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bap. 26 Oct. 1574, 1st surv. s. of Nicholas Luke† of Cople and Margaret, da. of Oliver St John, 1st Baron St John of Bletso.Beds. Par. Regs. ed. F.G. Emmison (Bedford, 1931-53), x. B1; Genealogia Bedfordiensis, 84; Vis. Beds. (Harl. Soc. xxi), 179-80. educ. King’s, Camb. 1588;Al. Cant. M. Temple 1592.M. Temple Admiss. i. 63; MTR i. 327. m. (1) 8 Aug. 1599, Elizabeth (bur. 27 Oct. 1607), da. and coh. of Sir Valentine Knightley† of Fawsley, Northants. at least 2s.;Upton par. reg.; C142/343/177; Genealogia Bedfordiensis, 85; Vis. Beds. 179-80; The Par. Reg. of Southill 1538-1812 (Beds. Par. Reg. xii. 1936), 11. (2) settlement 22 June 1616 (with £300), Maud (d. 1656), da. of William Trenchard of Cutteridge, nr. Westbury, Wilts. at least 1s. 1da.PROB11/79/77; PROB11/258/228. Kntd. 11 May 1603.F.A. Blaydes, ‘A list of Beds. knights’, Beds. N and Q i. 210; Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 106. suc. fa. 1613.C142/343/177; F.A. Blaydes, ‘Wills relating to Beds.’, Beds. N and Q iii. 59. d. betw. 25 Nov. 1650-29 Nov. 1651.CCAM 437, 767.
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Civic: freeman, Bedford ?1597–d.‘Bedford burgess rolls’, Beds. N. and Q. iii. 94; Min. Bk. of Bedford Corp. 4.

Local: commr. charitable uses, Beds. 1611. by 1615 – June 1627Beds. RO, L24/108–9. J.p., 1628 – ?48; Bedford 1619-aft. Sept. 1641.C231/4, ff. 74, 228, 261; C193/13, f. 3; C181/2, ff. 343, 350; CSP Dom. 1619–23, p. 463; C181/4, ff. 42v-150; C181/5, ff. 59v-211; Add. 25302, f. 41; Coventry Docquets, 60. Commr. oyer and terminer, Norf. circ. 1616-aft. Jan. 1642.C181/2, ff. 294–332v; C181/3, ff. 4v-205; C181/4, ff. 10–196v; C181/5, ff. 3v-218. Sheriff, Beds. 1617–18.List of Sheriffs (List and Index ix), 3. Commr. subsidy, 1621–2, 1624, 1641;SR. preservation of game, 1622.C181/3, f. 77. Steward, Grafton Pk. Northants. by 1623-aft. 1645.CSP Dom. 1619–23, p. 602; Luke Letter Bks. 72, 75, 87, 111, 207–8. Dep. lt. Beds. by 1624-aft. 1642.SP14/179, ff. 15–16; SP28/143, f. 11v; PJ ii. 362; HMC 3rd Rep. 275. Commr. Forced Loan, Beds., Bedford 1627;Rymer, Foedera, viii. pt. 2, p. 144; C193/12/2, ff. 2, 81. sewers, Beds. 20 Feb. 1636;C181/5, f. 37v. further subsidy, 1641; poll tax, 1641; contribs. towards relief of Ireland, 1642;SR. assessment, 1642, 24 Feb. 1643, 18 Oct. 1644, 21 Feb. 1645, 23 June 1647, 23 Dec. 1647, 16 Feb. 1648;SR; A. and O.; CJ v. 400b. sequestration, 27 Mar. 1643; levying of money, 7 May, 3 Aug. 1643; additional ord. for levying of money, 1 June 1643; New Model ordinance, 17 Feb. 1645; militia, 2 Dec. 1648.A. and O.

Central: member, cttee. for excise, 6 June 1645.A. and O.

Parlimentarian
LUKE, Sir Oliver (1574-1651), of Cople Woodend and Hawnes, Beds.
: of Hayes and Woodend, Cople, Beds.
Volume
Commons 1640-1660
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LUKE, Sir Oliver (1574-1651), of Hayes and Woodend, Cople, Beds.

Will
not found.
Estates
inherited land and advowsons in Beds.;VCH Beds. ii. 262, 282, 339-40; iii. 29, 193, 239; Beds. Hist. Rec. Soc. ii. 99. acquired properties in Hunts. and Som.;D. Lysons and S. Lysons, Magna Britannia (1806-82), i. 71-2, 92-3; HMC 7th Rep. 5. he and others sold lands at Arlesey, Stofold, Henlow, Langford and Holwell, Beds. 1630; sold tithes of Great Faringdon and Littleworth, Berks. to George Purefoy*, 1637; he and others sold land at Cardington, Beds. 1637; 4th earl of Bedford (Sir Francis Russell†) and Luke bought manors of Bolnhurst and Keysoe Grange, Beds. from 1st earl of Bolingbroke (Oliver St John†), 1638;Coventry Docquets, 608, 703, 704, 728. living in house on north side of Hart St, Covent Garden, Westm. c.July 1647.Westminster Public Lib. MS H433, unfol.
Oxford 1644
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