Zachary Lok, MP

Family and Education

b. 1561, 1st s. of Michael Lok of London by his 1st w. Joan, da. of William Wilkinson. educ. Winchester scholar 1572, aged 11; Magdalen Hall, Oxf. 1577, BA 1580. m. Dorothy, da. of James Brampton of Brampton, Norf. by Maria, da. and h. of Sir Edward Boleyn, ?1s.

Biography

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• Lincolnshire pedigrees Vol. I by Maddison, Arthur Roland
• https://archive.org/details/lincolnshirepedi01madd
• https://archive.org/stream/lincolnshirepedi01madd#page/n374/mode/1up
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  • Brampton of South Reston.
• .... etc.
• James Brampton, 5th son or 3rd, guardian of his nephew Edward in 1558. = Mary, dau. and coheir of Sir Edward Bullen of Blickling, co. Norfolk. ; ch: (Pg.172 Anthony, John, Jeffry, Edward, James (m. Alice Meyre), Eleanor, Alice, Amy (m. Thomas Sterne), Dorothy (m. Zachary Locke) Brampton.
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  • Pg.172
  • Dorothy, mar. to Zachary Locke of London; bur. at Greenwich.
  • .... etc. ______________________
• Genealogical Gleanings in England, Volume 2 By Henry Fitz-Gilbert Waters
• https://books.google.com/books?id=caNCAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA1226&lpg=PA1226...
• https://archive.org/details/genealogicalglea02byuwate
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• JANE LOCKE, wife of Michael Locke of London mercer, 9 February 1570, proved 6 April 1571. All my worldly goods are my husband's by whose love I have hitherto enjoyed them ; and now with his consent I bequeath part of them. To my son Zacharia a goblet of serpentine stone
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• garnished with silver. Rings, Jewells, goblets &c. to sons Eleazar, Gersom and Benjamin. To son William a ring of gold with a lock graven. Daughters Anne, Joane and Elizabeth. My sister Anne Locke. My cousin Kateryne Segar. My cousin Joane Argall. My Lady Cromwell wife of Sir Henry Cromwell, knight. My cousin Richard Spryngham, mercer. My cousin Raphe Hethington. My good friend Mrs. Anne Warcuppe. My kinsman Raphe Warcupp, now my servant. Margaret Yale. My husband to be executor. Holney, 14.
• ZACHARY LOK, 29 January 1602, proved 4 April 1603. I desire that my body might be buried in Mercers Chapel in London near to the place where my great grandfather Thomas Lok and my grandfather Sir William Lok were buried, if it please God I die near London, or otherwise in the parish church of that place where it shall please God to call me. The poor of Bow parish. To my father Mr. Michael Lok my seal of arms &c. To my brother Eleazer Lok my hoop ring with a diamond which I wear and the "Armyng swoorde" and dagger which my Lord Willoughby gave me. My brother Benjamin Lok. My brother Jenny and his wife. My brother Sansom and my sister Jone his wife. My sister Sansom's children. My brother Bleuett in Cornwall and each of his children by my sister Anne Lok. I give to Sir Edward Norris knight mine armor complete,
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• with the trunk wherein it is, which I pray him to accept, which I do in consideration of a wrong which I was privy unto that was done to his brother Sir John Norris in the low countries. And I know not where else to make any satisfaction for the clearing of my conscience. The residue I give and bequeath to my dearly beloved mistress Ursula Johnson whom I intend, by God's grace, to make my wife ; and her I do nominate, constitute and appoint to be the sole executrix of this my will. Bolein, 27.
• Sentence to confirm the above will was promulgated 11 July 1606 after litigation between Michael Locke of the one part and Ursula Johnson executrix &c. of the other. Stafford, 53. ___________________________
• Family histories and genealogies. A series of genealogical and biographical monographs on the families of MacCurdy, Mitchell, Lord, Lynde, Digby, Newdigate, Hoo, Willoughby, Griswold, Wolcott, Pitkin, Ogden, Johnson, Diodati, Lee and Marvin, and notes on the families of Buchanan, Parmelee, Boardman, Lay, Locke, Cole, De Wolf, Drake, Bond and Swayne, Dunbar and Clarke, and a notice of Chief Justice Morrison Remick Waite. With twenty-nine pedigree-charts and two charts of combined descents by Salisbury, Edward Elbridge
• https://archive.org/details/familyhistoriesg12sali
• https://archive.org/stream/familyhistoriesg12sali#page/605/mode/1up
• The Lockes claim to have been a very ancient family, before the Conquest, originally Scotch, with the name Loch. The seat of our family, as we shall see, had been from early times at Merton, co. Surrey.
• "I. William Locke[1] (Lock, Lok or Loke, as the name was indifferently spelt in early times) had two sons, viz : John[2] Locke, Citizen and Mercer of London, who died in 1519, leaving no issue, and
• "II. Thomas [2] Locke, also Citizen and Mercer of London, who died in 1507. By his wife Joanna Wilcocks of Rotheram, co. York [an only daughter and heiress], who died in 1512, and was buried with her husband in Mercers' Chapel, he had a son, viz :
• "III. Sir William [3] Locke, Knight, Alderman of London, who was born about 1486, as he was admitted to the freedom of London, at the
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• end of his apprenticeship, in 1507. He succeeded to his father's business and estate, and became an eminent tradesman and citizen. He received the royal appointment of Mercer to King Henry VIII., with whom he was an especial favorite, having a key to the King's Private Chamber, and occasionally entertaining him at dinner at his house in London. There are records in existence showing materials furnished by him to the royal household, including Queen Anna Boleyn and the Princess, afterwards Queen, Elizabeth, as also Will Somers, the King's Jester. After being several years an Alderman, he was elected Sheriff of London in 1548, and was knighted on the 3d of October in that year, but died before it was his turn to become Lord Mayor.
• https://archive.org/stream/familyhistoriesg12sali#page/607/mode/1up
• "Sir William Locke married four wives :
• "1st, Alice daughter [and heiress] of a Citizen and Fishmonger of London named Spencer [or Spence], who has not yet been identified. She died in 1522, and was buried in Mercers' Chapel."
• "The name of his first wife has been variously given by different writers ; some say it was Alice Spence, and others Elizabeth Spencer. Anciently the names of Elizabeth and Alice were convertible, one for the other. The records of the Herald's office, which are the best authority, say that her name was Alice Spence." ("Book of the Lockes.")
• "2dly, Catharine daughter of William Cooke of Salisbury. She died in childbed of her eleventh child (Sir William's twentieth) 14 October 1537, and was buried at Merton, in Surrey."
• She was daughter of Sir Thomas Cooke, Knt., of Wiltshire. (Burke's Extinct Baronetcies, London, 2d ed., 1844, 262-63.)
• "3dly , Eleanor widow of Walter Marsh. They were married at St. Lawrence, Old Jewry, London, 13 May 1540, her first husband having been buried there the preceding 20th of January. She died in 1546, having had no issue.
• "4thly , Elizabeth widow of Robert Meredith, Citizen and Mercer of London, and formerly wife of — Hutton. Their marriage license was granted 28 January 1547-48, her husband Meredith having been buried at St. Lawrence, Jewry, 9 January 1546-47. She survived Sir William Locke, having no issue by him, and was buried in Mercers' Chapel, London, 5 December 1551. The curious feature of this marriage was that she was the second wife and widow of Sir William Locke's own son-in-law, Robert Meredith having first married a daughter of Sir William by his first wife, as will be seen hereafter.
• "Sir William Locke died at the age of about 64, on the 24th, and was buried in Mercers' Chapel [St. Thomas of Acres] 27 August 1550.
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• "By his second wife, Catharine Cooke, Sir William Locke had eleven children, viz : Dorothy,[4] Catharine,[4] John,[4] Alice,[4] Thomazin,[4] Francis[4] and a second John,[4] of none of whom is there anything of particular interest to record. The first two married tradesmen in London, and the others died without issue.
• .... etc.
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• " Of the sons [of Sir William Locke by his second wife], Michael[4] Locke became a Merchant of eminence in London, and was twice married : first, to Joane daughter of William Wilkinson, Sheriff of London ; and, secondly, to Margery widow of Dr. Caesar Adelmare, by whom she was the mother of the celebrated Sir Julius Caesar. Michael Locke had by his first wife five sons and three daughters, the eldest of whom, Zachary[5] Locke Esq., died in 1603, being then Member of Parliament for the Borough of Southwark.
• .... etc. ____________________________
• Book of the Lockes: A genealogical and historical record of the descendants ... By John Goodwin Locke
• http://books.google.com/books?id=2twUAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA358&lpg=PA358&dq...
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• John Locke, sheriff of London, 1460 ch: Thomas d. 1507
• Thomas Locke d. anno 1507 m. Joan Wilcock d.1512 ch: 1. John d.1519, 2. Sir William d. 1550 m. 2 wives; (b) 1st Elizabeth Spencer, 2nd Catharine, daughter of Wm. Cook, 3. Michael, 4. Thomas (probably son) m. Mary.
  • (a) I am of opinion, after an examination of Stow's "Survey of London," that the "arms in the window" were those of Sir William Locke, who was buried in Mercer's Chapel in 1550; yet a doubt remains.
  • (b) He had four wives.
• https://archive.org/stream/bookoflockesgene00lock#page/342/mode/1up
• 3. Michael Locke, younger brother (a) of Sir William, children: 1. Matthew
• 1. Mathew Locke, ch: 1. Richard d.1617 and 2. Christopher
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• 2. Christopher Locke, the youngest son children: 1. Christopher, 2. John, 3. Honour, 4. Christian, 5. Lewis.
• https://archive.org/stream/bookoflockesgene00lock#page/349/mode/1up
• Sir William Locke was employed by Henry Vlll., having the charge of his commercial affairs "both at home and abroad." In the Cottonian Library, London, are several manuscript letters from him to the King, and to Secretary Cromwell, dated at Antwerp, in 1533-4, 1535 and 1538, relating to some works carrying on at Calais, concerning negotiations with France and about the woollen trade. He was, says Collins, "Particularly employed by Queen Anne Bullen, [Boleyn] privately to gather the Epistles, Gospels and Psalms, from beyond sea, in which he ran great hazard, some having been secretly made away with, for attempting the same thing." He had four wives, (see the chart, p. 358-9,) and twenty or more children, many of which died young. The name of his first wife has been variously given by different writers ; some say it was Alice Spence, and others Elizabeth Spencer. Anciently the names of Elizabeth and Alice were convertible, one for the other. The records of the Herald's office, which are the best authority, say that her name was Alice Spence.
• https://archive.org/stream/bookoflockesgene00lock#page/358/mode/2up
  • The following Pedigree is principally compiled from the Herald's Visitation and the Gentleman's Magazine.
• JOHN LOCKE, Sheriff of London 1461, his Monument was in the Church of St. Mary, Bow, London. He was probably descended from Thomas Locke, of Merton Abbey, in Surrey. Lyson says the Rectory of Merton was granted to Thomas Locke by Edward III. in 1291. ; ch: Thomas (m. Joan Wilcock)
  • Thomas, merchant of London, d. 1507, buried at St Thomas of Acres, London. = Joan, only dau. and heir of Mr. Wilcock or Wilkokes, of Rotherman, in Yorkshire; d. 1512. ; ch: Sir William (m. Alice Spence & Katherine Cook & Eleanor, wid. Marshe & Elizabeth wid. Meredith), John (d.1519), Thomas (m. Mary Minister), Michael?
    • John, died s p. buried in Mercer's Chapel, London, 1519.
    • Thomas wf. Mary Minister at Merton 1552, probably was son of Thomas.
    • (Michael?)
    • Sir WILLIAM, Knt. and Alderman, b. 1480, d. 1550. He was knighted by Hen. VIII. for going over to Dunkirk and pulling down the Pope's bull; was sheriff of London 1548. Sir William was Gent. of the Privy Chamber. His 3d wf. was Eleanor, wid. of Walter Marshe. She d 1546. His 4th wf. was Elizabeth, widow of Robert Meredith. = 1st. Alice Spence or Elizabeth Spencer, of London who died in 1522, buried at Mercer's Chapel, London. ; ch: William (b. 1511), Philip (d.1524), Jane (m. Robt. Meredith), Peter (d.1517), William (b.1517), Richard (d.1516), Edmund (d.1516), Thomas (m. Mary Lounge), Matthew (m. Elizabeth Baker) Locke ; = 2d. Katherine, dau. of William, and sister and co-heir of Sir Thos Cook of Wiltshire, Knt. She was buried at Merton Abbey, Surrey. She d. Oct. 14, 1537. ; ch: Dorothy (m. Otwell Hill & Jno. Cosworth), Katherine (m. Thomas Stacey & William Matthew), Rose (m. Anthony Hickman & _ Throgmorton), John (d. France), Alice (d.1537), Thomasin (d.1530), Henry (m. Anne Vaughan), Michael (m. Jane Wilkinson & Margery Peryn), Elizabeth (m. Richard Hill & Nicholas Bullingham), John (d.1537) Locke
      • William, b. 1511, died 1517.
      • Philip, d. 1524, s. p.
      • Jane, born August 29, 1512; m. Robt. Meredith, of London, Mercer. ; ch: Mary (m. Richard Springham)
      • Peter, died 1517, s. p.
      • William b. 1517, d. 1519.
      • Richard d. 1516.
      • Edmund, died for love of Sir Brian Tuke's or Tuck's daughter 1545.
      • Thomas, b. Feb. 8, 1514, a merchant of London = Mary dau. of __ Lounge. ; ch: 1. William, 2. Rowland, 3. Mathew (m. Dau. of Sir William Allen), 4. John, 5. Mary Locke
        • .... etc.
      • Matthew, of London, Merchant. = Elizabeth dau. of __ Baker, d. 1551. ; ch: Elisabeth (m. Rich'd Chandler) Locke
        • .... etc.
      • Dorothy, md. 1. Otwell Hill, of Lond , merchant; 2. m. Jno. Cosworth, of Lond., merchant. ; ch: Thomas Cosworth.
      • Katherine, m. 1 Thomas Stacey, of London, mercer. 2 m. William Matthew of Bradden, Northamptonshire.
      • Rose, b. Dec. 26, 1526. 2 m __ Throgmorton, Esq., of Brampton, in Huntingtonshire She d. Novemb. 21, 1613, a 86. = 1. Anthony Hickman, merchant of London, son of Walter, of Woodford, in Essex. ; ch: William, Henry (m. Ann Wallop), Walter (m. Elisabeth Stanes), Anthony (d.1597), Matthew, Eleaser, Dau. (m. Robert Phillips) Locke
      • John, d. France s.p. went to Jerusalem 1553 and to Guinea 1554.
      • Alice, d. 1537, s p .
      • Thomasin, d. 1530, s. p.
      • Henry, of London, merchant and mercer. His will, dated Jan'y 18, 1570, proved Oct'r 31, 1571. = Anne Vaughan.
      • MICHAEL, of London, merchant. 2. m. Margery Peryn, wid. of Caesar Dalmarias, fa. of Sir Julius Caesar, Knt. = 1. Jane, dau. of William Wilkinson, mercer, and Shf. of London. ; ch: Matthew, Eleaser, Benjamin, Zachary, Dau. (m. Wm. Sanson), Dau. (m. __ Jenney) Locke
        • MATTHEW, of Pensford in somersetshire. (A) See note on p. 358. ; ch: Richard (d.1617), Christopher (of Pilrow, near Lockestown.) Locke
          • Richard, of Bedminster, Co. of Somerset, d. 1617. ; ch: John (Mayor of Bristol, 1641) Locke
            • John .... etc.
          • CHRISTOPHER, of Pilrow, near Lockestown. ; ch: Christopher (bap.1593), John (m. _ Bernard or Miss Keen/Ken), Honour (m. Francis Shepard), Christian (bap.1601), Lewis (4 wives 35 ch.), William probably (m. Elisabeth), Sarah perhaps (m. Nicholas Davies) Locke
            • Christopher .... etc.
        • Eleaser, will dated mar. 30, 1605.
        • Benjamin, of Bristol, merch't, will dated 1605, proved 1611.
        • Zachary, will dated 1602.
        • A Dau. m. Wm. Sanson.
        • A Dau. m. _ Jenney.
      • Elizabeth, b.Aug. 3, 1535, 2 m. Nicholas Bullingham, Bishop of Warcester, 1570, who d. 1576. Had one child. = Richard Hill, of London, who d. 1568, by him had 13 children. ; ch: Katherine, (m. Dr. Goad), Elisabeth (m. Edw'd Archbold), Margaret (m. Luke Smyth), Rowland (bap.1561), Otwell (b.1558), Mary (m. Sir Thos. Mounteford, MD), Ann (m. __ Andros) Hill
        • Katherine, .... etc.
      • John, his mother died at his birth, and he d. the day after.
    • .... etc.
• In a note on page 343, I commented on the statement made in the Gentleman's Magazine, that Michael Locke, the Father of Mathew of Pensford, was a younger Brother of Sir William, while other authorities had spoken of him as a son of Sir William. The principal reason that has influenced my opinion in favor the the statement in the Gent. Mag. is that the Michael Locke who was son of Sir William had three sons, Zachary, Benjamin, and Eleazer, and several daus., and that although these three sons speak of each other and their sisters in their wills, no mention is made of a bro. Matthew. On this Hypothesis, the descent of Matthew is represented by the dotted line. ___________________
• Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900, Volume 34
• Lok, Michael by John Knox Laughton
• LOK, MICHAEL (fl. 1615), traveller, was a younger son of Sir William Lok [q. v.] According to memorials presented by Michael Lok in 1576 and on 26 May 1577 (Cal. State Papers, East Indies), he was kept at school until 1545, when he was thirteen. His father then sent him to Flanders and France. After being seven years in Flanders he went in 1552 to Spain, following his business as a merchant, and there and at Lisbon had opportunities of seeing ‘the marvellous great trade of the Spanish West Indies, and the great traffic into the East Indies.’ During twenty-four years ‘he travelled through almost all the countries of Christianity,’ and was ‘captain of a ship of one thousand tons in divers voyages in the Levant.’ He also studied history, languages, and ‘all matters appertaining to the traffic of merchants, and spent more than 500l. in books, maps, charts, and instruments.’ His boast is corroborated by Hakluyt (Divers Voyages to America, Hakluyt Soc., p. 18), who speaks of him as ‘a man for his knowledge in divers languages, and especially in cosmography, able to do his country good, and worthy, in my judgment, for the manifold good parts in him, of good reputation and better fortune.’
• In the course of his many voyages he had already made the acquaintance of Martin Frobisher [q. v.], and in 1576 entered warmly into the scheme for the voyage to the north-west, supplying many of the necessaries at his own cost. When the Cathay Company was formed in March 1577, Lok was appointed governor for six years. The venture, however, entirely failed, and in January 1579 he had to petition the privy council for relief and assistance (Cal. State Papers, East Indies). For the past three years, he wrote, he had taken charge of all the business of Frobisher's voyages; of his own money he had expended some 7,500l., ‘all the goods he had in the world, whereby himself, his wife, and fifteen children are left to beg their bread.’ On this petition 430l. was allowed him in February 1579; but in June 1581 he was again petitioning the privy council, being a prisoner in the Fleet, condemned at the suit of William Borough to pay 200l. for a ship bought for Frobisher's last voyage, ‘which is not the petitioner's debt.’ He was also bound for a debt of nearly 3,000l., ‘still owing by the company of adventurers.’ He was still petitioning in November, when he had been six months in prison (ib. pp. 63, 70). Of his release there is no account; but he does not seem to have recovered his money, and as late as 1614–15 he was still being sued for a debt of 200l. due for stores supplied to Frobisher's ships (Exchequer Decrees and Orders, 12–13 Jac. I).
• In 1587–8 Lok was in Dublin, and in 1592 went out to Aleppo under an engagement as consul for the Levant Company for four years. After two years, however, the appointment was summarily cancelled, by the intrigues—as Lok asserted—of one Dorrington, in the employment of Sir John Spenser, alderman of London (Addit. MS. 12497; Zachary Lok to Cecil, 9 Dec. 1598, in Cal. State Papers, Dom.). He claimed the full amount of his salary for the four years; but in 1599 he was still claiming it, nor does it appear that he was ever paid. In 1603 Lok's son Zachary died, bequeathing him his seal, his black coat lined with plush, and all his books. On 29 June 1608 Lok wrote to the Earl of Salisbury, sending him intelligence of the warlike preparations of the king of Spain (ib.), and in 1614–15 he was still defending an action as to the debts of the Cathay Company. He was then eighty-three, and doubtless died shortly afterwards.
• Lok married, first, Joan, daughter of William Wilkinson, sheriff of London. She died 1571, leaving several children, of whom eight are named in her will (dated 9 Feb. 1570–1, proved by Lok 6 April 1571). He married, secondly, Mary (or Margaret), daughter of Martin Perient, treasurer to the army in Ireland, widow of Cæsar Adelmare (d. 1569), and mother of Julius Cæsar [q. v.] the judge. In 1579 Lok described himself, in his petitions, as having a wife and fifteen children. An essay, ‘An conveniens sit Matrimonium inter Puellam et Senem’ (Add. MS. 12503), which he wrote in 1583, might be thought to imply that he was meditating a third marriage in his old age. Besides this essay, he translated into English part of Peter Martyr's ‘Historie of the West Indies,’ which was published in 1612. Lok's name is here spelt as he signed it.
• [Authorities in the text; notes and references kindly communicated by Mr. W. Noel Sainsbury and Mr. G. E. Cokayne.]
• From: https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Lok,_Michael_(DNB00) _____________
• Fragmenta Genealogica, Volume 2 By Frederick Arthur Crisp
• https://books.google.com/books?id=ViUwAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA69&lpg=PA69&dq=...
• Pg.67
  • Autograph Will of Zachary Lok, 1603. _______________________
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