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bap. 26 Oct. 1574, 1st s. of Nicholas Luke† of Cople and Margaret, da. of Oliver, 1st Bar. St. John of Bletsoe, Beds.F.A. Blaydes, Genealogia Bedfordiensis, 84. educ. King’s, Camb. 1588; M. Temple 1592. Al. Cant.; M. Temple Admiss. m. (1) settlement 11 June 1599, Elizabeth (bur. 27 Oct. 1607), da. and coh. of Sir Valentine Knightley* of Fawsley, Northants., at least 2s.; C142/343/177; Blaydes, 85; Southill (Beds. par. reg. xii), 11. (2) by June 1616 (with £300), Maud (d. Aug./Sept. 1656), da. of William Trenchard of Cutteridge, nr. Westbury, Wilts. at least 1s. 1da. PROB 11/79, f. 52v; 11/258, f. 156v. Kntd. 11 May 1603; Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 106. suc. fa. 1613. C142/343/177. d. by 29 Nov. 1651. CCAM, 347. sig. Ol[iver] Luke.
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Freeman, Bedford ?1597; Recorded as a freeman in 1627/8 and 1647: Beds. N and Q ed. F.A. Blaydes, iii. 94; Min. Bk. Bedford Corp. ed. G. Parsloe (Beds. Hist. Rec. Soc. xxvi), 4. j.p. Beds. by 1614 – 27, 1628 – ?48, Bedford 1618–?48; C231/4, ff. 74, 228, 261; C193/13/3. commr. charitable uses, Beds. 1611, Beds. RO, L.24/108–9. oyer and terminer, Norf. circ. 1616–?48; C181/2, f. 258. sheriff, Beds. 1617–18; List of Sheriffs comp. A. Hughes (PRO, L. and I. ix), 3. commr. subsidy, Beds. 1621 – 22, 1624, 1641, Forced Loan 1626/7, Poll Tax 1641, Irish aid 1642, assessment 1642 – 48, levying of money 1643, C212/22/20–23; T. Rymer, Foedera, viii. pt. 2, p. 144; SR, v. 60, 81, 107, 141, 148; A. and O. i. 89, 146, 169, 543, 619, 635, 960, 1077. preservation of game 1622; C181/3, f. 77. dep. lt. Beds. 1624, 1642; SP14/179/15–16; SP28/143 (unnumb. pt.), f. 11v; HMC 3rd Rep. 275b. commr. sequestration, Beds. 1643, militia 1648. A. and O. i. 110, 1234.

Commr. excise 1645. Ibid. i. 691.

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LUKE, Sir Oliver (1574-1651), of Cople Woodend and Hawnes, Beds.
Main residences: Cople Woodend; Hawnes, Beds.
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S.H.
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Commons 1604-1629
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LUKE, Sir Oliver (1574-1651)

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