Edward Bocking
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- This article is on the 16th-century monk. For the similarly named 19th-century legal scholar, see Eduard Böcking.
Edward Bocking was a purported descendant of King Boca who founded Bocking. Bocking is associated with Braintree, Essex. Father Bocking was a controversial monk during the reign of King Henry VIII. He attended Oxford where he received B.D. in 1513 and a D.D. in 1518. He served as the Warden of Canterbury for a period of time. Bocking became a monk in 1526. He served as the spiritual director for Sister Elizabeth Barton, a controversial English visionary. Bocking, Barton, and four others were hanged and beheaded for treason at Tyburn on April 21, 1534.
