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CLERE, Sir John (?1511-57), of London, Norwich and Ormesby, Norf.
Family and Education
b. ?1511, 1st surv. s. of Sir Robert Clere of Ormesby by 2nd w. Alice, da. of Sir William Boleyn of Blickling, Norf. m. by 1531, Anne, da. of Sir Thomas Tyrrell of Gipping, Suff., 3s. inc. Edward 2da. suc. fa. 8 Aug. 1529. Kntd. 1539.Date of birth estimated from age at fa.’s i.p.m., E150/638/5. Vis. Norf (Norf. Arch.), ii.266; LP Hen. VIII, xiii, xv; H. Leonard, ‘Knights and knighthood in Tudor Eng.’ (London Univ. Ph.D. thesis, 1970), 309, 312.
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J.p. Norf. 1540 – ?53; capt. Peter Longanarde 1545, Swepestake 1546; keeper, Wormegay park, Norf. by 1552; treasurer, army in France Nov. 1549 – Apr. 1550; commr. relief, Norf. 1550, goods of churches and fraternities 1553; v.-adm. 1556.
Main residences: London; Norwich; Ormesby, Norf.
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CLERE, Sir John (?1511-57)
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CLERE, John (by 1479-1538/39), of Colchester, Essex.
Family and Education
b. by 1479, 1st s. of Nicholas Clere of Colchester. m. Jane, da. of William Rich of Colchester, at least 3s. inc. Benjamin 1da. suc. fa. 17 Sept./19 Nov. 1500.Date of birth estimated from first reference. PCC 17 Moone, 25 Dyngeley; Colchester Oath Bk. 155.
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Chamberlain, Colchester 1505 – 06, bailiff 1513 – 14, 1518 – 19, 1520 – 21, 1524 – 25, 1532 – 33, 1536 – 37, alderman by 1516; commr. subsidy, Essex 1512, Colchester 1515, 1523, 1524.
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Main residence: Colchester, Essex.
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CLERE, John (by 1479-1538/39)
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CLERE, Edward (1536-1606), of Ormesby, Norf.
Family and Education
b. 15 June 1536, 3rd but 1st surv. s. of Sir John Clere. educ. ?Louvain 1546; St. John’s, Camb. matric. 1553; I. Temple, adm. Nov. 1555, ?LL.D. by 1557, adv. 2 Dec. 1557. m. (1) settlement 16 Dec. 1554, Frances, da. and h. of Sir Richard Fulmerston of Ipswich, Suff. and Thetford, Norf., 3s. 3da.; (2) Agnes, da. of Robert Crane of Chilton, Suff., wid. of John Smith of Halesworth, Suff., Francis Clopton of Melford, Suff. and of (Sir) Christopher Heydon (d. 10 Dec. 1579) of Baconsthorpe, Norf., 1s. suc. fa. 21 Aug. 1557. Kntd. 22 Aug. 1578.Date of birth given at fa.’s i.p.m.. C142/112/123. Vis. Norf. (Norf Arch.), ii. 267-8; Vis. Norf. (Harl. Soc. xxxii), 75; LP Hen. VIII, xxi; C. Coote, Civilians, 43.
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J.p. Norf. 1560, rem. 1561, q. 1583 – d.; commr. sewers 1564, 1566, 1597, musters 1596 – 97; sheriff, Norf. and Suff. 1567 – 68, Norf. 1580 – 81; dep. lt. Norf. 1585.
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Main residence: Ormesby, Norf.
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CLERE, Edward (1536-1606)
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CLERE, Benjamin (by 1517-79 or later), of Langenhoe and Colchester, Essex.
Family and Education
b. by 1517, 2nd s. of John Clere. m. Thomasin, at least 1s.Date of birth estimated from first reference, Essex RO, D/DU457/4. PCC 25 Dyngeley; Colchester Oath Bk. ed. Benham, 173; Cal. Colchester Ct. Rolls, ed. Harrod, passim.
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Chamberlain, Colchester 1539 – 40, bailiff 1541 – 42, 1544 – 45, 1548 – 49, 1553 – 54, 1558 – 59, 1562 – 63, 1565 – 66, 1570 – 71, 1575 – 76, alderman by 1548.
Main residences: Langenhoe; Colchester, Essex.
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CLERE, Benjamin (by 1517-at least 79)
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Oxford 1644
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