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Lady Mildred Cooke 1524 – 1589 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 24 Aug 1524

Birth Location: Gidea Hall, Romford, Essex, England, United Kingdom

Death Date: 5 April 1589

Death Location: Burghley House, Stamford, Lincolnshire, England

Father: Hon. Cooke

Mother: Lady Fitzwilliam

Spouse(s): William Cecil

Children(s): Lady Cecil, Thomas Cecil

Lady Mildred Cooke was born in 1524 in Gidea Hall, Romford, Essex, England, United Kingdom, the child of Hon. Sir Anthony Cooke and Lady Anne "Ann" Brittany Fitzwilliam. Lady Mildred Cooke married William Cecil, and had children including Lady Elizabeth Goushill Cecil, Thomas Cecil. Lady Mildred Cooke passed away in 1589 in Burghley House, Stamford, Lincolnshire, England.

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Biography

  • Lady Mildred Cooke was born in 1524 in Gidea Hall, Romford, Essex, England, United Kingdom, the child of Hon. Sir Anthony Cooke and Lady Anne "Ann" Brittany Fitzwilliam.
  • Lady Mildred Cooke married William Cecil, and had children including Lady Elizabeth Goushill Cecil, Thomas Cecil.
  • Lady Mildred Cooke passed away in 1589 in Burghley House, Stamford, Lincolnshire, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

Hon. Cooke
1504 – 1576
Birth Location: Romford, London Borough of Havering, Greater London, England
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Lady Fitzwilliam
1504 – 1588
Birth Location: Romford, Essex, England, United Kingdom
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Spouses(s)

William Cecil
1521 – 1598
Birth Location: Bourne, Lincolnshire, England
WC

Children(s)

Lady Cecil
1525 – 1611
Birth Location: Tickencote, Rutland, or Burghley, Northampton, England
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Thomas Cecil
1542 – 1623
Birth Location: Cambridge, City of Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England
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Lady Cooke's Ancestors

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Lady Cooke
1524 – 1589
Birth Place: Gidea Hall, Romford, Essex, England, United Kingdom
Parents
Hon. Sir Anthony Cooke
1504 – 1576
Romford, London Borough of Havering, Greater London, England
Lady (Anne "Ann" Brittany) Fitzwilliam
1504 – 1588
Romford, Essex, England, United Kingdom
Grandparents
Lord (John Cooke, Knight of the Bath, The General of England, Sheriff of Essex & Hertford, "The) Obscure"
1474 – 1545
Gidea Hall, Romford, Essex, England, United Kingdom
Lady (Alice) Saunders
1478 – 1517
Banbury, Oxfordshire, England
Lord (William) Fitzwilliam
Ann Wentworth
Great-Grandparents
Sir Cooke
1448 – 1503
Lady Belknap
1452 – 1504
William Saunders
1460 – 1487
Jane Spencer
1465 – 1525
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Sir Cooke
1426 – 1478
Lady Malpas
1426 – 1484

Lady Cooke's Descendants

1.
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Lady (Mildred) Cooke (24 Aug 1524 – 5 April 1589) m. William Cecil (13 September 1521 – 5 August 1598)
  1. 1. Lady (Elizabeth Goushill) Cecil (Apr 1525 – 6 Dec 1611) m. Lord (Sir Knight Roger) Cave (26 Jul 1543 – 13 Sep 1595)
  2. 2. Thomas Cecil (5 May 1542 – 8 February 1623) m. Dorothy (1548 – 23 March 1608)
    1. 1. Lord (Edward) Cecil (14 February 1572 – 16 Nov 1638) m. Lady (Theodosia) Noel (4 Jan 1584 – 20 Mar 1615)
      1. 1. Lady (Albinia) Cecil (Abt 1601 – January 1660) m. Lord (Christopher) Wray (1602 – 6 February 1646)
        1. 1. Lady (Frances) Wray (Abt 1623 – 18 December 1679) m. Sir (Henry) Vane (1612 – 14 June 1662)

Lady Cooke's Timeline

6 Records

1524
24 Aug 1524
Birth of Lady Mildred Cooke in St Marys, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England
St Marys, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England
1524
24 August 1524
Birth of Lady Mildred Cooke in Gidea Hall, Romford, Essex, England
Gidea Hall, Romford, Essex, England
1524
24 Aug 1524
Birth of Lady Mildred Cooke in Gidea Hall, Romford, Essex, England, United Kingdom
Gidea Hall, Romford, Essex, England, United Kingdom
1580
18 Feb 1580
Age 56
Lady Mildred Cooke was baptized in Essex, England
Essex, England
1589
5 Apr 1589
Age 65
Death of Lady Mildred Cooke in Burghley House, Strand, Middlesex, London, England, United Kingdom
Burghley House, Strand, Middlesex, London, England, United Kingdom
1589
5 April 1589
Age 65
Death of Lady Mildred Cooke in Burghley House, Stamford, Lincolnshire, England
Burghley House, Stamford, Lincolnshire, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 24 Aug 1524
    Event Place: St Marys, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 24 August 1524
    Event Place: Gidea Hall, Romford, Essex, England

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 24 Aug 1524
    Event Place: Gidea Hall, Romford, Essex, England, United Kingdom

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Baptism
    Event Date: 18 Feb 1580
    Event Place: Essex, England
    Record Source: Essex, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812, Essex Record Office; Chelmsford, Essex, England; Essex Church of England Parish Registers

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 5 Apr 1589
    Event Place: Burghley House, Strand, Middlesex, London, England, United Kingdom

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 5 April 1589
    Event Place: Burghley House, Stamford, Lincolnshire, England
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