The Rt Rev. Thomas Coke
(1747-1814)

Died aged c. 67

Thomas Coke (9 September 1747 – 2 May 1814) was the first Methodist bishop. Born in Brecon, Wales, he was ordained as a priest in 1772, but expelled from his Anglican pulpit of South Petherton for being a Methodist. Coke met John Wesley in 1776. He later co-founded Methodism in America and then established the Methodist missions overseas, which in the 19th century spread around the world.

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The site of the Hockley Methodist Chapel opened 4th April 1783 by the Reverand John Wesley and the Reverand Dr Thomas Coke

42 Goose Gate, Nottingham, United Kingdom where they was (1783)