He grew up with the Black Prince at Windsor Castle, at a time of rebuilding by the Royal architect William of Wykeham.
[1] After a scandalous first marriage,[1] to Agnes, daughter of Mauger Vavasour of Yorkshire, which ended in divorce, the Prince intended Brocas to marry his cousin, Joan, the Fair Maid of Kent but when Joan said she loved Edward, he decided to marry her himself.
He had residences at Clewer Brocas Manor in Berkshire,[1] and at Beaurepaire in Sherborne St John and Roche Court near Fareham, both in Hampshire.
He married three times and had at least five children,[1] amongst them, Sir Bernard Brocas the Younger, who was executed for treason in 1400.
Brocas died on 20 September 1395 and was buried in St Edmund's Chapel in Westminster Abbey, where his fine effigial monument can still be seen today.