Arthur Sparke

Arthur Sparke (5 June 1628 – 1677) was an English lawyer and politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1660.

Arthur Sparke
Member of Parliament
for Hertford
In office
4 April 1660 – 25 March 1661
Succeeded bySir Edward Turnor
Personal details
Born5 June 1628
Died1677
NationalityBritish
Spouse(s)Mary North
Children~2

Life and work

Birth

Arthur was born on 5 June 1628, as the fifth (but third surviving) son of Thomas Sparke, the rector of Brown Candover parish.[1]

Positions

Sparke was a barrister of the Middle Temple,[2] from 1651 to 1655 he served as the Town clerk in Hertford, and was also steward of the borough court from 1661 until 1675.[1] In 1660, he was elected Member of Parliament for Hertford in the Convention Parliament.[1] He was deputy to the King's Remembrancer in the Exchequer and a Justice of the Peace for Hertfordshire.[2]

Family

Sparke married Mary North, daughter of Hugh North of Marden in the parish of Tewin.[2] With her he had at least two sons, the second of whom (Arthur Sparke) was born on 1 March 1661 but died on 12 January 1665 and was buried in the Church of St Mary the Virgin in Baldock.[3][4]

Death

He died at the age of 49 in 1677.

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References
  1. "SPARKE, Arthur (1628-77), of Hertford and London. | History of Parliament Online". www.historyofparliamentonline.org. Retrieved 8 December 2016.
  2. History of the Ancient Town and Borough of Hertford. Print. & pub. for the author, by St. Austin & Sons. 1 January 1830.
  3. Chauncy, Sir Henry (1700). The historical antiquities of Hertforshire. Bishops Stortford: St. Austin & Sons. p. 512.
  4. Cox, Thomas; Hall, Anthony; Morden, Robert (1738). Gloucestershire - Lincolnshire. p. 987.


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