Person: Cooke, William (1768 - 1795)

• Comments

  VENN
  B.A. 1778, incorp. from Oxford; M.A. from CAIUS, 1778. S. of William, clerk, of Enford, Wilts. (for whom see D.N.B.). Matric. (New College, Oxford) Feb. 7, 1765, age 19; B.A. (Oxford) 1768; M.A. (Oxford) 1774. Head Master of Thame School, 1773-83 (when he published his father's Medallic History of Imperial Rome). Of Worminghall, Bucks., 1783-95. Chaplain to the Marquis of Tweedale. Married at Thame, by licence, Elizabeth Clerke, of Upminster, Essex, July 8, 1774. Author, The Way to the Temple of True Honour and Fame by the Paths of Heroic Virtue, exemplified; Poetical Essays on Several Questions. Died 1795. (Venn, II. 101; F. G. Lee, Thame, 487.)

Education Events

• BA : Oxford / New College

  Type	Name	Date	Qualification	University	Full Record
  Appt	Cooke, William	30/12/1768	BA	Oxford	View
  Appt	Cooke, William	19/11/1770	BA	Oxford	View
  Ord	Cooke, William	26/05/1771	BA	Oxford	View

• MA

  Type	Name	Date	Qualification	University	Full Record
  Appt	Cooke, William	07/10/1783	MA		View

Ordination Events

• deacon : 29/05/1768 (Hume, John/Salisbury 1766-1782)

  Type	Name	Date	Status	Event	Full Record
  Ord	Cooke, William	29/05/1768	deacon	ordination	View

• priest : 26/05/1771 (Terrick, Richard/London 1764-1777)

  Type	Name	Date	Status	Event	Full Record
  Ord	Cooke, William	26/05/1771	priest	ordination	View

Appointment Events

• domestic chaplain : Hay, George, 5th marquess of Tweedale (1758-1770) (30/12/1768 )

  Type	Name	Date	Office	Event	Location	Full Record
  Appt	Cooke, William	30/12/1768	domestic chaplain	Appointment	George, Marquess of Tweeddale/	View

• domestic chaplain : Hay, George, 6th marquess of Tweedale (1700-1787) (19/11/1770 )

  Type	Name	Date	Office	Event	Location	Full Record
  Appt	Cooke, William	19/11/1770	domestic chaplain	Appointment	George, Marquess of Tweeddale/	View

• Vicar : Worminghall (07/10/1783 - 27/03/1795 )

  Type	Name	Date	Office	Event	Location	Full Record
  Appt	Cooke, William	07/10/1783	Vicar	Institution	Worminhall alias Wornall/	View
  Vac	Cooke, William	27/03/1795	Vicar	Death	Worminghall/	View

Death Events

• Death (27/03/1795)

  Name	Date	Cause	Type	Full Record
  Cooke, William	27/03/1795	Death	Vac	View