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John Hooker

English writer, solicitor, antiquary, civic administrator and advocate of republican government

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Also known as John Hoker · John Vowell

Born: 1520s
Died: 1601
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1.Stated in Open LibraryRetrieved 2017-10-09
2.Stated in TroveRetrieved 2017-10-09
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Occupation: politician
Positions held: Member of Parliament in the Parliament of England
, Member of the 1571 Parliament
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1.Stated in The History of Parliament
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, Member of the 1586-87 Parliament
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1.Stated in The History of Parliament
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Languages spoken, written or signed: English
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John Hooker alias John Vowell of Exeter in Devon, was an English historian, writer, solicitor, antiquary, and civic administrator. From 1555 to his death he was Chamberlain of Exeter. He was twice MP for Exeter in 1570/1 and 1586, and for Athenry in Ireland in 1569 and wrote an influential treatise on parliamentary procedure. He wrote an eye-witness account of the siege of Exeter during the Prayer Book Rebellion in 1549. He spent several years in Ireland as legal adviser to Sir Peter Carew, and following Carew's death in 1575 wrote his biography. He was one of the editors of the second edition of Raphael Holinshed's Chronicles, published in 1587. His last, unpublished and probably uncompleted work was the first topographical description of the county of Devon. He founded a guild of Merchant Adventurers under a charter from Queen Mary. He was the uncle of Richard Hooker, the influential Anglican theologian.

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Given name: John
Family name: Hooker
Sex or gender: male

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