Family and Education
b. 1588, 2nd s. of Sir John Croke† (d.1620) of Chilton, Bucks., j.k.b. 1607-20, and Catherine, da. of Sir Michael Blount† of Mapledurham, Oxon.; bro. of Sir John* and Unton*.Lipscomb, Bucks. ii. 189. educ. St. John’s, Oxf. 1605; I. Temple 1607, called 1617. Al. Ox.; I. Temple Admiss.; CITR ii. 29, 102. m. (1) by 1609, C66/1832. Bridget (bur. 5 July 1638), Her. and Gen. i. 326. da. and coh. of Sir William Hawtrey of Chequers and Hampton Poyle, 3s. (1 d.v.p.) 3da. (1 d.v.p.); J.P. Malcolm, Londinium Redivivum, iii. 292, 298. (2) settlement 1 Apr. 1648, PROB 11/268, f. 318. Judith, da. of Robert Wrotte of Grinton, Suff., wid. of John Wroth of Loughton, Essex, s.p. Trans. Essex Arch. Soc. n.s. vi. 346-7. Kntd. 31 Oct. 1615. Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 157. d. 1 Jan. 1660. Lipscomb, Bucks. ii. 187-9.
Offices Held
Clerk of the Pipe (jt.) 1616 – 32, (sole) 1632–d.
J.p. Oxon. 1619 – 37, Bucks. 1622–?49;
Assoc. Bencher, I. Temple 1638.
Main residences: Hampton Poyle, Oxon; Chequers, Ellesborough, Bucks.
Volume
Commons 1604-1629
Web Title
CROKE, Henry (1588-1660)
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Oxford 1644
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