CROKE, George (c.1560-1642), of Serjeants’ Inn, London; Waterstock and Studley, Oxon.

Family and Education

b. c. 1560, 3rd s. of John Croke II of Chilton, Bucks. by Elizabeth, da. of Sir Alexander Unton of Chequers, Bucks. and Wadley, Berks.; bro. of John III. educ. Thame sch.; Christ Church, Oxf. 1575; I. Temple 1575, called 1584. m. c.1610, Mary, da. of Sir Thomas Bennet, ld. mayor of London, 1s. 3da. Kntd. 1623.

Offices Held

Bencher, I. Temple 1597, Autumn reader 1599, 1608, treasurer 1609 – 10, double reader 1617; serjeant-at-law and King’s serjeant 1623; justice of common pleas 1625, of King’s bench 1628.This biography is based on: DNB; J. W. Wallace, Reporters, ed. Heard, 198–205; W. S. Holdsworth, Hist. Eng. Law, v. 343, 353; A. Croke, Hist. Croke Fam. i. 561–605; Foss, Judges, vi. 293–7.

Parlimentarian

CROKE, George (c.1560-1642), of Serjeants’ Inn, London; Waterstock and Studley, Oxon.

Main residences: Serjeants' Inn, London and Waterstock and Studley, Oxon.

Author

W.J.J.

Volume

Commons 1558-1603

Web Title

CROKE, George (c.1560-1642)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

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