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Sir James Clark 1485 – 1554 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 9 Dec 1485

Birth Location: Wrotham, Kent, England

Death Date: 20 Sep 1554

Death Location: Wrotham, Kent, England

Father: Sir Knight

Mother: Lady Canterbury

Spouse(s): Elizabeth Ferrier, Lady Ferrers, Lady Ferrers

Children(s): Sir Clarke, Joseph Clark, Sir Clark, John Clarke

In 1485, Sir James Clark entered the world in Wrotham, Kent, England, born to Sir John Forde Clarke, Baron of Forde Hall, Baron of the Excherquer, Knight and Lady Lucia Moyle of Canterbury. Sir James Clark married Elizabeth Collings Ferrier, Lady Baroness Elizabeth De Ferrers, Lady Baroness Elizabeth De Ferrers, and had children including Sir John Richard Gordon Clarke, Joseph John Clark, Sir George Thomas Clark, John Simon Enock Clarke. Sir James Clark passed away in 1554 in Wrotham, Kent, England.

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Biography

  • In 1485, Sir James Clark entered the world in Wrotham, Kent, England, born to Sir John Forde Clarke, Baron of Forde Hall, Baron of the Excherquer, Knight and Lady Lucia Moyle of Canterbury.
  • Sir James Clark married Elizabeth Collings Ferrier, Lady Baroness Elizabeth De Ferrers, Lady Baroness Elizabeth De Ferrers, and had children including Sir John Richard Gordon Clarke, Joseph John Clark, Sir George Thomas Clark, John Simon Enock Clarke.
  • Sir James Clark passed away in 1554 in Wrotham, Kent, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

Sir Knight
1448 – 1497
Birth Location: Forde Hall, Wrotham, Kent, England
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Lady Canterbury
1450 – 1491
Birth Location: Canterbury, London, England
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Spouses(s)

Elizabeth Ferrier
1500 – 1558
Birth Location: Peckham, Kent, England
EF
Lady Ferrers
1486 – 1558
Birth Location: Baddesley Clinton, Warwickshire, England
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Lady Ferrers
1466 – 1558
Birth Location: Baddesy Clinton, Warwick, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom
LF

Children(s)

Sir Clarke
1503 – 1559
Birth Location: Wrotham, Tonbridge and Malling Borough, Kent, England, United Kingdom
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Joseph Clark
1517 – 1557
Birth Location: Burton On Trent, Staffordshire, England
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Sir Clark
1510 – 1558
Birth Location: Wrotham, Kent, England
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John Clarke
1500 – 1545
Birth Location: London, London, England
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Sir Clark's Ancestors

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Sir Clark
1485 – 1554
Birth Place: Wrotham, Kent, England
Parents
Sir John Forde Clarke, Baron of Forde Hall, Baron of the Excherquer, Knight
1448 – 1497
Forde Hall, Wrotham, Kent, England
Lady (Lucia Moyle of) Canterbury
1450 – 1491
Canterbury, London, England
Grandparents
Sir (John Whitfeld Clarke (Baron of the Exchequer)) (Knight)
1425 – 1480
Forde, Kent, England
Lady (Alice Elizabeth Tatesham) Talransdatter
1425 – 1480
Fawnes Manor, Tatesham, Kent, England
* (Sir Walter Moyle, Justice of the King's) Bench
1403 – 1480
Eastwell Manor, Kent, England
Great-Grandparents
John Clarke
1395 – 1482
Mary Alexander
1399 – 1459
Talran Tatesham
1400 – 1485
Alice McCoy
1405 – 1480
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Thomas Esq.
1375 – 1446
Sir Tatesham
1380 – 1430
Lady Tatesham
1382 –

Sir Clark's Descendants

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Sir (James) Clark (9 Dec 1485 – 20 Sep 1554) m. Elizabeth (Collings) Ferrier (1500 – 16 Oct 1558) m. Lady (Baroness Elizabeth De) Ferrers (1486 – 20 Sep 1558) m. Lady (Baroness Elizabeth De) Ferrers (16 May 1466 – 16 Oct 1558)
  1. 1. Sir (John Richard Gordon) Clarke (11 Feb 1503 – 3 May 1559) m. Lady (Margaret Rose Sweet de) Ingoldthorpe (1505 – 1566)
    1. 1. Pilot (of the Mayflower John James Thomas) Clark\Clerke (11 Feb 1541 – 4 Apr 1598) m. Katherine (Maria) Cooke (12 Feb 1541 – abt 1599)
      1. 1. Thomas (Clarke, Dr., Mayflower) Pilot (1 Nov 1570 – 1627) m. Lady (Mary Rose Morton) Kerrich (1475 – 19 Sep 1627)
        1. 1. Jane (Agnes) Clarke (20 Oct 1591 – 2 Dec 1661) m. William (Daniel Collier) I (1585 – 5 July 1670)
        2. 2. Mary (Ann) Clarke (12 Jul 1605 – 20 Dec 1648) m. Rev (John) Peckham (8 Apr 1595 – 5 Jan 1681)
  2. 2. Joseph (John) Clark (1517 – 1557) m. Elizabeth (Miller) Turner (1510 – abt 1557)
    1. 1. Joseph (John ( Johnes )) Clark (31 Aug 1539 – 1 August 1587) m. Isabella Turner (1550 – 1 Sep 1596)
  3. 3. Sir (George Thomas) Clark (Apr 1510 – 8 Mar 1558) m. Elizabeth (Wilford) (Wilsforde) (1517 – 15 April 1540)
    1. 1. William (Clark) (Clerke) (1535 – 1611) m. Anna (Cicely) Cartwright (1540 – )
      1. 1. George (Alfred Baker Clark) \Clerke\Clarke (27 Sep 1562 – 16 Apr 1616) m. Elizabeth (Bristoe) Bristowe (14 Jul 1569 – 16 Apr 1606)
        1. 1. Deacon (Georg\George (Bristowe)) Clark\Clarke\Clerke (28 Apr 1594 – 12 Sep 1661) m. Grace Bodye (26 Apr 1579 – 13 Jul 1614)
  4. 4. John (Simon Enock) Clarke (1500 – 1545) m. Lady (Alice) Carter (30 May 1504 – 1598)
    1. 1. Lady (Marion) Clerke (1510 – 1539) m. John (Wollaston Gutter\) Gray (11 Jan 1505 – 11 Jan 1567)
      1. 1. Richard Gutter (1534 – 1601) m. Jane (Jana) Mylles (Abt 1549 – 18 Apr 1576)
        1. 1. Francis Gutter (1550 – 23 Feb 1615) m. John (Mott alias) Walhed (11 Dec 1538 – 12 Dec 1578)

Sir Clark's Timeline

10 Records

1485
9 Dec 1485
Birth of Sir James Clark in Wrotham, Kent, England, United Kingdom
Wrotham, Kent, England, United Kingdom
1485
9 Dec 1485
Birth of Sir James Clark in Woodchurch, Kent, England
Woodchurch, Kent, England
1485
09 Dec 1485
Birth of Sir James Clark in Woodchurch, Kent, England
Woodchurch, Kent, England
1485
09 Dec 1485
Birth of Sir James Clark in Wrotham, Kent, England
Wrotham, Kent, England
1485
9 Dec 1485
Birth of Sir James Clark in Wrotham, Kent, England
Wrotham, Kent, England
1553
1553
Age 68
Death of Sir James Clark in Woodchurch, Kent, England
Woodchurch, Kent, England
1554
20 Sep 1554
Age 69
Death of Sir James Clark in Wrotham, Kent, England. See Pedigree XIV, SIR THOMAS FERRERS 1395, Tamsworth Castle. THE CROWN OF CHARLEMAGNE IN THE USA
Wrotham, Kent, England. See Pedigree XIV, SIR THOMAS FERRERS 1395, Tamsworth Castle. THE CROWN OF CHARLEMAGNE IN THE USA
1554
20 Sep 1554.
Age 69
Death of Sir James Clark in Woodchurch, Kent, England, United Kingdom
Woodchurch, Kent, England, United Kingdom
1554
20 Sep 1554
Age 69
Death of Sir James Clark in Woodchurch, Ashford Borough, Kent, England
Woodchurch, Ashford Borough, Kent, England
1554
20 Sep 1554
Age 69
Death of Sir James Clark in Wrotham, Kent, England
Wrotham, Kent, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 9 Dec 1485
    Event Place: Wrotham, Kent, England, United Kingdom

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 9 Dec 1485
    Event Place: Woodchurch, Kent, England

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 09 Dec 1485
    Event Place: Woodchurch, Kent, England

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 09 Dec 1485
    Event Place: Wrotham, Kent, England
    Record Source: Millennium File

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 9 Dec 1485
    Event Place: Wrotham, Kent, England

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Residence
    Record Source: Fifty New England colonists and five Virginia families

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 20 Sep 1554
    Event Place: Wrotham, Kent, England. See Pedigree XIV, SIR THOMAS FERRERS 1395, Tamsworth Castle. THE CROWN OF CHARLEMAGNE IN THE USA

    Genealogy Event 8
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 20 Sep 1554.
    Event Place: Woodchurch, Kent, England, United Kingdom

    Genealogy Event 9
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1553
    Event Place: Woodchurch, Kent, England

    Genealogy Event 10
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 20 Sep 1554
    Event Place: Woodchurch, Ashford Borough, Kent, England

    Genealogy Event 11
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 20 Sep 1554
    Event Place: Wrotham, Kent, England
    Record Source: Millennium File
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