Henry Cocke
Sir Henry Cocke (1538 – 24 March 1610), of Broxbourne, Hertfordshire, was an English politician.
He was the eldest son of John Cock, the Master of Requests, 1550–52 and educated at St. John’s College, Cambridge (Easter 1553) and the Inner Temple (1559).
He was a Justice of the Peace for Hertfordshire from 1569 and was appointed High Sheriff of Hertfordshire for 1574–75. He was elected a Member (MP) of the Parliament of England for Downton in 1571, St. Albans in 1572, and Hertfordshire in 1584, 1586 and 1593. He was knighted in 1577. He served as a deputy lieutenant for the county from 1575.
He married Ursula, the daughter and coheiress of James Bury of Hampton Poyle, Oxfordshire and had one son, who predeceased him, and 2 daughters.[1]
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