Family and Education
b. 1553, 1st s. of John Croke II, and bro. of George. educ. Oxf., BA 1571; I. Temple 1569-70, called. m. Catherine, da. of Michael Blount of Mapledurham, Oxon., 5s. Kntd. 22 May 1603. suc. fa. 1608.
Offices Held
Freeman, New Windsor 14 Nov. 1584; bencher, I Temple 1592, Lent reader 1596, treasurer 1597; recorder, London 1595 – 1603; member, council in the marches of Wales 1594 – 1607; j.p. Brec., Rad., Glam. from c. 1594, q. by 1599; j.p. Bucks. 1591 – 93, Mdx. 1596, q. 1601; serjeant-at-law and King’s serjeant 1603; commr. eccles. causes 1603; sub-steward of Oxf. Univ. 1603; justice, King’s bench from 1607.
Speaker of House of Commons 1601.
Parlimentarian
Main residences: Holborn, London; Studley, Oxon; Serjeants' Inn, London; Chilton, Bucks.
Volume
Commons 1558-1603
Web Title
CROKE, John III (1553-1620)
Will
Estates
Oxford 1644
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Religion
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