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Robert Broke

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repeal of the 1551 Treason Act, which specifically forbade religious criticism of Edward VI. It was never likely that he would appear on the October 1553 Crown Office list of MPs as one of "those which stood for the true religion," in this case, Protestant. Only 60 names are marked, although they include two colleagues, Blundell and Marshe.
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Broke was elected to the Parliament of 1545, the last of Henry VIII's reign, as a replacement for Sir Roger Cholmley. The parliament had been called as long ago as December 1544 and Cholmley was elected to Parliament on 19 January 1545. However, the opening of parliament was delayed until 23 November
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from a list of twelve proposed by the Aldermen. The Recorder always resigned his seat when he left office: hence Broke's election was automatic. London was second only to the Crown as sponsor of legislation and solid legal acumen was in need at all times among its delegation to the House of Commons.
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Broke's attitude was generally strictly professional: he was willing to use his legal skills on behalf of employers or clients, irrespective of their religious inclinations or intentions, so it is never entirely safe to read his beliefs from his actions. Hence he worked on both the passage and the
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Broke and Bowes were sent to the last parliament of Edward VI's reign, along with two burgesses: Curteys's replacement, John Blundell, and John Marshe – both Protestants and particularly long-serving MPs. The parliament met as the succession question loomed large and lasted for only the month of
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Broke was not limited to purely metropolitan concerns: as a skilled lawyer and draftsman, his talents were useful to the Crown and its ministers, and he was called upon by others if they thought his skills could benefit their cause. In 1549, he was given responsibility for a bill "for preaching
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that he was able easily to afford the £10,000 to settle accounts when he and the other masters were found to have systematically debased the coinage. Bowes remained a London MP throughout Broke's term, apart from a short break in 1553. The first session of the parliament definitively abolished
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had paid to Wenlock Madeley's mineral wealth was already partly apparent: there had been coal mining since the 14th century and there was already an iron ore working rented out when Broke bought the manor. It was to prove one of the focal points of England's
650:, was elected an alderman in 1551 – a move which he resisted to the point of imprisonment and which forced him to resign his seat in parliament. In 1552 Broke was sent to lobby for further assurances from the Crown about lands recently purchased by the city. 933:. Manners acquired it at the abolition of colleges and chantries and was now in a position to sell this former church property for ready cash. Broke settled Lapley on his second wife, Dorothy Gatacre, at their marriage and she obtained it on his death. 427:. When this post became vacant in 1545, a letter from the king to the Aldermen once again proved decisive in securing it for Broke, and he took office on 12 November. On 17 November he was elected to parliament in place of his predecessor as Recorder, 805:. The main measures proposed by the Crown, most importantly those relating to the Queen's marriage, were carried expeditiously. Broke's conduct as Speaker seems to have been the main factor influencing the Queen to open up opportunities within the 1028: 605:. Much of their work involved defending the City against the claims of its clergy. They were unsuccessful in getting their bill on sanctuaries through the House, but they were able to force a compromise over a bill intended to tighten up 482:, accused of murdering two men, William Hartgill and his son John. Stourton refused to plead and Broke threatened him with the punishment of being pressed to death. He then entered a plea of guilty and was executed on 16 March. 837:
Broke's family had been decidedly minor landowners in and around Claverley. However, his career gave him the contacts and wealth to expand his holdings greatly. He was able to purchase land and rights expropriated through the
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that year, his subject was the 1540 Statute of Limitations; the reading circulated in manuscript and was subsequently printed in 1547. As Lent Reader in 1551, his subject was Pleas of the Crown, using chapter 17 of
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Broke's religious conservatism was a persistent theme of his life. He had served as commissioner for heresies for London in 1541, when Henry VIII's final persecution of Protestants was launched. The commission to
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Holding these public offices did not prevent Broke pursuing private practice, and his signature is found on bills in chancery in the 1530s and 1540s. During this time he was also deputy chief steward for the
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March 1553. However, the London delegation were initially more concerned with their campaign to get the use of fuel in London better regulated – in which they succeeded through the passage of an Act.
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Broke enjoyed considerable power as an official of the City of London before attaining high office in the last four years of his life. He was also the author of several important works on the law.
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Broke's family resided generally in Shropshire. He visited Shropshire periodically to meet family and friends, but most of the time lived in one of his London houses, at Carter Lane or in
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for three years to ensure that London got the best terms from it. Broke was told to work closely with one of the burgesses, who had specialist knowledge of the subject. The other burgess,
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in 1549. An election was called as soon as the parliament was summoned, but there was no reference to parliamentary representation in the charter. Broke was joined in his work by
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of the church. A timber-framed manor house, behind the church, replaced the priory in the mid-16th century. Broke bought the estate to settle on his second wife, Dorothy Gatacre.
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extracted important cases decided during the reigns of Henry VIII, Edward VI and Mary I and issued them as a separate compilation, soon rendered into English, and often cited as
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Madeley Court, the manor house built on the Madeley estate by Broke's descendants. The gatehouse was probably built by John or Basil Brooke. The Court is now a hotel.
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at his prayers at mass pray God to send the Council grace to turn from their erroneous opinions that they were in", although the allegation was later withdrawn.
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to make it illegal to say that the king "is an heretic, schismatic, infidel or usurper of the crown." He was one of those enlisted in 1549 by the supporters of
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The first Parliament of Edward VI lasted for most of the reign, and Broke was automatically returned to it. His aldermanic colleague was the goldsmith
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and Broke was appointed to the commission set up for this purpose on 12 February 1552. In March 1552 he was one of those deputed to the redraft the
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inherited Broke's most important estate, Madeley, although he did not obtain it until the death of Dorothy Gatacre, around 1572. He died in 1598.
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All Saints Church, Lapley. Much of the building goes back to the 12th century, around the time the priory was established, and the priory had
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that had been lost for some time. In January 1544, he was directed to intervene in the passage of two bills: one from the secondaries of the
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account of his chief manor echoes with the more disparaging "zealous papist." In 1548, it was reported that Broke and Clement Smith, MP for
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as the source: this also circulated in manuscript before being published in 1641, almost one hundred years after his death.
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Victoria County History: Shropshire, volume 2: Religious Houses, chapter 25: The College of St Bartholomew, Tong, s.1
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election to investigate, and this was perhaps a result of the succession crisis. The town had been granted a
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and did not regain the right to parliamentary representation until it was granted by a new charter 1559.
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of the parish church. and in 1549 the property of St Mary's guild, a lay fraternity that had tended the
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was to be the seat of the Brooke family, famous or notorious for their royalist plotting during the
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collection from the citizens. Such manoeuvring was typical of the concerns of London members in the
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in the meantime, and so forced to relinquish both his post as Recorder and his parliamentary seat.
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Broke was admitted to study for a BA at Oxford University in 1521. As a very minor member of the
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Effigies of Sir Robert Broke, Anne Waring, his first wife, and Dorothy Gatacre, his second wife
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Tomb of Robert Broke and of his wives, Anne Waring and Dorothy Gatacre, in the Gatacre chapel,
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Broke married twice and his will shows that he had seventeen children in all. His wives were:
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Most of early 16th century Shropshire was poor and underdeveloped sheep country, ruled by the
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from ecclesiastical censure. This he did competently, although the bill was defeated in the
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Date of death of Robert Broke, 6 January 1558. His inquisition post mortem gives 5 January.
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Broke married within his own Catholic regional circle: the Gatacres were to become mainly
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in 1552 to advise on legislation he was promoting to free himself of commitments made to
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had used Maidstone's ambiguous status as a way of increasing parliamentary support for
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This article is about the English lawyer and judge. For the English politician, see
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The parliament of April 1554 had a much stronger commission to further the Marian
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admission date suggests the first decade of the century. He was the eldest son of
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divers opinions." The third session of the parliament passed an Act to reform
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proposed by the city. In 1540, Broke identified and returned a volume of the
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which courts can use as evidence of the law prevailing at the time. From it
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quotes, without attribution, the description "zealous Catholic," which the
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Broke's will was dated 7 January 1558. The executors of the will included
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A catalogue of notable Middle Templars, with brief biographical notices
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For the parliament of October 1553 Bowes was temporarily replaced by
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Among the legal officers, the Common Serjeant was second only to the
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says: "There seems no doubt that Broke was a Catholic." The 1904
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Opinions on Broke's religious beliefs differ only in degree. The
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Most important for Broke's family was the acquisition of the
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Sir Martin Bowes, one of Broke's colleagues as MP for London.
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Broke's judicial career began in 1536 when he was appointed
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People associated with the Dissolution of the Monasteries
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from Sir Richard Manners. Formerly the demesne estate of
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Robert Broke and his first wife, Anne, with their arms
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in 1554. He is celebrated as the author of one of the
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Sir Rowland Hill replaced Bows as an MP for London.
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He even purchased the pension that the 435:, a status tied to his membership of the 300:Robert Broke was born by 1515: his known 1314: 1312: 1310: 1308: 1306: 1252: 1250: 1248: 1246: 1118:Lion at the feet of Robert Broke effigy. 474:. He was knighted on 27 January 1555 by 1454: 1452: 1244: 1242: 1240: 1238: 1236: 1234: 1232: 1230: 1228: 1226: 1222: 1046:Anne Waring, first wife of Robert Broke 1021: 720:John Dudley, 1st Duke of Northumberland 664:Henry Clifford, 2nd Earl of Cumberland 284:dynasty. His surname is also rendered 1268: 1266: 1264: 925:, which was the shrine church of the 7: 682:, the disgraced and executed former 680:Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset 480:Charles Stourton, 8th Baron Stourton 462:On 8 October 1554 he was appointed 2727:Chief justices of the Common Pleas 2722:Alumni of the University of Oxford 921:to the College of St Bartholomew, 909:In 1548 Broke bought the manor of 410:Letter-Books of the City of London 131:2 April 1554 – 5 May 1554 14: 2772:16th-century English male writers 1551:Chief Justice of the Common Pleas 676:John de Vere, 16th Earl of Oxford 672:Thomas Wharton, 1st Baron Wharton 666:, whose family had long held the 577:London had four MPs. Two, called 557:from 1545 until 1554, serving as 464:Chief Justice of the Common Pleas 344:, and from there was admitted to 67:Chief Justice of the Common Pleas 2436: 1737:Speakers of the House of Commons 1583:Speaker of the House of Commons 1285:Dictionary of National Biography 1111: 1099: 1087: 1075: 1063: 1051: 1039: 1027: 955:Dictionary of National Biography 559:Speaker of the House of Commons 517:Broke's most important work was 472:Speaker of the House of Commons 431:. 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Index

Sir Robert Broke, 1st Baronet
Robert Brook
The Right Honourable
MP

Chief Justice of the Common Pleas
Mary I
Richard Morgan
Anthony Brown
Speaker of the House of Commons
Mary I
John Pollard
Clement Higham
Patshull Hall
All Saints Church, Claverley
Alma mater
Oxford University

All Saints Church, Claverley
SL
Shropshire
City of London
Speaker of the House of Commons
Books of authority
recusant
Oxford University
Claverley
Council of Wales and the Marches
landed gentry
Strand Inn

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