Henry Clerke (MP for Rochester)

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Henry Clerke was an English lawyer and politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1621 and 1626.

Clerke was recorder of Rochester. [1] He was elected Member of Parliament for Rochester in 1621 until 1622 under the reign of King James I. He was re-elected MP for Rochester in 1625 for both parliaments in that year under King Charles I. [2] His political seat was the house in Rochester later named Restoration House which he created from some existing buildings. [3]

In 1637, Clerke was made a serjeant-at law and some time before 1642, he acquired the manor of Ulcomb from Sir William St Leger. [1] As Clerke supported King Charles in the Civil War, Restoration House was sequestered and used by Colonel Gibbon as a headquarters in southeast England. [3]

Clerke married Grace Morgan, daughter of George Morgan of Crow Lane House, Rochester. His sons Francis and John were also MPs for Rochester. [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 Parishes: Ulcombe, The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent: Volume 5 (1798), pp. 385-396. Date accessed: 19 November 2010.
  2. Willis, Browne (1750). Notitia Parliamentaria, Part II: A Series or Lists of the Representatives in the several Parliaments held from the Reformation 1541, to the Restoration 1660 ... London. pp.  229–239.
  3. 1 2 Restoration House
  4. Basil Duke Henning, The House of Commons, 1660–1690 , Volume 1.
Parliament of England
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Rochester
1621–1622
With: Sir Thomas Walsingham
Succeeded by
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Rochester
1625–1626
With: Sir Thomas Walsingham
Succeeded by