b. c. 1605, 1st s. of Henry Hooke of Bramshott and Margaret, da. of Cuthbert Lynde of Westminster.Vis. Hants, (Harl. Soc. lxiv), 84; Al. Oxon.educ. Magdalen, Oxf. 28 Feb. 1623, ‘aged 17’;Al. Ox. M. Temple, 7 Aug. 1623-June 1631.MTR ii. 685, 782.m. 8 Dec. 1631, Grissel (d. 4 Mar. 1687), da. of Sir Francis Clerke of Hitcham, Bucks., 4s. 2da. (1 d.v.p.).Bucks. Par. Reg. v. 115; Mdx. Par. Reg. i. 10; PROB11/382/266.suc. fa. 1640.PROB11/184/131.d. 14 May 1685.W.W. Capes, Rural Life in Hants (1901), 217; HP Commons 1660-1690.
Offices Held
Local: j.p. Hants. 1636–d.C231/5, p. 320; Western Circ. Assize Orders, 270; HP Commons 1660–90, ‘John Hooke’. Member, cttee. for Hants, 23 July 1642.LJ v. 233b. Commr. sequestration, 27 Mar. 1643; defence of Hants and southern cos. 4 Nov. 1643; commr. for Hants, assoc. of Hants, Surr., Suss. and Kent, 15 June 1644;A. and O. assessment, Hants 18 Oct. 1644, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 24 Nov. 1653, 9 June 1657, 26 Jan., 1 June 1660, 1661, 1664, 1672, 1677, 1679;A. and O.; An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28); An Ordinance...for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6). levying of money, 10 June 1645; militia, 2 Dec. 1648, 26 July 1659, 12 Mar. 1660.A. and O. Sheriff, 30 Jan.-Nov. 1649.CJ vi. 126a. Commr. ejecting scandalous ministers, 3 June 1658;CSP Dom. 1658–9, p. 42. poll tax, 1660;SR. sewers, 25 July 1671;C181/7, p. 584. recusants, 1675.CTB iv. 697.
Civic: freeman, Winchester Mar. 1660.HP Commons 1660–1690 (Winchester Corp. assembly bk. 4, f. 137).
manors of Bramshott (with rectory) and Ashurst or Fridinghurst (sold 1685); Chiltley farm, Place Moore and 48 acres called ‘Selves’, Surr.; manor of Iping, Suss. (sold 1668).PROB11/382/266; VCH Surr. iii. 12; VCH Suss. iv. 64; Capes, Rural Life in Hants, 324.