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John Cooke led the prosecution which led to the execution of Charles I and was himself executed when Charles II was restored.
Sir Edward Coke from Norfolk was the famous Lord Chief Justice whose writings on the English common law were the definitive legal text for the following 150 years.
Captain James Cook was the 18th century English explorer of the Pacific.
Thomas Cook started the Thomas Cook travel agency in the 1860's.
Alistair Cooke was the British-born American journalist best known for his weekly radio address Letter from America.
Sam Cooke from Mississippi was with his hits in the 1960's was one of the pioneers of soul.
Peter Cook was the leading figure of the British satire boom of the 1960's.
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The Old English coc, meaning cook, gives the
occupational name of Cook (and also, with the same pronunciation, Coke
and Cooke). Cook in medieval times could be a seller of cooked
meats or a keeper of an eating house.
Coc was recorded as a name as early as 950. The name Ralph le Cook appeared in 1296. A Coke family in Norfolk dates back to the 13th century. The Cookes of Gidea Hall were a prominent family in Essex in Elizabethan times.
Cook appeared in Ireland as the anglicized form of the Gaelic MacCug, or "son of Hugo." Cook in America may come from the German or Jewish Koch.
Coc was recorded as a name as early as 950. The name Ralph le Cook appeared in 1296. A Coke family in Norfolk dates back to the 13th century. The Cookes of Gidea Hall were a prominent family in Essex in Elizabethan times.
Cook appeared in Ireland as the anglicized form of the Gaelic MacCug, or "son of Hugo." Cook in America may come from the German or Jewish Koch.
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- Cook Family in History. Cook history by J. Montgomery Seaver.
- Captain Cook's Family Tree. Cooks from the Northeast.
- The Cooke Family. Cooke Quakers in Buckinghamshire.
- Cook/Cooke/Koch. Cooks in America.
- Cook/Cooke/Koch DNA Project. Cook DNA results.
John Cooke led the prosecution which led to the execution of Charles I and was himself executed when Charles II was restored.
Sir Edward Coke from Norfolk was the famous Lord Chief Justice whose writings on the English common law were the definitive legal text for the following 150 years.
Captain James Cook was the 18th century English explorer of the Pacific.
Thomas Cook started the Thomas Cook travel agency in the 1860's.
Alistair Cooke was the British-born American journalist best known for his weekly radio address Letter from America.
Sam Cooke from Mississippi was with his hits in the 1960's was one of the pioneers of soul.
Peter Cook was the leading figure of the British satire boom of the 1960's.
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- 111,000 in the UK (most numerous in Hertfordshire)
- 98,000 in America (most numerous in Texas)
- 70,000 elsewhere (most numerous in Canada)