John Clerke

For other people named John Clerke, see John Clerke (disambiguation).

John Clerke (born 1618) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1640.

Clerke was the son of Henry Clerke 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.[1]

In April 1640, Clerke was elected Member of Parliament for Rochester in the Short Parliament.[2] Clerke's brother Francis was also MP for Rochester.[3]

  1. ^ [1] Alumni Oxonienses, 1500-1714: Chocke-Colepeper, Alumni Oxonienses 1500-1714: Abannan-Kyte (1891), pp. 274-303.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. ^ Basil Duke Henning The House of Commons, 1660-1690, Volume 1