Sir Basil Brooke
(1598-1646)
Died aged c. 48
Wikidata WikipediaSir Basil Brooke (1576 – 31 December 1646), English metallurgist and recusant, inherited the manor of Madeley, Shropshire from his father. This contained iron and steel works and coal mines. The coal mines had been worked in his father's time, coal being transported on the River Severn to cities and towns from Shrewsbury to Gloucester.
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Commemorated on 1 plaque
Madeley Court Hotel C16 manor house. Home of Sir Basil Brooke 1598-1646. Set up first steel furnace in Coalbrookdale.
Madeley Court Hotel, Castlefields Way, Madeley, United Kingdom where they lived and worked