Although the Wheathampstead parish registers before 1690 were lost, data on some prominent families, including Brokets, had earlier been transcribed and happily survive in a manuscript in the Bodleian, which has been transcribed by the Society of Genealogists. Spanning 1507-1680 these data have been copied into 2 tables below, arranged by date and name.

Thomas Cromwell first ordered parish registers to be kept in 1538, but it was not until Elizabeth's accession in 1558 that many parishes began (Hey 1998 p 341). After 1558 the Brocket entries are regular, but even from 1544 they are more or less complete—there was only the one Broket family in the parish till 1558: that of John—later Sir John I. Prior to the 1544 record—a baptism—there are 3 burial records from 1507 and 1525. They date well before Thomas Cromwell's order and were individual records of prominent members of the community, not part of a systematic list. Lucy's burial, for instance, was recorded in 1525 but not her husband's in 1532.

Note: The surname was spelt Brocket throughout, except 2 instances of Brokett: Edward bur 1669 and Thomas bur 1671.

1. Brocket entries by date

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2. Brocket entries by name

Name		of		of	event	d	m	y	comments
Ann					bur	22	Mar	1586	d/o Sir John III
Ann	daughter	Edward	Gent		bap			1661	d/o Edward b 1606
Barnister	son	John			bap	20	Jan	1632	s/o Mary Bannister
Bensted					bap	12	May	1548	s/o Sir John I
Charles	son	John	Esq		bap	1	Jul	1613	s/o Mary Garroway
Charles	son	John		the Street	bur	9	Jan	1616	s/o Mary Garroway
Charles	son	John		the Street	bap	2	Jun	1618	s/o Mary Garroway, d 1662/3
Edward			Esq		bur			1598	m Lady Chaloner. Of the Place
Edward	son	John	Esq		bap	14	Jan	1606	s/o Mary Garroway
Edward	son	John		Mackrey End	bap	23	Jun	1625	s/o John of Caswell
Edward			Mr	The Place	bur	19	Jan	1669	b 1606
Elizabeth			Lady	in church	bur			1507	nee Thwaites
Elizabeth	daughter	Mr John		Mackrey End	bap	28	Jun	1626	d/o John of Caswell
Elizabeth	daughter	John	Esq senior		bap	3	Aug	1628	d/o Mary Bannister
Elizabeth	daughter	John	senior		bur	18	Jul	1632	d/o Mary Bannister
Elizabeth	daughter	Mr Edward	and Mary		bap	21	Nov	1654	d/o Edward b 1606. M Kilbee
Elizabeth	and	KILBEE	Lawyer, citizen of London		mar	3	Jun	1680	d/o Edward b 1606
Frances	daughter	John	Esq		bap	29	Mar	1604	d/o Mary Garroway
Frances	daughter	Mr		the Street	bur	23	Jul	1623	d/o Mary Garroway
Frances	daughter	Mr Edward			bap	16	Jun	1658	d/o Edward b 1606. M Buttler
Frances	and	Mr Wm. BUTTLER		citizen, London	mar	24	Oct	1678	d/o Edward b 1606
Garway	son	John	Esq		bap	6	Jun	1616	s/o Mary Garroway
Garraway	son	John	Esq		bur	19	Apr	1619	s/o Mary Garroway
George	son	John		the Street	bap	4	Jan	1624	s/o Mary Bannister
Henry	son	John	senior	& Mary	bap	22	Jul	1634	s/o Mary Bannister
Isabel	daughter	John			bap	24	Jun	1566	error? For d/o Edward and Lady Chaloner. See will? Or doc
Jane	widow¹	John		Mackrey End	bur	20	Feb	1621	Joan Lacon, w/o John of Caswell
Johanna	daughter	Nicholas			bur	20	Apr	1566	of Mackrey End
John			Sir		bur	14	Apr	1558	Sir John I
John	son	John			bur	2	Feb	1559	s/o Sir John II?
John	son	Nicholas			bap	14	Jan	1562	Sir John III
John	son	John			bap	24	Jul	1583	John of Caswell
John	son	John	Esq		bap	20	May	1611	s/o Mary Garroway. Bur 1628
John	son	Mr John		Mackrey End	bap	29	Jul	1612	s/o John of Caswell
John			Sir		bur	20	Sep	1613	Sir John III
John	son	John	Esq	the Street	bur	4	Nov	1628	s/o Mary Garroway. Bap 1611
John	son	John	senior		bap	20	Oct	1629	s/o Mary Bannister. Not in father's will but on mother's gravestone
John			Esq		bur	5	Nov	1649	m Mary Bannister and Garroway
John	son	Mr Edward		& Mary	bap	5	May	1660	s/o Edward b 1606²
Judith	daughter	John	Esq		bap	30	May	1605	d/o Mary Garroway
Luce			Mrs	in church	bur			1525	Lucy Pulter
Margaret	daughter	John			bap	29	Apr	1582	d/o Sir John III?
Martha	widow	John			bur	2	Apr	1586	?
Mary	daughter	John	Esq		bur	1	May	1604	d/o Mary Garroway
Mary	widow	John	Esq		bur	29	Jul	1619	Mary Garroway
Mary	daughter	John	Esq		bap	19	Jun	1627	d/o Mary Bannister
Mary	daughter	Mr Edward		& Mary	bap	25	Sep	1654	d/o Edward b 1606
Mary	widow			Ayot	bur	21	Dec	1667	Mary Bannister. Gravestone 1669
Mrs. Mary	widow				bur	14	Oct	1680	w/o Edward b 1606
Nicholas			Mr		bur	23	Apr	1585	b/o Sir John I
Radulfus	son	John			bap	8	Aug	1546	s/o Sir John I
Randoll					bur	23	Jun	1621	b 1546?
Robert			Mr	in church	bur			1507	of Appleton
Thomas	son	John		Mackrey End	bap	8	Oct	1584	s/o Sir John III
Thomas	son	John	Esq		bap	15	Jan	1614	s/o Mary Garroway. Bur 1619
Thomas	son	John			bur	9	Aug	1619	s/o Mary Garroway. Bap 1614
Thomas	son	John			bap	4	May	1628	s/o Mary Bannister. Bur 1671
Thomas				The Place	bur	6	Jul	1671	s/o Mary Bannister. Bap 1628
William	son	John			bap	26	May	1544	s/o Sir John I
William	son	John			bur	8	Jun	1545	s/o Sir John I
William	son	John	Esq		bap	20	Jul	1608	s/o Mary Garroway. Bur 1609
William	son	John	Esq		bur	7	Nov	1609	s/o Mary Garroway. Bap 1608
William	son	John	Esq senior		bap	23	Oct	1631	s/o Mary Bannister. Bur 1675
William			Mr		bur	1	Jan	1675	s/o Mary Bannister. Bap 1631

Footnotes

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1. The Wheathampstead register has 'daughter' in error.
2. The IGI here mistakenly has bap 1631.