SPEKE, John (c.1652-1728), of White Lackington, Som.

Family and Education

b. c. 1652, 1st s. of George Speke. educ. Wadham, Oxf. matric. 6 Apr. 1666, aged 14; L. Inn 1669; travelled abroad 1671. m. (1) Katherine, da. and coh. of Edmund Prideaux of Forde Abbey, Devon, s.p.; (2) 25 June 1687, Elizabeth, da. and coh. of Robert Pelham of Compton Valence, Dorset, 1s. suc. fa. 1689.PC2/63/50; Soc. of Genealogists, Compton Valence par. reg.; PCC 118 Fane.

Offices Held

J.p. Som. 1679 – 80, Feb. 1688 – d., commr. for assessment 1679 – 80, 1689 – 90, dep. lt. 1679, 1691 – d., commr. of inquiry into recusancy fines Mar. 1688.Q. Sess. Recs. (Som. Rec. Soc. xxxiv) p. xviii; HMC Lords , i. 188; CSP Dom. 1679–80, p. 322; 1690–91, p. 358; Cal. Treas. Bks. viii. 1804, 1982.

Parlimentarian

SPEKE, John (c.1652-1728), of White Lackington, Som.

Main residence: White Lackington, Som.

Author

I.C.

Volume

Commons 1660-1690

Web Title

SPEKE, John (c.1652-1728)

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Estates

Oxford 1644

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