William Cooke (died 14 May 1589), was an English politician. William Cooke was the son of

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, and Anne Fitzwilliam, the daughter of

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, Master of the

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and List of Sheriffs of London, Sheriff of London, by his first wife, Anne Hawes, daughter of Sir John Hawes, by whom he had four sons and five daughters: His paternal grandparents were John Cooke (d. 10 October 1515), esquire, of

, and Alice Saunders (d. 1510), daughter and coheiress of William Saunders of

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by Jane Spencer, daughter of John Spencer, esquire, of Hodnell,

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. He was a

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(MP) of the

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for Stamford in 1559 and

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in 1563. He married Frances Grey, daughter of

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and Mary Browne, by whom he had four sons, including Sir Richard Cooke,

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, and William Cooke of

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, who married Joyce Lucy, granddaughter of Sir Thomas Lucy of

Charlecote Charlecote is a village and civil parish south of Warwick, on the River Avon, in the Stratford-on-Avon district, in the county of Warwickshire, England. In 2011 the parish had a population of 194. The parish touches Wasperton, Newbold Pacey, ...

, and three daughters.Cooke, William II (1572-1619), of Gray's Inn and Highnam Court, Gloucestershire, History of Parliament
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