Brooks, Richard

Abt 1540 - Aft 1607  (> 67 years)

• Name	Brooks, Richard
  Birth	Abt 1540	Manchester, Lancashire, England   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	MAYBE 1580	Manchester, Lancashire, England   [1]
  	shoemaker
  Will	5 Aug 1607	Manchester, Lancashire, England   [1]
  	5 August 1607 - the will of RICHARD BROOKE of Manchester, county of Lancaster, shoemaker ... sick in body but of good and perfect memory ... to be buried in the parish church of Manchester or where it shall please God to dispose of it . . . debts and funeral expenses paid, then estate to be divided into three parts, one part to Dorothy now my wife, the second part to be divided amongst my three sons, that is, Thomas Brooks, Robert Brooks and William Brooks ... of the last third, to John Brooks son of my late son John Brooks late deceased 13 s. 4 d., to Richard Brooke brother of the said John six pounds toward his bringing up until age 12 years; to Henry Brooke son of John Brooke five shillings ... to Elizabeth Brooke my mother twenty shillings... six shillings eight pence to be distributed by my executors upon twenty of the poorest householders in Manchester ... to Thomas Brooke my son ten pounds ... to Dorothy Brooke my wife three pounds, six shillings, eight pence ... to William Brooke my son five pounds ... to Robert Brooke my son thirty three shillings four pence ... to Richard Brooke, Thomas Brooke, Margaret Brooke and Elizabeth Brooke my grandchildren sons and daughters of Thomas Brooke thirteen shillings four pence equally to be divided among them ... to John Winne of Stockport six shillings, eight pence ... to John Greadley five shillings, eight pence ... residue to Elizabeth Brooke my mother, Dorothy Brooke my wife, Robert Brooke and William Brooke my sons equally to be divided ... whereas I have taken by lease of Robert Berke, gentleman, one dwelling house and shop with appurtenances for the term of twenty one years wherein twenty years or thereabouts are yet to come ... to Dorothy Brooke my now wife as long as she remains a widow, but if she dies or remarries... then the house and shop to Thomas Brooke my son. Executors to be Dorothie my wife and Thomas Brooke my son. Overseers to be my loving friends George Traves of the Yealdhouse and William Kenyon of Manchester. Richard Brooke his X mark Debts owing unto me the testator: Thomas Brooke my son £5. 12s. 6d. 19 others listed, total of £20. 8s. 5d.]
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  _UID	E4D43A548AFD4CD1AD6CF117CA3E3DFC4C91
  Death	Aft 5 Aug 1607	Manchester, Lancashire, England   [1]
  Person ID	I12599	Tree_1
  Last Modified	25 Mar 2022

  
  

  Mother	[--?--] Brooke, Elizabeth,   b. MAYBE 1510   d. Manchester, Lancashire, England
  Family ID	F4258	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	[--?--] Brooks, Dorothy,   b. Abt 1540   d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	SAY 1560	Manchester, Lancashire, England   [1]
  Children	1. Brooks, Thomas,   b. Abt 1565, Manchester, Lancashire, England d. Yes, date unknown (Age ~ 52 years)   2. Brooks, John,   b. Abt 1568, Manchester, Lancashire, England d. Bef 5 Aug 1607 (Age < 39 years)   3. Brooks, Robert II   d. Aft 1607, Lancashire, England   4. Brooks, William   d. Aft 1607, Lancashire, England
  Family ID	F4151	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	11 Dec 2023

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - Abt 1540 - Manchester, Lancashire, England Marriage - SAY 1560 - Manchester, Lancashire, England Occupation - shoemaker - MAYBE 1580 - Manchester, Lancashire, England Will - 5 Aug 1607 - Manchester, Lancashire, England Death - Aft 5 Aug 1607 - Manchester, Lancashire, England  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S1557] Ancestry of My Children (Threlfall), viewed; 18 May 2020; Vol. 1 & 5, profile 2048.