Clement Coke

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Clement Coke (died 24 May 1629) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1614 and 1629.

Coke was the son of Sir Edward Coke, Chief Justice, and his wife Bridget Paston, daughter of John Paston of Norwich. In 1614, Coke was elected Member of Parliament for Clitheroe.^[1] He was elected MP for Dunwich in 1621. Cooke reportedly assaulted the new MP for Hertfordshire, Sir Charles Morrison, on the Parliament stairs. After an enquiry, Cooke was imprisoned in the Tower of London for the attack.^[2]

In 1626 he was elected MP for Aylesbury and sat until March 1629 when King Charles decided to rule without parliament, and then did so for eleven years.^[3] Coke died two months after the dissolution of the last parliament.

Coke married Sarah Reddish, daughter of Alexander Reddish of Reddish, Lancashire.^[1] She brought to him Longford Hall, Derbyshire. His son Edward was created a baronet in 1641.

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References

1 2 William Duncombe Pink, Alfred B. Beaven The parliamentary representation of Lancashire, (county and borough), 1258-1885, with biographical and genealogical notices of the members, &c. (1889)
↑ Nicholas, Sir Edward; Tyrwhitt, Thomas (1766). The Proceedings and Debates of the House of Commons in 1620 and 1621, Volume 2. pp. 42–49. Retrieved 19 December 2014.
↑ Browne Willis Notitia parliamentaria, or, An history of the counties, cities, and boroughs in England and Wales: ... The whole extracted from mss. and printed evidences 1750 pp176-239

Parliament of England
Preceded by Sir John Dormer Martin Lister	Member of Parliament for Clitheroe 1614–1621 With: Sir Gilbert Hoghton, 2nd Baronet	Succeeded by Sir Thomas Walmsley William Fanshawe
Preceded by Philip Gawdy Henry Dade	Member of Parliament for Dunwich 1621–1624 With: Thomas Bedingfield	Succeeded by Sir John Rous Sir Robert Brooke
Preceded by Sir Robert Carr Sir John Hare	Member of Parliament for Aylesbury 1626–1629 With: Arthur Goodwin 1626–1628 Sir Edmund Verney 1628–1629	Parliament suspended until 1640

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[Pink-1] 1 2 William Duncombe Pink, Alfred B. Beaven The parliamentary representation of Lancashire, (county and borough), 1258-1885, with biographical and genealogical notices of the members, &c. (1889)

[2] Nicholas, Sir Edward; Tyrwhitt, Thomas (1766). The Proceedings and Debates of the House of Commons in 1620 and 1621, Volume 2. pp. 42–49. Retrieved 19 December 2014.

[Willis-3] Browne Willis Notitia parliamentaria, or, An history of the counties, cities, and boroughs in England and Wales: ... The whole extracted from mss. and printed evidences 1750 pp176-239

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