The very first record of Brokets anywhere comes from 1207 Lincolnshire. Then 2 centuries later in 1432 a Yorkshireman was recorded working in the county. During the next century 2 or more members of a clan from Northumberland came down and settled. They were probably in service to the Percys. The mid-to-late 16th C scatter of families in half a dozen nearby parishes within a day's journey of each other in the Horncastle area probably descended from them. Some 17th and/or 18th C Brokets may have been immigrants to Lincolnshire, moving into the fenlands or ports for work. All records from the 17th C are of families or individuals rather than continuing lines, and between 1807-77 there was only one record in the whole large county. Then in the late 19th C two brothers with Befordshire origins came in for work and their descendants developed into a clan that has stayed through till today.

Contents of this page:	1. 13th Century	4. PRs
	2. 15th Century	5. 19-20th Centuries
	3. 16th C

Map of Lincolnshire

1. 13th Century

Crespin and Osbert Brochet were pledges in court in Stixwould 1207. Although it is likely, they did not necessarily reside there, nor even in Lincolnshire. Another pledge was 'of Hardwic', 6 miles W of Lincoln. The subsidy returns for Stixwold 1200-1400 in the PRO record no Brokets (PRO E179/135/11,24,25,65 and E179/237/74).

2. 15th Century

Robert Broket collected taxes on cloth and fees for its inspection in the Lyndesey area in the 1430s and 40s, delivering them twice a year to the Exchequer in Westminster.

Date/source	Calendar entry
1432 Jun 3 Westminster Calendar of Fine Rolls 1432, p 72	Robert Broket—by mainprise of John Cerf of the county of York, 'gentilman', and John Holme of the same county, 'gentilman'—Grant and demise of the subsidy and alnage of cloths for sale in the parts of Lyndesey, co. Lincoln to hold the same from Easter last for two years, at a yearly farm of 20s payable to the Exchequer; with proviso that if any other person shall be willing without fraud to give more by way of increment for the said farm, then the said Robert shall be bound to pay such larger sum if he will have the keeping. By bill of the treasurer.
1441 Nov 22 Westminster Calendar of Fine Rolls 1441, p 201	Commitment to Robert Broket—by mainprise of John Wentworth of Hemmyngburgh, co. York, 'gentilman,' and John Holme of Beverley, 'gentilman,'—of the subsidy and alnage of cloths for sale in the parts of Lyndesey, co. Lincoln; to hold the same from Easter last for 5 years, together with a moiety of the forfeiture of the said cloths for sale, rendering the 20s. which as the late farmer he has been wont to render for the same, yearly by equal portions at Michaelmas and Easter, and answering at the Exchequer for the other moiety of the said forfeiture; and appointment of the said Robert as alnager and collector; in terms as above. By bill of the treasurer.

In all likelihood Robert was a member of the Yorkshire group:

The textile trade was at the centre of England's economy in the late medieval age and York was a centre for manufacture. Raw wool was also exported and woven up into cloth in Flanders, some of it being reimported back to England (Keen 1990 pp 90-2).
Mainpernors stood surety and were legally responsible for the fulfilment of the contract by the principal, so they knew each other well. Robert's mainpernors were both from Yorkshire, while his successor's were from London (Calendar of Fine Rolls 1447, p 50; 1452, p 10). Moreover, one of them—John Cerf—was both a mainpernor of Thomas Broket, Remembrancer in Westminster and his successor as Remembrancer from 1435-44 (Sainty 1983 p 54), and the other—John Holme—was a mainpernor of William Broket of York.
Robert's two grants were issued from the Exchequer: the first during Thomas' time as Remembrancer, the second during John Cerf's.
Lindsey was a Percy tenancy in chief (Clay 1963 pp 17-19; The Complete Peerage, vol 10, p 437). Nonetheless, Robert did not necessarily reside there.

Mainpernors of some 15th C Exchequer Broket grants
Date	Principal	Mainpernors
1418	Thomas of Yorkshire	John Cerf of Yorkshire
1422	Thomas of Yorkshire	John Cerf of Yorkshire
1431	William of York	John Holme and Roger Byrne of Yorkshire
1432	Robert of Lyndesey	John Cerf and John Holme of Yorkshire
1441	Robert of Lyndesey	John Wentworth and John Holme of Yorkshire

In light of all this, Robert was probably Robert Broket junior, Draper, and a cousin of Thomas, Remembrancer. He didn't necessarily live in Lincolnshire—records of sons of a merchant would be expected, but no Brokets are recorded in the county again till the Northumberland clan a century later.

3. 16th Century

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Bequests from 2 well-to-do London brothers in the 1530s provide the first definite reference to Brokets living in Lincolnshire. Some others were recorded later on in the century but are not found in PRs:

i	Thomas	High Toynton
ii	John	Bolingbroke
iii	William	Tattershall
iv	Johnne	Woodenderby
v	Patience and sisters	Fiskerton

i. Thomas in High Toynton near Horncastle

'Also I geve and bequethe vnto Thomas Brokett dwelling in Over Taynton in Lincolneshire besides Horne Castell x li' (l 27 of the will of William Broket, Citizen and Goldsmith of London, pr 1536).

Thomas was of the same generation as William Citizen of London, and may have died before PRs began. But some of the Brokets recorded later in parishes nearby may have been his descendants. The Toyntons are small villages c 2 m E of Horncastle. The spelling 'Taynton' will have been a London court copyist's mistranscription. High Toynton registers don't survive before 1715 but BTs do from 1561. Low Toynton's registers survive from 1557 (bur), 1585 (bap, mar) and BTs from 1561.

ii. John living near Bolingbroke

'Item I giue & bequeth to my cousene John Brocket my brothers sone dwelling beside bullingbroke in lyncolneshire in money v li' (will of Robert Brockett, Citizen and Baker of London, pr 1531).

The earliest parish records of Lincolnshire Brokets come from Moorby in the 1560s. Moorby is only a couple of miles from Bolingbroke, and the burial of John there in 1581 may well have been this John. Bolingbroke registers survive from 1538 (bur), 1559 (mar) and 1561 (bap), but the IGI records no Brokets there before 1670.

Moorby—suggested reconstruction



           John ?m Mabel
 
           bur   | bur
                 |
           1581  | 1597
                 |
     ____________|___________ 
     |                      |
     |                  ?   |
 
 Richard m 1604 Clare     James ?m Isabell
 
 b 1569  |     BELLABYE   bur       bur
         |
         |     bur 1607   1563      1566
 
       Mathew
 
       b 1604

If John and Thomas had been born in Lincolnshire, their fathers had not, because they belonged to a Northumberland clan. The Northumberland clan would not have emigrated north from Lincolnshire. In the 14th and 15th C Broket clans were northern, connected to the Percys. The Percys held minor manors in Lincolnshire within a morning's walk of Bolingbroke and Toynton—Slothby, Claxby, Burwell and Calceby (Bean 1958 p 159).

iii. William d 1566

William of Tattershall (c 9 m SW of Bolingbroke and Toynton) would have been a close relative of Thomas and John, perhaps a son of Thomas. Letters of Administration were granted to his widow Margaret Brockett on 24 Jun 1567 (LCC Adm 1567/121) and an inventory survives from 15 Jan 1566 totalling £9 16d:

Tatteshall
Tattyshall The Inventorye of all suche goodes and cattelles as latte ware & dede appertayn to Wyllyame Brocket dessessyd mad the xvtyn' of Januarie Anno Domini i556 and thene praysed by Wyllyame Broughe Edwarde pyrsone Rychard Longleye Wyllyame Bothe and Edwarde Brounsmythe as her after Folowythe
Item In the parller ij chestes Item on payer of lyne shettes Item ij pellowberes ij toweles Item one bed with the bedsted as yt stoond Item iij candylstykes on salt & ij pottes Item ij se..m of oottes Item in the hall one table iij chayers wythe formes & cusshens Item in the buttre vj dysshys & vj sassars Item ij pottes iij panes one fryeng pane & one dropyng pane Item for kyttes & old tobes Item on spytte one payer of cobornes Item iij kye & one nag coller dune Item one cotte one cloake on doblette one payer of hoose & ij sherttes Item a sadyll & a brydyll Item for courne sowene in weste crofte Item for pullene Item for ij holdyng pyges Item one sword & one dagare Item for hempe and lynen Item for paynted clothys & for mylke boulles & one brandrythe & one payer of tonges sum totall ixli xvjd praysed as ys a foresayd by vs Edward Brounsmythe Edward Payessone Wyllyam Broughe Wyllyam Bothe Rychard Longlaye In the pressense of vs Robart Bowgham Christopher Parker	ijs vs iiijs vs ijs viijs vjs iiijs vjs viijd xijd xijd iiijli xs xxs ijs xiijs iiijd ijs ijs iijs iijs xvjd

Tattershall Registers survive only from 2 years after William's death—1568 (bap, mar, bur)—but the BTs from 1561.

iv Johnne d 1590

In his will, written 28 Feb 1590, pr Lincoln 14 May 1591 (LCC Wills 1591/1/369) 'Johnne Brocket of Woodenderby in the Countie of Lincolnshire laborer' bequeathed his body to be buried in Woodenderby churchyard and his estate to his wife Alice, sole executrix. Wood Enderby is c 5 m W of Bolingbroke, S of Toynton and NE of Tattershall. Its Registers survive from 1561 (bap, bur), 1563 (mar) and BTs from 1561. Was Johnne a son of Thomas?

v Patience d 1593

Patience Brocket of Fiskerton (15 or 16 m W of Bolingbroke and Toynton and NW of Tattershall) died in 1593 when administration of her goods was given to her sisters Elizabeth Eayton and Ellen Wood (both alias Brocket, York Registry Wills 1585-94, Appendix, p 155: microfim 1153 - Deanery of Newark). Unrecorded in PRs, they were probably daughters of Thomas, John, William or Johnne, perhaps grandaughters. Fiskerton registers survive from 1539 (bap, mar, bur) and BTs from 1599, but the IGI does not record any of the 3 sisters.

4. Parish Registers (PRs)

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More records of Lincolnshire Brokets emerge with the start of PRs.

The IGI coverage of Lincolnshire is patchy, with only one parish in the whole county completely transcribed, so research has to focus on the registers themselves.

Current indications are of a single Broket clan. Records in parishes where the IGI recorded Brokets before 1700 date no later than the 1560s—whether registers or BTs—yet only Moorby recorded Brokets before 1590.

Over the next 170 years there were only about a dozen one-generation families recorded in as many parishes, all within c 34 miles of each other. In the majority of parishes no marriages were recorded, suggesting migration for work. Conditions in the fenlands were poor and the few children surviving to adulthood probably mostly left. Only in Mareham Le Fen was there definitely a line of more than 2 generations in this period, headed by a couple of local gentry status.

	Parish	1st Broket record	Date registers survive from
	Moorby	1563	1561 (bap, mar, bur); BTs 1562.
i	Boston	1590	1564 (bap, mar), 1559 (bur); BTs 1561.
ii	Cowbit	1593	1595 (bap, mar, bur); BTs 1561.
iii	Claypole	1593	1538 (bap, mar), 1593 (bur); BTs 1562.
	Bassingham	1604	1572 (bap, bur), 1573 (mar); BTs 1562.
iv	Quadring	1608	1583 (bap, mar, bur); BTs 1565.
v	Kirkby On Bain	1634	1562 (bap, mar, bur); BTs 1561.
vi	Mareham Le Fen	1672	1558 (bap, mar), 1561 (bur); BTs to 1812 lost.
vii	Old Bolingbroke	1670	1561 (bap), 1559 (mar), 1538 (bur); BTs 1562.
viii	Martin (Lindsey)	1699	1561 (bap, mar, bur); BTs 1561.
ix	Long Sutton	1729	1669 (bap, bur), 1670 (mar); BTs 1561.

It is probable that most—if not all—of these families descended from the early 16th C Bolingbroke or Toynton Brokets.

i. Boston

1. 1560s-1630s

 
 
       John BROCKETT m Ellinore       Margaret
 
    Brewer of Boston | alive          m 1606
                     |
     b ?1560s d 1630 | 1648           William HAMMOND
                     |
     ________________|___________________________ 
     |      |        |          |       |       |
     |      |        |          |       |       |
 
 Dorothy  Elena   Nicholas    John    Agnes  Katerine
 
 b 1590   b 1592  Ropemaker   b 1593  b 1596  b 1598
 
 d 1590   d 1598  alive 1648  d 1605          d 1608

All events at Boston unless otherwise stated

The origin of the head of this family can only be guessed at. The PR recorded the baptisms of 5 of John's children—simply as son or daughter of John. 'Nicholas son of John' was added in the margin by another hand beside the 1593 baptism of John. Ellinore's name, John's occupation and death in 1630, and Nicholas' alias and occupation all come from PRO C/10/38/12 dated 1648 in which Nicholas aka John Brockett of Shadwell and Stepney Heath, Middlesex, Ropemaker, eldest son of John of Boston, Brewer, d 1630 and Ellinore brought a claim re property in White Horse Lane, Boston against John Dawson of Boston, Tanner, formerly of Ratcliff. Nicholas had been away in Bermoudas. In the 1630s Nicholas had an interest in a ship which transported cargo to Virginia. For some reason by 1648 he was also using the name John.

2. 1690s-?1807


 
 
     William  m Penelope m2 1735
 
    Innholder |   ...    John
              |
     b 1696   |          HARRISON
              |
     Mareham  |
              |
     d 1735   |
              |
    __________|_________________ 
    |         |        |       |
    |         |        |       |
 
 William  Penelope  Richard  Mary
 
 b 1724   b 1726    b 1727   b 1729
 
 ?Merchant alive    d bef    d bef
 
 d 1807    1735     1735     1735

All events at Boston unless otherwise stated

This second Boston family did not descend from the first. William was a son of John and Isabell WRIGHT of Mareham Le Fen, as shown by his will in which he mentioned his brother Richard 'of Mareham Le Fen' and children (written and signed by him 6 Jan 1734/5, LCC Wills 1735/16). He left his estate to his wife Penellipp, sole executrix, and £100 each to minor children William and Penellipp, who were therefore alive—and presumably in Boston—in 1735. Son William was probably the Boston Merchant who died 1807 without issue, and was three times Mayor of Boston during George III's reign: in 1782 and twice in 1797 (www.bostonuk.com/index.cfm?id=23715 Nov 2006). Children Richard and Mary, not mentioned in the will, presumably died young.

ii. Cowbit

1593-1616, 1679


   _____________________________  
   |      |       |      |      |
   |      |       |      |      |
 
 Mary   John   Robert Thomas Thomas
 
 b 1593 b 1595 b 1598 b 1600 b 1601
 
          |
          |
         ?|
 
        Anne
 
        b 1616

Although nothing further is known of the earlier Cowbit Brokets baptised 1593-1616 (IGI), they would have been unconnected with the Bartholomew s/o Bartholomew and Katherine 'Brockit'—probably Brockey—bap 1679. Five Brockey wills survive from Cowbit 1674-1705, the last that of Bartholomew Brockey Husbandman (LCC Wills 1705/55). In it he mentioned wife Catherine and children Bartholomew, Thomas and Catherine. There is no doubt from the will that he and his family were Brockeys and therefore that the Bartholomew 'Brockit' bap 1679 s/o of [the same] Bartholomew and Katherine was actually also a Brockey. This single entry was perhaps a slip of the curate's pen.

iii. Claypole and Bassingham

The IGI recorded 2 isolated baptisms in these 2 parishes, c 7 m apart from each other. It's probable that the father was the same:

  CLAYPOLE 1593
 
 
 
    Edward
 
       |
       |
       |
 
     Jane
 
    b 1593

    BASSINGHAM 1604
 
 
 
        Edward
 
           |
           |
           |
 
        William
 
        b 1604

iv. Quadring

Two erroneous baptisms were recorded in Quadring in 1608 and 1614. They were the only Broket entries in the entire Registers and BTs, and both were in all likelihood Brokups. Two miles away in Donnington-in-Holland a clan of that name was recorded regularly 1575-1629—variously spelt Brakoup, Brocuppe, Brockap, Brockeup, Brockop, Brockup, Brockupe and Brokup. A William was baptised there 1575 but not recorded again. He appears to have moved to Quadring, where between 1609-16 William Brocup or Brockup had 5 children baptised—the only Brokups recorded in Quadring. He probably also had a son John baptised there in 1608, but the surname was written wrongly in the Register—and later reproduced in the BT. Instead of Brokup, the entry for Nov 29 reads 'John sonne of William Broket'.

A second error in the Register—perhaps the curate was not always careful—occurred with the baptism on 13 Mar 1613/4 of Thomas s/o 'Thomas' Brocup. Here the first name of the father—which should have been William—appears to have been a dittography either of the son or of the previous entry, where the father was a Thomas. To compound the errors, the surname when copied to the BT was transcribed 'Brocket'. The IGI here reproduced the BT and therefore recorded the baptism as of Thomas s/o Thomas Brocket.

v. Kirkby On Bain

The IGI recorded the baptism here of Mary d/o Francis and Chatherin Brockit 17 Dec 1634. It is c 3 m W of Mareham Le Fen, where Francis and Katherine had married 13 days beforehand.

vi. Mareham Le Fen

1600s-1730s

All events were at Mareham Le Fen unless otherwise stated. K = Kirkby on Bain, a= alive.

 

 
 
 Mathewe m Alice   Matthew       Francis m 1634 Katherine JENNY/S
 
         |         Batcheller    Gent    |
         |                               |
         |         d 1694        d 1658  |
         |                               |
         |            ___________________|____________________ 
         |            |        |         |         |         |
         |            |        |         |         |         |
 
       Joane        Mary      Ann     Richard  Batholina   John m 1672 Isabell WRIGHT
 
       b 1640       b K 1634  a 1657  a 1657   a 1657           |      d 1698
                                                                |
                    a 1657                                      |
                                                                |
            ____________________________________________________|___________________ 
            |        |      |       |        |        |         |          |       |
            |        |      |       |        |        |         |          |       |
 
Susanna   John   Joseph  Francis Joseph  Elizabeth  Joseph   Richard    William  Benjamin
 
b c 1680  b 1676 d 1680  b 1681  b 1683  b 1685     b 1688   b c 1690   b 1696   b 1698
 
m 1705    d 1700                 d 1688  ?d 1686    d 1721   d 1737      issue   d 1699
 
Charles                                             m 1716   m 1715       in
 
JOHNSON                                             Martha   Elizabeth   Boston
 
   |                                                SEELY    SIMPSON
   |
   |                                    ______________|      d 1738
   |                                    |
   |                    ________________|           ____________|_____________________ 
                        |        |      |           |       |       |        |       |
Elizabeth               |        |      |           |       |       |        |       |
 
b 1700               Richard  Joseph  Mary        John   Sibella Sibella Elizabeth Mary
 
?m 1726              b 1717   b 1719  b 1720      b 1716 b 1719  b 1724  b 1726    b 1728
 
John WILSON          d 1724           d 1724      d 1724 d 1721                    d 1729

No records of a generation beyond that of Joseph b 1719 suggest that the clan died out in the male line in Mareham with him.

The clan was headed by Francis, who in the 1650s lived in a house called Mareham Moor and styled himself 'Gent' (will signed 20 Feb 1657, LCC Wills 1662/2/814). There is no need to look for his ancestry among the landed Hertfordshire Brokets—there are no land records independently verifying his status and 'Gent' here probably meant a retired yeoman living off leases of his land. Mareham Le Fen was within a few miles of the villages where Brokets were in the previous century and Francis probably descended from them. He mentioned his wife and 5 children and appointed as overseers 'my loving cosen Mr Lawrence Boston of Tointon and my kinde Brother in law Mr William Tingrome of Spilsby', each to receive 12d for their pains to buy them gloves. No probate details survive, but an inventory was made 2 Aug 1658, in which his purse and apparell were valued at £1 10s with goods in the hall, parlour, chamber, little house and outdoors in the yard, sum total £22 10s 4d. Compare the inventory of gentleman John of Grimston—c 50 m away—d 1663 valued at £683 17s.

The next head was Francis' son John, a mercer and churchwarden 1693-4. The PR records his contribution to various good causes, such as 6d in 1681 'towards relief of persecuted Protestants in France', and 4d in 1683 'towards the fire in London Whitechapel that destroyed about 1500 houses and contents'.

John was also a witness to the will of 'Batcheller' Matthew, perhaps his uncle. Written 12 Nov 1694, pr Lincoln 21 Nov (LCC Wills 1694/146), the will mentioned Matthew's kinswoman Mary SELBY, daughter of George SELBY, and his executors were his brother in law Roger CAMELL and his daughter Ann. A Mary Brocket had married George SELBY 4 Sep 1683. It is not clear if she was d/o Francis.

Two Mareham Le Fen Register entries are not on the chart above: Mathew bur 1679 and Isabel bur 1691.

After Joseph s/o John and Isabell d 1721, Martha married Christopher SMITH 2 May 1724 and had issue. Christopher was buried 24 Aug 1737 and she married thirdly Richard KEAL 28 Nov 1738, all at Mareham Le Fen.

vii. Old Bolingbroke

Richard ________________________|________________________ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Mary James Elizabeth Mary John Francis Elizabeth b 1670 b 1671 b 1673 b 1676 b 1682 b 1686 b 1689

b = bap

Richard was probably s/o Francis and Katherine of Mareham Le Fen.

viii. Martin

Martin is in Lindsey, c 2 m S of Horncastle. The IGI recorded the marriage of John to Susannah FISH here in 1699, and the baptism of a Susana FISH 6 Mar 1669 in Wilksby, c 3 m SE of Martin. Was John s/o Richard, bap Bolingbroke 1682?

ix. Long Sutton

The IGI recorded the marriage of William BROCKET and Elizabeth MARITT here 30 Nov 1729, and then the baptism of John s/o William and Elizabeth BROCKITT 2 Dec 1730.

No records of Brokets in Lincolnshire have been found 1738-1807.

4. 19-20th Centuries

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21 Feb 1807 William Brockett of Boston, Merchant signed his will (LCC Wills 1807/1/15). He apparently had no wife nor issue. He was probably son of the 2nd Boston family and three times Mayor of Boston.

There was an isolated marriage on 15 May 1828 between Edward Brockitt and Eleanor FARMER in Hougham, c 16 m S of Lincoln and 16 m E of Nottingham (IGI). This was Eleanor's parish—she was baptised there 18 Jan 1805 (IGI)—but they weren't recorded there again.

The 1841 census recorded the family of Agricultural Labourer George Brockit in Sotby, a village c 7 m NW of Horncastle and c 15 m E of Lincoln—none of the family apparently appearing in the GRO from 1837:


        George  m Elizabeth ...
 
       b c 1811 | b c 1816
                |
     ___________|___________ 
     |          |          |
     |          |          |
 
   Mary       John     Charlotte
 
 b c 1836   b c 1837   b c 1839

The 1861 census recorded no Brokets in Lincolnshire, and the 1871 census recorded only 2: Hannah, Dressmaker, aged 49, ie b c 1822 and Fred, unm, Tailor, 23, ie b c 1848—a mother and son in Lincoln St Michael. Fred might have been the son of William Edward of the Gateshead clan, and Hannah his wife Maria.

There is no record in the GRO of the IGI patron-submitted marriage between Anne and John William SQUIRES 15 Jan 1871 Osbournby, c 4 m S of Sleaford. Was Anne a relative of brothers Samuel and William?

Otherwise from 1837 there was not a single Broket birth, marriage or death recorded in Lincolnshire until 1877, once brothers Samuel and William from Huntingdonshire had set up a brick and tile making business in Scredington, c 4 m SE of Sleaford. The 1881 census shows only their two Brockett families in Lincolnshire. The children began to marry there c 20 years later.

Births, Marriages and Deaths in Lincolnshire 1837-1954
	Births	Marriages	Deaths
1837-74	0	0	0
1875-84	7	0	1
1885-94	7	0	3
1895-04	5	6	1
1905-14	11	5	1
1915-24	7	3	5
1925-34	6	8	2
1935-44	4	5	4
1945-54	2	4	6
Totals	49	31	23
Source: GRO. See national statistics.

The 1901 census recorded 6 of Samuel's family and 2 of William's working at the Brick and Tile Works. After about 50 years in business at Station Brickyard, Scredington, when 2 of Samuel's sons—Francis Samuel and Walter—were joint owners, the Works were declared bankrupt (London Gazette, 13 Jul 1926). There are differing accounts of why it ended, but it was probably a casualty of the economic climate in which Britain was still recovering from the effects of the First World War in the lead up to the Great Depression of 1929-33. Some say the business ended because of a rift in the family with one branch changing the spelling of their name to two tts, but during the 19th and 20th C the t or tt spellings had been interchangeable. For instance, William was Brockett in his BC 1845 and the 1881 census, and Brocket in his MC 1866, and Albert Edwin's birth was registered as Brockett 1882, but his marriage in 1911 and death in 1940 were as Brocket.

A Memorandum of Association of 28 Sep 1926 with no Brocketts as Directors shows that the business became a Limited Company 'Brockett Brick and Tile Co. Ltd.', but it too was declared bankrupt 19 Jan 1934 (PRO BT 31/32779/216714).

Thanks to Mark Brocket for many details on this clan.

i. Samuel 1844-1906

Born 21 Jan 1844 in Stoneley, a hamlet of Kimbolton in Huntingdonshire (BC), 2nd son of John and Eliza INCH. He married Frances Elizabeth RAWLINGS 15 Oct 1866 in Covington, Hunts (MC), where she had been baptised c 1845. Sometimes her name was spelt Francis, as in her death record: 1917 Sleaford aged 71 (Q2).

Samuel and brother William married on the same day, each in the parish of their brides—Samuel in Covington about 4 miles NW of Kimbolton, William in Hail Weston about 6 miles SE of Kimbolton. Was one wedding in the morning and the other in the afternoon?

Samuel's occupations:

1866 Labourer, residing Kimbolton
1867 Farm Laborer, residing Kimbolton (BC dau)
1871 Agricultural Labourer, residing Kimbolton; Frances Lace Maker
1881 Brick and Tile Maker, residing Burton Pedwardine
1901 Farmer Brick Maker, residing Scredington, Lincs Kesteven.

1871 census	1881 census	1891 census	1901 census
Samuel 27 Frances E 35 Jane 3 John 2	Samuel 37 Frances 35 John 12 Emma A 9 Herbert W 7 Charles 5 Harry 3 Francis S 1	Samuel 47 Francis Elizabeth 45 John 22 Emma Annie 19 Herbert 17 Charles 15 Harry 13 Frances Samuel 11 Albert Edwin 9 Andrew 7 Walter 4 Cecil 2	Samuel 57 Francis 55 Emma 29 Charles 25 Francis 21 Albert 19 Walter 14 Cecil 12
Note: The 1881 census wrongly transcribed Stonley as Stonby.

Samuel died 1906 in Sleaford District, Lincs (Q3, aged 62). Children:

Jane b 8 Sep 1867, Stonely, Kimbolton, Hunts (BC). By 1881, aged 13, she was working as a General Domestic Servant for Mary OUZMAN, Widow and retired Farmer's Wife, at the Carpenter's Shop in Helpringham, Lincoln. No apparent further record in GRO.
John, b 1869, St Neots District, Cambs (Q1; 1881 census Stoneley, Hunts); m Ann Sarah COOMBES 4 Oct 1899 in Cobham, Surrey (MC). Occupations: 1899 Policeman in Pinchbeck (MC), 1901 Brick-maker (census). The 1901 census recorded the family at Scredington, Lincs Kesteven: John aged 32; Ann aged 27 ie b c 1874 Cobham, Surrey; John aged 7 months, b Holbeach, Lincs Kesteven. John d 1929, Spilsby District (Q2, aged 60), buried Winthorpe, Skegness. Did Ann marry again 1939 Hackney, London to ...WALFORD (Q2)? Children:
1. John 'Jack', b 1900, Holbeach District (Q3); m 1925 Jemima "Maime" B WALFORD (GRO 2, Braintree, Essex). Occupations: Coldstream Guard, Policeman, Garage and Taxi business owner. 6ft in height. Resided between Dawston and Stamford Hill. Died of cancer c 1947.
2. Constance Jean, b 1902, Sleaford District (Q2); m 1925 Charles HOULDEN (Q1, Boston); resided Bicker.
3. Samuel Herbert, b 1904, Sleaford District (Q1); m Elsie May WHITE 1926 in Edmonton, London (Q3). Samuel left home aged about 14, pretending to be 16 to get a job as a Knocker-upper Boy, then was a Cleaner on the railways in Hornsea before becoming an Engine Driver on the Kings Cross-Grimsby line. He was politically active, and was a Labour Councillor. Died c 1962 Islington.
4. Francis Wilfred 'Wilf', b 1905, Sleaford District (Q2); m Constance Priscilla BLADES 1928 in Spilsby (Q4). Occupation: Butcher in Newark. Died 7 Oct 1950, Skegness (LPR, estate worth £200 0s 7d, to widow).
5. ...
Emma Annie, b 1872, St Neots District, Cambs (Q1; 1881 census Stoneley, Hunts); m 1912 Walter H WICKS in Sleaford District (Q1). He was a Station Master and they lived at East Barkwith. Annie and her mother used to make the clothes for the men to work in.
Herbert William, b 1873, St Neots District, Cambs (Q4; 1881 census Stoneley, Hunts). There was no suitable Herbert in the 1901 census—England or Scotland—and he was not with his parents. Married 6 Apr 1904 Annie Burns WHITE in the United Free Church, Stonehouse, Lanarkshire (MC), he a bachelor, aged 30, occupation Tile Manufacturer, residing Symington, she a spinster aged 30 from Larkhall. No further record of them found in Scotland. He probably died 1919, Eastbourne, Sussex (Q2 aged 45).
Charles, b 1875, St Neots District, Cambs (Q4; 1881 census Burton Pedwardine, Lincs); Manager Brickyard (1901 census); m 1903 Sleaford District (Q2) Gertrude DOBBS. Did Gertrude die 1940 Solihull Warwickshire (Q1, aged 65, ie b c 1875) or 1943 Brixworth Northants (Q2, aged 68, ie b c 1875)?
Harry, b 1877, Sleaford District (Q4; 1881 census Burton Pedwardine, Lincs). For the 1901 census he was living alone in Northampton aged 23, ie b c 1878 Burton Pedwardine, Lincs, Asylum Attendant. Married 1905 Sleaford District Annie Louise NEEDHAM (Q3). Annie L died 1922 Bourne, Lincs, aged 42, ie b c 1880 (Q2). Harry died 14 Feb 1952, Billingborough, near Sleaford (Q1; LPR, estate worth £880 0s 8d).
Francis Samuel, b 1880, Sleaford District (Q1; 1881 census Burton Pedwardine, Lincs); Occupation: 1901 Brickmaker (census), 1915 Farmer/Brickmaker, height 5ft 6¾in (PRO WO 363/B1717); m Soulcoates, Hull area, 1919 May SUMMERS (Q3). Francis was joint owner with brother Walter of the Brick and Tile Manufacturing business when it ended in 1926.
Albert Edwin "Wyn", b 1882, Sleaford District (Q1; 1901 census Burton Pedwardine, Lincs); Brickmaker (1901 census); m 1911 Sleaford Rose PRIESTLY (Q1). Owned the Post Office in Scredington. Died Scredington 4 Jul 1940 (LPR; Q3 aged 58), estate valued at £1193-15-2, executors Rose Brocket widow and Harry Brocket Farmer. Rose d 6 Feb 1948 (LPR). Children:
1. Frances H, b 1915 Sleaford District (Q1); d unm 1981.
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Andrew, b 1884, Sleaford District (Q2; 1901 census Scredington, Lincs). For the 1901 census he was living alone in Dewsbury, Yorkshire aged 17, Railway Telegraph Man. Married 1921 Sleaford District ... HAYES (Q1); d 3 Jan 1956, Sleaford District (LPR, estate worth £2593 9s 1d).
Walter, b 1886, Sleaford District (Q3; 1901 census Scredington, Lincs); Brickmaker (1901 census); m ... PELL 1921 in Sleaford District (Q3). Walter was organist at the parish Church in Winthorpe, Skegness.
Cecil, b 1888, Sleaford District (Q2; 1901 census Scredington, Lincs). Married Frances Mary GILL 1914 in Sleaford District (Q3). He had a Post Office in Silk Willougby and died there 3 Jul 1949 (Q3; LPR, estate worth £990 6s 3d). Children:
1. Gladys S Ella, born 1915 Sleaford District (Q4); d 1975.
2. Kathleen Mary, born Apr-Jun 1918 Sleaford District (Q2). Married ... ... Residing 64 Elmar Road, South Tottenham, London N15, of no occupation, surname Brocket, for birth of son 1946 at Morningside, Barrington Road, Torquay, Devon. Died c 2000.

ii. William 1845-1904

Born 11 Aug 1845 in Stoneley, Kimbolton, Huntingdonshire (BC), 3rd son of John and Eliza INCH. Married Jane SALLOWAY 15 Oct 1866 in Hale Weston, Hunts (MC), where she had been baptised c 1846. She died 1924 in Sleaford District (Q1, aged 78). William died 1904 in Sleaford District (Q1, aged 58). He may have had a connection with Aswarby Hall's brickworks. His occupations:

1866 Labourer, residing Hale Weston
1871 Brickmaker, residing Stonley, Kimbolton
1881 Brick Works Labourer, residing Silk Willoughby.

1871 census	1881 census	1891 census
William 26 Jane 27 Eliza 4 Mary J 2 Annie 2 mnths	William 35 Jane 35 Eliza 14 Mary J 12 Annie 10 William 8 Alice 5 Frederick 3 Beatrice 1	William 45 Jane 45 William 18 Alice 15 Frederick 12 Beatrice 11 Russell 6

The family wasn't under Brocket/t in the 1901 census. Children:

Eliza, b 1867, St Neots District, Cambs (Q1; 1881 census Kimbolton). Residing Monmouthshire, aged 24 (1891 census); married 1895 Sleaford JAMES LUNN (Q3). Eliza had a daughter Jane b and d 1888, Sleaford District (Q2). Jane died aged 14 days from convulsions.
Mary Jane, b 1869, St Neots District, Cambs (Q1; 1881 census Kimbolton). Residing London, aged 21 (1891 census); m 1895 Sleaford William Henry SMITH (Q1).
Annie, b 1871, St Neots District, Cambs (Q1; 1881 census Kimbolton).
William, b 1873, St Neots District, Cambs (Q1; 1881 census Kimbolton). Recorded in the 1901 census living on his own as a Brick Maker in Pinchbeck, Lincs Holland, aged 29. ?m 1902 Susannah FREESTONE Sleaford District (Q4; BC dau 1903). Brickmaker Journeyman 1903 (BC dau). William died 1944 Sleaford District, aged 71 (Q1). He was probably the Sergeant W Brockel (sic) of 2/1st Lincs Regiment on active service from the village of Osbournby, near Sleaford (Sleaford Gazette and South Lincolnshire Advertiser). A currently unknown H Brockett is commemorated on the 1st World War memorial in Osbournby Parish Church. Children:
1. Gladys May, b 6 Oct 1903 Scredington. Recorded 31 July 1915 as a pupil at the Weslyan Sunday School, Osbournby (Sleaford Gazette and South Lincolnshire Advertiser). Married 1927 Sleaford District Lincs ... ABBOTT (Q2).
2. Joseph William, b 1905 Sleaford District (Q1). Recorded 25 Dec 1915 at a school concert in Osbournby (Sleaford Gazette and South Lincolnshire Advertiser). married 1st 1942 Bourne Lincs ... MARSHALL (Q3); 2nd 1944 Boston ... BAXTER (Q4). Joe Brockett lived at Spanby and worked for a local farmer. He died there aged 65 and was one of the last to be buried in the village before the Church closed. There is no grave for him but he is believed to be buried close by the Church wall.
Alice, b 1876, St Neots District, Cambs (Q2; 1881 census Kimbolton). Recorded in the 1901 census living on her own as a Domestic Servant in New Sleaford, Lincs Kesteven, aged 25. Married 1902 Sleaford Richard BUTLER (Q4).
Frederick, b 1878, Sleaford District (Q2; 1881 census Silk Willoughby). Occupation Gardener. No obvious marriage record in the GRO. Died probably unm 1919, Stamford District (Q1).
Beatrice, b 1879, Sleaford District (Q4; 1881 census Silk Willoughby); m 1904 Sleaford William GRATRIX (Q2).
?Joseph Russell b and d 1882, Sleaford District (Q1).
Russel/l b 1885, Sleaford District (Q1); m 1909 Spalding (Q2). He was a Blacksmith in Scredington and then a Grocer in Deeping St James. He died 1939 Bourne Lincs aged 54 (Q3).