William Hooke (minister)

[2] Taking holy orders, Hooke became vicar of Upper Clatford, Hampshire in 1627.

[1] According to Anthony Wood, Jerom Turner, a well-known puritan minister, was his assistant there from about 1638 to 1640; in the latter year he probably emigrated to New England.

At first, he was minister to the newly founded settlement at Taunton, Massachusetts, where he was associated with Nicholas, and was the friend of Wilson and Mather.

[1] On 7 August 1659 Hooke preached at Whitehall; and he with the other chaplains had a special place at the Protector's funeral in September.

In the same year the London independents wrote to George Monck, then in the north, inquiring as to the toleration likely to be extended them in the future.

[2] By then Hooke was living underground in London, hosting a covert diplomatic meeting of John Winthrop the Younger.

Hooke also joined with Joseph Caryl in editing Davenport's devotional work, The Saints Anchor-Hold in all Storms and Tempests, London, 1661.

In 1663 he was made chaplain of the Savoy by Henry Killigrew and was in post in 1702 when the hospital was dissolved by the lord-keeper Wright.