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Family and Education
bap. 27 Mar. 1603, 1st s. of Sir Oliver Luke* and Elizabeth, da. and coh. of Sir Valentine Knightley† of Fawsley, Northants.Beds. N and Q i. 353; Vis. Beds. (Harl. Soc. xxi), 180. educ. Eton 1617-19; travelled abroad 1623.APC 1621-3, p. 468. m. 2 Feb. 1624, Elizabeth, da. of William Freeman, Haberdasher, of London, 6s. (1 d.v.p.), 4da.Coll. Top. et Gen. iii. 85, v. 363. Kntd. 20 July 1624;Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 185. suc. fa. bef. 29 Nov. 1651.CCAM 437, 767. bur. 30 Aug. 1670 30 Aug. 1670.Beds. Par. Regs. ed. F.G. Emmison (Bedford, 1931-53), x. B40.
Offices Held

Civic: freeman, Bedford by 1625.‘Bedford burgess rolls’, Beds. N and Q iii. (1893), 94; Min. Bk. of Bedford Corp. 1, 3, 17.

Local: commr. sewers, Beds. 20 Feb. 1636. 15 Dec. 1640 – bef.Jan. 1650C181/5, f. 37v. J.p., Mar. 1660–6;C231/5, p. 418; A Perfect List (1660); HP Commons 1660–1690, ‘Sir Samuel Luke’. Bedford 17 Dec. 1640 – aft.Sept. 1641, 25 Sept. 1660–d.C181/5, ff. 187v, 211; C181/7, pp. 83, 200. Commr. subsidy, Beds. 1641; further subsidy, 1641; poll tax, 1641, 1660; contribs. towards relief of Ireland; SR. assessment, 1642, 24 Feb. 1643, 18 Oct. 1644, 21 Feb. 1645, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 1 June 1660, 1661;SR, A. and O.; An Ordinance…for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6). 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, 12 Mar. 1660.A. and O. Col. militia ft. Apr. 1660.HP Commons 1660–1690, ‘Sir Samuel Luke’.

Central: member, recess cttee. 9 Sept. 1641;CJ ii. 288b. cttee. for examinations, 17 Jan. 1642.CJ ii. 385a. Commr. exclusion from sacrament, 5 June 1646, 29 Aug. 1648.CJ iv. 562b; A. and O. Member, cttee. for indemnity, 21 May 1647.A. and O.

Military: capt. of horse (parlian.) 1642.BHO, Cromwell Assoc. database. Col. of dragoons, Jan. 1643.CJ iii. 156b. Scoutmaster-gen. army of 3rd earl of Essex, 1643-May 1645.SP28/15/2, f. 124. Capt. of harquebusiers by 25 May 1644-May 1645.SP28/15/2, f. 211. Gov. Newport Pagnell by Dec. 1643-c.29 June 1645.Luke Jnl. pp. v-vi; CJ iii. 156b.

Parlimentarian
LUKE, Sir Samuel (1603-70), of Woodend, Cople, Beds.
: of Woodend, Cople, Beds.
Likenesses

Likenesses: oil on canvas, unknown, c.1645;Higgins Art Gallery, Bedford. oil on canvas, G. Soest;Moot Hall Museum, Bedford. oils, unknown.Woburn Abbey.

Volume
Commons 1640-1660
Web Title

LUKE, Sir Samuel (1603-70), of Woodend, Cople, Beds.

Will
not found.
Estates
he and others sold manor of Redborn Priory, Herts. 1638.Coventry Docquets, 722.
Oxford 1644
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Addresses
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