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

Capt. of ft. (parliamentary) 1643, lt.-col. 1645; gov. Weymouth 1645 – 47; commr. for sequestration, Dorset by 1646 – 50, j.p. by 1646 – July 1688, Nov. 1688 – d., sheriff 1646 – 47; freeman, Weymouth 1648, commr. for militia, Dorset 1648, 1649, 1655, 1659, Mar. 1660, assessment 1649, 1657, Jan. 1660–80, 1689 – 90, oyer and terminer, Western circuit July 1660; pressing seamen, Dorset 1665, capt. of militia horse 1667 – at least78, dep. lt. 1672 – June 1688, Oct. 1688 – d., commr. for recusants 1675.C. H. Mayo, Dorset Standing Committee, 8, 9, 208, 301–2; Christie, Shaftesbury, i. p. xxxviii; Weymouth Minute Bk.(Dorset Recs. Soc. i), 204; PR030/23, bdle. 7, no. 560; Add. 31948, f. 116; Som. and Dorset N. and Q., xxviii. 78.