John Clerke (born 1618) was an English politician who sat in the
House of Commons in 1640.
Clerke was the son of
Henry Clerke
Henry Clerke (c. 1619 – 24 March 1687) was an English academic and physician, President of Magdalen College, Oxford, from 1672.
Life
He was son of Thomas Clerke of Willoughby, Warwickshire, England, and matriculated at Magdalen Hall, Oxford ...
of
Rochester, Kent and his wife Grace Morgan, daughter of George Morgan of Crow Lane House Rochester. His father was a lawyer and MP for Rochester. He matriculated at
University College, Oxford aged 16 on 16 September 1634.
In April 1640, Clerke was elected
Member of Parliament for
Rochester in the
Short Parliament
The Short Parliament was a Parliament of England that was summoned by King Charles I of England on the 20th of February 1640 and sat from 13th of April to the 5th of May 1640. It was so called because of its short life of only three weeks.
Aft ...
. Clerke's brother
Francis
Francis may refer to:
People
*Pope Francis, the head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State and Bishop of Rome
*Francis (given name), including a list of people and fictional characters
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Places
* Rural M ...
was also MP for Rochester.
Basil Duke Henning ''The House of Commons, 1660-1690, Volume 1''
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References
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1618 births
English MPs 1640 (April)
Year of death missing
Alumni of University College, Oxford
People from Rochester, Kent
Place of birth missing