Francis Clerke (politician, died 1686)

Sir Francis Clerke (c. 1624 – 25 February 1686) was an English lawyer and politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1661 and 1685.

[1] Clerke inherited his father's property which included Restoration House at Rochester.

During the English Civil War, the house had been sequestered and occupied by Colonel Gibbon, Cromwell's commander in South East England.

When King Charles II returned to London in 1660, Rochester was an important stopping place on the way, and Restoration House was fitted out to provide an overnight base for the King and his family.

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