Edward Brocket

Edward Brocket (1490/91–1558/69), of Broadfield and Letchworth, Hertfordshire, was an English politician.

He was a Member (MP) of the Parliament of England for Hertfordshire in 1542? and November 1554.[1] In his role as Sheriff of Hertfordshire, Brocket and his Under-Sheriff, Pulter of Hitchin, bought the Protestant heretic George Tankerfield from Newgate Prison to St Albans for his execution in August 1555.[2]

References

  1. ^ "BROCKET, Edward (1490/91-1558/69), of Broadfield and Letchworth, Herts. - History of Parliament Online". www.historyofparliamentonline.org.
  2. ^ Wigram 1926, p. 179.
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