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Richard Cooke 1521–1576 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1521

Birth Location: Gidea Hall, Essex, , England

Death Date: 3 Oct 1576

Death Location: , Essex, , England

Father: Sir VI)

Mother: Lady Cooke

Spouse(s): Alice Caunton

Children(s): Anthony Cook, John Cooke, Francis Cooke, HENRY Cook, Anthony Cooke, Phillipa Cooke, Ann Cooke, Mildred Cooke, William Cooke

Richard Cooke was born in 1521 in Gidea Hall, Essex, , England, the child of Sir Anthony Knight Of The Bath Sheriff Of Essex And Hertford Cooke Scholar Companion Tutor To King Edward Vi And Lady Anne Ann Brittany Fitzwilliam Cooke. Richard Cooke married Alice Caunton, and had children including Ann Cooke, Anthony Cook, Anthony Cooke, Francis Cooke, Henry Cook, John Cooke, Mildred Cooke, Phillipa Cooke, William Cooke. Richard Cooke passed away in 1576 in , Essex, , England.

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Biography

  • Richard Cooke was born in 1521 in Gidea Hall, Essex, , England, the child of Sir Anthony Knight Of The Bath Sheriff Of Essex And Hertford Cooke Scholar Companion Tutor To King Edward Vi And Lady Anne Ann Brittany Fitzwilliam Cooke.
  • Richard Cooke married Alice Caunton, and had children including Ann Cooke, Anthony Cook, Anthony Cooke, Francis Cooke, Henry Cook, John Cooke, Mildred Cooke, Phillipa Cooke, William Cooke.
  • Richard Cooke passed away in 1576 in , Essex, , England.

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Richard Cooke's Ancestors

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Richard Cooke
1521–1576
Birth Place: Gidea Hall, Essex, , England
Parents
Sir Anthony "Knight of the Bath, Sheriff of Essex and Hertford" Cooke "Scholar" (Companion Tutor to King Edward VI)
1504–1576
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. London Borough of H
Lady (Anne "Ann" Brittany Fitzwilliam,) Cooke
1504–1588
Romford, Essex, , England
Grandparents
Sir (Richard John Cooke -Knight of Gidea) Hall
1473–1516
Gidea Hall, Romford, Essex, England, UK
Alice Saunders
1478–1517
Banbury, Oxfordshire, , England
William Fitzwilliam
1440–1534
Gainfpark Hall, Essex, , England
Anne Hawes
1482–
Milton, Northamptonshire, , England
Great-Grandparents
Philip Cooke
1448–1497
Elizabeth Belnap
1452–1517
William Saunders
1461–1525
Jane Saunders
1465–1525
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Sir Cooke
1422–1478
Elizabeth Malpas
1426–1484
Henry Belknap
1435–1488
Margaret Knolles
1432–1488
William Saunders
1404–1481
Joan Carew
1420–1470
Sir Spencer
1437–1552
Ann Empson
1450–1475

Richard Cooke's Descendants

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Richard Cooke (1521–3 Oct 1576) m. Alice Caunton (1531–1573)
  1. 1. Anthony Cook 1550–
  2. 2. John Cooke 1575–
  3. 3. Francis Cooke 1583–1663 m. Hester Mahieu 1582–1666
    1. 1. Jacob Cooke 1618–1675
    2. 2. Jane Cooke 1609–1689
    3. 3. Mary Cooke 1625–1714
    4. 4. Hester Cooke 1618–1666
    5. 5. Elizabeth Cooke 1611–1627
    6. 6. John Cooke 1606–1695 m. Sarah Warren 1620–1621
      1. 1. Sarah Cooke 1635–1712
      2. 2. Elizabeth Cooke 1641–1715
      3. 3. Hester (or Esther) Cooke 1650–1671
      4. 4. Mary Cooke 1652–1714
      5. 5. Mercy Cooke 1657–1733
  4. 4. HENRY Cook 1545–1568 m. Anne Goodere 1544–1568
    1. 1. 1568–1619 m. ELIZABETH NICHOLLS 1573–1635
      1. 1. JOHN Cook 1596–1660 m. ELIZABETH NICHOLLS 1573–1635
      2. 2. Goodiere Cooke 1594–
      3. 3. Theodora Cooke 1600–1635
      4. 4. Edmund Cook 1619–
      5. 5. Thomas Cook 1602–
      6. 6. William Cook 1609–
      7. 7. Elizabeth Cooke 1616–1627
      8. 8. Jacob Cooke 1618–1675
      9. 9. Mary Cooke 1624–1695
      10. 10. Hester Cooke 1624–1666
      11. 11. Lambert Cook 1604–
      12. 12. George Cook 1606–
      13. 13. Elizabeth Cook 1596–
      14. 14. Christiana Cook 1598–
      15. 15. Henry Cook 1615–1661 m. Judith (Agnes) Birdsall 1618–1689
        1. 1. Hannah COOK 1648–1654
        2. 2. Henry Cook 1648–1706
        3. 3. Martha COOK 1649–1667
        4. 4. Mary COOK 1649–1732
        5. 5. John COOK 1647–1695
        6. 6. Rachel COOK 1645–1740
        7. 7. Judith Cook 1643–1688
        8. 8. Samuel Cook 1641–1703
        9. 9. Isaac COOK 1640–1689 m. Elizabeth Buxton 1626–1669
      16. 16. JOHN Cook 1618–1644 m. Sarah Warren 1614–1686 m. Mary (Roote) Cook 1620–1646
        1. 1. Sarah Cooke 1635–
        2. 2. Jno Cooke –1759
        3. 3. Mary Cooke –1715
        4. 4. Mary (Freelove) Cook 1643–1691
        5. 5. Elizabeth Cook 1641–1715
        6. 6. Sarah Cook 1640–
        7. 7. John Cook 1636–
        8. 8. PATIENCE CooK 1635–1699 m. James Stimpson 1635–1691 m. James STIMSON 1647–1720 m. ISAAC GoodalE 1633–1679
    2. 2. Mary (Cooke) (Strachey) 1560–1587
    3. 3. Alice Coke 1555–1605
    4. 4. Mary Cooke 1542–1587
    5. 5. Richard Cooke 1546–
    6. 6. Edward Cooke 1557–1581
    7. 7. Mary Cooke 1570–
    8. 8. Richard Cook 1572–
  5. 5. Anthony Cooke 1568–
  6. 6. Phillipa Cooke 1570–1627
  7. 7. Ann Cooke 1572–1601
  8. 8. Mildred Cooke 1573–1667
  9. 9. William Cooke 1583–1615

Richard Cooke's Timeline

4 Records

1521
1521
Birth of Richard Cooke in Gidea Hall, Essex, England, United Kingdom
Gidea Hall, Essex, England, United Kingdom
1521
1521
Birth of Richard Cooke in Gidea Hall, Essex, , England
Gidea Hall, Essex, , England
1576
3 Oct 1576
Age 55
Death of Richard Cooke in , Essex, , England
, Essex, , England
1579
3 October 1579
Age 58
Death of Richard Cooke in Greater London, London, England, United Kingdom
Greater London, London, England, United Kingdom

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1521
    Event Place: Gidea Hall, Essex, England, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1521
    Event Place: Gidea Hall, Essex, , England

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 3 October 1579
    Event Place: Greater London, London, England, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 3 Oct 1576
    Event Place: , Essex, , England

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