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.

Offices Held

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.LP Hen. VIII, xvi, xvii, xx, xxi; CPR, 1547–8, p. 87; 1553, pp. 356, 362, 416; APC, ii. 356; Stowe 571, f. 52.

Parlimentarian

CLERE, Sir John (?1511-57), of London, Norwich and Ormesby, Norf.

Main residences: London; Norwich; Ormesby, Norf.

Author

R.V.

Volume

Commons 1509-1558

Web Title

CLERE, Sir John (?1511-57)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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