Sir Anthony, tutor to Edward VI., was born in 1503, and was descended from Sir Thomas Cooke, lord mayor of London. He is supposed to have been educated at Cambridge, where he soon became eminent for his learning and piety. He had four daughters, whom he educated in the same manly studies with the prince. Of these, Mildred was afterwards married to Lord Burghley; Anne to Sir Nicholas Bacon, lord keeper of the great seal; Elizabeth to Sir John Russell, son and heir of the earl of Bedford; and Catharine to Sir Henry Killigrew. Sir Anthony lived in exile during the persecution under Mary; but returned on the accession of Queen Elizabeth, and died in 1576.