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  • Name: Sir Edward CLERE
  • Sex: M
  • Birth: 15 Jun 1536 b
  • Death: 8 Jun 1606 in London d
  • Burial: 21 Jun 1606 in Blickling, Norfolk u


  • Parents:
  • Father:
  • Sir John CLERE Birth: Abt 1511 Death: 21 Aug 1557
  • Mother:
  • Anne TYRRELL

Family:
Marriage: Children:
  1. Sir Edward CLERE Death: After 1626
  2. Sir Francis CLERE Death: Abt 21 Sep 1610
  3. Fulmerston CLERE
  4. Charles CLERE
  5. Anna CLERE Death: Abt 4 Nov 1616
  6. Temperance CLERE
  7. Elizabeth CLERE

Marriage: Children:
  1. Robert CLERE Birth: 6 Mar 1581/2 Death: 27 Jun 1615 in Fleet St, London

Bibliography
  1. Harvey, William, Visitation of Norfolk in the Year 1563, Norwich, England: Miller and Leavins, 1895. Available at http://books.google.com/books?id=zWEEAAAAIAAJ. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Harvey Norfolk p[0-9]*].
  2. Richardson, Douglas, Plantagenet Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families. Baltimore, MD: Genelogical Publishing Co, 2004. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Richardson PA p[0-9]*].
  3. Richardson, Douglas, Royal Ancestry. Salt Lake City, Utah: Douglas Richardson, 2013. NYPL JFF 16-1184 v1-5 Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v1[pc][0-9]*].
  4. Roberts, Gary Boyd, The Royal Descents of 600 Immigrants to the American Colonies or the United States: who were themselves notable or left descendants notable in American history, with a 2008 Addendum, Coda, and Final Additions. Baltimore, MD: Gen Pub Co, 2008. NYPL APK 08-4216. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Roberts RD600 p[0-9]*].

Sources for birth and parent Information
date:
[Ref: Richardson PA p36, Richardson RoyalAnc v1p116]
third son [Ref: Harvey Norfolk p268, Richardson PA p35],
parents:
[Ref: Harvey Norfolk p268, Richardson PA p35, Richardson RoyalAnc v1p116, Roberts RD600 p342]
Sources for death Information
date:
[Ref: Harvey Norfolk p268, Richardson PA p36, Richardson RoyalAnc v1p117],
place:
[Ref: Harvey Norfolk p268, Richardson PA p36, Richardson RoyalAnc v1p117]
Sources for burial Information
date:
[Ref: Richardson PA p36, Richardson RoyalAnc v1p117]
14 Aug 1606 [Ref: Harvey Norfolk p268],
place:
[Ref: Harvey Norfolk p268, Richardson PA p36, Richardson RoyalAnc v1p117]
Sources with Information about marriage to Frances FULMORSTON
date:
first marriage of Edward [Ref: Harvey Norfolk p268]
marriage settlement 16 Dec 1554 [Ref: Richardson PA p36]
settlement 16 Dec 1554 [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v1p116],
child:
[Ref: Harvey Norfolk p268, Harvey Norfolk p269, Richardson PA p36, Richardson RoyalAnc v1p116, Richardson RoyalAnc v1p117, Roberts RD600 p342]
Sources with Information about marriage to Agnes CRANE
date:
[Ref: Harvey Norfolk p268, Richardson PA p36, Richardson RoyalAnc v1p116],
place:
[Ref: Harvey Norfolk p268, Richardson PA p36, Richardson RoyalAnc v1p116],
child:
[Ref: Harvey Norfolk p268, Richardson PA p36, Richardson RoyalAnc v1p117]
Research Notes:
Knt, of Blicking and Ormesby St Margaret, Norfolk [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v1p116]
of Ormesby St Margaret, Norfolk [Ref: Richardson PA p36]
of Blickling and Ormesby, Norfolk [Ref: Harvey Norfolk p268]

3rd but eldest surviving son and heir [Ref: Richardson PA p36]

1557-8, 1562-3: Burgess (Member of Parliament) for Thetford [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v1p116]

1567-8: Sheriff of Norfolk and Suffolk [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v1p116]

1571: Burgess (Member of Parliament) for Grampound [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v1p116]

22 Aug 1578: Knighted at Norwich [Ref: Harvey Norfolk p268]

before 1560: sold the manor and advowson of Stratton to Hon Marsham [Ref: Harvey Norfolk p268]

1561: heir to his great uncle, Sir James Boleyn, by which he inherited the manor of Bickling, Norfolk, which became his chief residence [Ref: Richardson PA p36]

1564: sold Earl's Manor in Somerton [Ref: Harvey Norfolk p268]

1566: Member of Parliament for Thetford [Ref: Harvey Norfolk p268]

1580-1: Sheriff of Norfolk [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v1p116]

Justice of the Peace for Norfolk [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v1p116]

resided in Woodriving, where he was honored with a visit from Queen Elizabeth [Ref: Harvey Norfolk p268]

will dated 4 Apr 1605, proved 2 Aug 1606, IPM 21 Mar 1611 [Ref: Harvey Norfolk p268]



Pedigree of Sir Edward CLERE
                                              /-----Sir Robert CLERE
                                     /-----William CLERE
                                    |        |         /-----Sir John FILBY
                                    |         \-----Alice FILBY
                            /-----John CLERE
                           |        |                  /-----John WYCHINGHAM
                           |        |         /-----Sir William WYCHINGHAM
                           |         \-----Dionise WYCHINGHAM
                           |                 |                  /-----Sir Giles De BREUSE
                           |                 |         /-----Sir John De BREUSE
                           |                 |        |         \-----Joan BEAUMONT
                           |                  \-----Margaret BREWES
                           |                          |         /-----Sir Robert De UFFORD, Lord Ufford
                           |                           \-----Eve UFFORD
                           |                                    \-----Cecily De VALOINES
                   /-----Robert CLERE
                  |        |         /-----Sir Philip BRANCH
                  |         \-----Elizabeth BRANCH
          /-----Sir Robert CLERE
         |        |         /-----Thomas UVEDALE
         |         \-----Elizabeth UVEDALE
         |                 |         /-----William De RUSTEYNG
         |                  \-----Margery De RUSTEYNG
 /-----Sir John CLERE
|        |                           /-----Geoffrey BOLEYN
|        |                  /-----Sir Geoffrey BOLEYN, Lord Mayor Of London
|        |                 |        |         /-----Sir John BRACTON
|        |                 |         \-----Anne BRACTON
|        |         /-----Sir William BOLEYN
|        |        |        |                                    /-----Sir Thomas De HOO
|        |        |        |                           /-----Sir William De HOO
|        |        |        |                          |         \-----Isabel De St LEGER
|        |        |        |                  /-----Sir Thomas HOO
|        |        |        |                 |        |         /-----Sir Thomas De St OMER
|        |        |        |                 |         \-----Alice De St OMER
|        |        |        |                 |                  \-----Pernel MALMAYNS
|        |        |        |         /-----Sir Thomas HOO, K.G., Lord Hoo
|        |        |        |        |        |                  /-----Sir John De FELTON, Lord Felton
|        |        |        |        |        |         /-----Sir Thomas De FELTON, K.G.
|        |        |        |        |        |        |         \-----Sibyl
|        |        |        |        |         \-----Eleanor De FELTON
|        |        |        |        |                 |         /-----Sir Richard WALKFARE
|        |        |        |        |                  \-----Joan WALKFARE
|        |        |         \-----Anne HOO
|        |        |                 |                           /-----John WYCHINGHAM
|        |        |                 |                  /-----Sir William WYCHINGHAM
|        |        |                 |         /-----Nicholas WYCHINGHAM
|        |        |                 |        |        |         /-----Sir John De BREUSE
|        |        |                 |        |         \-----Margaret BREWES
|        |        |                 |        |                  \-----Eve UFFORD
|        |        |                  \-----Elizabeth WYCHINGHAM
|        |        |                           \-----Joan De ANTINGHAM
|         \-----Alice BOLEYN
|                 |                                             /-----James BUTLER, Earl Of Ormond
|                 |                                    /-----James BUTLER, Earl Of Ormond
|                 |                                   |         \-----Eleanor De BOHUN
|                 |                           /-----James BUTLER, Earl Of Ormond
|                 |                          |        |         /-----Sir John DARCY, Lord Darcy
|                 |                          |         \-----Elizabeth DARCY
|                 |                          |                  \-----Joan De BURGH
|                 |                  /-----James BUTLER, Earl Of Ormond
|                 |                 |        |                  /-----Adam De WELLES, Lord Welles
|                 |                 |        |         /-----John De WELLES, Lord Welles
|                 |                 |        |        |         \-----Margaret BARDOLPH
|                 |                 |         \-----Anne WELLES
|                 |                 |                 |         /-----William De ROS, Lord Ros Of Helmsley
|                 |                 |                  \-----Maud De ROS
|                 |                 |                           \-----Margery De BADLESMERE
|                 |         /-----Thomas ORMOND, Earl of Ormond
|                 |        |        |                           /-----Sir Guy De BEAUCHAMP, Earl Of Warwick
|                 |        |        |                  /-----Thomas BEAUCHAMP, Orig K.G., Earl Of Warwick
|                 |        |        |                 |         \-----Alice De TOENI
|                 |        |        |         /-----William BEAUCHAMP. K.G., Baron Abergavenny
|                 |        |        |        |        |         /-----Sir Roger MORTIMER, Earl Of March
|                 |        |        |        |         \-----Katherine MORTIMER
|                 |        |        |        |                  \-----Joan De GENEVILLE, Countess Of March
|                 |        |         \-----Joan BEAUCHAMP
|                 |        |                 |                  /-----Sir Richard FITZ ALAN, Earl Of Arundel And Surrey
|                 |        |                 |         /-----Richard FITZ ALAN, K.G., Earl Of Arundel and Su
|                 |        |                 |        |         \-----Eleanor PLANTAGENET
|                 |        |                  \-----Joan FITZ ALAN
|                 |        |                          |         /-----Sir William De BOHUN, K.G., Earl of Northampton
|                 |        |                           \-----Elizabeth De BOHUN
|                 |        |                                    \-----Elizabeth De BADLESMERE
|                  \-----Margaret ORMOND
|                          |                                    /-----Richard HANKFORD
|                          |                           /-----Sir William HANKERFORD
|                          |                  /-----Richard HANKERFORD
|                          |         /-----Sir Richard HANKEFORD
|                          |        |        |         /-----Sir Richard De STAPELDON
|                          |        |         \-----Thomasine STAPELDON
|                           \-----Anne HANKEFORD
|                                   |                           /-----Sir William De MONTAGU, Earl Of Salisbury
|                                   |                  /-----John De MONTAGU, Lord Montagu
|                                   |                 |         \-----Katharine De GRANDISON
|                                   |         /-----John De MONTAGU, K.G., Earl Of Salisbury
|                                   |        |        |         /-----Thomas De MONTHERMER, Lord Monthermer
|                                   |        |         \-----Margaret De MONTHERMER, Baroness Monthermer
|                                   |        |                  \-----Margaret De BRAOSE
|                                    \-----Anne De MONTAGU
|                                            |         /-----Sir Adam FRAUNCEYS, Lord Mayor Of London
|                                             \-----Maud FRAUNCEYS
|                                                     |         /-----William CHAMPNES
|                                                      \-----Agnes CHAMPNES
Sir Edward CLERE
|                                    /-----Sir John TYRRELL
|                           /-----Sir William TYRRELL
|                          |        |         /-----Sir William COGGESHALL
|                          |         \-----Alice COGGESHALL
|                  /-----Sir James TYRELLE
|                 |        |         /-----Sir Robert DARCY
|                 |         \-----Margaret DARCY
|                 |                 |         /-----Henry FILONGLEY
|                 |                  \-----Alice FILONGLEY
|         /-----Sir Thomas TYRELLE
|        |        |                                             /-----John ARUNDELL
|        |        |                                    /-----Sir John ARUNDEL
|        |        |                                   |         \-----Elizabeth CARMINOW
|        |        |                           /-----Sir John ARUNDEL
|        |        |                          |        |         /-----Sir William LUSCOTE
|        |        |                          |         \-----Joan LUSCOTE
|        |        |                  /-----Sir John ARUNDEL
|        |        |                 |        |         /-----Sir William LAMBOURNE
|        |        |                 |         \-----Annora LAMBOURNE
|        |        |                 |                 |         /-----John LANSLADRON
|        |        |                 |                  \-----Joan LANHADRON
|        |        |                 |                           \-----Amy
|        |        |         /-----Sir John ARUNDEL
|        |        |        |        |                  /-----Sir John De BURGHERSH
|        |        |        |        |         /-----John BURGHERSH, Lord Kerdeston
|        |        |        |        |        |        |         /-----William De KERDESTON, Lord Kerdeston
|        |        |        |        |        |         \-----Maud De KERDESTON
|        |        |        |        |        |                  \-----Margaret BACON
|        |        |        |         \-----Margaret BURGHERSH
|        |        |        |                 |         /-----Simon De HANHAM
|        |        |        |                  \-----Ismania De HANHAM
|        |         \-----Anne ARUNDELLE
|        |                 |                                    /-----William De MORLEY, Lord Morley
|        |                 |                           /-----Sir Thomas De MORLEY, K.G., Lord Morley
|        |                 |                          |         \-----Cicely BARDOLF
|        |                 |                  /-----Robert MORLEY
|        |                 |                 |        |         /-----Sir Hugh De HASTINGS
|        |                 |                 |         \-----Joan De HASTINGS
|        |                 |                 |                  \-----Margaret EVERINGHAM
|        |                 |         /-----Thomas MORLEY, Lord Morley
|        |                 |        |        |                  /-----John De MOLEYNS
|        |                 |        |        |         /-----Sir William De MOLEYNS
|        |                 |        |        |        |         \-----Egidia MAUDIT
|        |                 |        |         \-----Isabel De MOLEYNS
|        |                 |        |                 |         /-----Sir Edmund BACOUN
|        |                 |        |                  \-----Margery BACOUN
|        |                 |        |                           \-----Margery POYNINGS
|        |                  \-----Elizabeth MORLEY
|        |                          |                           /-----Sir William De La POLE
|        |                          |                  /-----Sir Michael De La POLE, Earl Of Suffolk
|        |                          |                 |         \-----Catherine
|        |                          |         /-----Sir Michael De La POLE, Earl Of Suffolk
|        |                          |        |        |         /-----Sir John WINGFIELD
|        |                          |        |         \-----Katherine WINGFIELD
|        |                          |        |                  \-----Eleanor BRAOSE
|        |                           \-----Isabel De La POLE
|        |                                   |                  /-----Sir Ralph De STAFFORD, K.G., Earl Of Stafford
|        |                                   |         /-----Sir Hugh De STAFFORD, K.G., Earl Of Stafford
|        |                                   |        |         \-----Margaret De AUDLEY, Baroness Audley
|        |                                    \-----Katherine STAFFORD
|        |                                            |         /-----Thomas BEAUCHAMP, Orig K.G., Earl Of Warwick
|        |                                             \-----Phillippa De BEAUCHAMP
|        |                                                      \-----Katherine MORTIMER
 \-----Anne TYRRELL
         |                                                      /-----Sir John WILLOUGHBY, Lord Willoughby
         |                                             /-----Sir Robert De WILLOUGHBY, Lord Willoughby
         |                                            |         \-----Cecily De UFFORD
         |                                    /-----William De WILLOUGHBY, K.G., Lord Willoughby
         |                                   |        |         /-----William La ZOUCHE, Lord Zouche
         |                                   |         \-----Margaret ZOUCHE
         |                                   |                  \-----Elizabeth De Ros
         |                           /-----Sir Thomas De WILLOUGHBY
         |                          |        |                  /-----Sir Roger Le STRANGE, Lord Strange
         |                          |        |         /-----Roger Le STRANGE, Lord Strange Of Knockyn
         |                          |        |        |         \-----Maud
         |                          |         \-----Lucy Le STRANGE
         |                          |                 |         /-----Sir Edmund FITZ ALAN, Earl Of Arundel
         |                          |                  \-----Aline FITZALAN
         |                          |                           \-----Alice De WARENNE
         |                  /-----Sir Robert De WILLOUGHBY
         |                 |        |                           /-----Sir Richard FITZ ALAN, Earl Of Arundel And Surrey
         |                 |        |                  /-----Sir John FITZ ALAN, Lord Arundel
         |                 |        |                 |         \-----Eleanor PLANTAGENET
         |                 |        |         /-----Sir Richard ARUNDEL
         |                 |        |        |        |         /-----Sir John MAUTRAVERS
         |                 |        |        |         \-----Eleanor MAUTRAVERS, Baroness Mautravers
         |                 |        |        |                  \-----Gwenthlin
         |                 |         \-----Joan De ARUNDEL
         |                 |                  \-----Alice
         |         /-----Sir Christopher De WILLOUGHBY, Lord Willoughby
         |        |        |                                    /-----John De WELLES, Lord Welles
         |        |        |                           /-----Sir John De WELLES, Lord Welles
         |        |        |                          |         \-----Maud De ROS
         |        |        |                  /-----Eudo De WELLES
         |        |        |                 |        |         /-----John De MOWBRAY, Lord Mowbray
         |        |        |                 |         \-----Eleanor De MOWBRAY
         |        |        |                 |                  \-----Elizabeth SEGRAVE, Baroness Segrave
         |        |        |         /-----Sir Lionel De WELLES, K.G., Lord Welles
         |        |        |        |        |                  /-----William De GREYSTOKE, Lord Greystoke
         |        |        |        |        |         /-----Ralph De GREYSTOKE, Lord Greystoke
         |        |        |        |        |        |         \-----Joan FITZHUGH
         |        |        |        |         \-----Maud De GREYSTOKE
         |        |        |        |                 |         /-----Sir Roger CLIFFORD, Lord Clifford
         |        |        |        |                  \-----Katherine CLIFFORD
         |        |        |        |                           \-----Maud De BEAUCHAMP
         |        |         \-----Cicely De WELLES
         |        |                 |                           /-----Richard WATERTON
         |        |                 |                  /-----Robert WATERTON
         |        |                 |                 |         \-----Constance ASSENHULL
         |        |                 |         /-----Robert De WATERTON
         |        |                  \-----Joan De WATERTON
         |        |                          |                  /-----John FLEMING
         |        |                          |         /-----Sir Robert FLEMING
         |        |                          |        |         \-----Alice
         |        |                           \-----Cecily FLEMING
         |        |                                    \-----Margery
          \-----Margaret De WILLOUGHBY
                  |                                    /-----Edmond JENNEY
                  |                           /-----William JENNEY
                  |                  /-----John JENNEY
                  |                 |         \-----Maud
                  |         /-----Sir William JENNEY
                  |        |        |         /-----John BOKILL
                  |        |         \-----Maud BOKILL
                  |        |                 |         /-----John LEYSTON
                  |        |                  \-----Jane LEYSTON
                  |        |                          |         /-----William GERARD
                  |        |                           \-----Anne GERARD
                   \-----Margaret JENNEY
                           |         /-----Thomas CAWSE
                            \-----Elizabeth CAWSE



Descendants of Sir Edward CLERE
1. Sir Edward CLERE m1. Frances FULMORSTON m2. Agnes CRANE
m. Frances FULMORSTON father: Sir Richard FULMORSTON mother: Alice LONZAM
m. Agnes CRANE father: Robert CRANE mother: Bridget JERMYN

2nd generation

2. Sir Edward CLERE m1. Agnes m2. Margaret YAXLEY
m. Agnes
m. Margaret YAXLEY father: William YAXLEY mother: Eve BEDINGFIELD
3. Sir Francis CLERE m. Elizabeth WROTHE
m. Elizabeth WROTHE father: Sir Thomas WROTHE mother: Margaret RICH
6. Anna CLERE m1. William GILBERT m2. Okeever CROMPTON
m. William GILBERT
m. Okeever CROMPTON

3rd generation

11. Sir Henry CLERE m. Muriel MOUNDSFORD
m. Muriel MOUNDSFORD father: Sir Edmund MOUNDSFORD mother: Abigail KNIVETT
16. Temperance GILBERT m1. John ALSOP m2. William HOPKINS
m. John ALSOP father: Anthony ALSOP mother: Jane SMITH
m. William HOPKINS
19. Frances GILBERT m. Francis SACHEVERELL
m. Francis SACHEVERELL

4th generation

21. Abigail CLERE m. John Colonel CROMWELL
m. John Colonel CROMWELL father: Sir Oliver CROMWELL mother: Elizabeth BROMLEY
22. Elizabeth ALSOP m1. Richard BALDWIN m2. William FOWLER
m. Richard BALDWIN father: Sylvester BALDWIN mother: Sarah BRYAN
m. William FOWLER

5th generation

39. Sarah BALDWIN m. Samuel RIGGS
m. Samuel RIGGS father: Edward RIGGS mother: Elizabeth ROOSA