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==The Cocke family== |
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[[File:Monument to Sir Henry Cocke and his wife.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Monument to Sir Henry Cocke and his wife Ursula]] |
[[File:Monument to Sir Henry Cocke and his wife.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Monument to Sir Henry Cocke and his wife Ursula]] |
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The Cocke family built Broxbournebury Manor in about 1550. It is not certain whether it was John Cocke or his son Sir [[Henry Cocke]] (1538-1609) who built it. John Cocke (1506-1557) was granted the Broxbourne Manor by Henry VIII in 1544. John died in 1557 and left the property to his wife Anne and when she died she left it to her son Sir [[Henry Cocke]].<ref>British History Online website “Broxbourne”. [https://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/herts/vol3/pp430-440#h3-0003 Online reference]</ref> . He was a person of importance in the household of Queen Elizabeth. |
The Cocke family built Broxbournebury Manor in about 1550. It is not certain whether it was John Cocke or his son Sir [[Henry Cocke]] (1538-1609) who built it. John Cocke (1506-1557) was granted the Broxbourne Manor by Henry VIII in 1544. John died in 1557 and left the property to his wife Anne and when she died she left it to her son Sir [[Henry Cocke]].<ref>British History Online website “Broxbourne”. [https://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/herts/vol3/pp430-440#h3-0003 Online reference]</ref> . He was a person of importance in the household of Queen Elizabeth. |
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"''He was a justice of the peace in Hertfordshire, lord of the manor of Broxbourne, deputy lieutenant of the county in charge of the musters, and a knight of the shire in three parliaments. For over twenty years he was Burghley's trusted henchman, keeping him regularly informed on all matters pertaining to Hertfordshire. In 1597, therefore, Burghley rewarded him with the post of cofferer of the household. The appointment was contrary to accepted procedure since Sir Henry had not previously served as a clerk in the counting house. In spite of the opposition of the "career men" he administered his office well and managed to hold his post long into the reign of James."''<ref>Woodworth, Allegra. “Purveyance for the Royal Household in the Reign of Queen Elizabeth”, Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, Vol. 35, No. 1 (Dec., 1945), pp. 1-89.</ref> In 1603 Sir Henry entertained James I at Broxbournebury Manor when he succeeded to the Crown of England.<ref>“Hertfordshire in History”, p. 94. [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=-NA92VQLp0cC&pg=PA94&dq=%22sir+henry+cocke%22+james&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiKh8yT8ZDeAhXMAnIKHZiGCHcQ6AEIKTAA#v=onepage&q=%22sir%20henry%20cocke%22%20james&f=false Online reference]</ref> |
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When Henry died in 1609 he left Broxbournebury Manor to his daughter Elizabeth. Elizabeth married three times. Firstly Robert West, secondly [[Robert Oxenbridge (died 1616)|Sir Robert Oxenbridge]] and thirdly Sir Richard Lucy in about 1617. She died in 1645 and Sir Richard survived her and continued to hold the manor until his death in 1667, when it passed to Ursula Oxenbridge, daughter of Elizabeth Cocke by her second husband.<ref>British History Online website “Broxbourne”. [https://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/herts/vol3/pp430-440#h3-0003 Online reference]</ref> Ursula Oxenbridge married Sir John Monson in 1627 and so the manor became the property of the Monson family for the next 150 years. |
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==The Bosanquet family== |
==The Bosanquet family== |
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Revision as of 16:34, 30 October 2018
Broxbournebury Manor is a building of historical significance and is listed on the English Heritage Register.[1] It was originally a courtyard house built in the 16th Century with major alterations and additions in the 18th and 19th Centuries. Today it is a country club.
The Cocke family
The Cocke family built Broxbournebury Manor in about 1550. It is not certain whether it was John Cocke or his son Sir Henry Cocke (1538-1609) who built it. John Cocke (1506-1557) was granted the Broxbourne Manor by Henry VIII in 1544. John died in 1557 and left the property to his wife Anne and when she died she left it to her son Sir Henry Cocke.[2] . He was a person of importance in the household of Queen Elizabeth.
The Bosanquet family
Jacob Bosanquet bought the house at the time of his marriage in 1790 t.[3] When Jacob died in 1828 his eldest son George inherited the house. In 1831 he married his cousin Cecilia Franks (1789-1868) She was a keen gardener and her rose garden was often mentioned in publications. One book described Broxbournebury as a “celebrated mansion and remarkable for a unique rose garden”.[4] In 1832 a rose called “Mrs Bosanquet” was named after her. This rose still exists today.[5] The couple had one daughter, Cecilia. When George died in 1866 his daughter and her husband Horace James Smith inherited the house. Horace added the name Bosanquet to his name at the time of the inheritance.
Horace . He married in 1858 and had five daughters and one son. In 1878 Horace commissioned Sir Ernest George to make considerable alterations and additions to the house.[6]
When Horace died in 1907 his son Major George Richard Smith-Bosanquet (1866-1939). In 1895 he married Elizabeth Woodcock daughter of William Woodcock of the Limes, Aston.[7] The couple had no children. Elizabeth died in 1930 and at the age of 67 George married in 1934 the widow Ethelind Minnie Lofts (1892-1978) (nee Tylden-Pattenson) who was aged 42. The couple had one son. George died in 1939 and in 1946 the Broxbournebury Estate was sold. . The house and some of the land was bought by Hertfordshire County Council. It was sold later to become the Hertfordshire Golf and Country Club.[8]
References
- ^ English Heritage Register. Online reference
- ^ British History Online website “Broxbourne”. Online reference
- ^ Foster Joseph 1884 “The royal lineage of our noble and gentle families”, p. 25. Online reference
- ^ Protestant Exiles from France in the Reign of Louis XIV”, p. 245. Online reference
- ^ Help me find website. Online reference
- ^ English Heritage Register. Online reference
- ^ “The county families of the United Kingdom; or, Royal manual of the titled and untitled aristocracy of England, Wales, Scotland, and Ireland”, 1919, Online reference
- ^ Help Me Find website. Online reference