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]
References edit
- ^ a b Parishes: Ulcombe, The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent: Volume 5 (1798), pp. 385-396. Date accessed: 19 November 2010.
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b Restoration House
- ^ Basil Duke Henning, The House of Commons, 1660–1690, Volume 1.