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Cooke, Mildred

Female 1524 - 1589  (64 years)


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  1. 1.  Cooke, Mildred was born on 24 Aug 1524 in Gildea Hall, Co Essex, England; died on 5 Apr 1589 in Burghley House, Strand, Co Middlesex, England.

    Notes:

    According to "The Cecils of Hatfield House An English Ruling Family" by David Cedil, Houghton Mifflin 1973: She was daughter of Sir Anthony Cooke, gvernor to youn Prince Edward

    Mildred married Cecil, Baron William on 21 Dec 1545 in England. William (son of Cecil, First Lord Richard and Heckington, Jane) was born on 18 Sep 1520 in Burghley, Bourne, Lincolnshire, England; died on 4 Aug 1598 in Burghley House, Strand, Co Middlesex, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 2. Cecil, Anne  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 5 Dec 1555 in Westminister, Salisbury, England; died on 6 Jun 1588 in Westminister, Salisbury, England.
    2. 3. Cecil, Frances  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 6 Apr 1556 in Westminister, Salisbury, England; and died.
    3. 4. Cecil, William  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 23 Oct 1559 in Westminister, Salisbury, England; and died.
    4. 5. Cecil, William  Descendancy chart to this point was born in May 1561 in Westminister, Salisbury, England; and died.
    5. 6. Cecil, Robert  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 1 Jun 1563 in Westminister, Salisbury, England; died on 24 May 1612 in St. Margaret's Priory, Marlborough, England.
    6. 7. Cecil, Elizabeth  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 1 Jul 1564 in Westminister, Salisbury, England; and died.


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Cecil, Anne Descendancy chart to this point (1.Mildred1) was born on 5 Dec 1555 in Westminister, Salisbury, England; died on 6 Jun 1588 in Westminister, Salisbury, England.

    Notes:

    Anne Cecil, daughter of Sir William and Mildred (Cooke) Cecil, did wed Edward
    De Vere, the Earl of Oxford. He was a bisexual courtier, and she was,
    apparently, miserable with him. She died young. Anne was a quiet, bookish type and totally wrong for him.
    Penny

    Anne married in 1571. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Cecil, Frances Descendancy chart to this point (1.Mildred1) was born on 6 Apr 1556 in Westminister, Salisbury, England; and died.

  3. 4.  Cecil, William Descendancy chart to this point (1.Mildred1) was born on 23 Oct 1559 in Westminister, Salisbury, England; and died.

  4. 5.  Cecil, William Descendancy chart to this point (1.Mildred1) was born in May 1561 in Westminister, Salisbury, England; and died.

  5. 6.  Cecil, Robert Descendancy chart to this point (1.Mildred1) was born on 1 Jun 1563 in Westminister, Salisbury, England; died on 24 May 1612 in St. Margaret's Priory, Marlborough, England.

    Notes:

    According to "The Cecils of Hatfield House An English Ruling Family" by David Cecil, Houghton Mifflin 1973: With his father's help, but aided by his own skill and cunning, he became Queen's Secretary by 1596. Robert was dropped by a nurse when a baby. He had grown up very short, with a crooked back and awkward way of walking, splaying his feet. He had hazel eyes. Robert the public servant was prudent, rational and reliable. Robert the private person was an extravagant reckless gambler, suspected of many affairs and liable to fits of depression. He was an MP at age 18. He never remarried after his wife died, hot that his name was not linked with many women. He was knighted in 1591 and then made a member of the Privy Council. His cousins included Anthony and Francis Bacon, brothers - though they were rivals in the Court. Their mother was Anne Cooke. In 1603 James I made him Lord Cecil, then Viscount Cranborne. In 1605 he was created Earl of Salisbury. Built first Hatfield House, bought Cranborne Estate. In 1607 James appointed him Lord Treasurer as will as Chief Secretary

    Robert married in Aug 1589. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  6. 7.  Cecil, Elizabeth Descendancy chart to this point (1.Mildred1) was born on 1 Jul 1564 in Westminister, Salisbury, England; and died.

    Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]




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