Sir Anthony Cooke, KB was an English humanist scholar.
11 Facts About Anthony Cooke
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Anthony Cooke was a companion and tutor to Edward VI.
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Anthony Cooke was the only son of John Cooke, esquire, of Gidea Hall, Essex, and Alice Saunders, daughter and coheiress of William Saunders of Banbury, Oxfordshire by Jane Spencer, daughter of John Spencer, esquire, of Hodnell, Warwickshire.
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Anthony Cooke was never officially described as tutor to Edward VI.
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At Edward's coronation, Anthony Cooke was created a Knight of the Bath.
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Anthony Cooke travelled widely, spending the most time in Strasbourg where he was in contact with leaders of the Reformed faith, and returned following the death of Mary and the accession of Elizabeth I in 1558.
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Anthony Cooke then served on several religious commissions, and sat as a knight of the shire for Essex in parliament in 1559 and again in 1563; but he took little or no further part in national affairs.
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Anthony Cooke was appointed Custos Rotulorum for Essex in 1572, but the work resulting from this post was performed by his steward, Francis Ram.
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Anthony Cooke was one of the co-owners of Burton Dassett in Warwickshire and conducted a lengthy, but ultimately unsuccessful legal campaign to block the sale of part of the estate to Peter Temple.
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Anthony Cooke is particularly remembered because he educated his daughters, who were taught both Latin and Greek.
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Anthony Cooke married Anne Fitzwilliam, the daughter of Sir William Fitzwilliam, Master of the Worshipful Company of Merchant Taylors and Sheriff of London, by his first wife, Anne Hawes, daughter of Sir John Hawes, by whom he had four sons and five daughters:.