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Lady Anne (Fitz William, Fitz-William) FitzWilliam-Cooke, Lady of Brittany 1504–1588 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: Apr 1504

Birth Location: Uttlesford District, v Gaispark Hall, Romford, Essex, England

Death Date: VERIFIED- 5 Jun 1588

Death Location: VERIFIED- Giddea (Giddy) Hall, near Romford, Havering-atte-Bower Parish (historic), Essex (historic), England -'Gydihall by Ramford'. A manor house in 1250. By 1410 Robt. Chichele had it. In 1452 Thomas Cooke bought the estate.

Father: William William

Mother: Countess Hawes

Spouse(s): Sir VI

Children(s): Lady Bacon), Rose Cooke, Lady Cooke-Killigrew, Anne Sapcote, Lady Cooke, Hon. Member., Lewse Cook, John Cooke, Lady (Ayllett)(Alley), Sir Parliament, Lady Hoby., Sir M.P., Sir Cooke, Sir VI), Maude Cooke, Anthony Cooke, Alice Cooke-Reade, Thomas America., Edmund Cooke, Sir Cooke, John (Infant), Catharina Cooke, The Hoby, Sir Cooke

The story of Lady Anne (Fitz William, Fitz-William) FitzWilliam-Cooke, Lady of Brittany began in 1504 in Uttlesford District, v Gaispark Hall, Romford, Essex, England. Lady Anne (Fitz William, Fitz-William) FitzWilliam-Cooke, Lady of Brittany married Sir Anthony The Scholar Cooke Knight Of The Bath Sheriff Of Essex Amp Hertford Companion And Tutor To King Edward Vi, and had children including Alice De Cook Cooke Reade, Anne Sapcote, Anthony De Cooke, Catharina Cooke, Edmund Cooke, Hon Sir William Willem De Cook Cooke Parliament Member, John Anthony Cooke Infant, John Cooke, Lady Ann Cooke Bacon Mo Of Sir Francis Bacon, Lady Elizabeth Elisabeth De Cook Cooke Russell The Infamous Lady Hoby, Lady Ellen Margaret De Cook Cooke Rowlett Ayllett Alley, Lady Mildred Baroness Katherine Elizabeth Cooke Killigrew, Lady Nancy Of Northumberlandshire Cooke, Lewse Cook, Maude Maud Manada De Cooke, Rose Cooke, Sir Anthony Knight Of The Bath Sheriff Of Essex And Hertford Cooke Scholar Companion Tutor To King Edward Vi, Sir Edward Cooke Member Of Parliament, Sir Knight Anthony Cooke, Sir Lord John Robert Cooke, Sir Richard Cooke, Sir Richard Edward Woodstocke Cooke M P, The Infamous Lady Hoby, Thomas De Cook Cooke Immigrant From England To America. Lady Anne (Fitz William, Fitz-William) FitzWilliam-Cooke, Lady of Brittany passed away in 1588 in VERIFIED- Giddea (Giddy) Hall, near Romford, Havering-atte-Bower Parish (historic), Essex (historic), England -'Gydihall by Ramford'. A manor house in 1250. By 1410 Robt. Chichele had it. In 1452 Thomas Cooke bought the estate..

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Biography

  • The story of Lady Anne (Fitz William, Fitz-William) FitzWilliam-Cooke, Lady of Brittany began in 1504 in Uttlesford District, v Gaispark Hall, Romford, Essex, England.
  • Lady Anne (Fitz William, Fitz-William) FitzWilliam-Cooke, Lady of Brittany married Sir Anthony The Scholar Cooke Knight Of The Bath Sheriff Of Essex Amp Hertford Companion And Tutor To King Edward Vi, and had children including Alice De Cook Cooke Reade, Anne Sapcote, Anthony De Cooke, Catharina Cooke, Edmund Cooke, Hon Sir William Willem De Cook Cooke Parliament Member, John Anthony Cooke Infant, John Cooke, Lady Ann Cooke Bacon Mo Of Sir Francis Bacon, Lady Elizabeth Elisabeth De Cook Cooke Russell The Infamous Lady Hoby, Lady Ellen Margaret De Cook Cooke Rowlett Ayllett Alley, Lady Mildred Baroness Katherine Elizabeth Cooke Killigrew, Lady Nancy Of Northumberlandshire Cooke, Lewse Cook, Maude Maud Manada De Cooke, Rose Cooke, Sir Anthony Knight Of The Bath Sheriff Of Essex And Hertford Cooke Scholar Companion Tutor To King Edward Vi, Sir Edward Cooke Member Of Parliament, Sir Knight Anthony Cooke, Sir Lord John Robert Cooke, Sir Richard Cooke, Sir Richard Edward Woodstocke Cooke M P, The Infamous Lady Hoby, Thomas De Cook Cooke Immigrant From England To America.
  • Lady Anne (Fitz William, Fitz-William) FitzWilliam-Cooke, Lady of Brittany passed away in 1588 in VERIFIED- Giddea (Giddy) Hall, near Romford, Havering-atte-Bower Parish (historic), Essex (historic), England -'Gydihall by Ramford'. A manor house in 1250. By 1410 Robt. Chichele had it. In 1452 Thomas Cooke bought the estate..

Immediate Family

Parents

William William
1460–1534
Birth Location: Gainspark Hall, Theydon Garmon, Essex, England
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Countess Hawes
1482–1509
Birth Location: Milton Malsor, South Northamptonshire, Northampton, England, United Kingdom
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Spouses(s)

Sir VI
1504–1576
Birth Location: VERIFIED- Giddea (Giddy) Hall, near Romford, Havering-atte-Bower Parish (historic), Essex (historic), England -'Gydihall by Ramford'. A manor house in 1250. By 1410 Robt. Chichele had it. In 1452 Thomas Cooke bought the estate.
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Children(s)

Lady Bacon)
1528–1610
Birth Location: Gidea Hall, Romford, Essex, England
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Rose Cooke
1520–1553
Birth Location: St Noder, Cornwall, England
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Lady Cooke-Killigrew
1524–1609
Birth Location: VERIFIED- Giddea (Giddy) Hall, near Romford, Havering-atte-Bower Parish (historic), Essex (historic), England -'Gydihall by Ramford'. A manor house in 1250. By 1410 Robt. Chichele had it. In 1452 Thomas Cooke bought the estate.
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Anne Sapcote
1489–1559
Birth Location: Huntingdonshire, England
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Lady Cooke
1534–1610
Birth Location: VERIFIED- Giddea (Giddy) Hall, near Romford, Havering-atte-Bower Parish (historic), Essex (historic), England -'Gydihall by Ramford'. A manor house in 1250. By 1410 Robt. Chichele had it. In 1452 Thomas Cooke bought the estate.
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Hon. Member.
1522–1589
Birth Location: VERIFIED- Giddea (Giddy) Hall, near Romford, Havering-atte-Bower Parish (historic), Essex (historic), England -'Gydihall by Ramford'. A manor house in 1250. By 1410 Robt. Chichele had it. In 1452 Thomas Cooke bought the estate.
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Lewse Cook
1538–1613
Birth Location: Saffron Waldon,,Essex,England
LC
John Cooke
1518–1576
Birth Location: VERIFIED- Giddea (Giddy) Hall, near Romford, Havering-atte-Bower Parish (historic), Essex (historic), England -'Gydihall by Ramford'. A manor house in 1250. By 1410 Robt. Chichele had it. In 1452 Thomas Cooke bought the estate.
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Lady (Ayllett)(Alley)
1522–1574
Birth Location: VERIFIED- Giddea (Giddy) Hall, near Romford, Havering-atte-Bower Parish (historic), Essex (historic), England -'Gydihall by Ramford'. A manor house in 1250. By 1410 Robt. Chichele had it. In 1452 Thomas Cooke bought the estate.
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Sir Parliament
1557–1581
Birth Location: VERIFIED- Giddea (Giddy) Hall, near Romford, Havering-atte-Bower Parish (historic), Essex (historic), England -'Gydihall by Ramford'. A manor house in 1250. By 1410 Robt. Chichele had it. In 1452 Thomas Cooke bought the estate.
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Lady Hoby.
1527–1609
Birth Location: VERIFIED- Giddea (Giddy) Hall, near Romford, Havering-atte-Bower Parish (historic), Essex (historic), England -'Gydihall by Ramford'. A manor house in 1250. By 1410 Robt. Chichele had it. In 1452 Thomas Cooke bought the estate.
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Sir M.P.
1521–1579
Birth Location: VERIFIED- Giddea (Giddy) Hall, near Romford, Havering-atte-Bower Parish (historic), Essex (historic), England -'Gydihall by Ramford'. A manor house in 1250. By 1410 Robt. Chichele had it. In 1452 Thomas Cooke bought the estate.
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Sir Cooke
1535–1555
Birth Location: Romford, Essex, England
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Sir VI)
1522–1579
Birth Location: VERIFIED- Giddea (Giddy) Hall, near Romford, Havering-atte-Bower Parish (historic), Essex (historic), England -'Gydihall by Ramford'. A manor house in 1250. By 1410 Robt. Chichele had it. In 1452 Thomas Cooke bought the estate.
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Maude Cooke
1526–1588
Birth Location: VERIFIED- Giddea (Giddy) Hall, near Romford, Havering-atte-Bower Parish (historic), Essex (historic), England -'Gydihall by Ramford'. A manor house in 1250. By 1410 Robt. Chichele had it. In 1452 Thomas Cooke bought the estate.
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Anthony Cooke
1529–1529
Birth Location: VERIFIED- Giddea (Giddy) Hall, near Romford, Havering-atte-Bower Parish (historic), Essex (historic), England -'Gydihall by Ramford'. A manor house in 1250. By 1410 Robt. Chichele had it. In 1452 Thomas Cooke bought the estate.
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Alice Cooke-Reade
1526–1605
Birth Location: VERIFIED- Giddea (Giddy) Hall, near Romford, Havering-atte-Bower Parish (historic), Essex (historic), England -'Gydihall by Ramford'. A manor house in 1250. By 1410 Robt. Chichele had it. In 1452 Thomas Cooke bought the estate.
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Thomas America.
1531–1663
Birth Location: VERIFIED- Giddea (Giddy) Hall, near Romford, Havering-atte-Bower Parish (historic), Essex (historic), England -'Gydihall by Ramford'. A manor house in 1250. By 1410 Robt. Chichele had it. In 1452 Thomas Cooke bought the estate.
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Edmund Cooke
1568–1619
Birth Location: Kent, England
EC
Sir Cooke
1515–1559
Birth Location: Wickford, Wickford Parish, Essex, England
SC
John (Infant)
1531–1531
Birth Location: Romford, Essex, England
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Catharina Cooke
1540–1583
Birth Location: Gidea Hall, Romford, Essex
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The Hoby
1527–1609
Birth Location: Romford, Essex, England
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Sir Cooke
1557–1589
Birth Location: Romford, Essex, England
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Lady Brittany's Ancestors

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Lady Brittany
1504–1588
Birth Place: Uttlesford District, v Gaispark Hall, Romford, Essex, England
Parents
William (Sir) (Knight) Fitz William
1460–1534
Gainspark Hall, Theydon Garmon, Essex, England
Countess (Anne) Hawes
1482–1509
Milton Malsor, South Northamptonshire, Northampton, England, United Kingdom
Grandparents
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Lady Brittany's Descendants

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Lady (Anne (Fitz William, Fitz-William) FitzWilliam-Cooke, Lady of) Brittany (Apr 1504–VERIFIED- 5 Jun 1588) m. Sir (Anthony the Scholar,Cooke, Knight of the Bath, Sheriff of Essex & Hertford, Companion and Tutor to King Edward) VI (May 1504–VERIFIED- 11 Jun 1576)
  1. 1. Lady (Ann Cooke (Bacon; mo of Sir Francis) Bacon) 1528–1610 m. Sir (Nicholas I Bacon, Lord Keeper of the Great Seal, 1st Baronet of) Redgrave 1509–1578
    1. 1. Anne Bacon 1548–1580 m. Sir (Knight Vice Admiral Henry Wodeh) Woodhouse 1546–1624
      1. 1. Henry (Woodhouse, (Governor of Bermuda)) (Capt.) 1573–1637 m. Lady (Francis Gerunyne) Penbrookshire 1586–1665
        1. 1. Margaret ("Mary") Woodhouse 1619–1701 m. William (Moss Capps) Jr. 1622–1665 m. Dennis (Dawley) Jr 1615–1687
        2. 2. Henry ((Capt) Landon (Harry) Woodhouse) Wodehouse 1608–1655
        3. 3. Elizabeth (Woodhouse) (Wodehouse) 1633–1692
        4. 4. Margaret Woodhouse 1615–1666
        5. 5. Alice Woodhouse 1612–1647
        6. 6. Michael Woodhouse 1610–1700
        7. 7. Lucy Woodhouse 1619–
        8. 8. Beatrice Woodhouse 1618–
        9. 9. Anne Woodhouse 1613–1653
        10. 10. Dorothy Woodhouse 1615–1642
        11. 11. Horatio Woodhouse 1607–1676
        12. 12. Harryes Woodhouse 1622–
        13. 13. Doll Woodhouse 1626–
        14. 14. Judith Woodhouse 1621–
        15. 15. Webb Woodhouse 1624–
      2. 2. Elizabeth Woodhouse 1571–1571
      3. 3. Elizabeth Woodhouse 1575–1598
      4. 4. Anne Woodhouse 1569–1599
      5. 5. Sir (William) Woodhouse 1567–1639
      6. 6. Francis Woodhouse 1576–1606
      7. 7. Thomas Woodhouse 1580–1583
      8. 8. Margaret Woodhouse 1560–1638
      9. 9. Henry Woodhouse 1575–1655
    2. 2. Elizabeth Bacon 1551–
    3. 3. Abraham Bacon 1550–1639
    4. 4. Elizabeth (Bacon) Cotton 1541–1621
    5. 5. Sir (Edmund BAacon, Lord) Keeper 1552–1683
    6. 6. John Bacon 1552–1624
    7. 7. Nathaniel Bacon 1546–1622
    8. 8. Lord (Nicholas) Bacon 1540–1624
    9. 9. Francis (Thomas Viscount St. Albans) Bacon 1561–1626
    10. 10. Anthony Bacon 1558–1601
    11. 11. Michael Bacon 1555–1615
    12. 12. Jane Bacon 1553–1621
    13. 13. Mary Bacon 1554–1561
    14. 14. Susan Bacon 1556–1557
    15. 15. Baron (Sir Edward) Bacon 1548–1618
    16. 16. Dorcus Bacon 1563–
    17. 17. James Bacon 1536–1573
    18. 18. Ann Bacon 1557–1580
    19. 19. Mary Bacon 1553–1575
  2. 2. Rose Cooke 1520–1553
  3. 3. Lady (Mildred Baroness Katherine Elizabeth) Cooke-Killigrew 1524–1609
  4. 4. Anne Sapcote 1489–1559
  5. 5. Lady (Nancy of Northumberlandshire) Cooke 1534–1610
  6. 6. Hon. (Sir William (Willem) de (Cook) Cooke, Parliament) Member. 1522–1589
  7. 7. Lewse Cook 1538–1613
  8. 8. John Cooke 1518–1576
  9. 9. Lady (Ellen Margaret de (Cook) Cooke-Rowlett) (Ayllett)(Alley) 1522–1574
  10. 10. Sir (Edward Cooke Member of) Parliament 1557–1581
  11. 11. Lady (Elizabeth (Elisabeth) de (Cook) Cooke-Russell, The Infamous Lady) Hoby. 1527–1609
  12. 12. Sir (Richard Edward Woodstocke Cooke) M.P. 1521–1579
  13. 13. Sir (Knight Anthony) Cooke 1535–1555
  14. 14. Sir (Anthony "Knight of the Bath, Sheriff of Essex and Hertford" Cooke "Scholar" (Companion Tutor to King Edward) VI) 1522–1579
  15. 15. Maude ((Maud) Manada de) Cooke 1526–1588
  16. 16. Anthony (de) Cooke 1529–1529
  17. 17. Alice (de (Cook)) Cooke-Reade 1526–1605
  18. 18. Thomas ((de) (Cook) Cooke, Immigrant from England to) America. 1531–1663
  19. 19. Edmund Cooke 1568–1619
  20. 20. Sir (Lord John Robert) Cooke 1515–1559
  21. 21. John (Anthony Cooke) (Infant) 1531–1531
  22. 22. Catharina Cooke 1540–1583
  23. 23. The (Infamous Lady) Hoby 1527–1609
  24. 24. Sir (Richard) Cooke 1557–1589

Lady Brittany's Timeline

2 Records

1504
Apr 1504
Birth of Lady Anne (Fitz William, Fitz-William) FitzWilliam-Cooke, Lady of Brittany in Uttlesford District, v Gaispark Hall, Romford, Essex, England
Uttlesford District, v Gaispark Hall, Romford, Essex, England
1588
VERIFIED- 5 Jun 1588
Age 84
Death of Lady Anne (Fitz William, Fitz-William) FitzWilliam-Cooke, Lady of Brittany in VERIFIED- Giddea (Giddy) Hall, near Romford, Havering-atte-Bower Parish (historic), Essex (historic), England -'Gydihall by Ramford'. A manor house in 1250. By 1410 Robt. Chichele had it. In 1452 Thomas Cooke bought the estate.
VERIFIED- Giddea (Giddy) Hall, near Romford, Havering-atte-Bower Parish (historic), Essex (historic), England -'Gydihall by Ramford'. A manor house in 1250. By 1410 Robt. Chichele had it. In 1452 Thomas Cooke bought the estate.

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    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: Apr 1504
    Event Place: Uttlesford District, v Gaispark Hall, Romford, Essex, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: VERIFIED- 5 Jun 1588
    Event Place: VERIFIED- Giddea (Giddy) Hall, near Romford, Havering-atte-Bower Parish (historic), Essex (historic), England -'Gydihall by Ramford'. A manor house in 1250. By 1410 Robt. Chichele had it. In 1452 Thomas Cooke bought the estate.
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