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Family and Education
b. c.1614, 3rd but 2nd surv. s. of Sir John Coke† (d. 8 Sept. 1644), sec. of state 1625-40, and 1st w. Mary; bro. of Sir John*.Supra, ‘Sir John Coke’; HP Commons 1604-1629, ‘John Coke’; HMC Cowper, i. 158. educ. privately (Rev. George Coke) 1624-7;Add. 69872, ff. 26. Trinity Coll. Camb. 1628;Trinity Coll. Camb. Admiss. (1913), ii. 320. G. Inn 28 Apr. 1630.G. Inn Admiss. m. (1) c.1636, Jane Littleton (d. aft. May 1652), 1s. d.v.p. SP19/109, p. 108; CCC 1848; CCAM 742. (2) c.1653, Mary (bur. 7 Mar. 1657), da. of Richard Pope of Evenall, Salop, bro. of Roger*, and wid. of Thomas Corbet, 1s.R.C. Purton, ‘The Popes of Wolstanton’, Trans. Salop Arch. and Nat. Hist. Soc. l (1950), 46; J.T. Coke, Coke of Trusley (1880), 67, 68. suc. bro. by 12 Aug. 1650.Supra, ‘Sir John Coke’. bur. 23 Aug. 1656 23 Aug. 1656.Coke, Trusley, 67.
Offices Held

Local: commr. sewers, East, West and Wildmore Fens, Lincs. 11 Mar. 1636-aft. Mar. 1638;C181/5, ff. 42, 112. Ancholme Level 16 Mar. 1637;C181/5, f. 66v. Deeping and Gt. Level 30 Mar. 1638-aft. Dec. 1641.C181/5, ff. 102, 215v; SP16/437/13, f. 26. Barmaster, Wirksworth, Derbys. 1637–48.Duchy of Lancaster Office-Holders ed. Somerville, 177; CCC 1848, 2275. ?Commr. oyer and terminer, Beds. 6 July 1640.C181/5, f. 180v.

Legal: called, G. Inn 27 May 1636; ancient, 24 May 1650.PBG Inn, 327, 377. Solicitor-gen. prince of Wales, 14 Dec. 1643–?Docquets of Letters Patent ed. Black, 370.

Civic: freeman, Leicester 3 Apr. 1640.Leics. RO, BRII/18/21, f. 591; Freemen of Leicester ed. Hartopp, 126.

Parlimentarian
COKE, Thomas (c.1614-56), of Gray’s Inn, Mdx. and Melbourne, Derbys.
: of Gray’s Inn, Mdx. and Derbys., Melbourne.
Volume
Commons 1640-1660
Web Title

COKE, Thomas (c.1614-56), of Gray’s Inn, Mdx. and Melbourne, Derbys.

Will
not found.
Estates
In 1648, consisted of the lease of lead mines in Wirksworth, Derbys., and the office of barmaster there, worth £300 p.a.SP23/219, ff. 777-8, 789; CCC 1844; CCAM 742. In 1648, sold lease of Wirksworth lead mines and office of barmaster to John Gell* and another gentleman for £1,000.CCC 1847-8. In 1650, inherited an estate that inc. property in Derbys., Leics. and Northants. and worth about £600 p.a., with mortgaged lands worth another £300 p.a.Supra, ‘Sir John Coke’; SP23/219, pp. 777-81, 787-8; CCC 587; 1845, 1847-9.
Oxford 1644
Yes
1640 Volume
oxford
Addresses
St Dunstan in the West, London (June 1650).CSP Dom. 1650, p. 517.
Religion
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