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Richard Brooke (Norton)

For later members of this family, many of whom were named Richard, see Brooke baronets § Brooke baronets, of Norton Priory (1662).

Richard Brooke or Broke (died 1569) was an English landowner and navy officer.

Richard Brooke was captain of the Galley Subtle (depicted in the Anthony Roll), he captured Inchgarvie in 1544 and bombarded the field of Pinkie.[1]
  1. ^ E. R. Adair, 'English Galleys in the Sixteenth Century', English Historical Review, 35:140 (October 1920), pp. 499-500
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