Introduction

Biography

Cooke was edu­cat­ed at Tri­ni­ty Hall, Cam­bridge (BA 1843, MA 1847).

Ordained a dea­con in 1844, and priest in 1845, by Bish­op Blom­field of Lon­don, he served as as­sis­tant cur­ate at Hill­ing­don (near Ux­bridge) and My­holt and Bran­tham in Suf­folk; in­cum­bent at St. John’s Char­lotte Street, Lon­don (1848); vi­car of St. Ste­phen’s, She­pherd’s Bush (1850); and vi­car of Gaze­ley, Suf­folk (1856).

He was a Se­lect Preach­er to the Uni­ver­si­ty of Cam­bridge (1850); Ex­am­in­ing Chap­lain to Bish­op Gra­ham of Ches­ter (1849–57); and Ho­no­ra­ry Can­on of Ches­ter (1854).

In 1868, he was elect­ed a Fel­low of the So­cie­ty of An­ti­quar­ies of Lon­don.

Works

• The Pow­er of the Priest­hood in Ab­so­lu­tion, 1863
• Of Ce­re­mon­ies, Lights and Cus­tom
• The Church Hym­nal (co-ed­it­or with Will­iam Den­ton), 1853
• The Hym­na­ry (co-ed­it­or with Ben­ja­min Webb), 1872