Foster: B.A. from Clare Hall, Cambridge, 1629-30, M.A. 1633, B.D. 1640 (incorporated 12 July, 1653), D.D. per Lit. Reg. 1660; vicar of Clerkenwell, of Walthamstow, Essex, 1662, and of Tottenham, Middlesex, 1666, rector of St. Martin, Ironmonger Lane, London, 1639, preacher at St. Mary, Islington, chaplain to Charles II.; died in 1682, or 1692; father of Edward next-named. See Fasti, i. 178-9.
| Year | Type | Name as Recorded | Location | Office/Status | Full Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1634 | Appt(Licensing) | Sparke, Edward | St James Clerkenwell / | Preacher | View |
| 1639 | Appt(Presentation) | Sparke, Edward | St Martin in Irenmonger Lane, London / | Rector | View |
| 1661 | Vac(resignation) | Sparke, Edvardi | St Martin Pomeroy, Ironmonger Lane / | Rector | View |
| 1661 | Ordi(ordination) | Sparke, Edward | / | priest | View |
| 1662 | Subsc | Sparke, Edoardus | St James Clerkenwell / | Preacher | View |
| 1662 | Subsc | Sparke, Edward | Walthamstow / | Perpetual Vicar | View |
| 1662 | Subsc | Sparke, Edoardus | St James Clerkenwell / | View | |
| 1662 | Appt(Institution) | Sparke, Edvardus | Walthamstowe / | Perpetual Vicar | View |
| 1664 | Libc | Sparke, Edward | Walthamstow / | Vicar | View |
| 1664 | Libc | Sparke, Edward | St James Clerkenwell / | (Other) | View |
| 1666 | Appt(Institution) | Sparke, Edmundus | Tottenham / | Perpetual Vicar | View |
| 1666 | Vac(resignation) | Sparke, Edvardi | St Mary, Walthamstow / | Perpetual Vicar | View |
| 1666 | Subsc | Sparke, Edvardus | Tottenham / | Vicar | View |
| 1693 | Vac(natural death) | Sparke, Edvardi | Cottenham / | Vicar | View |