CLERKE, John II (d. aft. 1661), of Kensington, Mdx.

Family and Education

?s. of Humphrey Clarke of Edmonton, Mdx. and Elizabeth, da. and h. of Isaac Manning of London.Vis. Mdx. 1663 (1887), 36. ?; educ. G. Inn, 14 Aug. 1635.G. Inn Admiss. 209. m. aft. Feb. 1651, Joan, wid. of Col. Isaac Ewer, da. of Thomas Thurloe, sis. of John Thurloe*.TSP vii. 211; Oxford DNB, ‘Isaac Ewer’. d. aft. Nov. 1661.SP29/44, ff. 256v, 258v.

Offices Held

Military: lt. of ft. (parlian.) Wareham garrison, Dorset bef. Nov. 1644. Capt. of ft. regt. of Sir Hardress Waller* by May 1645; maj. July 1649; lt-col. Jan. 1650. Nov. 1651 – Aug. 1655Wanklyn, New Model Army, i. 56, 66, 77, 86, 98; Firth and Davies, Regimental Hist. i. 443; SP28/67, ff. 170, 551. Col. of ft. army in Ireland,, 1655–60.Firth and Davies, Regimental Hist. i. 449–50; TSP iii. 715; Wanklyn, New Model Army, ii. 45n.

Central: member, cttee. for the army, 27 July 1653, 28 Jan. 1654.A. and O. Commr. admlty. and navy, 3 Dec. 1653, 8 Nov. 1655, 31 May 1659;A. and O.; CSP Dom. 1655–6, p. 10. for accts. 24 Nov. 1655.C231/6, p. 320; CSP Dom. 1655–6, p. 14. Member, cttee. for improving revenues of customs and excise, 26 June 1657.A. and O. Commr. tendering oath to MPs, 18 Jan. 1658, 26 Jan. 1659.CJ vii. 578a, 593a. Member, cttee. of safety, 26 Oct. 1659.Whitelocke, Mems. iv. 336.

Local: j.p. Essex, Mdx., Surr. Mar. 1655–?Mar. 1660;C231/6, pp. 306, 307; C193/13/5, ff. 39, 69v, 102v. Kent Mar. 1656–?Mar. 1660.C231/6, p. 328; C193/13/5, f. 53v. Commr. sewers, River Lea, Herts., Essex and Mdx. 4 Mar. 1657.C181/6, p. 222.

Parlimentarian

CLERKE, John II (d. aft. 1661), of Kensington, Mdx.

: of Kensington, Mdx.

Volume

Commons 1640-1660

Web Title

CLERKE, John II (d. aft. 1661), of Kensington, Mdx.

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Kensington, Mdx. 1656.C219/45, unfol.

Religion

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