'Coke01'Index links to: Lead / Letter
Families covered: Coke of Didlington (Dodington), Coke of Holkham, Coke of Leicester, Coke of Longford, Coke of Ryston, Coke of Sparham, Coke of Thorington

                               
William Coke of Didlington or Dodington (a 1206)
m. Felice
1. Geffrey Coke of Didlington or Dodington
  m. Margaret (dau of Alan de Attlebrig)
  A. Thomas Coke of Didlington (a 1266)
  i. Thomas Coke
  a. John Coke of Didlington (a 1316)
  (1) Sir Thomas Coke of Didlington, Mauntby and Faulden
  m. Eleanor Stanlawe
  (A) Sir Thomas Coke (a 1349, dvp)
  (i) Thomas Coke (dsp)
  (B) Peter Coke
  (C) John Coke of Whitwell (a 1362)
  (i) John Coke of Crostwick
  (a) William Coke (dsp)
  (b) Robert Coke of Ryston
  m. Agnes Crispin (dau of Roger Crispin or Crispinge of Happersburgh)
  ((1)) John Coke of Ryston
  BEB1841 omits this generation and shows the husband of Alice Folcard as John. We provisionally follow Collins.
  ((A)) Thomas Coke of Sparham and Stivekey Hall
m. Alice Folcard (dau of William Folcard of Sparham and Stivekey Hall)
  ((i)) John Coke (dsp)
  ((ii)) Robert Coke of Sparham
  m. Anne Woodhouse (dau of Thomas Woodhouse)
((a)) Robert Coke of Mileham (b c1513, d 15.11.1561)
  m. Winifrid Knightley (d 01.1569, dau of William Knightley of Morgrave Knightley)
  (((1))) Sir Edward Coke of Stoke Pogis (b 1549, d 03.09.1633, Lord Chief Justice) - continued below
  m1. Bridget Paston (dau of John Paston of Huntingfield Hall, son of Sir William of Paston)
  m2. Elizabeth Cecil (dau of Thomas Cecil, 1st Earl of Exeter)
  (((2))) Winifrid Coke
  m1. Milo Mingay
  m2. George Neale
  (((3))) Dorothy Coke
  m. William Francklyn
  (((4))) Elizabeth Coke
m. Richard Osborne
  (((5))) Ursula Coke
  m. George Ledys
  (((6))) Ann Coke
  m. Francis Stubbe
  (((7))) Margaret Coke
  m. Robert Barker
(((8))) Audrey Coke
  m1. Nicholas Bohun
  m2. Edmund Knevitt of Sotherton
  ((b)) Thomas Coke of Gambous
  (((1))) George Coke (dsp)
  ((c)) Alice Coke
  m. Peter Gould
  ((d)) Anne Coke
  m. Thomas Barsham

 

 

Sir Edward Coke of Stoke Pogis (b 1549, d 03.09.1633, Lord Chief Justice) - continued above
m1. Bridget Paston (dau of John Paston of Huntingfield Hall, son of Sir William of Paston)
1. Sir Robert Coke (b 1586, dsp 19.07.1653, 2nd son)
  m. Theophila Berkeley (dau of Thomas, Lord Berkeley)
2. Arthur Coke (d 06.12.1629)
  m. Elizabeth Walgrave (d 14.11.1627, dau of Sir George Walgrave of Hitcham)
  A. daughter
  m. Robert Coke @@ below
B.+ 3 daughters
3. John Coke of Holkham
  m. Merial Wheatley (dau of Anthony Wheatley)
  A. John Coke of Holkham (d unm, youngest son)
B. Bridget Coke apparently of this generation
  m1. Edmund D'Oyly of Shottisham & Pondhall (d 28.09.1638)
  m2. Sir Isaac Astley, Bart of Hill Morton and Melton Constable (dsp 07.09.1659)
  C. Margaret Coke probably of this generation
  m. Alexander Rokeby (b c1632, dvp 1667, son of William, Bart of Spiers)
  D. Mary Coke probably of this generation
  m. Sir Nicholas L'Estrange, 3rd Bart of Hunstanton (bpt 17.10.1632, d 13.12.1669)
  E. Theophila Coke apparently of this generation
  m. Charles Legard on Anlaby (d c1650)
  F. Winifred Coke probably of this generation
  m. Sir William Cobb of Ottringham (b c1629, a 09.1666)
  G.+ 6 sons (all dsp?) and 2 daughters
4. Henry Coke of Thorington
  m. Margaret Lovelace (dau of Richard Lovelace of Kingsdown)
  A. Richard Coke of Thorington
  m. Mary Rous (dau of Sir John Rous of Henham Hall)
  i. Robert Coke of Thorington, later of Holkham (d 16.01.1678-9)
  m. Anne Osborne (dau of Thomas Osborne, 1st Duke of Leeds)
a. Edward Coke of Holkham (d 13.04.1707)
  m. (1695) Carey Newton (d 04.08.1707, dau of Sir John Newton, 3rd Bart of Barr's Court)
  (1) Thomas Coke, Earl of Leicester (b 17.06.1697, d 20.04.1759)
  m. (03.07.1718) Margaret Tufton (b 16.06.1700, d 28.02.1775, dau of Thomas Tufton, 6th Earl of Thanet)
  (A) Edward Coke, 'Viscount Coke' (bpt 03.07.1719, dvpsp 31.08.1753)
  m. (01.04.1747) Mary Campbell (b 06.02.1726/7, d 30.09.1811, dau of John Campbell, Duke of Argyll and Greenwich)
  (2) Edward Coke of Langford or Longford (d unm 08.1733)
  (3) Robert Coke of Hillingdon, later of Langford/Longford (dsp 1750)
  m. (13.06.1733) Jane Wharton, 'Baroness Wharton' (d before 19.01.1761, dau of Philip Wharton, Duke of Wharton)
(4) Carey Coke (d 11.06.1734)
  m. (1716) Sir Marmaduke Wyvill, 6th Bart of Constable Burton (dsp 27.12.1754)
  (5) Anne Coke
  m. Philip Roberts, later Coke (Major)
  Ancestors of the later Cokes of Holkham & Earls of Leicester.
  B. Cyriac Coke of Beckles (a 1664, '3rd son')
Shown in Visitation (Suffolk, 1664, 'Coke of Beckles') as having the following family.
  m. Katherine Gooding (dau/heir of John Gooding of Whersted)
  i.+ issue (a 1664) - Henry (b c1648), John, Cyriac, Katherine
  C.+ 2 other sons
5. Clement Coke of Langford or Longford (d 23.05.1619)
  m. Sarah Reddish (dau of Alexander Reddish of Reddish)
  A. Sir Edward Coke, 1st Bart of Longford (d before 1669)
  m. (1644) Catherine Dyer (dau of Sir William Dyer of Great Stoughton)
i. Sir Robert Coke, 2nd Bart of Longford (dsp bur 15.01.1687)
  m. Sarah Barker (bur 13.02.1685, dau of _ Baker of Albrightlee)
  ii. Sir Edward Coke, 3rd Bart of Longford (bpt 06.10.1646, dsp 26.08.1727)
  m. Catherine (bur 13.12.1688)
  iii. Catherine Coke
  m. Cornelius Clarke of Norton Scarsdale
  iv. Anne Coke (d unm)
  v. Theophila Coke
  m. _ Bullock
  The following comes from Visitation (Derbyshire, 1662-4, Coke of Langford).
  B. Robert Coke
  m. ?? Coke (dau of Arthur Coke, son of Sir Edward) @@ above
  C. Bridget Coke (d unm)
D. Anne Coke
  m. John Bullock of Derby
6. Anne Coke (b c1586, a 1660)
  m. (11.09.1601) Ralph Sadleir of Standon (dsp 1660)
7. Bridget Coke (b 27.12.1596, d before 18.06.1653)
  m1. William Barney (son of Sir Thomas)
  m2. William Skinner (son of Sir Vincent)
8.+ other issue - Edward (d infant), Thomas (d infant), Elizabeth (d young)
m2. Elizabeth Cecil (dau of Thomas Cecil, 1st Earl of Exeter)
11. Elizabeth Coke
  BP1934 and BEB1841 both report that Elizabeth died unmarried but BEB1883 (Berkeley of Botetourt) suggests that she was the 1st wife of ...
  m. Sir Maurice Berkeley of Stoke (bur 03.01.1654)
12. Frances Coke (b c1601, bur 04.06.1645)
  m. (29.09.1617) Sir John Villiers, Viscount Purbeck (b c1591, dsp 1657)
  p. Sir Robert Howard (son of Earl of Suffolk)

Main source(s):
(1) For upper section : Collins (1741, vol iv, Coke Lord Lovell) with some support from BEB1841 (Coke of Longford)
(2) For lower section : BP1934 (Leicester) with a little support from BEB1841 (Coke of Longford)
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