Family and Education
b. c. 1485, 2nd s. of Clement Clerke of Great Livermere and Bury St. Edmunds, Suff., by Alice. educ. ?Bury St. Edmunds g.s.; ?Camb. m. by 1523, Antonia, 2s. inc. John II, 2da.Date of birth estimated from that of elder brother and number of children named in order of birth in father’s will of 1498, PCC 21 Holgrave, 26 More. Som. Med. Wills (Som. Rec. Soc. xxi), 62; Add. 19123, f. 157.
Offices Held
Servant of Richard Pace by 1519–22 or later, of Cromwell 1537–40; overseer-gen. of temporalities to Bp. John Clerke of Bath and Wells by 1525, receiver-gen. and surveyor of estates, Devon and Som. by 1539 – d.; j.p. Som. 1526 – d.; bp.’s bailiff, Wells 1541 – d.; commr. benevolence, Som. 1544/45, relief 1550, prices 1551; escheator, Som. and Dorset 1545–6.
Parlimentarian
Main residences: Wookey, Som.; London.
Volume
Commons 1509-1558
Web Title
CLERKE, Thomas (c.1485-1555)
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Estates
Oxford 1644
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