the employment of Sir John Spenser, alderman of London. He claimed the full amount of his salary for the four years; but in 1599 he was still claiming it. On 29 June 1608 Lok wrote to Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury sending him intelligence of the warlike preparations of the king of Spain. Works An essay, An conveniens sit Matrimonium inter Puellam et Senem from 1583, might imply that he was meditating a third marriage in his old age. He also translated into English part of Peter Martyr's Historie of the West Indies, which was published in 1612. Marriages and issue Lok married firstly, about 1562, Jane Wilkinson, the daughter of William Wilkinson (d.1543), mercer and Sheriff of London in 1538, by Joan North (d.1556), only sister of Edward North, 1st Baron North, and daughter of Roger North (d.1509) and Christian Warcop. Lok's first wife died in 1571, leaving several children, of whom eight are named in her will (dated 9 February 1570–1, proved by Lok 6 April 1571). Lok married secondly Margery Perient (died c.1583), daughter of George Perient of Shropshire and Hertfordshire, widow of Cæsar Adelmare (d.1569), and mother of Sir Julius Cæsar the judge. In 1579 Lok described himself as having a wife and fifteen children. Notes References External links Will of William Wilkinson, mercer, of the City of London, proved 22 November 1543,PROB 11/29/489, National Archives Retrieved 25 June 2013 Millar, Eric George, 'Narrative of Mrs Rose Throckmorton', The British Museum Quarterly, Vol. 9, No. 3 (Feb., 1935), pp. 74-76 Retrieved 16 November 2013 1532 births 1620s deaths English merchants 16th-century English businesspeople