Situated on the edge of the City of London, around the Royal Courts of Justice, the Inns of Court were the schools of the late Middle Ages. Education was costly and 'the Inns were even more exclusive than the universities, since they offered no scholarships, and in the early seventeenth century nine out of ten of the students there came from the aristocracy and the gentry' (Briggs 1999 p 122). Records show 8 Brokets in the 16th C, 5 in the 17th, 2 in the 18th and 1 in the 19th. All can be identified with the Hertfordshire Group. The Brocketts of Headlam, although attorneys in London, do not seem to have trained here.

The indexes of the following sources were searched:

Register of Admissions to Gray's Inn 1521-1889 (J Foster, London 1889) = GI below
Students Admitted to the Inner Temple, 1571-1625 (No Brokets found)
Records of the Honourable Society of Lincoln's Inn: Admissions, 1420-1893 (Lincoln's Inn 1896) = LI below
Records of the Honourable Society of Lincoln's Inn: The Black Books (Lincoln's Inn 1897. 5 vols) = BB below
Register of Admissions to the Honourable Society of the Middle Temple (H A C Sturgess, London 1959. 3 vols) = MT below
A Calendar of the Middle Temple Records (ed C H Hopwood, London 1903. 5? vols) = MTC below.

Note: numerals before / = vol, after = page, e.g. 1/6 = vol 1 p 6.

	Date	Name	Notes	Reference
1	1509	... Broket	Master Broket was admitted generally by Master Wm Benstede (John in the index. Recorded again 1510, 1520).	MT 1/6; MTC 1/27
2	1511	Edward Brokat	Broket in index. Edward of Letchworth.	LI 1/35
3	1544	Edward Brockett	Special admission (privileges). Bar 1560. Son of Edward of Letchworth?	LI 1/55; BB 1/456
4	1562	Edward Brockett	Edward of Wheathampstead.	GI p 31
5	1567	William Brockette	William of Esyndon, 2nd son of Edward of Letchworth.	BB 1/358-96
6	1580	Edward Brockett	Of Essex, barr. Furnival's Inn. Edward of Sawbridgeworth and Willingale.	LI 1/89
7	1588	John Brocket	Son of Edward of Wheathampstead.	GI p 73
8	1597	William Brockett	Of Herts, Gent., son of William Esq [of Esyndon].	GI 1/124
9	1612	William Brockett	Son and heir of John of Kimpton, Herts, Gent.	GI p 139
10	1621	William Brockett	Son and heir of John of Codicote, Herts, Gent.	LI p 143
11	1672	John Brockett	2nd son of Charles of London, Gent deceased.	MT 1/185
12	1688	John Brockett	Son and heir of John of the Middle Temple, London, Gent. Called 3/6/1698.	MT 1/223
13	1697	William Brockett	2nd son of John of the Middle Temple, London, Gent.	MT 1/242
14	1738	William Brockett	Son and heir of William of the Middle Temple, London, Esq. Called 11/2/1742-3, Bencher 3/7/1778, Reader Lent 1785, Treasurer 1790.	MT 1/324
15	1790	Stanes Brocket Chamberlayne (later Brocket)	Eldest son and heir of Stanes Chamberlayne of Ryes, Essex, Esq. Called 29/5/1812, Bencher 15/1/1836, Reader Autumn 1839, Treasurer 1842.	MT 2/407
16	1836	Stanes Brocket Brocket	Eldest son of Stanes Brocket Brocket, a Master of the Bench. Called 7/6/1844.	MT 2/474