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He was dogged by controversy and involved in complicated legal actions from 1707 until the end of his life. Accused of accepting gifts contrary to the rules governing his position as a judge, he was investigated by a committee of the House of
Commons. Although exonerated in a vote of the House, his
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Having bought land in West New Jersey and considered emigrating to
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position was further undermined by a bitter dispute with Daniel Coxe, his former partner in land investment in New Jersey, which ended up in the
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Hooke's religion had changed from the nonconformist beliefs of his father and grandfather to mainstream
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in 1654. His father, also called John Hooke, was a nonconformist
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Patents and Deeds and Other Early Records of New Jersey, 1664-1703
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