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Sir Stephen Cooke 1570 – 1693 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 23 Nov 1570

Birth Location: Great Berkhampstead, Hertfordshire, England

Death Date: 1693

Death Location: Leeds, Kent, England

Father: Bishop Cook

Mother: Alice Buttlar

Spouse(s): Lady Maskerall

Children(s): Sir Cooke

Sir Stephen Cooke was born in 1570 in Great Berkhampstead, Hertfordshire, England, the child of Bishop John Cook and Alice White Buttlar. Sir Stephen Cooke married Lady Ann Maskerall, and had children including Sir Walter I Cooke. Sir Stephen Cooke passed away in 1693 in Leeds, Kent, England.

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Biography

  • Sir Stephen Cooke was born in 1570 in Great Berkhampstead, Hertfordshire, England, the child of Bishop John Cook and Alice White Buttlar.
  • Sir Stephen Cooke married Lady Ann Maskerall, and had children including Sir Walter I Cooke.
  • Sir Stephen Cooke passed away in 1693 in Leeds, Kent, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

Bishop Cook
1551 – 1625
Birth Location: Kidderminster, Worcestershire, Herefordshire and Worcester, England, United Kingdom
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Alice Buttlar
1550 – 1605
Birth Location: Eaton Bray, Bedford, England
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Spouses(s)

Lady Maskerall
1572 – 1634
Birth Location: England
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Children(s)

Sir Cooke
1592 – 1696
Birth Location: Leeds, Kent, England
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Sir Cooke's Ancestors

Self
Sir Cooke
1570 – 1693
Birth Place: Great Berkhampstead, Hertfordshire, England
Parents
Bishop John Cook
1551 – 1625
Kidderminster, Worcestershire, Herefordshire and Worcester, England, United Kingdom
Alice (White) Buttlar
1550 – 1605
Eaton Bray, Bedford, England
Grandparents
John (Alexander) Cook\Cooke
1532 – 1569
Kidderminster, Worcestershire, England
Mary (Margaret) Odell\O'Dell
1533 – 1592
Cranfield, Bedfordshire, England
Sir (Anthony "Knight of the Bath, Sheriff of Essex and Hertford" Cooke "Scholar" (Companion Tutor to King Edward) VI)
1504 – 1576
Gidea Hall, Romford (Essex) England
Lady (Anne "Ann" Brittany) Fitzwilliam
1504 – 1588
Gidea Hall, London, England
Great-Grandparents
Robert Cooke
1510 – 1600
Kathryn Soper
1515 – 1587
John O'dell
1508 – 1551
Elizabeth Fayre
1500 – 1566
John Knight
1473 – 1516
Alice Maria
1478 – 1517
William Fitzwilliam
1460 – 1534
Anne Hawes
1482 – 1507
2nd-Great-Grandparents
John Cooke
1490 – 1562
Agnes Owen
1490 –
Soper
Sir Odell
1463 – 1534
Joan Baker
1466 – 1540
John William
1410 –
Ellen Villiers
1410 –

Sir Cooke's Descendants

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Sir (Stephen) Cooke (23 Nov 1570 – 1693) m. Lady (Ann) Maskerall (1572 – Abt. 1634)
  1. 1. Sir (Walter I) Cooke (1592 – 5 Jan 1696) m. Lady (Dorothy) Atwood (Jun 1592 – abt 1641)
    1. 1. Walter (Thomas) Cooke (25 May 1618 – 5 January 1695) m. Catherine Brenton (1630 – 2 Jan 1696)
      1. 1. Petrus (Peter) Cooke (15 Nov 1673 – 25 May 1713) m. Elinor Norman (02 Feb 1673 – 31 Oct 1726)
        1. 1. Peter Cook (4 Oct 1700 – 28 Apr 1779) m. Sarah ("Lydia" Anne) Gilpin (2 Apr 1706 – 7 Aug 1783)

Sir Cooke's Timeline

6 Records

1570
23 Nov 1570
Birth of Sir Stephen Cooke in Great Berkhampstead, Hertfordshire, England
Great Berkhampstead, Hertfordshire, England
1570
23 Nov 1570
Birth of Sir Stephen Cooke in Great Berkhampstead, Hertfordshire, England
Great Berkhampstead, Hertfordshire, England
1570
23 Nov 1570
Sir Stephen Cooke was baptized in Great Berkhampstead, Hertfordshire, England
Great Berkhampstead, Hertfordshire, England
1633
27 May 1633
Age 63
Sir Stephen Cooke was baptized in Wiltshire, England
Wiltshire, England
1642
08 Sep 1642
Age 72
Burial of Sir Stephen Cooke in Smarden, Kent, England
Smarden, Kent, England
1693
1693
Age 123
Death of Sir Stephen Cooke in Leeds, Kent, England, United Kingdom
Leeds, Kent, England, United Kingdom

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 23 Nov 1570
    Event Place: Great Berkhampstead, Hertfordshire, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 23 Nov 1570
    Event Place: Great Berkhampstead, Hertfordshire, England

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Baptism
    Event Date: 23 Nov 1570
    Event Place: Great Berkhampstead, Hertfordshire, England
    Record Source:
    [1] England & Wales, Christening Index, 1530-1980
    [2] England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Baptism
    Event Date: 27 May 1633
    Event Place: Wiltshire, England
    Record Source: Wiltshire, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812, Wiltshire and Swindon History Centry; Chippenham, Wiltshire; Wiltshire Church of England Bishop's Transcripts; Reference Number: BT/Ludg/Bdl. 1

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: England
    Record Source: London, England, Freedom of the City Admission Papers, 1681-1930, London Metropolitan Archive; Reference Number: COL/CHD/FR/02/1190-1196

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: Kidderminster, Worcestershire, England
    Record Source: England, Select Marriages, 1538–1973

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: Oxford, Oxfordshire, England
    Record Source: Oxford University Alumni, 1500-1886

    Genealogy Event 8
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1693
    Event Place: Leeds, Kent, England, United Kingdom
    Record Source:
    [1] UK, Extracted Probate Records, 1269-1975
    [2] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 9
    Event Type: Death
    Event Place: Leeds, Kent, England

    Genealogy Event 10
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Date: 08 Sep 1642
    Event Place: Smarden, Kent, England
    Record Source: England, Select Deaths and Burials, 1538-1991
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