John (also John Hoker or John Vowell) was born at Bourbridge Hall, Exeter, Devon, England. He married first, Martha, daughter of Robert Tucker. He married second, Anastryce Bridgeman, daughter of Edward Bridgeman. Note: Documentation does NOT support that John Hooker was married to Rachel Grindal. John was buried without a monument in Exeter Cathedral. John was the uncle of Richard Hooker, the influential Anglican theologian
John was an English consitutionalist, writer, antiquary, administrator and advocate of republican government. From 1555 to 1601, he served as chamberlain of the city of Exeter. He also served for short periods of time in both the English and Irish parliaments.
Sources:
Clarke, Louise Brownell Clarke, The Greenes of Rhode Island with Historical Records of English Ancestry 1534-1902, New York, 1903.
Hate, , J. W. Schopp, and H. Tapley-Soper (1919 and 1947 Vowell alias Hooker, The Description of the Citie of Excester. Devon and Cornwall Record Society.
Mendyk, S, "Hooker , John (c.1527-1601)", Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, May 2005, accessed 26 July 2008
Mendle, Michael, Dangerous Positions; Mixed Government, the Estates of the Realm, and the Making of the "Answer to the xix propositions", University of Alabama Press, 1985. pp 51
Moore, Thomas Moore, History of Devonshire, volume ii, p.125.
John was an English consitutionalist, writer, antiquary, administrator and advocate of republican government. From 1555 to 1601, he served as chamberlain of the city of Exeter. He also served for short periods of time in both the English and Irish parliaments.
Sources:
Clarke, Louise Brownell Clarke, The Greenes of Rhode Island with Historical Records of English Ancestry 1534-1902, New York, 1903.
Hate, , J. W. Schopp, and H. Tapley-Soper (1919 and 1947 Vowell alias Hooker, The Description of the Citie of Excester. Devon and Cornwall Record Society.
Mendyk, S, "Hooker , John (c.1527-1601)", Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, May 2005, accessed 26 July 2008
Mendle, Michael, Dangerous Positions; Mixed Government, the Estates of the Realm, and the Making of the "Answer to the xix propositions", University of Alabama Press, 1985. pp 51
Moore, Thomas Moore, History of Devonshire, volume ii, p.125.
John (also John Hoker or John Vowell) was born at Bourbridge Hall, Exeter, Devon, England. He married first, Martha, daughter of Robert Tucker. He married second, Anastryce Bridgeman, daughter of Edward Bridgeman. Note: Documentation does NOT support that John Hooker was married to Rachel Grindal. John was buried without a monument in Exeter Cathedral. John was the uncle of Richard Hooker, the influential Anglican theologian
John was an English consitutionalist, writer, antiquary, administrator and advocate of republican government. From 1555 to 1601, he served as chamberlain of the city of Exeter. He also served for short periods of time in both the English and Irish parliaments.
Sources:
Clarke, Louise Brownell Clarke, The Greenes of Rhode Island with Historical Records of English Ancestry 1534-1902, New York, 1903.
Hate, , J. W. Schopp, and H. Tapley-Soper (1919 and 1947 Vowell alias Hooker, The Description of the Citie of Excester. Devon and Cornwall Record Society.
Mendyk, S, "Hooker , John (c.1527-1601)", Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, May 2005, accessed 26 July 2008
Mendle, Michael, Dangerous Positions; Mixed Government, the Estates of the Realm, and the Making of the "Answer to the xix propositions", University of Alabama Press, 1985. pp 51
Moore, Thomas Moore, History of Devonshire, volume ii, p.125.
John was an English consitutionalist, writer, antiquary, administrator and advocate of republican government. From 1555 to 1601, he served as chamberlain of the city of Exeter. He also served for short periods of time in both the English and Irish parliaments.
Sources:
Clarke, Louise Brownell Clarke, The Greenes of Rhode Island with Historical Records of English Ancestry 1534-1902, New York, 1903.
Hate, , J. W. Schopp, and H. Tapley-Soper (1919 and 1947 Vowell alias Hooker, The Description of the Citie of Excester. Devon and Cornwall Record Society.
Mendyk, S, "Hooker , John (c.1527-1601)", Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, May 2005, accessed 26 July 2008
Mendle, Michael, Dangerous Positions; Mixed Government, the Estates of the Realm, and the Making of the "Answer to the xix propositions", University of Alabama Press, 1985. pp 51
Moore, Thomas Moore, History of Devonshire, volume ii, p.125.
