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Sir Samuel Luke, of Cople Hoo (aka Hero of Hudibras)
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  1. Sir Samuel Luke, of Cople Hoo (aka Hero of Hudibras)1603 - 1670
  • HSir Samuel Luke, of Cople Hoo (aka Hero of Hudibras)1603 - 1670
  • W.  Elizabeth Freeman (add)
m. 2 Feb 1624
  1. Oliver Luke, of Wood EndAbt 1625 -
Facts and Events
Name[1] Sir Samuel Luke, of Cople Hoo (aka Hero of Hudibras)
Gender Male
Christening[3] 21 Mar 1603 Southill, Bedfordshire, England
Marriage 2 Feb 1624 Englandto Elizabeth Freeman (add)
Burial[3] 30 Aug 1670 Cople, Bedfordshire, England
References
  1. Virginia Magazine of History and Biography. (Richmond, Virginia: Virginia Historical Society)
    7:69 [1].

    ... George Luke, son of Oliver Luke, Esq., of Woodend, Bedfordshire, and a grandson of the hero of Hudibras, ...

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    http://www.nndb.com/people/159/000102850/

    ... [Samuel Butler, author of Hudibras, his] third sojourn, with Sir Samuel Luke at Cople Hoo, Bedfordshire, was not only apparently the longest, but also much the most important in its effects on his career and works. We are nowhere informed in what capacity Butler served Sir Samuel Luke, or how he came to reside in the house of a noted Puritan and Parliament man. In the family of this "valiant Mamaluke", who, whether he was or was not the original of Hudibras, was certainly a rigid Presbyterian, "a colonel in the army of the Parliament, scoutmaster-general for Bedfordshire and governor of Newport Pagnell", Butler must have had the most abundant opportunities of studying from the life those who were to be the victims of his satire; ...

  3. 3.0 3.1 Samuel Luke, in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia.