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COCKS, Charles (1646-1727), of Worcester and Powick, Worcs.

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bap. 9 Sept. 1646, 1st s. of Thomas Cocks of Castleditch, Herefs. by 2nd w. Elizabeth Gower. m. bef. 1685, Mary, da. of John Somers of Worcester, sis. and event. h. of Sir John Somers*, 2s. 4da. (2 d.v.p.). IGI, Herefs.; J. V. Somers Cocks, Hist. Cocks Fam. 87–88; Add. 45094 M; Clutterbuck, Herts. i. 457; Manning and Bray, Surr. i. 286.
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Clerk of the patents 1699–? CSP Dom. 1699–1700, p. 191.

Asst. Worcester workhouse 1705. Hereford and Worcester RO (Worcester, St. Helen’s), Cal. Wm. Lygon letters, 127, Thomas Bearcroft to Lygon, 7 July 1705.

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COCKS, Charles (1646-1727), of Worcester and Powick, Worcs.
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COCKBURN, John (c.1679-1758), of Ormiston, Haddington.

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b. c. 1679, 1st s. of Adam Cockburn, MP [S], of Ormiston, Ld. Ormiston SCJ and lord justice clerk, by his 1st w. Lady Susan Hamilton, da. of John, 4th Earl of Haddington [S]. educ. Glasgow Univ. 1695. m. (1) 1700, Lady Beatrice (d. 1702), da. of John Carmichael, 1st Earl of Hyndford [S], s.p.; (2) Arabella, 3rd da. and coh. of Anthony Rowe*, 1s. suc. fa. 16 Apr. 1735. Hist. Scot. Parl. 131–3; R. Cockburn and H. A. Cockburn, Recs. Cockburn Fam. 134–5; Scots Peerage ed. Paul, iv. 593; W. Robinson, Hackney, ii. 10–11.
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Burgess, Glasgow 1694, Ayr 1706, Edinburgh 1708, Dunbar 1710. Scot. Rec. Soc. lvi. 232; lxii. 41; Carnegie Lib. Ayr, Ayr burgh recs. B6/18/8, council mins. 23 Apr. 1706; SRO, Dunbar burgh recs. B 18/13/2, f. 269, council mins. 3 Jan. 1710.

MP [S] Haddingtonshire 1703–7.

PC [S] 1704, 1707; commr. exchequer [S] 1704, 1707; ld. of Trade 1714–17, of Admiralty 1717–32, 1742–4. Hist. Scot. Parl. 131–3; SP 55/27, warrant, 23 June 1707.

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COCHRANE, William (aft.1659-1717), of Kilmaronock, Dunbarton.

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b. aft. 1659, 2nd s. of William Cochrane, styled. Ld. Cochrane (1st s. d.v.p. of William, 1st Earl of Dundonald [S]), by Lady Katherine, da. of John Kennedy, 6th Earl of Cassillis [S]. m. Lady Grizel, da. of James Graham, 2nd Marquess of Montrose [S], 2s. (1 d.v.p.) 5da. suc. gdfa. to Kilmaronock 1679 (via disposition); bro. to Powkellie 1694. K. Parker and J. Anderson, Ped. of Cochranes; Hist. Scot. Parl. 127; Scots Peerage ed. Paul, iii. 344–52; Retour of Heirs, ii. Inquisitiones Gen. 7529.
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Burgess, Dumbarton 1682, Glasgow 1696, Edinburgh 1712. Scot. Rec. Soc. lxxiii. 16; lvi. 238; lxii. 40.

Lieut. Lord Ross’s indep. tp. of horse, 1689–by 1691; commr. justiciary for the Highlands [S] 1693; jt. keeper of signet [S] 1711–13. APS, ix. 54.

MP [S] Renfrew 1689–95, Dunbartonshire 1702–7.

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COCHRANE, William (aft.1659-1717), of Kilmaronock, Dunbarton.
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CLOBERY (CLOBERRY), John (c.1645-99), of Bradstone, Devon

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b. c. 1645, 1st s. of Christopher Clobery of Bradstone by Johanna, da. of Hugh Fortescue of Filleigh, Devon. educ. Exeter, Oxf. matric. 14 Mar. 1663, aged 18; I. Temple 1663. m. 29 Sept. 1673, Elizabeth (d. by 1695), da. of Sir William Courtenay, 1st Bt.†, of Powderham Castle and Ford House, Devon, 2s. (1 d.v.p.) 9da. (1 d.v.p.). suc. fa. 1677. Vivian, Vis. Devon, 201–2.
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Common councilman, Plymouth 1696. CSP Dom. 1696, p. 424.

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CLERKE, Sir John, 4th Bt. (aft.1683-1727), of Shabbington, Bucks. and St. Martin-in-the-Fields, London

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b. aft. 1683, 1st s. of Sir William Clerke, 3rd Bt., of Shabbington by Catherine, da. of Sir Arthur Onslow, 2nd Bt.† (and sis. of Sir Richard Onslow, 3rd Bt.*) of Knowle and West Clandon, Surr. unm. suc. fa. as 4th Bt. 1699.
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CLERKE, Sir John, 4th Bt. (aft.1683-1727), of Shabbington, Bucks. and St. Martin-in-the-Fields, London
Main residences: Shabbington, Bucks.; St. Martin-in-the-Fields, London.
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CLERKE, Francis II (c.1655-1715), of North Weston, Oxon. and Hillingdon, Mdx.

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b. c. 1655, 4th s. of Sir John Clerke, 1st Bt., of Shabbington and Hitcham, Bucks. and North Weston by Philadelphia (d. 1698), da. and coh. of Sir Edward Carr of Hillingdon. educ. Magdalen Coll. Oxf. (demy) matric. 31 July 1671, aged 16, BA 1675, MA 1678, fellow 1676–82. m. (1) 23 Mar. 1698, Eleanor Reynardson, s.p.; (2) Grace (d. 1726), s.p. suc. fa. at North Weston 1667, mother at Hillingdon 1698. F. G. Lee, Hist. Thame Church, 290, 311–14; IGI, London; PCC 71 Pott, 85 Fagg; VCH Oxon. vii. 173.
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Cornet of horse, Capt. Hon. Henry Bertie’s (I)* indep. tp. 1685. CSP Dom. 1685, p. 209.

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CLERKE, Francis (?1655-1715), of North Weston, Oxon.
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CLERKE, Francis I (c.1665-91), of Ulcombe, Kent and Restoration House, Rochester

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b. c. 1665, 1st s. of Sir Francis Clerke† of Ulcombe and Rochester by his 2nd w. Elizabeth, da. and h. of John Cage of Brightwell Court, Bucks., and wid. of John Hastings of Woodlands, Dorset. educ. Magdalen Coll. Oxf., matric. 10 Nov. 1681, aged 16; M. Temple 1683, called 1688. unm. suc. fa. 1686 or half-bro. 1687. Vis. Kent (Harl. Soc. liv), 36; PCC 93 Lloyd, 46 Exton.
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?Cornet indep. tp. horse 1685. CSP Dom. 1685, p. 209.

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CLERKE, Francis I (c.1665-91), of Ulcombe, Kent and Restoration House, Rochester
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CLERK, John (1676-1755), of Penicuik, Midlothian.

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b. 8 Feb. 1676, 1st s. of Sir John Clerk, 1st Bt., MP [S], of Penicuik by his 1st w. Elizabeth, da. of Dr Henry Henderson of Elvingston, Haddington. educ. Penicuik sch. (Alexander Strauchan) 1686–93; Glasgow Univ. 1693–4; Leyden 1695, J. Dr. 1697; travelled abroad (Italy, France, Low Countries) 1697–9; adv. 1700. m. 6 Mar. 1701 (with £2,000), Lady Margaret (d. 21 Dec. 1701), da. of Alexander Stewart, 3rd Earl of Galloway [S], sis. of Hon. John Stewart*, 1s. d.v.p. ; (2) 15 Feb. 1709 (with 14,000 merks), Janet (d. 1760), da. of Sir John Inglis, 2nd Bt., of Cramond, Midlothian, 9s. (4 ) 7da. (1 ). suc. gdfa. at Elvingston bef. 1710, fa. as 2nd Bt. 10 Mar. 1722. Album Studiosorum Academiae Lugduno Batavae ed. Du Rieu, 738; SRO, Clerk of Penicuik mss GD18/1875.
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Burgess, Edinburgh 1700, Whithorn 1702, Wigtown, Ayr 1705, Dumfries, Aberdeen, Montrose, Dundee, Stirling 1708, Queensferry 1716, Glasgow 1720, Sanquhar 1729, Musselburgh 1739. Clerk of Penicuik mss GD18/2046–8, 2052–6, 2059, 2061–2, 5246/1/13, burgess tickets; Scot. Rec. Soc. lvi. 353.

MP [S] Whithorn 1703–7.

Commr. public accts. [S] 1703–5.

Commr. union with England 1706, Equivalent [S] 1707–9; baron of exchequer [S] (for life) 1708; Prince’s commr. [S] 1724, 1731, 1742; trustee, fisheries and manufactures [S] 1727–d. P. W. J. Riley, Eng. Ministers and Scotland, 214–15.

Extraord. dir. R. Bank of Scotland 1727–8. N. Munro, Hist. R. Bank of Scotland, 406.

FRS 1729.

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CLERK, John (1676-1755), of Penicuik, Midlothian.
Main residence: Penicuik, Midlothian.
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Unless otherwise stated this article is based on Clerk’s ‘History of My Life’ (Scot. Hist. Soc. ser. 1, xiii), to which specific reference is occasionaly made in the text. The only full-scale modern biography, I. D. Brown, ‘Sir John Clerk of Penicuik (1676-1755): aspects of a virtuoso life’ (Camb. Univ. Ph.D. thesis, 1980), focuses on the intellectual development of its subject.

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CLEIVELAND (CLEVELAND), John (1661-1716), of Chapel Street and Cleveland Place, Liverpool, Lancs.

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b. 3 Aug. 1661, s. of Joseph Cleiveland of Hinckley, Leics. by his w. Dorothy. m. bef. 1693, Anne Williamson of Liverpool, 2s. (1 d.v.p.) 1da. Nichols, Leics. iv. 707.
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Common council, Liverpool 1693–d., bailiff 1691, merchant appraiser 1693, alderman by 1703–d, mayor 1703–4. J. Picton, Memorials of Liverpool, i. 186; info. from Dr M. Power.

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CLEIVELAND (CLEVELAND), John (1661-1716), of Chapel Street and Cleveland Place, Liverpool, Lancs.
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CLAYTON, William (aft.1650-1715), of Fulwood, nr. Preston and Water Street, Liverpool, Lancs.

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b. aft. 1650, 2nd s. of Robert Clayton of Fulwood by Eleanor, da. of John Atherton of Atherton, Lancs. m. 7 Aug. 1690 (with £1,000), Elizabeth, da. of George Leigh of Oughtrington, Cheshire, 2s. (1 d.v.p.) 7da. (4 d.v.p.). suc. fa. ?1664. Vis. Lancs. (Chetham Soc. ser. 1, lxxxiv), 85; info. from Prof. J. M. Price; H. Peet, Liverpool in Reign of Q. Anne, 127–8, 144–5; W. Gregson, Fragments Relating to Co. Lancaster, 165, 167; The Gen. n.s. xxvi. 136–42.
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Freeman, Preston 1662, 1682; common council, Liverpool 1687–95, 1705–d., merchant appraiser 1688, mayor 1689–90, alderman by 1694–5. Preston Guild Rolls (Lancashire and Cheshire Rec. Soc. ix), 142, 165; J. Picton, Liverpool Mun. Recs. 13th–17th Cents. 271, 288, 290; info. from Dr M. Power.

Trustee, Liverpool grammar school 1709. J. Picton, Liverpool Mun. Recs. 1700–1835, 75.

?Commr. for taking subscriptions to S. Sea Co. 1711. W. Pittis, Hist. Present Parl. (1711), 348.

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CLAYTON, William (aft.1650-1715), of Fulwood, nr. Preston and Water Street, Liverpool, Lancs.
Main residences: Fulwood, nr. Preston; Water Street, Liverpool, Lancs.
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