George Coke

The Right Reverend

George Coke
The Right Reverend; George Coke
Bishop of Bristol and Hereford
	Effigy in Hereford Cathedral
Personal details
Born	3 October 1570; Longford, Derbyshire
Died	1646; Quedgeley, Gloucestershire or Eardisley, Herefordshire
Denomination	Anglican
Spouse	Jane Heigham (m.)
Children	five sons
Alma mater	St John's College, Cambridge

George Coke or Cooke (3 October 1570 – 10 December 1646)^[2] was successively the Bishop of Bristol and Hereford. After the battle of Naseby in 1645, Hereford was taken and Coke was arrested and taken to London. He avoided charges of High Treason in January 1646 and died in Gloucestershire that year.

^ ^a ^b Burkes Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry, Bernard Burke, 1847. Retrieved 28 March 2008
^ Atherton, Ian (2004). "Coke, George (1570–1646)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/5827. Retrieved 15 April 2008. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)

[burke-1] Burkes Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry, Bernard Burke, 1847. Retrieved 28 March 2008

[ODNB-2] Atherton, Ian (2004). "Coke, George (1570–1646)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/5827. Retrieved 15 April 2008. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)

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