Rev. John Cooke (1646/47 – 1726) was a post-Restoration

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clergyman. He was the son of Thomas Cooke of

Bromsgrove Bromsgrove is a town in Worcestershire, England, about northeast of Worcester and southwest of Birmingham city centre. It had a population of 29,237 in 2001 (39,644 in the wider Bromsgrove/Catshill urban area). Bromsgrove is the main town in the ...

, Worcestershire and was educated at

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(matriculated 1663, B.A. 1666, M.A. 1669). He was rector of

Cuxton Cuxton is a village in the unitary authority of Medway in South East England. It lies on the left bank of the River Medway in the North Downs. It is served by the A228, and Cuxton railway station on the Medway Valley Line between Strood and Maid ...

, Kent (1674–1677), of

Mersham Mersham is a mostly agricultural large village and civil parish near Ashford in Kent, England. The population of the civil parish includes the area of Cheesman's Green now known as Finberry. History In the mid 19th century, John Marius Wilson's ...

, Kent (1677–1726), and rector of St George the Martyr with St Mary Magdalene, Canterbury (1692–1726). He was appointed a Six Preacher of

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in 1687 and was Proctor for the diocese of Canterbury in 1699. He died on 13 August 1726 and was buried in the parish church at Mersham. His widow published his ''Thirty Nine Sermons on Several Occasions'' in 1729 (second edition in 1736) and ''Some considerations touching the payment of tythes: address’d to the professors of religion, commonly call’d Quakers, in the parish of Mersham'' in about 1729/1730.English Short Title Catalogu

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17th-century English Anglican priests 18th-century English Anglican priests 1726 deaths Year of birth uncertain People from Bromsgrove Clergy from Canterbury People from Mersham {{ChurchofEngland-clergy-stub