Thomas Tuke

Thomas Tuke (c.1580–1657) was an English clergyman and controversial writer, of royalist views in later life.

He was educated at Christ's College, Cambridge, where he proceeded B.A.

On 19 July 1617 he was presented by James I to the vicarage of St. Olave Jewry, and he held that living till 16 March 1642–3, when he was sequestered, plundered, and imprisoned for his adherence to the royalist cause .

Richard Smyth, in his ‘Obituary’, notes that on 13 September 1657 ‘old Mr. Thomas Tuke, once minister at St. Olave's in the Old Jury, was buried at ye new chapell by the new markett place in Lincoln's Inn Fields.’ His wife Mary was buried at St. Olave's on 17 June 1654.

Among his works are: This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: "Tuke, Thomas".