sentences:  The Reverend John Cooke was a former rector of Chilbolton and Bishop's Waltham, and was appointed a Canon and 5th Prebendary of Winchester Cathedral by Bishop Trelawny.By 1750, Francis was established at Greenwich as an Admiralty ledger writer in the Cashiers' Branch of the Navy Pay Office, and as the Treasurer of the Greenwich Hospital, London.Francis became a director of the Amicable Society for a Perpetual Assurance Office by 1775 and was appointed Cashier of the Navy on 17 July 1787 by The Right Honourable Henry Dundas.