FOWKE, John (c.1596-1662), of Mark Lane, London and Claybury, Essex.

Family and Education

b. c. 1596, 3rd s. of William Fowke of Tewkesbury, Glos. by Alice, da. of George Carr of Bushley, Worcs. m. (1) bef. 1634 (with £800), Catherine, da. of Richard Briggs, Haberdasher, of Lombard Street, London, 2s. 1da.; (2) lic. 25 Sept. 1638, aged 42, Mary, da. of Edward Basse, Mercer, of Cheapside, London, 1s. d.v.p. 5da.Vis. London (Harl. Soc. xv), 288; Vis. Glos. (Harl. Soc. xxi), 37; PCC 79 Byrde; Guildhall RO, 10091/19/180v; Misc. Gen. et Her. (ser. 5), ii. 219; St. Dunstan in the East (Harl. Soc. Reg. lxix), 85-91, 221.

Offices Held

Freeman, Haberdashers’ Co. 1617, master 1642 – 43, 1652 – 53, 1655; committee, E.I. Co. 1625 – 26; asst. Levant Co. 1629 – 54; common councilman, London 1641, alderman 1642 – d., sheriff 1643 – 44, ld. mayor 1652 – 53; commr. for militia 1642 – Apr. 1647, Sept. 1647–53, 1659, assessment, London 1642, 1647 – 49, Jan. 1660 – d., Glos. 1657; asst. corp. of the poor, London 1647, 1649; j.p. Glos. 1649 – Mar. 1660, Essex 1656 – Mar. 1660; pres. Christ’s Hosp. 1651 – 52; commr. for oyer and terminer, London July 1660, sewers, Havering and Dagenham levels Sept. 1660.Guildhall RO, 15857/1; J. R. Woodhead, Rulers of London, 72; C191/7/47.

Commr. for customs 1643 – 45; comptroller and trustee, bishops’ lands 1646, dean and chapter lands 1649; commr. for high court of justice 1649, regulation of trade 1650 – 51, relief under articles of war 1652, law reform 1652 – 53, sale of crown property 1653; judge of probate 1653 – 54; commr. for adventurers [I] 1654, security [I] 1656.G. E. Aylmer, State’s Servants, 435; Cal. Cl. SP, ii. 171.

Parlimentarian

FOWKE, John (c.1596-1662), of Mark Lane, London and Claybury, Essex.

Main residences: Mark Lane, London; Claybury, Essex.

Author

E.C.

Volume

Commons 1660-1690

Web Title

FOWKE, John (c.1596-1662)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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