COOKE, William II (1572-1619), of Gray’s Inn and Highnam Court, Glos.

Family and Education

b. 1572, 1st surv. s. of William Cooke I by Frances, da. of Lord John Grey of Pirgo. educ. Shrewsbury 1583; G. Inn 1592. m. Joyce, da. of Sir Thomas Lucy of Charlecote, Warws., 3s. 6da. suc. fa. 1589. Kntd. 1603.PCC 97 Leicester, 32 Parker; Morant, Essex, i. 66; Vis. Essex (Harl. Soc. xiii), 39, 382; Vis. Warws. (Harl. Soc. xii), 288; Vis. Glos. (Harl. Soc. xxi), 45.

Offices Held

Clerk of liveries in the ct. of wards from 1589; j.p. Herts. by 1596, Glos. temp. James I; purveyor to the stable by Jan. 1599; keeper of the lodge and herbage of Hartwell park, Northants. by 1605; steward of the manor of Bury St. Edmunds by 1614.PRO Index 4608; J. Hurstfield, Queen’s Wards, 228; CSP Dom. 1603–10, p. 262; 1611–18, p. 231; Lansd. 80, f. 91; Add. 33378, f. 105.

Parlimentarian

COOKE, Sir William (1574-1619), of Charing Cross, Westminster and Highnam Court, Glos.

Main residences: Gray's Inn; Highnam Court, Glos.

Author

W.J.J.

Volume

Commons 1558-1603

Web Title

COOKE, William II (1572-1619)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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