… bombs in 1940. 13 The manor of ROOKWOOD HALL alias BROWNES was first so styled in 1488, when it was held of the … 23 Rookwood descended in the direct male line of the Brownes until 1580 when Wistan Browne, son of George, died … Hall at White Roding which was also the property of the Brownes at that time. In 1578 Elizabeth I stayed a night at …