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John Clerke 1448 – 1497 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1448

Birth Location: Wrotham, Kent, England, United Kingdom

Death Date: 6 JUL 1497

Death Location: Wrotham, Kent, England, United Kingdom

Father: John Clark

Mother: Alice Tatesham

Spouse(s): Lady Canterbury

Children(s): Richard Clarke, John Clerke, Lucia Clerke, Walter Clarke, James Clerke, William Clark, Bartholomew Tickner

John Clerke was born in 1448 in Wrotham, Kent, England, United Kingdom, the child of John Clark and Alice Tatesham. John Clerke married Lady Lucia Moyle Lucombe of Canterbury, and had children including Richard Clarke, John Clerke, Lucia Clerke, Walter Clarke, James Clerke, William Clark, Bartholomew Tickner. John Clerke passed away in 1497 in Wrotham, Kent, England, United Kingdom.

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Biography

  • John Clerke was born in 1448 in Wrotham, Kent, England, United Kingdom, the child of John Clark and Alice Tatesham.
  • John Clerke married Lady Lucia Moyle Lucombe of Canterbury, and had children including Richard Clarke, John Clerke, Lucia Clerke, Walter Clarke, James Clerke, William Clark, Bartholomew Tickner.
  • John Clerke passed away in 1497 in Wrotham, Kent, England, United Kingdom.

Immediate Family

Parents

John Clark
1425 – 1480
Birth Location: Wrotham, Kent, England, United Kingdom
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Alice Tatesham
1425 – 1480
Birth Location: Kent, England, United Kingdom
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Spouses(s)

Lady Canterbury
1450 – 1491
Birth Location: London, Canterbury, England, United Kingdom
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Children(s)

Richard Clarke
1474 – 1557
Birth Location: Welbourn, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom
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John Clerke
1475 – 1553
Birth Location: Norfolk, England, United Kingdom
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Lucia Clerke
1477 –
Birth Location: Wrotham, Kent, England, United Kingdom
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Walter Clarke
1484 – 1554
Birth Location: Wrotham, Kent, England, United Kingdom
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James Clerke
1485 – 1558
Birth Location: Wrotham, Kent, England, United Kingdom
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William Clark
1491 – 1553
Birth Location: Wrotham, Kent, England, United Kingdom
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Bartholomew Tickner
1570 – 1656
Birth Location: –
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John Clerke's Ancestors

Self
John Clerke
1448 – 1497
Birth Place: Wrotham, Kent, England, United Kingdom
Parents
John Clark
1425 – 1480
Wrotham, Kent, England, United Kingdom
Alice Tatesham
1425 – 1480
Kent, England, United Kingdom
Grandparents
John Clark
1394 – 1482
Wrotham, Kent, England, United Kingdom
Susan (Agnes) Forde
1399 – 1482
Forde Hall, Wrotham, Kent, England
Talran Tatesham
1400 – 1485
Wrotham, Kent, England, United Kingdom
Alice
1405 – 1480
Wrotham, Kent, England, United Kingdom
Great-Grandparents
Thomas Clark
1375 – 1446
Sarah Forde
1375 – 1418
William Apuldrefield
1323 – 1403
Mary Evering
1328 – 1400
Thomas Tatesham
1380 –
Thomas Tatesham
1382 –
Sir Tatesham
1380 –
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Thomas Clarke
1345 – 1377
Eleanor Rowlinge
1352 – 1375
Henry Forde
1350 – 1407
Maud Echingham
1360 – 1400
Thomas Apulderfield
1300 –
Dorothea Leger
1300 – 1323
Henry Evering
1300 –

John Clerke's Descendants

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John Clerke (1448 – 6 JUL 1497) m. Lady (Lucia Moyle Lucombe of) Canterbury (1450 – 20 JAN 1491)
  1. 1. Richard Clarke (1474 – AFT 20 AUG 1557) m. Margaret Clark (1475 – 17 JUN 1576) m. Catherine Throckmorton (ABT 1475 – 17 JUN 1576)
  2. 2. John Clerke (1475 – 10 OCT 1553) m. Elizabeth Ashby (ABT 1482 – )
  3. 3. Lucia Clerke (1477 – )
  4. 4. Walter Clarke (1484 – 20 SEP 1554)
  5. 5. James Clerke (9 DEC 1485 – 20 SEP 1558) m. Elizabeth Ferrers (1486 – 1558)
    1. 1. Thomas (Lyncoln) Clarke (1500 – 23 SEP 1551) m. Katherine (Joane) Agborowe (1515 – 1553) m. Margaret Sweet (1514 – 1566)
      1. 1. Thomas Clarke (ABT 1527 – 19 JAN 1560) m. Martha Mickelwood (1529 – 30 OCT 1559)
        1. 1. Amy Clarke (ABT 1540 – ) m. James (Knight) Mervyn (1539 – )
        2. 2. Alice Clark (ABT 1550 – ) m. John Potter (ABT 1550 – 6 OCT 1623)
        3. 3. Robert Clarke (ABT 1550 – )
        4. 4. Alice Clarke (ABT 1552 – )
        5. 5. William Clarke (5 FEB 1553 – 1624) m. Margaret Walker (1547 – 21 SEP 1601)
        6. 6. Alice Clarke (1554 – 1628) m. John Potter (1550 – 1630)
        7. 7. John Clarke (JAN 1555 – )
        8. 8. Robert Clarke (1556 – )
        9. 9. Johan Clarke (1559 – )
    2. 2. Alice Clerke (ABT 1501 – )
    3. 3. John Clarke (1503 – 3 MAR 1559) m. Margaret Sweet (1515 – 1594) m. Margaret Sweet (1514 – 25 JUN 1596)
    4. 4. James Clarke (19 MAR 1505 – 13 MAR 1558) m. Margaret Faile (1515 – 1565) m. Margaret Sweet (11 FEB 1513 – 25 NOV 1567) m. Margaret Sweet (1514 – 1566)
    5. 5. Walton Clarke (1508 – )
    6. 6. Joseph (Leonard) Clark (1509 – 3 MAY 1559) m. Elizabeth Miller (1517 – 1557)
    7. 7. John (Josephus) Clarke (11 FEB 1509 – 1 MAR 1559) m. Margaret Sweet (1514 – 1566) m. Margaret Sweet (11 FEB 1513 – 25 NOV 1567) m. Margaret Ingold (1513 – 1565)
    8. 8. Walter Clerke (1510 – 12 JUN 1610)
    9. 9. George (Forde) Clerke (26 MAR 1510 – 8 MAR 1558) m. Mary Saxby (1545 – 1614) m. Elizabeth Wilsforde (1517 – AFT 1557)
      1. 1. Barbara Clarke (BEF 1558 – 3 NOV 1633) m. Thomas Hampton (1575 – 20 JAN 1650) m. Nicholas Crump (ABT 1563 – )
      2. 2. William (Clerke Or) Clarke (1561 – 12 JUN 1610) m. Mary Weston (26 APR 1579 – 13 JUL 1614)
        1. 1. Weston Clarke (ABT 1599 – 1625/1626) m. Dorcas Smith (<1602> – )
        2. 2. William Clarke (5 JUL 1601 – 1625) m. Joan Foster (ABT 1597 – )
        3. 3. James Clark (11 APR 1602 – 19 DEC 1674)
        4. 4. Essex Clark (4 DEC 1603 – AFT 1648)
        5. 5. George Clarke (2 DEC 1604 – )
        6. 6. Jeremiah Clark (1 DEC 1605 – 3 JAN 1651) m. Frances Latham (15 FEB 1609 – 2 SEP 1677) m. Deborah Peacock (1 FEB 1644 – 14 DEC 1705)
        7. 7. Richard Clarke (12 APR 1607 – 6 DEC 1647) m. Jone Pascall (1603 – 1679) m. Ann Winston (1622 – 14 MAR 1682)
        8. 8. John Clarke (10 APR 1608 – )
        9. 9. Mary Clarke (1609 – 16 SEP 1610)
        10. 10. Grace Clark (ABT 1615 – )
      3. 3. Elizabeth Clerke (29 JUL 1567 – 10 APR 1567) m. Richard Foster (ABT 1585 – 1673)
      4. 4. Peter (Clerke Or) Clarke (1572 – 9 JUL 1618) m. Elizabeth Warren (<1571> – )
      5. 5. Ann Clark (1574 – ) m. Humphrey Browne (<1570> – )
      6. 6. Grace (Clerke Or) Clarke (1576 – 13 JUL 1613)
      7. 7. Edward Clarke (1578 – AFT 1619) m. Judith Elmeston (1592 – )
      8. 8. Elizabeth (Clarke Or) Clerke (ABT 1591 – ) m. Richard Foster (ABT 1585 – 1673)
      9. 9. Weston Clerke
      10. 10. Walter (Clerke) (Clarke) (1565/1569 – )
      11. 11. Alexander Clerk (ABT 1531 – ) m. Mrs (Alexander) Clerk (ABT 1545 – ) m. <Living>
      12. 12. Reginalds Clerk (ABT 1534 – )
      13. 13. Willam Clerke (1535 – 23 MAR 1611) m. Anne Cartwright (ABT 1542 – 21 JUN 1585) m. Sarah Holton (1545 – 26 FEB 1584) m. Elizabeth Aubrey (1538 – ) m. Jane Sanger (ABT 1539 – 28 APR 1598) m. Cicely Cartwright (1540 – 1562)
      14. 14. Lass Clarke (1537 – 1614)
      15. 15. Anne Clerke (1537 – )
      16. 16. James Clark (5 JUL 1537 – AFT 13 JUL 1614) m. Mary Saxby (1545 – 1614) m. Elizabeth Wilsforde (1517 – AFT 1557) m. Anna Boland (1540 – )
        1. 1. Richard Clarke (1552 – 29 JUN 1644) m. Richard Clarke (ABT 1564 – ) m. Alba Maie (ABT 1560 – )
        2. 2. Elizabeth (Clerke or) Clarke (19 JUL 1567 – 31 MAR 1568)
        3. 3. Thomas Clerke ( – 28 JUN 1585)
      17. 17. Constance Clerke (1538 – ) m. George Brassington (1540 – 29 MAR 1591)
      18. 18. Katherine Clerke (BEF 1540 – )
      19. 19. Margaret Clerke (BEF 1540 – )
      20. 20. James Clerke (1540 – 12 JUN 1610) m. Mary Weston (26 APR 1579 – 13 JUL 1614)
      21. 21. Philip Clerke (ABT 1540 – )
      22. 22. William (Cowell) Clarke (ABT 1540 – 14 APR 1609) m. Susan Strode (1545 – 26 FEB 1584) m. Dorothy Lott (1546 – ) m. Sarah Strode (ABT 1545 – 1584) m. William Clarke (ABT 1544 – )
      23. 23. George Clarke (1542 – 23 MAR 1611) m. Winifred Peekham (1544 – 1591)
      24. 24. Elizabeth Clarke (ABT 1542 – AFT 1614)
      25. 25. Mary Clerke (ABT 1542 – )
      26. 26. Elizabeth Clark (1544 – 10 SEP 1584) m. Thomas (GOULDEN or) GODDEN (<1537> – 10 SEP 1584)
      27. 27. Thomas Clarke (1546 – 21 JUN 1618) m. Margaret Fox (1547 – )
      28. 28. Reginald Clerke (1547 – )
      29. 29. Robert Clarke (1550 – 1 JAN 1606) m. Johane Archer (ABT 1551 – ) m. Joyce Awsten (1550 – 1 JAN 1606)
      30. 30. Missy Clarke (ABT 1552 – 1614)
      31. 31. John Clerke (1554 – 14 JUN 1604) m. Edith Cole (<1552> – )
      32. 32. Lucy Clerke (1554 – )
      33. 33. Mary Clerke (1556 – )
      34. 34. Thomas Clarke (ABT 1556 – 1625) m. Katherine Upham (ABT 1558 – 1600)
      35. 35. Thomas Clerk (BEF 1558 – )
    10. 10. Henry Clark (1512 – 1572)
    11. 11. Walter Clarke (ABT 1515 – )
    12. 12. . (Clarke or) Clerke m. Fuggle m. Augnes Carpenter (1522 – 3 JUL 1615)
    13. 13. Henry Clerke
  6. 6. William Clark (1491 – 10 DEC 1553) m. Frances Brock (1518 – 10 DEC 1553)
  7. 7. Bartholomew Tickner (1570 – 1656) m. Agnes Speed (1484 – 1548) m. Millicent Tickner (1574 – 1653)

John Clerke's Timeline

2 Records

1448
1448
Birth of John Clerke in Wrotham, Kent, England, United Kingdom
Wrotham, Kent, England, United Kingdom
1497
6 JUL 1497
Age 49
Death of John Clerke in Wrotham, Kent, England, United Kingdom
Wrotham, Kent, England, United Kingdom

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1448
    Event Place: Wrotham, Kent, England, United Kingdom

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 6 JUL 1497
    Event Place: Wrotham, Kent, England, United Kingdom
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