Richard Brooke (Norton)

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1542 After the suppression of the Order by Henry VIII circa 1542, he was relieved of his religious vows and held the office of Vice-Admiral of England.
1544 In May 1544 he served in Lord Hertford's army in Scotland which sacked and burnt Edinburgh. Brooke captured and destroyed the fortress on the island of Inchgarvie in the Galley Subtile on 6 May 1544.
1545 Richard Brooke (died 1569) bought the manor of Norton, near Runcorn, Cheshire from Henry VIII in 1545 following the dissolution of the monasteries.
1553 Following the accession of Queen Mary to the throne in 1553, Brooke assisted Reginald Pole in the re-establishment of the Order of St John in England.
Christiane Brooke