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Anthony Cooke
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Sir Anthony Cooke (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 |
↑ 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.
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