A Cyclopaedia of Female Biography/Killigrew, Catharine

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KILLIGREW, CATHARINE,

Daughter of Sir Anthony Cooke, was born at Giddy-hall, in Essex, about 1530; and married Henry Killigrew, Esq., a Cornish gentleman, who was knighted, for the good service he did his country when an ambassador. This lady, having an excellent education, and much natural talent, became, like many other women of her time, very learned. She understood Hebrew, Greek, and Latin, and was famous for her poetical skill. Her lines in the latter language, addressed to her sister Mildred, refer, as Dr. Fuller thinks, to Sir Henry Killigrew, when about to be sent ambassador to France, which, as the times were troublesome, was not a desirable mission.