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b. 7 Jan. 1570, 1st s. of Henry Cheke† of Elstow, Beds. and the King’s Manor, York, and Frances, da. of Sir Humphrey Radcliffe† of Elstow.Vis. Essex (Harl. Soc. xiii-xiv), i. 177, 373. educ. ?St Peter’s, York g.s.;J. Strype, The Life of the Learned Sir John Cheke (Oxford, 1821), 145. L. Inn, 2 Nov. 1590.LI Admiss. i. 111. m. (1) bef. 3 Mar. 1594, Katherine (d. Feb. 1615), da. of Peter Osborne† of South Fambridge, Essex and Chicksands, Beds. ?1da. d.v.p. ; (2) bef. June 1616, Essex (d. 1658), da. of Robert Rich†, 1st earl of Warwick, 5s. (2 ) 6da. (1 ).Vis. Essex, i. 177, 373; Morant, Essex i. 61; Reg. of Baptisms, Marriages and Burials in the Par. of St Martin in the Fields. ed. T. Mason (Harl. Soc. Reg. xxv), 50, 52, 102, 170, 176, 177; Reg. of St Martin-in-the-Fields London 1619-1636, ed. J.V. Kitts (Harl. Soc. lxvi), 5; D. Lysons, The Environs of London (1792-4), iv. 199; J.P. Malcolm, Londinium Redivivum (1802-7), iii. 216. suc. fa. 1586; Kntd. 11 May 1603. bur. 25 Mar. 1659 25 Mar. 1659.Strype, Sir John Cheke, 146.
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Mercantile: cllr. Virg. Co. 1619-aft. 1622.The Recs. of the Virginia Co. of London, ed. S.M. Kingsbury (Washington D.C. 1906–35), i. 211, 227; iv. 80. Member, Amazon River Co. ?-1620; Somers Is. [Bermuda] Co. 1620; Providence Is. Co. c.1632.APC 1619–21, p. 204; T.K. Rabb, Enterprise and Empire (Cambridge, Mass. 1967), 264; A.P. Newton, The Colonising Activities of the English Puritans, (New Haven and London, 1914), 126; Kupperman, Providence Island, 357.

Civic: freeman, Boston 1620; Maldon 1626; Colchester 1628.J.F. Bailey, Transcription of Mins. of Boston Corp. ii. 318; W.J. Petchey, Prospect of Maldon (1991), 267; Essex RO, T/A465/114, f. 69v.

Local: commr. subsidy, Essex 1621 – 22, 1624, 1626, 1628, 1641. 1621 – 32SR. J.p., by Sept. 1644 – bef.Jan. 1650; Havering-atte-Bower 1639–?Maynard Lieut. Bk. 369; HMC 10th Rep. iv. 503–10. Commr. oyer and terminer, Home circ. 1622–33, 5 June 1641 – aft.Jan. 1642; Essex 4 July 1644-aft. June 1645;C181/3, ff. 56v, 208; C181/4, ff. 1v, 120v; C181/5, ff. 193, 222, 237v, 254. sewers, Havering and Dagenham levels 1622 – aft.32; Rainham bridge to Mucking mill, Essex 1627 – aft.43; Dengie and Rochford hundreds 1633 – aft.44; Mdx. 1639; Essex and Kent 1642. 1625 – 26C181/3, ff. 43–233v; C181/4, ff. 76, 191v; C181/5, ff. 142v, 227v, 249. Dep. lt. Essex, by Aug. 1643–?Maynard Lieut. Bk. 93, 140–1; HMC 7th Rep. 556. Commr. Forced Loan, Essex 1626–7; Maldon, Harwich 1627;Bodl. Firth c.4, p. 257; SP16/52/64; C193/12/2, ff. 80v, 84v. charitable uses, Essex 1629-aft. 1629;C191/1, unfol. gaol delivery, Havering-atte-Bower 1630 – d.; Essex 4 July 1644-aft. June 1645;C181/4, ff. 48, 139; C181/5, ff. 2v, 238, 254; C181/6, pp. 104, 185, 272. swans, Essex and Suff. 1635;C181/5, f. 28. perambulation, Waltham Forest, Essex 27 Aug. 1641;C181/5, f. 208. further subsidy, Essex 1641; poll tax, 1641; contribs. towards the relief of Ireland, 1642;SR. assessment, 1642, 18 Oct. 1644, 21 Feb. 1645, 23 July 1647, 16 Feb. 1648;SR, A. and O. sequestration, 27 Mar. 1643; additional ord. for levying of money, 1 June 1643; levying of money, 3 Aug. 1643; Eastern Assoc. 20 Sept. 1643; New Model ordinance, 17 Feb. 1645; militia, 2 Dec. 1648.A. and O.

Central: member, cttee. for examinations, 20 Aug., 28 Oct. 1642.CJ ii. 728b, 825b.

Religious: elder, Becontree and Havering classis, Essex 4 Nov. 1645.Add. 37491, f. 81.

: of St Martin-in-the-Fields, Westminster and Pyrgo, Essex., Havering.
Volume
Commons 1640-1660
Web Title

CHEKE, Sir Thomas (1570-1659), of St Martin-in-the-Fields, Westminster, and Pyrgo, Havering, Essex.

Will
30 Aug. 1658, codicil 22 Sept. 1658, pr. 18 Apr. 1659.PROB11/290/215.
Estates
bought manors of North Weald, North Weald Bassett, and of Pyrgo, Havering, both in Essex, 1621.VCH Essex, iv. 287-8; vii. 16.
Oxford 1644
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