Family and Education
b. c. 1505, 1st s. of John Cooke of Gidea Hall by Alice, da. and coh. of William Saunders of Banbury, Oxon. educ. I. Temple 1523. m. Anne, da. of Sir William Fitzwilliam of Gains Park, wid. of Sir John Hawes of London, 4s. inc. Richard Cooke I and William Cooke I 5da. suc. fa. 1517. KB 1547.
Offices Held
Gent. of privy chamber by 1546 – 53; j.p. Essex by 1537 – 54, from 1559, Warws. from c. 1564; sheriff, Essex and Herts. 1544 – 45; steward, manor of Havering, Essex from 1559; commr. to enforce Acts of Supremacy and Uniformity 1559, 1562, to take oaths of ecclesiastical persons 1559, to visit dioceses of Norwich and Ely 1559, to visit Camb. Univ. 1559, to visit Eton Coll. 1561; custos rot. Essex from 1572.
Parlimentarian
Main residences: Gidea Hall, Essex; Abergenny Place, Warwick Lane, London.
Volume
Commons 1558-1603
Web Title
COOKE, Sir Anthony (c.1505-76)
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Oxford 1644
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Religion
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