LUKE, Sir Samuel (1603-70), of Woodend, Cople, Beds.

Family and Education

bap. 27 Mar. 1603, 1st s. of Sir Oliver Luke of Woodend by 1st w. Elizabeth, da. and coh. of Sir Valentine Knightley of Fawsley, Northants. educ. Eton 1617-19; travelled abroad 1623. m. 2 Feb. 1624, Elizabeth, da. of William Freeman, Haberdasher and merchant, of London, 6s. (1 d.v.p.) 4da. Kntd. 20 July 1624; suc. fa. c.1651.Beds. N. and Q. i. 353; Vis. Beds. (Harl. Soc. xix), 180; APC 1621-3, p. 468; Coll. Top. et Gen. iii. 85; v. 363; St. Michael’s Cornhill (Harl. Soc. Reg. vii), 224.

Offices Held

Freeman, Bedford 1625, commr. for sewers, Beds. 1636; j.p. Bedford 1640, Sept. 1660, Beds. Mar. 1660–6; commr. for midland assoc. Beds. 1642, assessment 1643 – 48, Aug. 1660–3, sequestrations 1643, levying of money 1643, new model ordinance 1645, militia 1648, Mar. 1660, col. of militia ft. Apr. 1660.Beds. N. and Q. iii. 94; Min. Bk. Bedford Corporation (Beds. Hist. Rec. Soc. xxvi), 1, 3, 17; C181/5/74, 373; LJ, v. 493; Merc. Pub. 12 Apr. 1660.

Capt. of horse (parliamentary) 1642; col. of dgns. 1643; scoutmaster-gen. 1643 – 45; gov. Newport Pagnell 1643–5.Jnl. of Sir Samuel Luke (Oxon. Rec. Soc. xxix), pp. v-vi; CJ, iii. 156.

Commr. for scandalous offences 1646, indemnity 1647 – 48, exclusion from sacrament 1648.

Parlimentarian

LUKE, Sir Samuel (1603-70), of Woodend, Cople, Beds.

Main residence: Woodend, Cople, Beds.

Author

M.W.H.

L.N.

G.J.

Volume

Commons 1660-1690

Web Title

LUKE, Sir Samuel (1603-70)