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Church of St Edward the Confessor, Romford, Essex, monument to Sir Anthony Cooke (died 1576) (or Coke) of w:Gidea Hall, Romford, an English humanist scholar, tutor to Edward VI and later Ambassador to Queen Elizabeth I, whom he entertained at Gidea Hall during her Progress in 1568. Cooke married Anne Fitzwilliam, the daughter of Sir William Fitzwilliam, Master of the Worshipful Company of Merchant Taylors and Sheriff of London, by his first wife, Anne Hawes, daughter of Sir John Hawes, by whom he had four sons and five daughters.

Per Lysons (Daniel Lysons, 'Romford', in The Environs of London: Volume 4, Counties of Herts, Essex and Kent (London, 1796), pp. 183-203 [1]): Formerly on the north wall of the chancel of the old church (now moved to the new church) is the monument of Sir Anthony Coke of Gedy-hall (fn. 54), one of the preceptors of Edward VI., with the effigies of himself and his lady in kneeling attitudes. He is represented in armour. Family of Coke: Mar. 1579–80, bapt. Edwardus, filius Magistri Antonii Coci; Edwardus, fil. Edwardi Coci, Militis et Senescalli, sepult. Dec. 1, 1609; Anne (fn. 63), daughter of Sr Edward Coke, baptized Sep. 25, 1610; Vere, his daughter (fn. 64), baptized July 4, 1612; Sr Edward Coke, buried July 20, 1625; the Lady Martha Coke (fn. 65), buried Ap. 27, 1643."

Per Lysons: The manor of Gedy-hall, Geddy-hall, or Guyddy-hall, or Giddea-hall (modern: w:Gidea Hall), is supposed to have belonged formerly to the church of Westminster (fn. 13). In the reign of King Edward IV. it was the property of Sir Thomas Coke, Alderman, and some time Lord Mayor of London; who died seised of it in 1478 (fn. 14). From him it descended to Sir Edward Coke, Knt. who died in 1625, leaving two daughters coheirs, Ann, wife of Sir Edward Sydenham, and Vere, wife of Sir Charles Gawdy. These coheirs joined with Sir Hercules Coke (brother of Sir Edward) and others, in conveying the manor of Guyddy-hall, anno 1657, to Richard Emes (fn. 15); who, in 1664, sold it to John Burch, Esq. .... The old mansion called Giddea-hall, or Gedy-hall, was begun by Sir Thomas Coke about the year 1467, when he obtained a licence for fortifying and embattling it (fn. 17); but falling under the displeasure of the Court, to the great injury of his fortune, he completed only the front: the remainder was built by his grandson Sir Anthony, (one of the preceptors of King Edward VI.) who entertained Queen Elizabeth at Gedy-hall, during her progress in 1568 (fn. 18). Mary de Medicis, mother of Queen Henrietta Maria, lodged at Gedy-hall, then the seat of Lady Coke, (widow of Sir Edward,) the night before her arrival in London (anno 1638). The King, who had met her at Chelmsford, lodged the same night at his neighbouring palace of Havering. An account of the Queen-mother's progress through England (in which there is a view of old Gedy-hall) was published in 1639. This ancient structure was pulled down about the year 1720, and the present mansion built by Sir John Eyles.

Eight shields:

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• Arms above 2 sons (shields II, III) (left, kneeling from left to right)[2]
  • (Shield II) William Coke, son of Sir Anthony, married Frances Grey, daughter of Sir John Grey, brother of the Duke of Suffolk
  • (Shield III) Richard Coke, son of Sir Anthony, married Anne Caunton, daughter of John Caunton, Esq, Steward of the Liberty of Havering, Essex (Heraldic Visitation of Essex 1634[3]). (Per: Romford Recorder newspaper, 26th November 2017, "Heritage: The Liberty of Havering – a mini republic that lasted 427 years" [4]: "Officially, as described in Elizabeth I’s 1588 confirmation of the charter, residents formed a body called “The Tenants and Inhabitants of the Lordship or Manor of Havering-atte-Bower”. But most people called it “The Liberty of Havering”. Havering had its own courts. Local people could not be forced to plead elsewhere. The Liberty was headed by a Crown-appointed Steward. He was one of two magistrates, the second being elected by the inhabitants – an arrangement unique in England. A 1554 charter reissue allowed the appointment of a Deputy Steward, who acted as the third magistrate."). NB, dolphin arms used by "Colston"
• Arms above 4 daughters (shields IV, V, VI, VII) (right, kneeling from left to right)
  
  • (Shield IV) w:Mildred Cooke, 2nd wife of w:William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley, the most trusted adviser of Elizabeth I, and the mother of w:Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury, adviser to James I. See her effigy with that of her daughter in Westminster Abbey[5][6]. See her "pregnancy portrait"

Mildred, Lady Burghley (oil on panel) by Eworth or Ewoutsz, Hans (fl.1520-74) (attr. to) at Hatfield House, Hertfordshire[7][8][]

• • (Shield V) Anne Cooke (2nd wife of Sir Nicholas Bacon Lord Keeper of the Great Seal);
  • (Shield VI) Elizabeth Cooke (married secondly John Lord Russell (d.1585), eldest son of Francis Russell, 2nd Earl of Bedford);
  • (Shield VII) Katherine Cooke (wife of Henry Killigrew of Lothbury and Truro, son of John Killigrew and Elizabeth Trewennard) [9][10]

Per Lysons, footnote 54: The eight shields on this monument are:

• Top: Or, a chevron checky Azure and Gules between three cinquefoils of the second (Cooke);
• I (centre): Quarterly of ten:
  • 1&10: Or, a chevron checky Azure and Gules between three cinquefoils of the second (Coke); (Or, a chevron compony gules and azure between three cinquefoils of the second (Burke, Sir Bernard, The General Armory, London, 1884, p.224 "Cooke of Giddea Hall, Essex")
  • 2: O. four fusils in fesse Azure—Penington
  • 3: O. two bars G. on a canton of the second, a cinquefoil of the first—Derwentwater
  • 4: S. a fesse between three pheons O.—Malpas
  • 5: O. an eagle displayed with two necks S.
  • 6: Az. three spread eagles in bend between two cotises Ar.—Belknap
  • 7: G. a fesse checky A. and S. between six crosses formeé fitcheé O.—Boteler
  • 8: O. two bends G.—Sudely
  • 9: Bendy of ten O. and Az.—Montfort
    

Impaling, Quarterly of 15.—1. Lozengy A. and G.—Fitzwilliam. 2. Checky O. and Az.—Warren. 3. O. a chief Az.—Lizures. 4. Quarterly, O. and G. a bend S.—Lacy. 5. O. an inescutcheon G.—Bertram. 6. Arg. six cross crosslets fitcheé 3, 2, 1, Sab. on a chief Az. two mullets O. pierced G. —Clinton. 7. A. a chief G. a baton Az.—Cromwell. 8. Erm. a fesse G.—Bernake. 9. A. three cinquefoils and a canton G.—Dryby. 10. Checky O. and G. a chief Erm.—Tatshall. 11. G. a lion ramp. O.—Albany. 12. Az. three Garbs O.—Blundevil. 13. Az. a wolf's head erased Arg.—Lupus. 14. Vaire, a fesse G.—Marmyon. 15. Barry of six O. and Azure, a spread eagle G.—Fitzhugh. Sir Anthony Coke married Anne, daughter of Sir William Fitzwilliam, ancestor to the present Earl Fitzwilliam.

• II. Coke with quarterings as before, impaling, Quarterly of eight.—1. Barry of six, A. and Az. in chief three torteauxes a label of three points Erm.—Grey of Groby. 2. O. a maunch G.—Hastings. 3. Ar. Barry Az. an orle of martlets G.—Valence. 4. G. seven muscles conjunct, three, three, and one, Or—Quincy. 5. Az. a cinquefoil Erm.—Bellomont. 6. Arg. a fesse and canton G.—Widville. 7. S. six mullets pierced 3, 2, 1, Arg.—Bonville. 8. S. a fret Arg.—Harrington. William Coke, son of Sir Anthony, married Frances, daughter of Sir John Grey, brother of the Duke of Suffolk.

• III. Coke, with quarterings as before, impaling Arg. a lion pass. Sab between three dolphins naiant G.—Caunton. Richard Coke, son of Sir Anthony, married Anne, daughter of John Caunton, Esq

• IV. Cecil, with quarterings (as in vol. i. p. 530.) impaling Coke, with quarterings as before. Mildred, daughter of Sir Anthony Coke, married William Lord Burleigh.

• V. Quarterly 1 and 4. G. on a chief Arg. two mullets S.—Bacon.—2 and 3. Barry of six, O. and Az. a bend G.—Quaplod. Anne, daughter of Sir Anthony Coke, married Sir Nicholas Bacon, Keeper of the Great Seal.

• VI. Quarterly of eight. 1. A. a lion ramp. G. on a chief S. three escallops of the field—Russel. 2. Az. a tower Argent—Delatour. 3. Barry of six, O. and G.—Muschamp. 4. G. three herrings in pale Arg.—Heringham. 5. Sab. a griffin segreant between three cross crosslets fitcheé Arg.—Froxmare. 6. S. three chevrons Erm.—Wife. 7. Sab. three dovecotes Ar. two and one—Sapcotts. 8. Arg. on a cross G. five mullets pierced of the field—Seamarke; impaling Coke, with quarterings as before. Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Anthony Coke, married John Lord Russel, son and heir of Francis Earl of Bedford.

• VII. Quarterly of eight. Arg. an eagle displayed with two necks S. within a border of the second bezanty—Killegrew. 2. Sab. a chevron between three eagles displayed O.—Kentebury. 3. Arg. three mascles S.—Arnewick. 4. Arg. on a chevron S. between three torteauxes, as many bezants—Boligh. 5. Az. on a bend O. three lozenges Az.—Barrell. 6. Arg. a lion ramp. G.—Petit. 7. G. a bend between six lozenges O.—Fitz-ives. 8. Az. a bend O.—Carminow; impaling Coke, with quarterings as before. Catherine, daughter of Sir Anthony Coke, married Sir Henry Killegrew, Knt.

Per Lysons, footnote 55: