59422. Sir Anthony Cooke & 59423. Anne
Fitzwilliam
~1505, Ann born in England, d/o 118846. William Fitzwilliam & 118847. Anne Hawes.
1505, Anthony born in Essex, England, s/o 118844. John Cooke & 118845. Alice
Saunders.
10/10/1515, Anthony’s father John died in London; raised by
his uncle Richard Cooke.
1515-1518, Margaret, late the wife of John Coke, of Romford,
and Antony, his son and heir. v. John Josselyn and Humphrey, son and heir of
John Gatton.: A messuage and marsh in Chadwell, late of Thomas Coke, knight,
deceased, grandfather of the said John Coke.: Essex. (S) UKNA, Kew. [Margaret
is Anthony’s stepmother.]
8/28/1516, Anne left in her maternal grandfather’s will: “a
cup of silver gilt”, to be delivered when she turned 21 or married.
1517, 2 years after his father’s death, Anthony succeeded to
the family title.
1520, Anthony heir to his greatuncle Edward Belknap, Knt.
10/5/1520, IPM of Edward Belknapp, Knt. Coheirs, sisters
Anne wife of Robert Wotton, knt.; Mary wife of Gerard Bennett; Alice wife of
William Shelley; and great-nephew Anthon Coke, esq., son of John, son of
Elizabeth, another sister of E. B., aged 16 and more. (S) Sussex Inquisitions,
V14, 1912, P21.
Bef. 2/4/1523, Anthony’s marriage to Anne arranged.
2/1531, King Henry, failing to receive from the Pope a
declaration of nullity regarding his marriage, declared himself Supreme Head of
the Church in England.
1532-39, Letter of Sir Anthony Cooke to the King, with his
translation of a sermon on prayer by St Ciprian. (S) UKNA.
5/28/1534, Anne named in her father’s will; her husband
Anthony named an executor.
1534, King Henry ordered an inventory of the endowments,
liabilities and income of the entire ecclesiastical estate of England and
Wales, including the monasteries.
1535, Parliament enacted the “Dissolution of the Lesser
Monasteries Act”. [243 houses were dissolved.]
1537, Anthony JOP of Essex.
1539, Anthony appointed at court as one of the newly-formed
corps of ‘spears’, or royal bodyguard.
1544, Margaret, widow of John Cooke [Anthony’s step-mother] received
a life interest in the manor of Magdalen Laver, with remainder to Anthony Cooke.
(S) Hist. of Essex, V4, 1956, Magdalen Laver.
1544-45, Anthony sheriff of Essex and Herts.
11/25/1545, Anthony arranged for the marriage of his
daughter Mildred. (S) UKNA.
1546, Presentation by Anthony Cooke to the church of
Lambourne, Essex. (S) Hist. of Essex, V4, 1956, Lambourne.
1/28/1547, Edward VI, age 9, succeeded Henry VIII as King of
England.
2/19/1547, Anthony, Preceptor of the King, made Knight of
the Bath at the coronation of King Edward VI.
3/1550, Anthony of Gidea Hall, Romford, Essex; Preceptor to
Edward VI. [King Edward VI wrote that sir Anthony Cooke spoke “weighingly”.
‘Preceptor’ is a teacher.]
1/26/1552, In the hand of Edmund Farrer, from the Lord
Keeper's Book of his lands, the settlement of the manor and advowson of Ingham
made in contemplation of the marriage of Nicholas Bacon and Anne, daughter of
Sir Anthony Cooke of Romford, Essex. (S) UKNA.
7/10/1553, Anthony, a protestant, supported Lady Jane Grey’s
claim to the throne.
7/19/1553, Queen Mary came to power. [Mary assembled a force
in East Anglia and deposed Jane, who was beheaded. ‘Bloody Mary’ had over 280
religious dissenters burned at the stake.]
1553, Anne died.
[––Anthony––]
7/25/1554, Queen Mary married Philip of Spain, s/o Emperor
Charles V. [Philip could not speak English.]
By 1555, Anthony went into exile at Strasburg [a center of
Protestant reformation].
1/10/1556 from Strasburg, Letter of Sir Anthony Cooke to Sir
Wm. Cecil. “Has received Cecil's letter of the 12th Dec. Is glad to hear his
daughter is well delivered, … no good tidings from hence, has been very ill
with a colick. …”
3/27/1557, from Strasburg, Letter of Sir Anthony Cooke to
Sir Wm. Cecil. “… God send you and my daughter much comfort … My mind touching
my daughter M. … for my son Richard. Would to God his sickness improved ! … My
being here is not pleasant, but necessary. God amend the starving that has
already begun in England and turn away the threatening of the sword, removing
the cause of these and the like plagues, our disobedience to His word and will.”
5/17/1557, from Strasburg, Letter of Sir Anthony Cooke to
Sir Wm. Cecil. “… I have written my mind to my son Bacon, … For your friendly
care of me at this time, … Thither I cannot yet come, …”
1/23/1558, England’s last foothold in France, Calais, fell
to a French siege. [Sir Anthony had mentioned the siege in one of his letters.]
11/17/1558, Queen Elizabeth I succeeded Queen mary as Queen
of England. [Prince Philip wrote to his sister about Queen Mary, “I felt a
reasonable regret for her death.”]
12/12/1558, Letter, Sir Anthony Cooke to Cecil. “… the Queen
that now is faithful service at this time of need; of whose proclamation with
such great joy and gladness, all true Englishmen have much cause to rejoice and
give most earnest thanks to Almighty God; … cause to doubt to travel at this
time of the year, but is so desirous to return that (God willing) within these
eight days both Mr. Wroth and he will depart from hence homewards.” (S) Cal. of
State Papers, V1, Elizabeth, 1863.
1558-59, Anthony returned to England.
2/9/1559, Bill to restore the Supremacy of the Church of
England, to the Crown of the Realm, was read the first time, and committed to
Mr Cooke, [Sir Anthony Cooke, ‘Mr’ is given to Knights.] (S) Journal of the
House of Commons, Reign of Queen Elizabeth, 1682.
4/26/1559, Letter from Mundt to Cecil. “… on great and
weighty matters concerning the Queen … Sends the articles of the peace made now
in Dutch, which Sir Anthony Cook can interpret.” (S) Cal. of State Papers, V1,
Elizabeth, 1863.
6/19/1560, The appeal or protestation made John Goodman,
dean (as he asserts) of Wells. He protests against the decision of a
commission—consisting of …, archbishop of Canterbury, Anthony Cooke, knt., …,
doctors of laws—in the suit brought by William Turner for reinstatement in the
deanery. (S) Cal. of the Dean of Wells, V2, 1914.
9/1562, Letter to Sir Anthony Cooke, from "Caelius
Secundus Curio". Bale. (S) UKNA.
4/1567, Final concorde. Anthony Cooke, pl. … 10 acres
pasture in Yoxford. (S) UKNA.
3/15/1569, Anthony Rodolph Chevallier D.D. presented to the
7th Prebend, Canterbury, by “Sir Anthony Cooke, patron hac vice by
virtue of queen’s gr.” (S) Fasti Ecclesiae, V3, 1974.
5/28/1570, Certificate by Sir Anthony Cooke of the sums
collected and expended in equipment of soldiers, and provisions of armour,
weapons, &c., for the Liberty of Havering-atte-Bower, co. Essex. (S) Cal.
of State Papers, 1547-80, 1856. [Associated with a force sent against rebels in
the North of England.]
8/12/1571, James Altham to Sir Anthony Cooke, Thomas Pawle,
Edward Barrett, … : Has imparted the Council's letter to lords Ryche and Darcye
who intend to hold a general assembly of the Justices. (S) UKNA.
3/14/1572, Edward Barrett, sheriff of Essex, to Sir Anthony
Cooke, Thomas Powle, … to assemble in Beckentre division for carrying out the
Council's order of appointments of the watch; Bellhowse. (S) UKNA.
1/19/1574, Covenant to stand seised to uses (1) William
Cecill, Lord Burghley, (2) …, Sir Anthony Cooke, …, William Cooke, … Manors of
Burne and Moreton next to Burne. [Wilts] (S) UKNA.
5/22/1576, Anthony wrote his will: … I Anthony Cooke, of
Guydy Hall in Haveringe in the countie of Essex, knight … to be buried at
Romforde … to my sonne Richard, my best bason and Ewer of Sylver, … to my
daughter of Burleighe, one other Neste of Boles, gilte, … to my daughter Bacon,
one other Neste of gilte bolles, … to my daughter Russell, my seconde gilte
Salte, … to my daughter Killegrew, one Neste of White Bolles, … to my sonne
William, my second Bason and Ewer, … my daughter Killegrew shal have other twoo
Volumes [books] in Latine, and one in Greeke, to my sonee Richard, and Anthonie
his sonne, … Lease of my ffarme in mynster, in the Isle of Tenett, … to my
sonnes Richard and William, Jointlie … Executors … Honoble Sr Nicholas Bacon,
Kinghte, Lord keeper of the greate Seale …
6/11/1576, Anthony died, buried at Romford old church, N.E. chapel
[Essex].
(S) Magna Carta Ancestry, P797. (S) Archaeologia, Or,
Miscellaneous Tracts Relating to Antiquity, 1817, P99. (S) Hist. of Parliament.
(S) 1558 Visitation of Essex. (S) Cal. of Cecil Papers, V1, 1883.
Family notes:
·
Anthony is particularly remembered because he
educated his daughters in both Latin and Greek. Anthony could also read and
write in Dutch, and speak and read in German.
Children of Anthony
and Anne:
i. Mildred Cooke, born 1526 in England.
11/25/1545, 40 years or one life, (1) William Cicill, the
younger, and Mildred Cooke,daughter of Anthony Cooke, esq., (2) Richard Cicill
of Little Burghley, Northants, esq. Manor of Essendine, Rutland and Lincs. (S)
UKNA.
1546, Mildred married William Cecil, Lord Burleigh, Lord
Treasurer of England.
Mildred Cecil was especially praised for her knowledge of Greek.
4/22/1566, “…I asked Secretary Cecil if the Queen was going
to despatch the new man whom she had appointed to go to the Emperor. … Cecil's
wife tells me that the French Ambassador says that if the Archduke comes hither
he will cause discord in the country, … She thinks that the Queen will never
marry Lord Robert, or, indeed, anyone else, unless it be the Archduke, which is
the match Cecil desires. Certainly if anybody has information on the matter it
is Cecil's wife, and she is clever and greatly influences him. …” (S) Cal. of
State Papers, Spain, V1, 1892.
1589, Mildred died; buried in Westminister Abbey.
ii. Anna Cooke, born ~1529 in England.
Anna married Sir Nicholas Bacon, Lord keeper of the Great
Seal. [His 2nd marriage.]
Anne Bacon published works by Ochino and Jewel in
translations from Italian and Latin respectively.
Anna Governess to Edward VI.
2/1579, Nicholas died.
1610, Anne died.
Child: Sir Francis Bacon, born 1/22/1561 in England. Known
as the catalyst of the scientific revolution. 1603, he was knighted. 1618, King
James appointed him Lord Chancellor. 4/9/1626, he died. [No heirs.]
iii. Richard Cooke, born 1531 in England.
Richard married Anne, d/o John Cawton, Esq.
10/1579, Richard died.
iv. Elizabeth Cooke, born ~1533 in England.
Elizabeth married Sir Thomas Hobby.
Elizabeth married 2nd Lord John Russel.
1584, Elizabeth erected a monument in Westminister Abbey to
her husband John.
1605, Elizabeth published her translation of a Latin
treatise on the sacrament.
1609, Elizabeth died.
v. William Cooke, born ? in England.
1569, William married Frances, d/o John Lord Grey of Pergo
in the Liberty of Havering. [Frances a cousin of Lady Jane Grey.]
1570, William’s father settled the of Magdalen Laver, Essex,
on William for life.
1589, William died.
vi. Katherine Cooke (29711), born ~1540 in Essex, England.
v. Margaret Cooke, born ? in England.
Margaret became a
maid-in-waiting to Queen Mary.
1558, Margaret married Sir
Ralph Rowlett.
1558, Margaret died.
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