Eleanor Brooksby
Eleanor Brooksby was an English noblewoman who, along with her sister Anne Vaux, supported Catholics in England during the 16th century by providing safe houses including Baddesley Clinton in Warwickshire and Whitewebbs in Enfield Chase near London for Jesuit missionaries such as Henry Garnett.
Eleanor Brooksby | |
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A fresco of Eleanor Brooksby which resides at the St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church in Baddlesey Clinton, Warwickshire. | |
| Noble family | Vaux (by birth) |
| Spouse(s) | Edward Brooksby |
| Father | William Vaux, 3rd Baron Vaux of Harrowden |
| Mother | Elizabeth Beaumont |
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