Cooke, Gourney
1475 - 1536 (61 years)-
Name Cooke, Gourney Birth 1475 Braintree, Essex, England 
Gender Female LifeSketch - Visitation of Essex 1552: https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044024284549&view=2up&seq=62&q1=cooke Alice Saunders, Lady Cooke Birthdate: circa 1482 (39) - Alice was the fourth daughter of William and Jane Saunders Birthplace: Banbury, Oxfordshire, England Death: Died 1517 in England Immediate Family: Daughter of William Saunders and Jane Spencer Wife of Sir John Cooke Mother of Joan Cooke,; Beatrix Ogle; Anthony Cooke, Sir Knight of Gidea Hall, MP, Order of the Bath; Mary Cooke; Half sister of Sir Anthony Cope and Sir John Cope, MP, Sheriff of Northamptonshire NB - The Will of John Cooke (made 7 October 1516/probate 28 August 1517) does not support the information above regarding the children of John Cooke and Alice Saunders - The only children John and Alice Cooke had were "my daughters Beatrix and Mary" (both unmarried) and "my son Anthony" (who is in his nonage). There is no reference to - Daughters Joan; Margaret Ellen Sons Henry Cooke IV and Humphrey Cooke who I would suggest have been added to the GeniWorldTree in error.
Shows Alice Saunders married JOHN Cooke not Robert Cooke - https://archive.org/details/visitationsofess13metc/page/38/mode/2up
In her father's Will Alice is the last daughter named following Anne - 'the eldest'; Isabel; Joyce and then Alice, to be followed by the child that William's wife is expecting
_AMTID 122722689462:1030:207924248 _COLOR 1 _COLOR1 27 _FSFTID G47F-YTV _UID 4D3F5B77AD3F4360B7819119659731B5B1E7 Death Apr 1536 Cold Norton, Essex, England Person ID I760 Charles Banks and Jon Ray Family Tree Last Modified 8 Aug 2025
Family Cooke, Sir John, b. Apr 1473, Gidea Hall, Romford, Essex, England d. 10 Oct 1516, London, Middlesex, England (Age 43 years) Marriage 1500 Burnham, Essex, England Children 1. Cooke, Joane, b. 1500, Flamstead, Hertfordshire, England d. 1526, Flamstead, Hertfordshire, England (Age 26 years)2. Cooke, Sir Knight of the Shire for Essex in Parliament Anthony, b. May 1504, Gidea Hall, Romford, Essex, England d. 10 Jun 1576, St Gregory by St Paul, London, England (Age 72 years)Family ID F228 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 10 Mar 2026
- Visitation of Essex 1552: https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044024284549&view=2up&seq=62&q1=cooke Alice Saunders, Lady Cooke Birthdate: circa 1482 (39) - Alice was the fourth daughter of William and Jane Saunders Birthplace: Banbury, Oxfordshire, England Death: Died 1517 in England Immediate Family: Daughter of William Saunders and Jane Spencer Wife of Sir John Cooke Mother of Joan Cooke,; Beatrix Ogle; Anthony Cooke, Sir Knight of Gidea Hall, MP, Order of the Bath; Mary Cooke; Half sister of Sir Anthony Cope and Sir John Cope, MP, Sheriff of Northamptonshire NB - The Will of John Cooke (made 7 October 1516/probate 28 August 1517) does not support the information above regarding the children of John Cooke and Alice Saunders - The only children John and Alice Cooke had were "my daughters Beatrix and Mary" (both unmarried) and "my son Anthony" (who is in his nonage). There is no reference to - Daughters Joan; Margaret Ellen Sons Henry Cooke IV and Humphrey Cooke who I would suggest have been added to the GeniWorldTree in error.
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Birth - 1475 - Braintree, Essex, England 
Marriage - 1500 - Burnham, Essex, England 
Death - Apr 1536 - Cold Norton, Essex, England = Link to Google Earth
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Reference Charles Banks. "Cooke, Gourney". The families of Charles Banks and Jon Ray. https://familytree.banksray.com/getperson.php?personID=I760&tree=banksray (accessed April 20, 2026).