COOKE, Elizabeth (Grimwade p.470)

[buckler]

Widow of Samuel Cooke of Foster Lane, a silversmith who probably had marks in the lost smallworkers register.

11 January 1764
Samuel Moulton was apprenticed to Edward Cooke and turned over the same day to his brother, Samuel Cooke, Musican.
Samuel Cooke promptly dies !
A note in the apprentice records at Goldsmiths Hall indicates that Samuel Cooke's widow, Elizabeth, was Samuel Moulton's 'master'.

24th January 1764
Elizabeth Cooke entered a mark as smallworker at Foster Lane.

1st February 1764
A week after entering her mark, Elizabeth proved the will of her husband as his widow executrix and sole beneficiary . Grimwades suggestion that she was Thomas Cooke (II)’s widow is erroneous - despite it’s acceptance by other writers
( PCC reference PROB 11/895 - Will of Samuel Cooke, Silversmith of St Leonard, Foster Lane dated 17th July 1763 )

25 February 1766
Samuel Moulton, her apprentice was turned over to William Harrison of Monkwell Street . Was this when Elizabeth retired ?

Not in PR1773.

She was probably alive but perhaps retired in 1773 as she was mentioned in the will of Edward Cooke dated 23 September 1773 as the major beneficiary. She was given a life interest in two houses in Foster Lane - and furniture to furnish a room !
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Note that although the Cookes in this narrative are only known as smallworkers, Messrs Moulton and Harrison were both bucklemakers. I believe both Elizabeth and Samuel Cooke may have also been the same. Whether there was any relationship between Samuel Cooke of Foster Lane, died c1764, and Samuel Cooke of Crown & Sceptre Court, St James ,died c1817, a noted bucklemaker is unknown