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Lady Anne FitzWilliam 1504 – 1588 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: Apr 1504

Birth Location: Gainspark Hall, Romford, Essex, England

Death Date: 5 Jun 1588

Death Location: Giddes Hall, Romford, Essex, England

Father: Sir FitzWilliam,

Mother: Anne Hawes

Spouse(s): Sir VI),

Children(s): Mildred Cook,, Lady Russell), Katherine Cooke, Sir Cooke,, Sir Cooke,

Lady Anne FitzWilliam of Brittany was born in 1504 in Gainspark Hall, Romford, Essex, England, the child of Sir William FitzWilliam, and Anne Hawes. Lady Anne FitzWilliam of Brittany married Sir Anthony 'The Scholar' Cooke (tutor to King Edward VI),, and had children including Mildred Cook,, Lady Elizabeth "Ann", "The Infamous Lady Hoby" Cooke ( Bacon)( Russell), Katherine Cooke, Sir Richard Edward Hall Cooke,, Sir Anthony Cooke,. Lady Anne FitzWilliam of Brittany passed away in 1588 in Giddes Hall, Romford, Essex, 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, and Anne Hawes.
  • Lady Anne FitzWilliam of Brittany married Sir Anthony 'The Scholar' Cooke (tutor to King Edward VI),, and had children including Mildred Cook,, Lady Elizabeth "Ann", "The Infamous Lady Hoby" Cooke ( Bacon)( Russell), Katherine Cooke, Sir Richard Edward Hall Cooke,, Sir Anthony Cooke,.
  • Lady Anne FitzWilliam of Brittany passed away in 1588 in Giddes Hall, Romford, Essex, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

Sir FitzWilliam,
1440 – 1534
Birth Location: Gainspark Hall, Essex, England
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Anne Hawes
1475 – 1509
Birth Location: Milton, Northamptonshire, England
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Spouses(s)

Sir VI),
1504 – 1576
Birth Location: Romford, London Borough of Havering, Greater London, England
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Children(s)

Mildred Cook,
1524 – 1589
Birth Location: Romford, Greater London, England
MC
Lady Russell)
1528 – 1609
Birth Location: Gidea Hall, Essex, England
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Katherine Cooke
1530 – 1583
Birth Location: Gidea Hall, Romford, Essex, England
KC
Sir Cooke,
1531 – 1583
Birth Location: Gidea Hall, Romford, Essex, England
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Sir Cooke,
1535 – 1616
Birth Location: Kent, England
SC

Lady FitzWilliam's Ancestors

Self
Lady FitzWilliam
1504 – 1588
Birth Place: Gainspark Hall, Romford, Essex, England
Parents
Sir William FitzWilliam,
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
Lady (Ellen Eleanor) Villers
1411 – 1461
England
Great-Grandparents
Sir William,
1377 – 1417
Eleanor Greene
1366 – 1420
Sir Villiers,
1397 – 1442
Lady Bellers
1400 – 1475
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Sir William,
1350 – 1398
Maud Cromwell
1355 – 1415
John Bellers
1375 – 1420
Elizabeth Howby
1387 – 1412

Lady FitzWilliam's Descendants

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Lady (Anne) FitzWilliam (Apr 1504 – 5 Jun 1588) m. Sir (Anthony 'The Scholar' Cooke (tutor to King Edward) VI), (1504 – 10 Jun 1576)
  1. 1. Mildred Cook, (24 Aug 1524 – 5 April 1589) m. Sir (William) Cecil, (18 Sep 1520 – 5 Aug 1598)
    1. 1. Margaret (Coke) Cecil (1545 – 1578)
    2. 2. Anne Cecil, (5 Dec 1556 – 5 Jun 1588) m. Sir (Edward de) Vere, (12 Apr 1550 – 24 Jun 1604)
      1. 1. Henry (de) Vere, (7 Aug 1574 – 1624)
      2. 2. William (De) Vere (1575 – June 1625)
      3. 3. Sir (Edward de) Vere, (23 Mar 1581 – 1629)
      4. 4. Philippa (Suzanne de Vere) (Herbert), (26 May 1587 – 1 Feb 1629) m. Sir (Lord Philips I) Herbert, (10 Oct 1584 – 23 Jan 1649)
        1. 1. Lord (Philips II) Herbert, (20 Feb 1621 – 11 Dec 1669) m. Catharine Villiers (1625 – 1678)
        2. 2. Lord (James Herbert van) Shurland (1623 – 1677)
    3. 3. William Cecil (23 October 1559 – 1561)
    4. 4. Robert Cecil, (1 Jun 1563 – 24 May 1612) m. Elisabeth Brooke, (1 Jan 1562 – 24 Jun 1596)
      1. 1. William Cecil, (28 March 1591 – 3 December 1668)
      2. 2. Catherine Cecil (1593 – )
      3. 3. Frances Cecil (Abt 1593 – 14 December 1644)
      4. 4. Maximillian Cecil (1595 – )
      5. 5. Henry Cecil (1596 – )
  2. 2. Lady (Elizabeth "Ann", "The Infamous Lady Hoby" Cooke ( Bacon)() Russell) (1528 – 2 Jun 1609) m. Sir (Nicholas I "Keeper of The Great Seal of England") Bacon, (28 Dec 1510 – 20 Feb 1579) m. John Russell, (1553 – 24 Jul 1584) m. Sir (Thomas) Hoby (1530 – 13 Jul 1566)
    1. 1. Jane Bacon (1543 – 1621)
    2. 2. Anne Bacon (1545 – Jan 1580)
    3. 3. Sir (Edward) Bacon (1548 – 8 Sep 1618)
    4. 4. Michael Bacon (1555 – 1615)
    5. 5. Anthony Bacon (1558 – 17 May 1601)
    6. 6. Sir (Francis 'the Father of Empiricism') Bacon, (22 Jan 1561 – 09 Apr 1626) m. Elizabeth (Hatton (courted but did not) marry) (1542 – ) m. Alice Burnham (14 May 1592 – 29 Jun 1650)
    7. 7. Anne Russell, (1578 – 8 Apr 1639) m. Henry (Adelbert Somerset ( Plantagenet de) Beaufort), (Abt. 1577 – 18 Dec 1646)
      1. 1. Edward Somerset, (9 March 1602 – 3 April 1667) m. Lady (Elizabeth) Dormer (15 Oct 1614 – 31 May 1635)
        1. 1. Col (Henry) Somerset, (1629 – 21 Jan 1699)
        2. 2. Anne Somerset (Oct 1631 – 1662) m. Henry Howard, (12 July 1628 – 11 January 1684)
        3. 3. Elizabeth Somerset (1635 – 11 Mar 1693)
      2. 2. Henry Somerset (1608 – ABT 1628)
      3. 3. Sir (John) Somerset (1610 – 1630) m. Mary Arundel-Howard, (01 JUL 1608 – 1638)
        1. 1. Thomas Somerset (ABT 1625 – 1671)
        2. 2. Henry Somerset, (1630 – )
        3. 3. Charles Somerset, (Abt 1644 – Abt 1712) m. Catherine Baskerville (Abt 1645 – 1683)
      4. 4. Lady (Elizabeth Somerset de) Plantagenet (bef 9 MAY 1584 – 9 May 1684) m. Lord (Francis) Browne, (2 Apr 1615 – 2 Nov 1682)
        1. 1. Henry Browne, (1641 – 25 Apr 1717)
        2. 2. Daniel Browne (1645 – 18 Jan 1707)
        3. 3. Francis (Browne) Jr, (05 Nov 1654 – 11 Apr 1709) m. Elizabeth Allen (1655 – 5 Aug 1696)
        4. 4. Sarah Browne (1657 – 1717)
    8. 8. Sir (Edward) Hoby (1560 – 1 Mar 1617)
    9. 9. Elizabeth Hoby (27 May 1562 – abt 1572)
    10. 10. Anne Hoby (16 Nov 1564 – Feb 1571)
    11. 11. Thomas Hoby (13 Jul 1566 – 30 Dec 1640)
  3. 3. Katherine Cooke (1530 – 27 Dec 1583) m. Sir (Henry) Killegrew (1530 – 16 Mar 1602)
    1. 1. Lady (Dorothy) Killegrew (1561 – 1643)
    2. 2. Anne Killigrew (1568 – 1628)
    3. 3. Dorothy Killegrew (30 JUN 1583 – 30 Jun 1643)
    4. 4. Henry Killigrew ( – 1646)
  4. 4. Sir (Richard Edward Hall) Cooke, (26 Mar 1531 – 26 May 1583) m. Lady (Alice) Caunton (1548 – abt 1618) m. Margaret Darweke (1540 – 1600)
    1. 1. Henry Cooke, (1542 – 1572)
    2. 2. Ann Cooke (1548 – 19 Sep 1616) m. Sir (Nicholas) Bacon, (1540 – 12 Nov 1624)
      1. 1. Sir (Butts) Bacon, (24 Mar 1568 – 29th May 1661)
      2. 2. Henric Bacon (24 Sep 1570 – )
      3. 3. Anne Bacon (05 Jan 1572 – 5 Jun 1624)
      4. 4. Francis Bacon (1573 – 1638)
      5. 5. Sir (Robert) Bacon, (4 May 1574 – 16 Dec 1655)
      6. 6. Sir (Nathaniel Bacon) , (2 Aug 1585 – 1627) m. Lady (Jane Astley Meautys) (Mewtas) (1581 – 8 May 1659)
        1. 1. Anne Bacon (1615 – 20 Sept 1680)
        2. 2. Nicholas Bacon (1617 – 9 Jan 1660)
        3. 3. Jane Bacon (Feb 1624 – Oct 1627)
        4. 4. Nathaniel Bacon
    3. 3. Edward Cooke (1557 – 1581)
    4. 4. Phillipa Cooke (1570 – 1631) m. Hercules Meautys (1548 – Jun 1587)
      1. 1. Sir (Thomas) Meautys (1580 – 1649)
      2. 2. Lady (Jane Astley Meautys) (Mewtas) (1581 – 8 May 1659) m. Sir (William) Cornwallis, (1545 – 13 Nov 1611) m. Sir (Nathaniel Bacon) , (2 Aug 1585 – 1627)
        1. 1. Frederick Cornwallis, (14 March 1610 – 7 Jan 1662) m. Elizabeth Ashburnham (1613 – 04 Feb 1634) m. Elizabeth Crofts (Abt 1619 – Aft 10 DEC 1667)
      3. 3. Frances Meautys (1594 – 18 Nov 1627)
    5. 5. Francis Cooke, (26 Nov 1584 – 7 Apr 1663) m. Hester (Mahieu) Cooke, (Aug 1582 – 8 Jun 1666)
      1. 1. Jane Cooke, (Abt. 1604 – 18 Jun 1666) m. Experience Mitchell (1609 – 4 September 1689)
        1. 1. Elizabeth Mitchell (27 August 1627 – 05 Dec 1684) m. John (A) Washburn (20 November 1620 – 12 Nov 1686)
        2. 2. Thomas Mitchell (1630 – 1709)
        3. 3. Mary Mitchell (1632 – )
        4. 4. Jacob Mitchell ( – 1675)
      2. 2. Rev (John Soule) Cooke, (31 Mar 1607 – 23 Nov 1695) m. Sarah Warren (1613 – 25 Jul 1686)
        1. 1. Sarah (Warren) Cooke (20 Nov 1635 – 6 Dec 1715) m. Arthur Hathaway, (28 Feb 1631 – 11 Dec 1711) m. Anthony Ludlam (1631 – 17 Mar 1682)
        2. 2. Elizabeth Cooke (6 Dec 1642 – 6 Dec 1715) m. Daniel Wilcox ( – 2 Jul 1702)
        3. 3. Hesther Cooke (16 Aug 1650 – 16 Apr 1671)
        4. 4. Mary Cooke (12 Jul 1652 – 25 Jan 1714) m. Philip Tabor (c.1644 – 1693)
        5. 5. Mercy Cooke (25 Jul 1654 – 22 Nov 1733) m. Stephen West (13 Aug 1654 – 12 Aug 1748)
      3. 3. Jacob Cooke (1618 – 18 Dec 1675) m. Damaris Hopkins (22 May 1627 – 18 Nov 1669)
        1. 1. Elizabeth Cooke, (18 Jan 1648 – 21 Nov 1692)
        2. 2. Caleb Cooke (29 Mar 1651 – 13 Feb 1722)
        3. 3. Jacob Cooke (26 Mar 1653 – 24 Apr 1747) m. Lydia Miller (18 May 1661 – 1 March 1727)
        4. 4. Mary Cooke (12 Jan 1658 – 28 Aug 1712)
        5. 5. Francis Cooke (5 Jan 1663 – 18 Sep 1746)
        6. 6. Sarah Cooke (1671 – 8 Feb 1745)
      4. 4. Mary Cooke, (22 May 1627 – 21 Mar 1714) m. Lieutenant (John) Thomson (10 Sep 1614 – 16 Jun 1696)
        1. 1. John Thomson (24 Nov 1649 – 25 Nov 1725) m. Mary Tinkham (5 Aug 1661 – 1731)
        2. 2. Mary Thompson (16 Aug 1650 – 3 May 1734)
        3. 3. Esther Tomson (28 Jul 1652 – 12 Sep 1706)
        4. 4. Sarah Tomson (4 Apr 1657 – 2 Dec 1730)
        5. 5. Capt (Jacob) Tomson (24 Apr 1662 – 01 Sep 1726) m. Abigail Tomson (25 October 1670 – 15 January 1744)
        6. 6. Thomas Tomson (19 Oct 1664 – 26 Oct 1742)
        7. 7. Peter Thomson (1667 – 29 Apr 1731)
      5. 5. James Cooke (1628 – 21 Mar 1714)
  5. 5. Sir (Anthony) Cooke, (1535 – 1616)
    1. 1. Anthony Cooke (Abt. 1588 – Abt. 1654)
    2. 2. Elizabeth Cooke (1595 – Jan 1636) m. Sir (John Fotherby of) Barham (Abt. 1598 – 1666)
      1. 1. Elizabeth Fotherby (1613 – 1693) m. Nathayell Finch (1601 – 1650)
        1. 1. Thomas Finch (17 JAN 1631 – 1690) m. Frances (1620 – 1680)

Lady FitzWilliam'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, 1300s-Current

    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, 1300s-Current

    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, 1300s-Current
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