Henry Brooke, 11th Baron Cobham

Henry Brooke, 11th Baron Cobham succeeded his father as Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports under Queen Elizabeth I of England.

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Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports - Elizabeth I of England

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The son of William Brooke, 10th Baron Cobham, he became implicated in the 'treason of the main' in 1603. His brother George was executed, and Henry was sent to the Tower of London by James I, probably in an attempt to obtain the Cobham estates for the Duke of Lennox.

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William Brooke, 10th Baron Cobham - Treason of the main - 1603 - Tower of London - James I

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He was the second husband of Lady Frances Howard, daughter of Charles Howard, 1st Earl of Nottingham and Catherine Carey.

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Lady Frances Howard - Charles Howard, 1st Earl of Nottingham - Catherine Carey

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He was the subject of a number of Elizabethan satires such as Thomas Nashe's Lenten Stuffe, Ben Jonson's Every Man in his Humour, and may have been the model of Shakespeare's Falstaff, who was original given the name 'Oldcastle'. Sir John Oldcastle was an ancestor of Lord Cobham.

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Thomas Nashe's - Lenten Stuffe - Ben Jonson's - Every Man in his Humour - Shakespeare's - Falstaff - Sir John Oldcastle

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