COKER, Robert (1617-97), of Mappowder and Athelhampton Hall, Dorset.

Family and Education

b. 1617, 1st s. of William Coker of Mappowder and Jane, da. of William Williams of Heningston, Dorset.Hutchins, Dorset, iii. 723. educ. Magdalen Hall, Oxf. 23 Oct. 1635;Al. Ox. M. Temple 29 Jan. 1638.M. Temple Admiss. i. 134. m. (1) 6 Jan. 1642, Joanna (d. 15 Nov. 1653), da. of John Browne I* of Frampton, 1s. 1da.; (2) 1654, Mary, da. of Edward Hooper of Boveridge, wid. of John Brune of Athelhampton, 4s. 1da.Hutchins, Dorset, ii. 303, iii. 723; Vis. Dorset 1677 (Harl. Soc. cxvii), 15-16. suc. fa. 1656. d. 19 Sept. 1698.Vis. Dorset 1677, 16.

Offices Held

commr. sewers, Dorset 29 June 1638.C181/5, f. 113r-v. Member, co. cttee. by Sept. 1646-Apr. 1650.Dorset Standing Cttee. ed. Mayo, 8, 570. Sheriff, 31 Dec. 1646–7.LJ viii. 637a; List of Sheriffs (L. and I. ix), 39. J.p. by Apr. 1646-Dec. 1686, Nov. 1688–d.Christie, Shaftesbury i. appx i. p. xxxiv; PC2/71, p. 365; HP Commons 1660–90 ii. 102. Commr. Dorset militia, 24 July 1648;LJ x. 393a. militia, 2 Dec. 1648, 14 Mar. 1655, 26 July 1659, 12 Mar. 1660;A. and O.; SP25/76A, f. 14. assessment, 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Jan., 1 June 1660, 1661, 1664, 1672, 1677, 1679, 1689–?d.;A. and O.; An Ordinance...for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6); SR. for public faith, 24 Oct. 1657;Mercurius Politicus no. 387 (22–9 Oct. 1657), 63 (E.505.35). oyer and terminer, Western circ. 10 July 1660-aft. Feb. 1673.C181/7, pp. 9, 636. Dep. lt. Dorset 26 July 1660-June 1688, Oct. 1688–d.SP29/8/67. Commr. poll tax, 1660; subsidy, 1663;SR. tendering oath of conformity, 1666.Dorset Hearth Tax, 117. Capt. militia horse, 1667-at least 1678.HP Commons 1660–1690, ‘Robert Coker’; Som. and Dorset N. and Q. xxviii. 78–9. Commr. recusants, 1675.CTB iv. 695.

capt. of ft. (parlian.) c. 1643; lt.-col. bef. June 1644.HMC Salisbury, xxii. 380. Lt.-gov. Weymouth by Apr. 1646-June 1647;LJ viii. 268b. gov. 4 June-Oct. 1647.LJ ix. 238a; Perfect Occurrences no. 41 (8–15 Oct. 1647), 283–4 (E.518.44).

kpr. of Cranborne Chase for 2nd earl of Salisbury by Apr. 1646.Alnwick, Northumberland MS 547, f. 38.

freeman, Weymouth 21 Jan. 1648.Weymouth Min. Bks. 66.

Parlimentarian

COKER, Robert (c.1617-98), of Mappowder, Dorset.

of Mappowder and Athelhampton Hall, Dorset.

Volume

Commons 1640-1660

Web Title

COKER, Robert (1617-97), of Mappowder and Athelhampton Hall, Dorset.

Will

5 Sept. 1698, pr. 16 Sept. 1699.Dorset RO, Ad/Dt/W/1699.

Estates

inherited lands at Mappowder assessed at £5 p.a. in 1641; held advowson of same.E179/105/830; Hutchins, Dorset, iii. 734. In hearth tax assessments 1662-4, listed as owning houses in Mappowder, Athelhampton and Frome Whitfield.Dorset Hearth Tax, 8, 12, 55.

Oxford 1644

Addresses

‘Hell Lane’, Weymouth, c. Oct. 1646;Weymouth Charters ed. Moule, 78. Athelhampton Hall, Dorset, from 1654.Alnwick, Northumberland MS 551, f. 15.

Religion

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