Constituency Dates
New Shoreham 1689
Family and Education
b. c. 1659, 1st s. of John Monke of Hurston, Storrington. educ. Oriel, Oxf. matric. 20 Oct. 1676, aged 17. m. (1) 19 Oct. 1682, Susanna (d. 9 May 1690), da. and h. of William Blaker of Buckingham House, Old Shoreham, 2s. (1 d.v.p.) 3da.; (2) 6 Sept. 1692, Frances, da. of George Cooke of Goring, 2s. d.v.p. 3da. suc. fa. 1668.1J. Comber, Suss. Genealogies Lewes, 188; T. Martin, Hist. Thetford, 73.
Offices Held

J.p. Suss. 1685 – Apr. 1688, Nov. 1688 – d., commr. for assessment 1689 – 90, capt. of militia horse by 1697–d.2Eg. 1626, f. 41.

Address
Main residence: Kingston Bowsey, Suss.
biography text

Monke came from a minor gentry family established in Sussex by the middle of the 16th century, although the pedigree has not been fully worked out. Nothing is known of their attitude to the Civil War. His first marriage gave him an interest at Shoreham, though he does not seem to have exercised it in 1685. To the lord lieutenant’s questions in 1688 he replied: ‘At present, he is against the taking off the Penal Laws and Tests. ... He shall be for choosing Members of Parliament of the Church of England.’ He was returned to the Convention for Shoreham but left no trace on its records, although he was probably a Tory. He died 13 Nov. 1701, and was buried at Kingston Bowsey, the only member of his family to sit in Parliament.

Author
B.M.C.
Volume
Commons 1660-1690
Notes
  • 1. J. Comber, Suss. Genealogies Lewes, 188; T. Martin, Hist. Thetford, 73.
  • 2. Eg. 1626, f. 41.