Anthony Cooke

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Sir Anthony Cooke ^[1] (c.1505/1506 – 11 June 1576) an eminent scholar, tutor to women and to Edward VI.

Of his daughters, Mildred (1526–1589), the eldest, was married to Lord Burghley and the second daughter, Anne (1528 - 1610), married Sir Nicholas Bacon, and became the mother of Francis Bacon.

Preceded by Sir William Petre

Custos Rotulorum of Essex c. 1573–1576

Succeeded by Sir Thomas Mildmay

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↑ There is a discrepancy between Nuttall's Encyclopedia and the Oxford Dictionay of National Biography, the former spells the first name Antony and the later Anthony.

This article incorporates text from the public domain 1907 edition of The Nuttall Encyclopaedia.