Mildred COOKE^[1]

1524 - 1589  (64 years)

• Name	Mildred COOKE
  Born	24 Aug 1524	Gidea Hall, Essex, England
  Gender	Female
  Also Known As	COKE
  Died	5 Apr 1589	Burghley House, Stamford, Lincolnshire, England
  Person ID	I10077	Main
  Last Modified	18 Sep 2023

  
  

  Family	Lord William CECIL,   b. 13 Sep 1520, Burghley House, Stamford, Lincolnshire, England ,   d. 4 Aug 1598, Burghley House, Stamford, Lincolnshire, England  (Age 77 years)
  Married	21 Dec 1546	England
  Children	1. Francisca CECIL,   b. 6 Apr 1555, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England ,   d. Abt 1556, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England  (Age 0 years)   2. Anne CECIL,   b. 5 Dec 1556, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England ,   d. 6 Jun 1588, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England  (Age 31 years)   3. William CECIL,   b. 23 Oct 1559, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England ,   d. Abt Oct 1559, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England   4. William CECIL,   b. 1561, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England ,   d. 1561, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England  (Age 0 years) + 5. Earl Robert CECIL,   b. 1 Jun 1563, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England ,   d. 24 May 1612, St Margarets Priory, Marlborough, Wiltshire, England  (Age 48 years)   6. Elizabeth CECIL,   b. 1 Jul 1564, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England
  Last Modified	19 Dec 2021
  Family ID	F3461	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Married - 21 Dec 1546 - England  = Link to Google Earth
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• Places

  lh_essex_gideahall_fs_5 Essex, England

  
  

• Notes

  d/o Sir Anthony COOKE & Anne FitzWILLIAM Though there isn't a detailed history of the owners of the Hall it's possible to identify some owners. One was Sir Anthony Cooke (b. 1504 - d. 1576) who was renowned for his knowledge of Greek, Latin, poetry and mathematics. He was a politician and religious reformer as well as tutor to Edward VI and Lady Jane Grey. The Cookes were the leading local family - it is known that on 17-18 July 1568 Queen Elizabeth stayed at Gidea Hall as she travelled through the area after stopping at her own Havering Palace from 14-16 July. She was not the first queen to stay overnight as Queen Marie de Medici, mother-in-law of Charles I, and Queen of France had stayed in 1637 or 1638 on her way from Harwich to London. She had been staying with Charles I at Havering but preferred the more stylish surroundings of Gidea Hall to the rather more spartan Havering Palace. It is known that the house was then owned by Sir John Eyles who rebuilt the Hall in 1725. It was then sold to Richard Benyon - (b. 26 Nov 1698 - d. 1774) in 1745 who enlarged it in 1766. Little is known about Benyon's early life but rose in the ranks of the East India Company, eventually becoming Governor of Fort St. George in Madras and accumulating a £75,000 fortune (approx. £9m) in the process. http://www.lostheritage.org.uk/houses/lh_essex_gideahall.html

  
  

• Sources

  [S67] CECIL. The Witten/Cecil Family, Randy Cecil.