A service of thanksgiving for the life of Dr Thomas Cocke was held on Monday, October 6 in St Margaret's Church. Canon Robert Wright, Rector of St Margaret’s, Westminster, officiated. The Very Rev Dr John Hall, Dean of Westminster gave the blessing. The Rev Graeme Napier, Minor Canon and Succentor of Westminster, led the prayers, assisted by the Rev William Horbury and the Rev Tim Hall, who were robed and seated in the Sanctuary. Canon Robert Reiss, Canon Jonathan Goodall, representing the Archbishop of Canterbury, and the Right Rev Graeme Knowles, Dean of St Paul’s, were also robed and seated in the Sanctuary. Ms Jane Kennedy and Mr James Easton read the lessons. Mr Edward Martineau gave a eulogy and Lord Carey of Clifton gave an address.

Major-General David Burden, Deputy High Bailiff of Westminster designate, read from the preface to 900 years: The Restorations of Westminster Abbey by Thomas Cocke.

Among others present were: Mrs Cocke (widow), Mr Julius Cocke (son), Miss Marina Cocke (daughter), Mrs Dudley Buchanan, Mrs Elizabeth Allen (sisters), Mr and Mrs David Easton (brother-in-law and sister-in-law), Miss Alice McLaughlin, Mr Tom Skinar, the Rev James Cocke, Mr and Mrs Hugh Cocke, Dr and Mrs James Ferguson, Mr S. J. C. Ferguson, Mrs Jinty Anderson, Mrs Josephine McKewan, Dame Felicity Hill, Mr and Mrs R. Kramer, Mr and Mrs Edward Easton, Mrs James Easton, Mr and Mrs David Godwin, Mr and Mrs David Lester, Mr and Mrs Oliver Dawson, Mr and Mrs Geoffrey Stevenson, Mr J.C. Allen with other members of the family.

The Earl of Malmesbury, Lady Carey of Clifton, Baroness O’Neill of Bengarve, Lord Inglewood, Lady Freeman, the Hon Terence Jolley, Lady Nutting, Dame Angela Rumbold, Lady Adrian, Lady Callander, Lady Harper, Sir David and Lady Madel, Lady Shaw Stewart, Dr Alan and Lady Caroline Borg, Sir Stephen Lamport.

The Bishop of Southwell and Nottingham, the Bishop of Grantham, Canon Michael Hampel (representing the Dean and Chapter of St Edmundsbury), Mr Colin Menzies (Corporation of Church House), the Very Rev Henry Stapleton, the Very Rev Michael Higgins, Mr David Williams (Clerk to the General Synod and representing the Archbishops’ Council), Mr Nicholas Rank (Buttress Fuller Alsop Williams), Professor William Brown (master, Darwin College Cambridge), Dr Simon Thurley (chief executive, English Heritage) and Dr Anna Thurley, Dr and Mrs Warwick Rodwell, Mr Oliver Caroe (representing the Surveyor of the Fabric, Westminster Abbey), Dr Donald Buttress (surveyor emeritus, Westminster Abbey), Mr Martin Stancliffe (surveyor to the Fabric, St Paul’s Cathedral), the Master of the Skinners’ Company, Mr Tony Platt (keeper of the Lapidarium, Westminster Abbey).

Mr Colin Amery, Mr Peter Beesley, Mr Peter Berry, Mr Mark Cazalet, Mr and Mrs Jonathan Cohen, Professor Robin Cormack, Professor Philip Dixon, Mr and Mrs Denis Doble, Mr Peter Draper, Mr Christopher Everett, Mr Myles Glover, Mr and Mrs Andrew Green, Mr and Mrs Michael Green, Mr Richard Griffiths, Mr Jonathan Harris, Professor and Mrs William Horbury, Mr and Mrs Robert Jennings, Mr and Mrs Simon Jervis, Professor and Mrs F. Kelly, Mr Laurence Keen, Mr Tim Knox, Mr and Mrs Alastair Laing, Mr Jonathan Marsden, Professor and Mrs Robert Maxwell, Dr Linda Monckton, Dr Richard Mortimer, Mr John Norman, Mr and Mrs Christopher Price, Mrs Robin Purchas, Mrs Margaret Richardson, Dr Rosalind Savill, Mr Gavin Simpson, Dr Henry Summerson, Mr Hugo Summerson, Mr Derek Taylor Thompson, Mr Michael Thomas, Mr Julian Treuherz, Dr Tony Trowles, Mr Giles Waterfield, Mr and Mrs Peter Williams, Mrs Judith Yelton.

Mrs Susan Sellers (chairman, National Association of Decorative and Fine Arts Societies) with Mr David Bell (chief executive), Mr William Baxter (Nadfas Europe), Mrs V.E. Edwards (Nadfas South Mercia), Mrs Nollaig O'Mahony (Nadfas West Midlands), Mrs Shirley Purves (Nadfas South West), Mrs Pamela Cohn and Ms Rachel Fay; Mr Abrams van den Bergh (Wealden Decorative and Fine Arts Society) with Mrs Diana Taylor (Chichester DFAS) and Mr Geoff Drake (Ipswich DFAS); the Rev Tom Devonshire Jones (Art and Christianity Enquiry), Mrs Joy Rowe (Chapels Society), Mr Roger France (Conservation Course Directors' Forum), Dr Jim Berrow (Birmingham Diocesan Advisory Committee), Mrs Jennifer Beazley (Bath and Wells Diocesan Advisory Committee), Countess Carolyn de Salis (Royal School of Needlework) with Mr Brian Levy; Mr George Allen (Maintain our Heritage), Ms Alison Plumridge (director, Bury St Edmunds Art Gallery) with Mr Christopher Garibaldi and Ms Margarite Nice; the Rev Dr John Baldwin (Central Council of Church Bell Ringers), the Rev Dr Brian Beck (Hengrave Hall Trust), Ms Harriet Frazer (Memorial Arts Society), Dr Julian Litten (chairman, Ledgerstone Survey of England and Wales), Mr Jeremy Tomlinson (the Friends of Lancing Chapel), Ms Janet Gough (Church of England Church Buildings Council), Mrs Deborah Cunningham (Church of England Cathedral and Church Buildings Division), Ms Fay Wilson-Rudd (Council for the Care of Churches), Professor Deborah Howard (University of Cambridge Faculty of Architecture and History of Fine Art), Ms Marian Campbell (Victoria and Albert museum), Mr Crispin Trueman (Churches Conservation Trust), Professor Eric Fernie (Society of Antiquaries), Ms Penelope Hughes-Stanton (Constable Trust),

Mr David Adshead, Mr and Mrs Tim Albert, Ms Mary Allen, Mr Jonathan Allen, Dr Joanna Amick, Mr and Mrs D. M. Archer, Miss Jennifer Arnott, Mr and Mrs Hugh Ashton, Mrs Jenny Avery, Miss J. Baggs, Mrs N. Balfour, Mrs Vivien Barr, Mrs Evelyne Bell, Mr Hugh Belsey, Mr and Mrs Keith Bennett, Dr John Bithell, Mr James Blott, Ms Priscilla Boniface, Ms Jemma Box, Dr Simon Bradley, Mr Peter Brass, Mrs Patricia Braun, Mr Timothy Bridon, Mr and Mrs Peter Britton, Mrs Sally Brodhurst, Mr Chris Brooker, Mr Tom Burr, Miss Sheila Cameron, Mr Ben Catling, Mrs Sheila Chapman, Sr Christine Charlwood, Mrs E. Christopher, Mrs S.A. Clark, Ms Ann Clements, Miss Janis Coatsworth, Mr and Mrs Tim Cockerill, Dr Nichola Coldstream, Mr and Mrs Terry Cole, Mr Steven Cole, Mr David Collison, Mrs Suzanne Cook, the Rev and Mrs H. R. G. Cooke, Mr and Mrs Michael Cooper, Mr Trevor Cooper, Mr Simon Cottrell, Miss Anita Cox, Ms Yvonne Craig, Mr Brian Cuthbertson, Colonel and Mrs John Davie, Ms Corinna Davie, Mr Christopher Daws, Mr Peter de Figueiredo, Mr and Mrs G. de Froment, Miss Elizabeth Doone, Ms Barbara Dougan, Professor Kerry Downes, Mrs Patricia Drummond, Mr and Mrs Robert Erith, Mr Tim Eyres, Dr Angus Findlay, Mr Ludwig Fischer von Weikersthal, Mr Edward Flint Fison, Miss Paula Flynn, Mr and Mrs Anthony Foster, Mr Roy Fullick, Mrs Anne German, Mrs Francis Gilbert, Mrs Angela Good, Mr Robin Grasscock, Mrs Julian Grenfell, Mr Richard Halsey, Mr Igor Hamilton-Kennaway, Mrs Elizabeth Hamilton-Kennaway, Ms Elizabeth Hammond, Mrs E.T. Hampton, Mr and Mrs Martin Hampton, Mrs Sabrina Harcourt-Smith, Mr Colin Harris, Mr and Mrs Mark Hays, Ms Karen Hearn, Ms Amanda Heaton, Mrs C. Heslop, Mr John Heward, Mr Malcolm Higgs, Mrs Catherine Hilliard, Mrs Elizabeth Hipwell, Ms Elizabeth Hirst, Mr and Mrs Stuart Hockey, Ms Signe Hoffos, Dr and Mrs W.A. Holmes-Walker, Mrs Lyn Homan, Mr and Mrs Tony Hopkins, Ms Olivia Horsfall-Turner, Mr Graham Howes, Mr Anthony Hudson, Mrs D. Hugh-Jones, Mr Ian Johnson, Canon Peter Johnson, Mr David Kemp, Ms Hilary Kennedy, Professor Hugh Kennedy, Dr Peter Kennedy Scott, Mr and Mrs Peter Kidson, Mr and Mrs Richard King, Dr Joanna Kosubska, Mrs Priscilla Latham, Mr Peter Leech, Ms Judith Leigh, Professor and Mrs A. Lewis, Ms Noelle L'Hommedieu, Dr Roger Ling, Ms Theresa Lloyd, Ms Claire Lloyd-Jacob, Miss Jane Logan, Mr Marcus Macintosh, Mr Alan MacKie, Mr John Maddison, Mrs Antony Makepeace-Warne, Mr H. Mallalieu, Mr Alastair Manson, Mrs Edward Martineau, Dr Fred Martineau, Miss Flora Martineau, Mr Peter Meadows, Miss Eliza Mellor.

Mrs Charlotte Mercer, Miss L. Merriam, Miss Jo Mills, Mr Jonathan Minter, Dr Tessa Murdoch, Mr Jeremy Musson, Ms Georgina Naylor, Mrs Alexandra Noble, Mr Bernard Nurse, Mr Sean O'Reilly, Mrs Susan Paul, Mrs Winifred Phillips, Mr and Mrs Thomas Pittom, Mrs Angela Planeta, Mr Tony Platt, Mr P. C. B. Pockney, Mr and Mrs Nigel Popham, Ms Lucinda Porten, Mr and Mrs John Porteous, Dr Thomas Price, Mr Peter Raby, Mr George Rainey, Mr John Redmill, Mr Hugh Richmond, Mr and Mrs Julian Royle, Ms Edwina Sassoon, Mr and Mrs C.G. Scott, Mrs Julia Scott, Mr David Scrase, Mr Paul Seaward, Miss Janet Seeley, Professor C. K. Seymour-Ure, Mrs Sophia Shellard, Mr Robin Sherlock, Mr and Mrs David Short, Mrs C. Sieberts, Mr David Skidmore, Mr John Somerville, Mrs P. Spiller, Mr John St Brioc Hooper, Mrs Brigitta Steenberg, Mr Christopher Stell, Brigadier and Mrs Anthony Stevens, Miss Carolyn Stewart, Mrs Sarah Streatfield, Miss L. Targett-Parker, Mrs Rosie Taylor-Davies, Mrs C. Townsend-Rose, Dr Charles Tracy, Dr Thomas Tuohy, Mr and Mrs Eugene van As, Mrs Judith Waples, Mr Jeremy Warren, Canon Brian Watchorn, Mr D.J. Weight, Mr and Mrs Chester White, Dr Adam White, Professor and Mrs R. Whitehead, Mrs J. Wickham, Miss Sandra Wilk, Ms Elizabeth Williamson, Mrs G.M. Winter, Mrs Kate Woodhouse, Mrs Wendy Woods, Mrs Virginia Worsley, Mr Nigel Yallop, Mr Robert Yeatman with many other friends and former colleagues.