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Lady Anne FitzWilliam of Brittany 1504–1588 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: Apr 1504

Birth Location: Gainspark Hall, Romford, Essex, England

Death Date: 5 Jun 1588

Death Location: Romford, London Borough of Havering, Greater London, England

Father: Sir Wolsey

Mother: Anne Hawes

Spouse(s): Anthony Cooke

Children(s): Sir Chamber, Elizabeth Cooke, Katherine Cooke, Mildred Oxford, Anthony Cooke

Lady Anne FitzWilliam of Brittany was born in 1504 in Gainspark Hall, Romford, Essex, England, the child of Sir William Fitzwilliam Merchant Tailor Alderman And Sheriff Of London Earl Of South Hampton Treasurer Chamberlain To Wolsey And Anne Hawes. Lady Anne FitzWilliam of Brittany married Anthony Cooke, and had children including Anthony Cooke, Elizabeth Infamous Lady Hoby Cooke, Katherine Cooke, Mildred Cook Well Published Author On Greek Language Literature History Philosophy She Presided Over A Salon At Oxford, Sir Richard Edward Hall Cooke Mp Member Of Parliament Groom Of The Privy Chamber. Lady Anne FitzWilliam of Brittany passed away in 1588 in Romford, London Borough of Havering, Greater London, England.

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Biography

  • Lady Anne FitzWilliam of Brittany was born in 1504 in Gainspark Hall, Romford, Essex, England, the child of Sir William Fitzwilliam Merchant Tailor Alderman And Sheriff Of London Earl Of South Hampton Treasurer Chamberlain To Wolsey And Anne Hawes.
  • Lady Anne FitzWilliam of Brittany married Anthony Cooke, and had children including Anthony Cooke, Elizabeth Infamous Lady Hoby Cooke, Katherine Cooke, Mildred Cook Well Published Author On Greek Language Literature History Philosophy She Presided Over A Salon At Oxford, Sir Richard Edward Hall Cooke Mp Member Of Parliament Groom Of The Privy Chamber.
  • Lady Anne FitzWilliam of Brittany passed away in 1588 in Romford, London Borough of Havering, Greater London, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

Sir Wolsey
1440–1534
Birth Location: Gainspark Hall, Essex, England
SW
Anne Hawes
1475–1509
Birth Location: Milton, Northamptonshire, England
AH

Spouses(s)

Anthony Cooke
1504–1576
Birth Location: Romford, London Borough of Havering, Greater London, England
AC

Children(s)

Sir Chamber
1531–1583
Birth Location: Gidea Hall, Romford, Essex, England
SC
Elizabeth Cooke
1528–1609
Birth Location: Gidea Hall, Essex, England
EC
Katherine Cooke
1530–1583
Birth Location: Gidea Hall, Romford, Essex, England
KC
Mildred Oxford
1524–1589
Birth Location: Romford, Greater London, England
MO
Anthony Cooke
1535–1616
Birth Location: Kent, England
AC

Lady Brittany's Ancestors

Self
Lady Brittany
1504–1588
Birth Place: Gainspark Hall, Romford, Essex, England
Parents
Sir William FitzWilliam, Merchant Tailor, Alderman and Sheriff of London, Earl of South Hampton, Treasurer, Chamberlain to Wolsey
1440–1534
Gainspark Hall, Essex, England
Anne Hawes
1475–1509
Milton, Northamptonshire, England
Grandparents
Sir (John Fitzwilliam of) Yorkshire
1415–1505
Doncaster, Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England
Ellen Villiers
1411–1461
England
Great-Grandparents
Sir Sprotsborough
1377–1417
Eleanor Greene
1366–1420
Sir Knight
1397–1442
Lady Bellers
1400–1475
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Sir FitzWilliam
1350–1398
Maud Cromwell
1355–1415
John Bellers
1375–1420
Elizabeth Howby
1387–1412

Lady Brittany's Descendants

1.
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Lady (Anne FitzWilliam of) Brittany (Apr 1504–5 Jun 1588) m. Anthony Cooke (1504–10 Jun 1576)
  1. 1. Sir (Richard Edward Hall Cooke, MP Member of Parliament, Groom of the Privy) Chamber 1531–1583 m. Lady (Alice) Caunton 1548–1618 m. Margaret Darweke 1540–1600
    1. 1. Francis (Cooke, 17th Signer of the Mayflower) Compact 1584–1663 m. Hester (Mahieu Cooke, Walloon French) Protestant 1582–1666
      1. 1. Jane (Cooke, Pilgrim,) Mayflower 1604–1666 m. Experience Mitchell 1609–1689
        1. 1. Elizabeth (Mitchell) Washburn 1627–1684 m. John (A) Washburn 1620–1686
        2. 2. Thomas Mitchell 1630–1709
        3. 3. Mary (Mitchell) Shaw 1632–
        4. 4. Jacob Mitchell –1675
      2. 2. Rev (John Soule Cooke, Pilgrim pastor on) Mayflower 1607–1695 m. Sarah Warren 1613–1686
        1. 1. Mary Cooke 1652–1714 m. Philip Tabor 1644–1693
        2. 2. Mercy Cooke 1654–1733 m. Stephen West 1654–1748
        3. 3. Hesther Cooke 1650–1671
        4. 4. Sarah (Warren) Cooke 1635–1715 m. Anthony Ludlam 1631–1682 m. Arthur (Hathaway, Massachusett Bay) Colony 1631–1711
        5. 5. Elizabeth Cooke 1642–1715 m. Daniel Wilcox –1702
      3. 3. Jacob Cooke 1618–1675 m. Damaris (Hopkins) II 1627–1669
        1. 1. Elizabeth (Cooke, Mayflower) family 1648–1692
        2. 2. Sarah Cooke 1671–1745
        3. 3. Jacob Cooke 1653–1747 m. Lydia Miller 1661–1727
        4. 4. Caleb Cooke 1651–1722
        5. 5. Mary (Cooke () Rickard) 1658–1712
        6. 6. Francis Cooke 1663–1746
      4. 4. Mary (Cooke,) Pilgrim 1627–1714 m. Lieutenant (John) Thomson 1614–1696
        1. 1. Mary Thompson 1650–1734
        2. 2. John Thomson 1649–1725 m. Mary Tinkham 1661–1731
        3. 3. Esther Tomson 1652–1706
        4. 4. Sarah Tomson 1657–1730
        5. 5. Peter (Thomson) I 1667–1731
        6. 6. Capt (Jacob Tomson) Esq. 1662–1726 m. Abigail Tomson 1670–1744
        7. 7. Thomas (Tomson) I 1664–1742
      5. 5. James Cooke 1628–1714
    2. 2. Philippa Cooke 1570–1631 m. Hercules Meautys 1548–1587
      1. 1. Lady (Jane Astley Meautys) (Mewtas) 1581–1659 m. Sir (Nathaniel Bacon , 1st English Renaissance still-life Painter and overall Bon) Vivant 1585–1627 m. Sir (William Cornwallis, knighted, English courtier, Member of Parliament for) Lostwithiel 1545–1611
        1. 1. Nicholas Bacon 1617–1660
        2. 2. Jane Bacon 1624–1627
        3. 3. Anne Bacon 1615–1680
        4. 4. Frederick (Cornwallis, 1st Baron Cornwallis, English peer, MP and Privy Counsellor, Treasurer of the) Household 1610–1662 m. Elizabeth Crofts 1619–1667 m. Elizabeth Ashburnham 1613–1634
      2. 2. Frances Meautys 1594–1627
      3. 3. Sir (Thomas) Meautys 1580–1649
    3. 3. Ann (Cooke) Butts 1548–1616 m. Sir (Nicholas Bacon, MP, Sheriff of Suffolk, 1st Baronet) Redgrave 1540–1624
      1. 1. Henric Bacon 1570–
      2. 2. Sir (Nathaniel Bacon , 1st English Renaissance still-life Painter and overall Bon) Vivant 1585–1627 m. Lady (Jane Astley Meautys) (Mewtas) 1581–1659
      3. 3. Anne Bacon 1572–1624
      4. 4. Francis Bacon 1573–1638
      5. 5. Sir (Butts Bacon, 1st Baronet of) Mildenhall 1568–1661
      6. 6. Sir (Robert Bacon, 3rd Baronet of) Redgrave 1574–1655
    4. 4. Henry Cooke, 1542–1572
    5. 5. Edward Cooke 1557–1581
  2. 2. Elizabeth ("Infamous Lady Hoby") Cooke 1528–1609 m. Sir (Nicholas I "Keeper of The Great Seal of England" Bacon, MP,) Protestant 1510–1579 m. John (Russell, Lord Russell, Burgess of) Bridport 1553–1584 m. Sir (Thomas) Hoby 1530–1566
    1. 1. Anthony Bacon 1558–1601
    2. 2. Sir (Francis 'the Father of Empiricism' Bacon, 1st Viscount St Alban, devout Anglican, Attorney General and as Lord Chancellor of England, scientific) method 1561–1626 m. Alice Burnham 1592–1650 m. Elizabeth (Hatton (courted but did not) marry) 1542–
    3. 3. Michael Bacon 1555–1615
    4. 4. Jane Bacon 1543–1621
    5. 5. Sir (Edward) Bacon 1548–1618
    6. 6. Anne Bacon 1545–1580
    7. 7. Anne (Russell, Countess of) Worcester 1578–1639 m. Henry (Adelbert Somerset ( Plantagenet de Beaufort), Duke of Somerset, 5th Earl of Worcester, 1st Marquess of) Worcester 1577–1646
      1. 1. Sir (John) Somerset 1610–1630 m. Mary (Arundel-Howard, "Namesake of Somerset County,) Maryland" 1608–1638
        1. 1. Thomas Somerset 1625–1671
        2. 2. Henry (Somerset,) Esquire 1630–
        3. 3. Charles (Somerset,) Esquire 1644–1712 m. Catherine Baskerville 1645–1683
      2. 2. Edward (Somerset, 2nd Marquess of Worcester; 6th Earl of Worcester; 1st Earl of Glamorgan; 8th Baron Herbert; 1st Baron Beaufort of) Caldecote. 1602–1667 m. Lady (Elizabeth) Dormer 1614–1635
        1. 1. Elizabeth (Somerset) Lady 1635–1693
        2. 2. Col (Henry Somerset, 1st Duke of Beaufort,) K.G. 1629–1699
        3. 3. Anne Somerset 1631–1662 m. Henry (Howard, Hertog van) Norfolk 1628–1684
      3. 3. Henry Somerset 1608–1628
      4. 4. Elizabeth Somerset 1584–1684 m. Lord (Francis Browne, 3rd Viscount of Montague, English Civil War: Royalist &) Catholic 1615–1682
        1. 1. Francis (Browne Jr, 4th Viscount) Montagu 1654–1711 m. Elizabeth Allen 1655–1696
        2. 2. Henry (Browne, 5th Viscount) Montagu 1641–1717
        3. 3. Sarah Browne 1657–1717
        4. 4. Daniel Browne 1645–1707
    8. 8. Sir (Edward) Hoby 1560–1617
    9. 9. Anne Hoby 1564–1571
    10. 10. Thomas Hoby 1566–1640
    11. 11. Elizabeth Hoby 1562–1572
  3. 3. Katherine Cooke 1530–1583 m. Sir (Henry) Killegrew 1530–1602
    1. 1. Anne Killigrew 1568–1628
    2. 2. Dorothy Killegrew 1583–1643
    3. 3. Lady (Dorothy) Killegrew 1561–1643
    4. 4. Henry Killigrew –1646
  4. 4. Mildred (Cook, well-published author on Greek language, literature, history & philosophy, she presided over a salon at) Oxford 1524–1589 m. Sir (William Cecil, Chief Advisor to Queen Elizabeth I, Treasurer of England, MP, Prime Minister of England, 1st Earl Burleigh 3rd Baron) B 1520–1598
    1. 1. Anne (Cecil, Countess of Oxford, Maid of Honor to Queen) Elizabeth 1556–1588 m. Sir (Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford, thought to be to actual author of those great literary works normally attributed to William) Shakespeare 1550–1604
      1. 1. Philippa (Suzanne de Vere (Herbert), Countess Consort of Pembroke and) Montgomery 1587–1629 m. Sir (Lord Philips I Herbert, K.G., 4th Earl of Pembroke en Montgomery, Lord) Chamberlain 1584–1649
        1. 1. Lord (James Herbert van) Shurland 1623–1677
        2. 2. Lord (Philips II Herbert, 5th Earl van Pembroke en) Montgomery 1621–1669 m. Catharine Villiers 1625–1678
      2. 2. William (De) Vere 1575–1625
      3. 3. Sir (Edward de Vere, illegitimate) son 1581–1629
      4. 4. Henry (de Vere, 3rd Earl of) Southampton 1574–1624
    2. 2. Margaret (Coke) Cecil 1545–1578
    3. 3. Robert (Cecil, English Statesman, 1st Earl of Salisbury. Statesman under Queen Elizabeth I & King James I, Cambridge) Univ 1563–1612 m. Elisabeth (Brooke, Lady of the Bedchamber to Queen Elizabeth, Countess of) Salisbury 1562–1596
      1. 1. Frances Cecil 1593–1644
      2. 2. William (Cecil, 2nd Earl of Salisbury, Viscount) Cranborne 1591–1668
      3. 3. Catherine Cecil 1593–
      4. 4. Maximillian Cecil 1595–
      5. 5. Henry Cecil 1596–
    4. 4. William Cecil 1559–1561
  5. 5. Anthony Cooke 1535–1616
    1. 1. Elizabeth Cooke 1595–1636 m. Sir (John Fotherby of) Barham 1598–1666
      1. 1. Elizabeth Fotherby 1613–1693 m. Nathayell Finch 1601–1650
        1. 1. Thomas Finch 1631–1690 m. Frances 1620–1680
    2. 2. Anthony Cooke 1588–1654

Lady Brittany's Timeline

2 Records

1504
Apr 1504
Birth of Lady Anne FitzWilliam of Brittany in Gainspark Hall, Romford, Essex, England
Gainspark Hall, Romford, Essex, England
1588
5 Jun 1588
Age 84
Death of Lady Anne FitzWilliam of Brittany in Giddes Hall, Romford, Essex, England
Giddes Hall, Romford, Essex, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: Apr 1504
    Event Place: Gainspark Hall, Romford, Essex, England
    Record Source:
    [1] Millennium File
    [2] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Place: Radwinter, Essex, England

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 5 Jun 1588
    Event Place: Giddes Hall, Romford, Essex, England
    Record Source:
    [1] Millennium File
    [2] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Romford, London Borough of Havering, Greater London, England
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index
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