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Alexander Cooke 1520–1591 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1520

Birth Location: Morland, Westmorland, England

Death Date: December 1591

Death Location: Whitgift, East Riding of Yorkshire Unitary Authority, East Riding of Yorkshire, England

Father: Sir VI)

Mother: Lady Cooke

Spouse(s):

Children(s): Elizabeth Cooke

The story of Alexander Cooke began in 1520 in Morland, Westmorland, England. Alexander Cooke had children including Elizabeth Cooke. Alexander Cooke passed away in 1591 in Whitgift, East Riding of Yorkshire Unitary Authority, East Riding of Yorkshire, England.

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Biography

  • The story of Alexander Cooke began in 1520 in Morland, Westmorland, England.
  • Alexander Cooke had children including Elizabeth Cooke.
  • Alexander Cooke passed away in 1591 in Whitgift, East Riding of Yorkshire Unitary Authority, East Riding of Yorkshire, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

Sir VI)
1504–1576
Birth Location: Gidea Hall or Giddy Hall, Romford, Essex, England, or Romford, London Borough of Havering, Greater London, England
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Lady Cooke
1504–1586
Birth Location: Gainspark Hall, Romford, Essex, England, or Uttlesford District, Essex, England
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Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Elizabeth Cooke
1551–1612
Birth Location: Morland,Westmorland,England
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Alexander Cooke's Ancestors

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Alexander Cooke
1520–1591
Birth Place: Morland, Westmorland, England
Parents
Sir Anthony "Knight of the Bath, Sheriff of Essex and Hertford" Cooke "Scholar" & Companion Tutor to King Edward VI)
1504–1576
Gidea Hall or Giddy Hall, Romford, Essex, England, or Romford, London Borough of Havering, Greater London, England
Lady (Anne Brittany Fitzwilliam,) Cooke
1504–1586
Gainspark Hall, Romford, Essex, England, or Uttlesford District, Essex, England
Grandparents
General (Sir John (the Obscure) de) Cooke
1473–1516
Gidea (Giddy) Hall, Romford, Essex, England
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Alexander Cooke's Descendants

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Alexander Cooke (1520–December 1591)
  1. 1. Elizabeth Cooke 1551–1612 m. Thomas Stokes 1545–1605
    1. 1. William Stokes 1581–1683 m. Ann Hilton 1595–
      1. 1. Charles Stokes 1625–1683
        1. 1. William Stokes 1655–

Alexander Cooke's Timeline

2 Records

1520
1520
Birth of Alexander Cooke in Morland, Westmorland, England
Morland, Westmorland, England
1591
December 1591
Age 71
Death of Alexander Cooke in Essex, Essex, England, United Kingdom
Essex, Essex, England, United Kingdom

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1520
    Event Place: Morland, Westmorland, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: December 1591
    Event Place: Essex, Essex, England, United Kingdom

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Whitgift, East Riding of Yorkshire Unitary Authority, East Riding of Yorkshire, England
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