Richard Brooke ca.1635-1710

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Sir Richard BROOKE, 2nd bart ca.1635-1710

Biographical Note

Son of Sir Henry Brooke, 1st bart, of Norton, Cheshire, from whom he inherited the title and family estates in 1664.

Books

Brooke bequeathed his “study of books and papers” (whose extent is not known) to his son Thomas, 3rd baronet (ca.1664-1737).

Sources

  • Rylands, J. P. (ed), Lancashire and Cheshire wills and inventories, Chetham Society New Series 37 (1897), 65-69.