Background
Thomas Brooke was the son and heir of Sir John Brooke (-1512) and Margaret Neville (-1506).
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Career
Thomas took part in the wars with France and was at the Siege of Tournay in 1513, and fought at the Battle of the Spurs on 16 August 1513. He was made Knight Banneret by King Henry VIII in 1514, and attended the Field of the Cloth of Gold in 1520. He was summoned to Parliament from 1514 to 1523.
In 1521 he was one of the twelve Barons for the trial of the Duke of Buckingham.
Thomas Brooke married Dorothy Heydon, daughter of Sir Henry of Baconsthorpe and Anne, daughter of Sir Geoffrey Boleyn and Anne Hoo. He was twice widowed.
Thomas Brooke died on 19 July 1529 and was buried at Street Mary Magdalene New Churchyard, Cobham, Kent.
