Events
Date of Birth: unknown.
Place of Birth: unknown.
Date of Burial: 17 April 1573
Place of Burial: Leamington Hastings, Warwickshire.
The burial is recorded in the parish register.
Relationships
Father: unknown.
Mother: unknown.
Spouse: Joan. (Buried 20 March 1590/1 in Leamington Hastings).
John mentions his wife in his will.
Children:
(Complete source citations for facts about the children on this page are currently outside of the scope of this project.)
John Cooke (buried 14 October 1621 in Leamington Hastings) married Jane, the widow of William Over, 12 November 1583 in Leamington Hastings.
Emme Cooke. Possibly married Edward Sharpe in 1574
Agnes Cooke married Thomas Squier 4 December 1588 in Leamington Hastings.
Nicholas Cooke (possibly buried 4 April 1617 in Leamington Hastings) married Elisia Clobsey 7 August 1591 in Leamington Hastings.
Henry Cooke.
Evidence
from the Leamington Hastings parish register:
1573 April
Joannes Coocke agricola 17 S
1590 March
Joanna Coocke vidua 20 S
John Cooke’s will
In the name of god Amen that I John Cooke of Lemington in body syck and greated but in mynd and remembrance sound and p[er]fecte thanks be to god Doe make my laste will and testament I wishe my soule to allmyghtie god and my bodye to be buryed in Lemington churchard. Imprimis I Doe bequeathe to my wife called Joane and my sonne John all that I have exemptinge thos things that followe which I bestowe on[?] my other children [..] I doe lkwise bequeathe to my eldest Daughter Emme Cooke xli I Doe lykwise bestowe uppon Agnes my second Daughter Twentie nobles and that wood wich ys her owne as vi sheppe I Doe bequeathe to my sonne Nicolas Twentie nobells and that wood wich ys his owne with ys xx[....] shepp and allsoe I doe bestowe of him the yron colte which his brother shild gyve him the keapinge of it I doe bequeath to my youngest sonne Henry twentie nobells and that which ys his owne as iij shepe but lett this be notted that for the Dischardge of this my will and testam[ent] I wishe that my Daughter Emme shalbe [...ed] [..] xli att the time of her mariage but yf yt be soe that she dye then her p[ar]te that ys the xli to be Devyded amongest my foure children John Nicolas Henrie and Agnes noted that Nicolas shall have his xxli nobelles being but the [...] of xxli and lykwise I doe request that my sonne Henrie shall have his xxli nobells att [...] of xxli. [...] I doe requeast that my Daughter Agnes shalbe paied her xx nobles att the Time of her mariage but this ys allway to be [...ed] if that any of my children Doe dep[ar]te out of the worlde then that p[ar]te or porcyon to be Distributed amongest the rest that remayne a lyve and yf yt be soe that my eldest sonne John doe dye not being maried nor haveing issue then Nicolas to be ioyned with his mother if yt be soe that my wife and my sonne cannot[?] agree then my wife shall have xli or yf she marie and soe quyte to be Dischardged and yf yt be soe that my wife and my sonne To Enioye the whole fullie unto the Time of her death then she to consyder of [...] the things aboute or in the house to Devyde and Distribute as she thinketh good herselfe but principallie that the moste p[ar]te Shalbe bestowed on my eldest sonne John because that he ys bound to Dyschardge my former legacye and lett this [...ed] or [...] that those things wich be my sonne Johns shall not have his goodes counted with those things wich be to putt in the Inventory wich ys a mare a bullocke and thirtie shepe and thus I make an end of my wordly goodes and finishe my whole test[ament] and wittnes of John Batmon Curat in Lemington and writer of this will Randall Dytall John [...] Robt Haycocke [...] I mak John my sonne my exec to se my will p[er]formed
The Trew Inventorye of all suche goods as were belonginge to John Cooke of Lemington Hastinges husbandman praysed the seconde daye of Maye in 1573 present whos names are underwrytten
In the house.
Imprimis ij pannes iij pootes a chafinge dyshe a skymmer & a cauldene --xxs
Item in Peuter -- xs
Item in T[...]ware --iij s
Item Bedsteads Coubberds Cofers formes a table a chayre aspyt & a payre of Cobirons -viijs
Item a Qwerne -- xs
Item in Lynnyne -- xs
Item in wollen -- vs
Item ij Mokuses[?] -- iijsiiijd
Item corne in the barne -- xxs
Item Carts Consty[...?] plowse plowgeeres harrowes hanelies[?] & woode -- xls
In the feelde
Imprimis in corn sowne -- xls
Item iiij Mares ij coults -- iij li xs
Item v Kyne a heyfford & iij Caulves -- x li
Item iiij hoggs -- vjs
Item xliij shepe -- v li
Summa totalis. 22li 5s 4d .
Math Hulme parson of Lemmington Wayts
George Perkyns of Hyll [mark an ‘E’]
Randoph Dytall of Lemmington aforesayd [mark a cross]
John Man of the farme. [mark two circles]
Rob. Heycocke of the same. [mark a cross]
[dated 22 November 1572, proved 12 October 1573]
References
Parish registers of Leamington Hastings. Digital images on FamilySearch.org accessed 14 August 2018.
Will of John Cooke of Leamington. Proved 12 October 1573 in the Consistory Court of Lichfield and Coventry. [digital images on Findmypast.uk]