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The Rev. John HALKE
1601 - 1678 (~ 76 years)
Has 11 ancestors but no descendants in this family tree.
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Name John HALKE Prefix The Rev. Relationship 
with Teresa Ann GOATHAM Baptised 7 Jun 1601 Ss. Gregory and Martin’s Church, Wye, Kent, England 
[1] Gender Male Education Corpus Christi College, Cambridge University, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England BA - from ordination record
Ordained 21 Sep 1623 Peterborough Cathedral, Peterborough, Northamptonshire, England Deacon - from CCED
Ordained 22 Sep 1623 Peterborough Cathedral, Peterborough, Northamptonshire, England Priest - from CCED
Occupation 24 Oct 1635 Eastwell, Kent, England Curate - Licensed in 1635, the licensing book has a testimonial by Dr Jackson, chaplain to the Archbishop (William Laud).
He was licensed for Canterbury diocese as well as for Eastwell parish.
(from CCEd)
The rector of the parish at this time was one Willaim Sandford.
Occupation From 1638 to 1647 Upminster, Essex, England Rector - The Rectors board in Upminster Church shows John was first Rector from 1638-1647.
A register records his institution on 14 Sep 1638, Dr William Harvey MD (John's cousin) being the patron (source: CCEd, citing Guildhall library 9531/15 (Register) ).
The following day John was also licensed as Preacher (source CCed, citing London Metropolitan Archives DL/C/344 (Vicar-General's Book))
John was ejected during the interregnum. The first of 4 ministers to take his place was Marmaduke James in 1647.
John petitioned the House of Lords about his removal in 1648; on 28 September 1648 Marmaduke James, by then Minister of Upminster, supplied a petition and answer regarding the petition exhibited by John Halke. (from TNA Discovery catalogue)
Occupation From 1660 to 8 Sep 1662 Upminster, Essex, England Rector - The Rectors board in Upminster Church shows John's second spell as 1662 - 1665 but other sources do not agree.
Also, the restoration being in 1660 those who had been ejected were able to get their positions back then, not 1662. The 1662 removal of puritanical leaning clergy was not of those who had replaced ejected clergy, but of those who felt unable to conform. Most of these would probably only have been appointed to their position during the interregnum, but where there was a vacancy, not due to the removal of a priest.
Venn in Alumni Cantabrigienses has an entry for a John Robotham, who he shows as not just university educated but a priest prior to the interregnum, having graduated B.A. in 1616.
However, he also says that in a petition by John Halke to the House of Lords in 1660, Halke described Robotham as "a wheelwright and Anabaptist; a mere tradesman".
The rectors board in Upminster shows several ministers during the period of John's removal, the last of these being John Robotham.
On 8 Sep 1662 one John Newton was instituted as Rector of Upminster, at which time John Halke, shown as the former Rector, was the patron (CCEd)
Tax records 1664 Peter Street south, Westminster, London, England Hearth Tax - The record shows that John Halke had 3 hearths, listing status: s, note: iij
From 'Hearth Tax: Westminster 1664, St Margarets Westminster , Peter Street South', in London Hearth Tax: Westminster 1664 (2011), British History Online website [accessed 12 October 2015].
Residence 1678 Kensington, Middlesex, England - At the time of his death - described in his will as "John Halke Clerke of the Parish of Kensington in the Countie of Middx". This may just mean, though that he was a clerk [priest] and was living in the Parish of Kensington, not that he held any office there. There is no entry for him in Kensington on CCEd.
Died 1678 - Between writing his will and it being proved
Will 8 Sep 1678 Written - The will mentions a number of relations and others, but I have yet to work out how some of them were related or otherwise connected to John.
TNA ref: PROB 11/358/214
Probate 4 Nov 1678 Prerogative Court of Canterbury, London, England - Probate was granted to the two executors, Richard Halke of Hastingleigh and Thomas B(a/e)ck of Blackwall
Siblings3 brothers and 3 sisters Half-siblings1 half brother (family of John CROOKES and Elizabeth ROSE) Patriarch & Matriarch 
John HALKE, b. Est 1433, d. 1492, Wye, Kent, England (Age ~ 59 years) (3 x Great Grandfather) 
Elizabeth ROSE, d. Between 1615 and 1631 (Mother)Person ID I17258 All Last Modified 3 Oct 2020
Father The Rev. William HALKE, b. Abt 1565, Hastingleigh, Kent, England , d. Between 4 Apr 1615 and 23 Aug 1615 (Age ~ 50 years) Mother Elizabeth ROSE, d. Between 1615 and 1631
Other Partners: John CROOKESMarried 27 Jan 1595/96 St. Mary Northgate Church, Canterbury, Kent, England - Dispute over Wm HALKE, minster of Upminster's will in the Court of Chancery (C 2/JasI/C24/58, between 1603-1625), shows that he was a married to an Elizabeth, who by then was married to a John Crookes.
I have not yet found a marriage but William and probably Elizabeth appear to have been having children baptised in Wye by 1599, and I suspect Amy baptised in 1596/7 in Hastingleigh was also theirs (the other William and Elizabeths whose children's baptismal dates overlap were not by then married, unless they had earlier marriages to those I know of*).
It therefore seems probabled that they were married by 1597 and that the Court of Chancery case of that year refers to them. (So far I have only seen the Discovery catalogue entry - TNA ref C 2/Eliz/C12/25).
This shows Elizabeth's father was John ROSE, hence that would seem almost certainly her surname.
FamilySearch has an entry for a marriage of a William Hanke to Elizabeth Rose at St. Mary Northgate, Canterbury on 27 Jan 1595. Hanke is almost certainly Hauke, and so it would appear to be this couple.
The film this entry is from has both data transcribed from the ATs and BTs for St Mary Northgate, but as the BTs only date from 1604 this marriage must be from the ATs. (Unfortunately it does not show if the date is OS or NS - I am guessing OS)
(* William of Hastingleigh, married 1605; William of Braborne / Bircholt, married 1599)
William's will mentions his children but not by name, so I could be missing some, especially likely if any were born after his move to Essex.
Family ID F6931 Family Group Page | Family Chart
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Sources - [S234] Wye - Ss. Gregory and Martin Parish Registers, Ss. Gregory and Martin Church (Wye, Kent), (findmypast.com.), "Register for 1538-1602," Baptism of John HAWKE; accessed 2 Oct 2014 (Reliability: 3).
"John Hawke, sonne of William Hawke, the vii of June"
Archive ref: U3/174/1/A1
- [S234] Wye - Ss. Gregory and Martin Parish Registers, Ss. Gregory and Martin Church (Wye, Kent), (findmypast.com.), "Register for 1538-1602," Baptism of John HAWKE; accessed 2 Oct 2014 (Reliability: 3).