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NameJudith 
Birthabt 1574
Spouses
Notes for Samuel (Spouse 1)
NOTES ON SAMUEL CROOKE taken from CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY ALUMINI 1261 to 1900
SAMUEL CROOKE was Rector of Wrington Somerset 1602/49.. His brother was Sir Thomas Crooke, of Baltimore Ireland.
Born 1574 died 1649. He was the son of Thomas Crooke DD (1560) of Grays Inn. Born at Waldingsfield, Suffolk B.A from
Pembroke 1592/3
M.A from Emmanuel 1596
Fellow of Emmanuel 1596.
Chaplin to East India Co. 1619 Went to Batavia.Parliamentarian
SAMUEL CROOKE's surviving sermons and books are mainly about Christian morality. He dealt only with fundamental questions and is the only Somerset Clergyman to use the Doctrine of Covenant. He considered the Last Supper as solely a memorial.
He was a daily orator and clearness and conciseness of its content, were matched by his popularity amongst Puritans. Crooke was not a separatist, but was mistrustful of the Book of Common Prayer
Rates 1634, 1635, 1641-1651. Accounts of money due from bonds. Rates levied on pew holders to pay for reflooring. 1634/5. abstract
of wills of Augustine Spalding gent. 1634 and SAMUEL CROOKE, RECTOR, 1649 pr. 1650 both of WRINGTON (bequests to the
poor.) Note re fees due from communicants for taking the sacrament and for having the bell rung at funerals 1641. Source SCOPE
AND CONTENT. Accounts and Receipts 1633/75
At the General Quarter Session for Lancashire held at Ormskirk 20th July 1693…The petition was read of James Naylor of Windle.
Clerk, showing that by the Act for exempting their Majesty's Protestant subjects, dissenting from the Church of England, from the
penalties of certain laws, the places of meeting are required to be certified at the next Quarter Sessions. In pursuance of this the said
James Naylor certifies that St.Helen's Chapel in Hardshawe, is intended as a meeting place for Protestant dissenters and desires it
may be so recorded. Upon the motion put, whether it be recorded or no. Lord Willoughby, Mr Walmsley, Mr Herle and MR SAMUEL
CROOKE, for recording it. Mr Bertie Entwhistle, Captain Clayton and Mr.Johnston Mayor of Liverpool, against recording it. Therefore
ordered to be recorded. Source SCOPE AND CONTENT.Orders of Gen.Meeting for Co. of Lancaster 1690
WILL OF REV SAMUEL CROOKE, WRINGTON 1650
SOURCE I.G.I
Samuel bequeathed 20 pounds to poor of Wrington. Twenty shillings to poor of Barington and twenty shillings to poor of Kingston,
Seymour, Somerset.
Wife JUDITH executrix and all worldly goods and 40 pounds legacy
Niece Elizabeth wife of Thomas Gurinstead? Given money already distributed
Servants given quarter wage above that due at his decease
Dear brother Mr William Gregory, Minister and worthy friend Mr Thomas Baynard? Gent. To assist his executrix
SAMUEL CROOKE was Rector of Wrington Somerset 1602/49.. His brother was Sir Thomas Crooke, of Baltimore Ireland.
Born 1574 died 1649. He was the son of Thomas Crooke DD (1560) of Grays Inn. Born at Waldingsfield, Suffolk B.A from
Pembroke 1592/3
M.A from Emmanuel 1596
Fellow of Emmanuel 1596.
Chaplin to East India Co. 1619 Went to Batavia.Parliamentarian
SAMUEL CROOKE's surviving sermons and books are mainly about Christian morality. He dealt only with fundamental questions and is the only Somerset Clergyman to use the Doctrine of Covenant. He considered the Last Supper as solely a memorial.
He was a daily orator and clearness and conciseness of its content, were matched by his popularity amongst Puritans. Crooke was not a separatist, but was mistrustful of the Book of Common Prayer
Rates 1634, 1635, 1641-1651. Accounts of money due from bonds. Rates levied on pew holders to pay for reflooring. 1634/5. abstract
of wills of Augustine Spalding gent. 1634 and SAMUEL CROOKE, RECTOR, 1649 pr. 1650 both of WRINGTON (bequests to the
poor.) Note re fees due from communicants for taking the sacrament and for having the bell rung at funerals 1641. Source SCOPE
AND CONTENT. Accounts and Receipts 1633/75
At the General Quarter Session for Lancashire held at Ormskirk 20th July 1693…The petition was read of James Naylor of Windle.
Clerk, showing that by the Act for exempting their Majesty's Protestant subjects, dissenting from the Church of England, from the
penalties of certain laws, the places of meeting are required to be certified at the next Quarter Sessions. In pursuance of this the said
James Naylor certifies that St.Helen's Chapel in Hardshawe, is intended as a meeting place for Protestant dissenters and desires it
may be so recorded. Upon the motion put, whether it be recorded or no. Lord Willoughby, Mr Walmsley, Mr Herle and MR SAMUEL
CROOKE, for recording it. Mr Bertie Entwhistle, Captain Clayton and Mr.Johnston Mayor of Liverpool, against recording it. Therefore
ordered to be recorded. Source SCOPE AND CONTENT.Orders of Gen.Meeting for Co. of Lancaster 1690
WILL OF REV SAMUEL CROOKE, WRINGTON 1650
SOURCE I.G.I
Samuel bequeathed 20 pounds to poor of Wrington. Twenty shillings to poor of Barington and twenty shillings to poor of Kingston,
Seymour, Somerset.
Wife JUDITH executrix and all worldly goods and 40 pounds legacy
Niece Elizabeth wife of Thomas Gurinstead? Given money already distributed
Servants given quarter wage above that due at his decease
Dear brother Mr William Gregory, Minister and worthy friend Mr Thomas Baynard? Gent. To assist his executrix