THE COKE PAPERS AT MELBOURNE HALL. 6r 



1630, October 14, Trusley. Sir Francis Coke to Sir John Coke, 

 Knight, Principal Secretary to His Majesty, at his house in Garlick 

 Hyth, London. 



My Lord of Newcastle proceeding in Nottinghamshire as he did in 

 Derbyshire, amongst others there my son William* was questioned, 

 when he answered for himself, that he had but a small estate, and 

 that at the time of the Coronation he was not in the Commission of 

 the peace, and a great part of his now estate accrued unto him within 

 these two years by the marriage of his wife. His Lordship and 

 the rest of the Commissioners have set him down 25I. His Lord- 

 ship will write to the Council not only this his answer, but will 

 make known to them my pains in this service. I am also to 

 move you at my good neighbour's and friends request, which is 

 Mr. Richard Revell, of Brookhill, that you would use your 

 endeavour to keep him from being Sheriff.t There is two of the 

 Morewoods, especially the elder, both fit men, for that place, and 

 divers others. 



1630, October, Derby. Sir Francis Coke to Sir John Coke, 

 Knight, Principal Secretary unto His Majesty. 



Both my Lord of Newcastle and the rest of us that were Com- 

 missioners in Derbyshire touching the fines of those that did not 

 appear at the Coronation for Knighthood have taken great care of 

 His Majesty's service therein, and have had an answerable success, 

 we having agreed for a good sum in our small county. Mr.' 

 Christopher Fulwood, eldest son of Sir George, showed that his 

 father was alive in the last year of King James, and that he had 



K * ^\'u\'V ^°?"'' ^^'^^^^ '°" ^"'^ ^eir of Sir Francis Coke, of Truslev was 



of°ChSesf t'e '^'aV-'; ^'l '=°"-?-"^'^ ^o at the time^f the Sjnatl" 

 01 cnarles 1. He married, when only 22, Maud, daughter and heiress of 

 Henry Beresford, of Alsop-in-the-Dale, fr^m whim accrued certSsmaU 

 properties at AIsop and Fenny Bentley. His first wife died in 1628 ^nd 

 he soon after rnarned again to Dorothy, daughter of Francis Saunders of 

 Shankton co. Northampton, with whom.Ve suppose, came the "now estate " 



inlhe'folloiing;ir!"'''^' being Sheriff ; Humphrey Okeover was appointed 



