Edmund was born on Saturday 31 October 1540. He was the ninth son of George Brooke KG, Lord Cobham, and his wife Anne Bray, sister and coheir of John Lord Bray.[1][2]
Sources
↑1571 Brooke Pedigree:
Emblazoned by Robert Glover, Somerset Herald
Cecil Papers, 225/1 (original not publicly available online) CECIL PAPERS 225/1 at Oxford Shakespeare (accessed 11 January 2021)
Includes an excerpted version translated to modern English. "Edmund Brooke, ninth son, born on Saturday the 31 of October 1540."
↑Brooke Tomb Heraldry:
"The Seaxe", Newsletter of the Middlesex Heraldry Society, Editor – Stephen Kibbey.
The Heraldry on the Tomb Chest of George Brooke, 9th Baron Cobham
at St Mary Magdalene Church, Cobham, Kent
Part 1: No.55 February 2009 (accessed 5 January 2021)
Part 2: No.56 September 2009 (accessed 5 January 2021)
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