NOTES. 



A. Life, p. i. 



A LITTLK beyond Hungerford Market had been of old the Bishop of Norwich s 

 Inn, but was exchanged in 1535, in tlie reign of Henry VIII. for the Abbey 

 of St. Bennett Holme, in Norfolk. The next year Charles Brandon, Uuke 

 of Suffolk, exchanged his house called Southwark Place for it. In Queen 

 Mary s reign it was purchased by Heath, Archbishop of York, and called 

 York House. Toby Matthew, archbishop in tho time of James I. exchanged 

 it with the crown, and had several manors in lieu of it. The Lord Chancellors 

 Egerton and Bacon resided in it ; after which it was granted to the favourite 

 Villiers, Duke of Buckingham, who made it a magnificent house, in 1648, 

 the parliament bestowed it on Lord Fairfax, whose daughter and heir marrying 

 George Villiers, second Duke of Buckingham, it reverted again to the true 

 owner, who for some years after the restoration resided in it. On his disposal 

 of it, several streets were laid out on the site and ground belonging to it. 

 These go generally under the name of York Buildings ; but his name and 

 title is preserved in George, Villiers, Duke, and Buckingham Streets, and even 

 the particle of is not forgotten, being preserved in Of Alley. See Maitland s 

 London, 482, Vol. I. 



The house is situated at the top of Villiers Street, North front towards the 

 Strand, East front towards Villiers Street. In two closets on the first floor 

 there is a part of the old ceiling. In the lease of the house it is called &quot; York 

 House.&quot; It is now, 1832, occupied by G. Roake, bookseller and stationer, 

 York House, 31, Strand, corner of Villiers Street. 



B. Life, p. i. 



Sir Anthony Cooke, characterised by Camden as vir untiqua serenitute, was 

 born at Giddy Hall, in Essex. He was a man eminent in all the circles of 

 the arts, preferring contemplation to active life, and skilled in education. 

 * Contemplation/ says Lloyd, &quot; was his soul : privacy his life : and discourse 

 his element. Business was his purgatory : and publicity his torment. lie 

 took more pleasure to breed up statesmen than to be one. He managed his 

 family and children with such prudence and discretion, that Lord Seymour 

 standing by one day when this gentleman chid his son, said Some men govern 

 Jami/ies with more skill than others do kingdoms: and thereupon commended 

 him to the government of his nephew, Edward VI. Such the majestic ot 

 his looks and gate, that awe governed ; such the reason and sweetness, that 

 love obliged all his family : a family equally afraid to displease so good a head, 

 and to offend so great. In their marriage they were guided by his reason, more 

 than his will ; and rather directed by his counsel, than led by his authority. 



He had five daughters, whose education he superintended ; and, thniking 

 that women are as capable of learning as men, he instilled that to his daughters 

 at night, what he had taught the prince in the day ; and all the daughters of 

 Sir Anthony Cooke were perfectly skilled in the learned languages. They 

 married suitably to the education with which they had been formed. 



1. Mildred, 



2. Ann, 



3. Katherine, 



4. Elizabeth, 



D. 



married to - 



William Cecil, Lord Treasurer of England. 

 Nicholas Bacon, Lord Keeper. 

 Sir Henry Killigrew. 

 Sir Thomas Hobby. 

 Sir Ralph Rowlet. 



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