About Henry Clerke
Henry Clerke was a politician.
Henry Clerke was an English lawyer and politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1621 and 1626.
Clerke was recorder of Rochester. 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. His political seat was the house in Rochester later named Restoration House which he created from some existing buildings.
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.
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lawyer and politician
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Henry Clerke died in 1652.
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