Foster: fellow Corpus Christi, Cambridge 1690-9; BA 1689/90; incorp. 9 May 1706; DD 1712; Pauline exhibitioner WADHAM 1686-91; of MERTON College 1687; V of Chesterton 1705-7; R of Lambourne, Essex 1707; Headmaster of Bishops Stortford Grammar School 1693; died 1721; See St Paul's Sch. Reg, 59 & Foster Ind. Eccles.
VENN adds to this:doubtless son of Thomas (Toke) of Kent; Masters wrongly calls him son of Thomas (Tuke), V of St Olave's Jewry, London DNB); ord. priest Lincoln 12 Feb. 1692/3; at Lambourne until his death in 1721; married Anne, dau. of Richard Lydal, M.D. Warden of Merton Oxford; died s.p. aged 54; buried at Lambourne; brother of John (1696) and of Charles (1695); Masters 375; Morant I, 174
His will (13 July 1721 now held at TNA - PROB/11/580/447). For his importance to Bishops Stortford, see stortfordhistory.co.uk/guide3/grammar-school
| Year | Type | Name as Recorded | Location | Office/Status | Full Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1690 | Ordi(ordination) | Tooke, Thomas | / | deacon | View |
| 1693 | Ordi(ordination) | Tooke, Thomas | / | priest | View |
| 1707 | Subsc | Tooke, Thomas | Lambourn / | Rector | View |
| 1707 | Subsc | Booke, Thomas | Lambourne / | Rector | View |
| 1707 | Appt(Institution) | Tooke, Thomas | Lambourne / | Rector | View |
| 1707 | Vac(resignation) | Took, Thomas | Chesterton / | Vicar | View |
| 1721 | Vac(Death) | Tooke, Thomas | Lambourne / | Rector | View |