Kathy L. Emmerson: Frances Newton was one of the nineteen children or Sir John Newton or Cradock of East Harptree, Somerset and Hanham, Gloucestershire (d.1568) and Margaret Poyntz. She was in Elizabeth Tudor’s service before 1558 and continued as one of her chamberers after Elizabeth became queen. On February 25, 1560 she married William Brooke, 10th baron Cobham (November 1,1527-March 6,1597), a widower with one daughter. On July 17, 1560, the queen visited Cobham Hall on her summer progress and she returned there for another visit on September 4, 1573. Frances was considered to be one of the queen’s closest friends. In the 1587 list she was recorded as one of the four Ladies of the Bedchamber. Although she was never gone from court for long, she and her husband had a large family, including Henry, 11th baron (November 22,1564-January 24,1619), Elizabeth (1565-1596), Sir William, Thomas, George (April 17, 1568-December 5, 1603), Frances, and Margaret. Biography: Oxford DNB entry under "Brooke [née Newton], Frances." Portrait: the Cobham family portrait, painted in 1567 by the Master of the countess of Warwick, shows Frances (standing), her husband, her sister, Joanna (seated) and six of their children but the inscribed names and ages are not correct. The seated woman is sometimes identified as Lord Cobham’s sister rather than Frances’s. William Brooke, 10th Baron Cobham (1527-1597) was Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports, and a Member of Parliament for Hythe. Although he was viewed by some as a religious radical during the Somerset protectorate, he entertained Elizabeth at Cobham Hall in 1559, signalling his acceptance of the moderate regime. His father died in 1558 when William was just over thirty. Brooke married Dorothy Neville, daughter of George Neville, 5th Baron Bergavenny in 1545, but the marriage was unhappy, and they separated after 1553. Brooke seems to have attended The King's School, Canterbury and Queens' College, Cambridge before 1544.[1] He spent much of his younger life in Europe. In the early 1540s he visited Padua. At the end of the decade he served in northern France, where his father was in charge of Calais and in 1549 accompanied Paget's embassy to Brussels. Like his father, Brooke sympathized with the anti-Marian nobles; he sided with the rebels during Wyatt's rebellion, and the intervention of his brother-in-law, Henry Nevill was needed to keep him from prison. For the last years of Mary's reign he served as MP for Rochester. In the late 1550s, Brooke's opportunities expanded in a number of areas. His father died, making him Baron Cobham; his first wife died, leaving him free to marry Frances Newton (at Whitehall in 1560). He became Warden of the Cinque Ports, a position in which he wielded great power over a large number of seats in Parliament. Most important, the accession of Elizabeth, and his close friendship with William Cecil made him a powerful noble. Elizabeth deputed him to inform Philip II of Mary's death. This embassy was only the first in a long series of missions and intrigues. Along with Cecil, he numbered among his friends some nobles, such as Thomas Howard and the Earl of Arundel, whose loyalty to Elizabeth was far from certain. He suffered some months' house imprisonment as a result of a very tangential role in the Ridolfi plot. In 1578, he joined Francis Walsingham's failed mission to the Low Countries; on this mission he presumably served as Cecil's agent. In the late 1580s, he helped John Whitgift search for the author of the Martin Marprelate tracts. Brooke became a member of the Privy Council in 1586, the year after he joined the Order of the Garter. He was involved in a minor capacity in the events that ended with the death of Mary Queen of Scots. During the Armada crisis, he was on a diplomatic mission to Alexander Farnese, Duke of Parma. By the early 1590s he had assumed a less active role in government. His daughter married Robert Cecil in 1589. His second wife died in 1592. In 1596, he was named Lord Chamberlain on the death of Baron Hunsdon; he died in March 1597. According to historian Kathy L. Emmerson: Frances Newton was one of the nineteen children or Sir John Newton or Cradock of East Harptree, Somerset and Hanham, Gloucestershire (d.1568) and Margaret Poyntz. She was in Elizabeth Tudor’s service before 1558 and continued as one of her chamberers after Elizabeth became queen. On February 25, 1560 she married William Brooke, 10th baron Cobham (November 1,1527-March 6,1597), a widower with one daughter. On July 17, 1560, the queen visited Cobham Hall on her summer progress and she returned there for another visit on September 4, 1573. Frances was considered to be one of the queen’s closest friends. In the 1587 list she was recorded as one of the four Ladies of the Bedchamber. Although she was never gone from court for long, she and her husband had a large family, including Henry, 11th baron (November 22,1564-January 24,1619), Elizabeth (1565-1596), Sir William, Thomas, George (April 17, 1568-December 5, 1603), Frances, and Margaret. Biography: Oxford DNB entry under "Brooke [née Newton], Frances." Portrait: the Cobham family portrait, painted in 1567 by the Master of the countess of Warwick, shows Frances (standing), her husband, her sister, Joanna (seated) and six of their children but the inscribed names and ages are not correct. The seated woman is sometimes identified as Lord Cobham’s sister rather than Frances’s. | ||||
