Robert Hooker or Hoker, alias Vowell (by 1466–1537), of

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, was an English Member of Parliament (MP). He was a Member of the

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for

in 1529. He was

Mayor of Exeter The Mayor of Exeter, granted Lord Mayor of Exeter in 2002, is the Mayors in England, Mayor of Exeter in the ceremonial county of Devon, England and is elected by and from within the councillors of the City of Exeter City councils, council. The posi ...

1529–30. He died during a plague outbreak.

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