'Clerk02'
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Families covered: Clerk of Guilsborough, Clerke of Launde Abbey, Clerke of Ulcombe, Clerke of Watford, Clerke of Weston, Clerke of Willoughby
| BEB1841 shows a different ancestry for the Wiliam Clerke who is shown below as having 3 sons by his wife Agnes. We follow BP1934 not least because BEB1841 includes some siblings with dates that contradict the rest of the pedigree. BP1934 starts this family with ... | |||||||||||||||
| Richard Hamund alias Clerke of Willoughby (a 1445) | |||||||||||||||
| m. Collett | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | William Clerke of Willoughby | ||||||||||||||
| m. Alice | |||||||||||||||
| A. | William Clerke of Willoughby | ||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth | |||||||||||||||
| i. | William Clerke of Willoughby | ||||||||||||||
| m. Agnes | |||||||||||||||
| a. | Richard Clerke 'of Huntingdonshire' | ||||||||||||||
| (1) | Collett Clerke | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Richard Beaumont of Cole Orton (d 1539) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. William Villiers of Brokesby (d 01.11.1558-9) | |||||||||||||||
| b. | Robert Clerke of Willoughby | ||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth (dau of _ Clerke or Clark of the Ware) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | Henry Clerke ancestor of Clerkes of Kingsthorpe and Ulcombe | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Joane | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | George Clerke of Willoughby (dsp) | ||||||||||||||
| m2. Maud | |||||||||||||||
| (B) | Jerome Clerke of Willoughby (d 1624) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Margaret Dormer (dau of _ Dormer of Barton) | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | John Clerk of Guilsborough (b 21.11.1591, bur 02.04.1657) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Rebeccah Lee (dau of Rowland Lee of Buckinghamshire) | |||||||||||||||
| (a) | John Clerk of Guilsborough (bpt 06.10.1625) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Judith | |||||||||||||||
| (b)+ | other issue - Francis, George (bpt 26.05.1631, a 1669), Henry (bpt 31.05.1642, bur 11.07.1643), Rowland (bpt 09.12.1635), Samuel (bpt 10.01.1637-8), Rebeccah (bpt 06.10.1625), Elizabeth (bpt 31.05.1642, bur 11.07.1643) | ||||||||||||||
| (ii) | Lee Clerke of Willoughby (b 05.10.1598, d 03.06.1657) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (12.06.1628) Elizabeth Braine (dau of Robert Braine of Bodington) | |||||||||||||||
| (a)+ | issue - Henry (d 31.08.1664), Rebeccah, Elizabeth | ||||||||||||||
| (C) | Edward Clerke | ||||||||||||||
| m. Mary | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | William Clerke | ||||||||||||||
| (ii) | Henry Clerke of Ulcombe and Rochester | ||||||||||||||
| m. Grace Morgan (dau of _ Morgan of Crow Lane House) | |||||||||||||||
| (a) | Sir Francis Clerke of Ulcombe (b c1624, d 1685) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Mary Darrel (dau of Sir Robert Darrel of Cale Hall) | |||||||||||||||
| ((1)) | Frances Clerke | ||||||||||||||
| m. Sir John Franklin of Bolnhurst | |||||||||||||||
| ((2)) | Lucresia Clerke | ||||||||||||||
| m. (?) (c02.1683-3) Stephen Holland of Aldgate | |||||||||||||||
| ((3))+ | other issue - Christopher, Henry (d young), John (a 1681, rector of Ulcomb) | ||||||||||||||
| m2. _ Gage (dau of Sir John Gage of Brightwell) | |||||||||||||||
| ((6)) | son | ||||||||||||||
| (b) | John Clerke (b c1618, a 1640, MP) | ||||||||||||||
| (iii) | Samuel Clerke of King's Thorp | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Margaret Peyto (bur 09.02.1633-4, dau of William Peyto of Chesterton) | |||||||||||||||
| (a) | Sir Samuel Clerke of West Haddon (bpt 22.12.1618-9, bur 24.05.1688, judge) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (05.05.1665) Elizabeth Bray (dau of George Bray of Bray, widow of John Breton) | |||||||||||||||
| ((1)) | Catherine Clerke (b c1670, a 1681) | ||||||||||||||
| (b) | William Clerke (bpt 02.05.1620, a 1681 in Canary Islands) | ||||||||||||||
| ((1)) | Joseph Maria Clerke | ||||||||||||||
| (c) | George Clerke of London (bpt 26.10.1624) | ||||||||||||||
| m. _ Parker | |||||||||||||||
| ((1)) | Catherine Clerke | ||||||||||||||
| m1. _ Morley of Sussex | |||||||||||||||
| m2. _ Trevor (son of Sir John, Principal Secretary of State) | |||||||||||||||
| (d) | Katherine Clerke (d 01.06.1698) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Sir Richard Rainsford (d 17.02.1679-80) | |||||||||||||||
| (e) | Elianor Clerke (bur 20.02.1681-2) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (11.09.1634) William Burket of Gayton (bur 20.11.1643) | |||||||||||||||
| (f) | Elizabeth Clerke (bpt 12.10.1617) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (28.09.1637) Samuel Broad of Rendcomb | |||||||||||||||
| (g) | Mary Clerke (bpt 29.02.1621-2) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Daniell Goldsmith of Campton (bur 02.10.1685) | |||||||||||||||
| (h) | Margaret Clerke (bpt 08.02.1626-7) | ||||||||||||||
| m. _ Fulham (prebendary of Windsor) ## see here ## | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | Jane Clerke (bpt 02.11.1630) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Lucas Ward (d 29.04.1674, rector of Weston Favell, vicar of Guilsborough) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. (c11.1674) John Wright of Brixworth | |||||||||||||||
| (j)+ | other issue - Samuel (bpt 28.09.1616, bur 29.09.1616), John (bpt 07.08.1623, bur 09.07.1624), Edward (bpt 04.09.1628, bur 03.02.1636-7), John (bpt 19.11.1629, bur 19.08.1639), Thomas (bpt 06.02.1633-4) | ||||||||||||||
| m2. (13.09.1635) Katharine _ of Christ Church, Canterbury (Mrs Sympson) | |||||||||||||||
| (o)+ | other issue - Edward (bpt 08.11.1638, bur 14.12.1638), Samuel (bpt 18.06.1640, d 20.06.1640), Katharine (bpt 29.06.1637) | ||||||||||||||
| (2) | William Clerke | ||||||||||||||
| (3) | Clement Clerke (b 1546) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Mary Clerke (dau of Thomas Clerke of Willoughby) | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | Sir George Clerke of Watford, Sheriff of London (d 04.09.1588?, d 30.01.1648) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Barbara Palmer (b c1599, d 02.02.1655-6, dau of Robert Palmer of Hill, sister of Sir William) | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | George Clerke of Watford | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Mary Holman (dau of Philip Holman of Warkworth) | |||||||||||||||
| (a) | Mary Clerke | ||||||||||||||
| m. (15.06.1669) Sir William Craven of Winwick | |||||||||||||||
| (b) | Barbara Clerke (b c1654) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (06.07.1671) Sir Gilbert Clerk of Brooke (b c1645) | |||||||||||||||
| (c) | Dorothy Clerke (b 18.09.1657, d 1727) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Sir John Franklin of Bolhurst | |||||||||||||||
| (d) | Jane Clerke | ||||||||||||||
| m. (c08.1699) William Becher of Howbury | |||||||||||||||
| (e) | Elizabeth Clerke | ||||||||||||||
| m. Thomas Hanbury of Kelmarsh | |||||||||||||||
| (f)+ | other issue (d young) - Philip (b c1656, bur 13.12.1676), George (bur 14.05.1658), Barbara | ||||||||||||||
| m2. Sarah Turner (dau of Edward Turner, Speaker of the House of Commons) | |||||||||||||||
| (ii) | Robert Clerke of Long Buckley | ||||||||||||||
| m. Frances Cotes (dau of John Cotes of Woodcote) | |||||||||||||||
| (a) | Sir Robert Clerke 'of Watford' (b c1657, bur 29.10.1736, MP) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (c04.1684) Frances Domatilla O'Brien (b c1666, bur 15.09.1707, dau of Col. James O'Briebn) | |||||||||||||||
| ((1)) | Edward Charles Thomas Clerke of Watford (bpt 19.03.1694-5, bur 19.01.1750-1) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Mary Skipwith (bur 29.10.1736, dau of Sir Fulwer Skipwith, Bart of Newbold Hall) | |||||||||||||||
| ((A)) | Charles William Clerke (b 28.02.1735, d 22.04.1764) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Martha Chapman (b c1729, d 28.03.1773, dau of Rev. Samuel Chapman) | |||||||||||||||
| ((B)) | George Clerke (bpt 17.08.1736, d 14.09.1787) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Anna Pilkington (b c1744, d 26.12.1837, dau of Henry Pilkington of Ashby-de-la-Zouch) | |||||||||||||||
| ((2)) | Mary Clerke | ||||||||||||||
| m. Sir Jonathan Jenkinson, Bart of Walton | |||||||||||||||
| ((3))+ | other issue - Robert (b 29.01.1704-5), Stewart (d young), Frances (d unm bur 21.12.1774), Penelope (bpt 27.11.1699, d unm bur 17.04.1762) | ||||||||||||||
| (b) | Thomas Clerke (bur 25.10.1736) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Penelope Grace (bpt 29.05.1676, bur 14.03.1753, dau of Rev. Job Grace) | |||||||||||||||
| ((1)) | Frances Clerke (b 22.08.1709) | ||||||||||||||
| m. William Bowker of Peterborough | |||||||||||||||
| ((A)) | Ann Vyse Bowker (b 1747-8, d 19.06.1773, heir) probably of this generation | ||||||||||||||
| m. (06.10.1767) Thomas Serocold of Peterborough (b 1732, d 1799) | |||||||||||||||
| ((2))+ | other issue - George (b 29.01.1710-1, d unm bur 07.08.1747, vicar of East Haddon), Job Thomas (b28.03.1712, bur 23.03.1739-40) | ||||||||||||||
| (c) | Mary Clerke | ||||||||||||||
| m. Thomas Gladwin (not Scaldwyn) of Durrant Hall | |||||||||||||||
| (d) | Frances Clerke (b c1674) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (c07.1698) Edward James of Kinvaston (b c1674) | |||||||||||||||
| (e)+ | other issue - George (bur 02.04.1742), John, Henry, Jane (d unm), Barbara (d unm) | ||||||||||||||
| (iii) | Sir Clement Clerke, 1st Bart of Launde Abbey (a 1661) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Catherine Talbot (dau of George Talbot of Ridge or Rudge) | |||||||||||||||
| (a) | Sir Talbot Clerke, 2nd Bart of Launde Abbey (d 1708) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Hannah | |||||||||||||||
| ((1)) | Sir Clement Clerke, 3rd Bart of Launde Abbey (b c1692, d unm c1715) | ||||||||||||||
| ((2)) | Sir Talbot Clerke, 4th Bart of Launde Abbey (b c1694, d 16.02.1723) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Barbara Gladwin (dau of Thomas Gladwin of Durrent Hall) | |||||||||||||||
| ((A)) | Sir Talbot Clerke, 5th Bart of Launde Abbey (d unm 20.11.1732) | ||||||||||||||
| ((B)) | Barbara Clerke (bpt 07.04.1749, dsp young?) | ||||||||||||||
| m. William Cox of London | |||||||||||||||
| ((3)) | Sarah Clerke (b c1693) | ||||||||||||||
| (b) | George Clerke (a 1698, 3rd son) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Dorothy Pearse (dau of _ Pearse of Oakfield) | |||||||||||||||
| ((1)) | Sir Talbot Clerke, 6th Bart (dsp 10.07.1750) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Lucy Rogers (dau of Rev. _ Rogers of Painswick) | |||||||||||||||
| ((2)) | Dorothy Clerke | ||||||||||||||
| m. Philip Jennings of Duddleston (nephew of Sir John) | |||||||||||||||
| (c)+ | other issue (a 1698, d unm) - Clement (deputy governor of the Isle of Wight), Thomas | ||||||||||||||
| (iv) | Elizabeth Clerke (d 1685) | ||||||||||||||
| m. John Walcot of Walcot | |||||||||||||||
| (v) | Mary Clerke | ||||||||||||||
| m. Sir Robert Atkyns (chief baron of the Exchequer) | |||||||||||||||
| (vi) | Barbara Clerke | ||||||||||||||
| m. Sir Wadham Wyndham (judge) | |||||||||||||||
| (vii) | Sarah Clerke | ||||||||||||||
| m. (14.09.1652) Thomas Kinnersley of Loxley | |||||||||||||||
| (viii) | Dorcas Clerke (d 06.02.1671) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (16.09.1652) John Cotes of Woodcote | |||||||||||||||
| (B) | William Clerke of Horninglow | ||||||||||||||
| (i)+ | issue - Thomas, Simon, George | ||||||||||||||
| (C) | Thomas Clerke of Willoughby (b 18.03.1581, d d 23.08.1663) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth Watson (dau of Peter Watson of Willoughby) | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | John Clerke of Willoughby and London (b c1604, d c1644) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Anne Aylway (dau of Richard Aylway of Hound Hall) | |||||||||||||||
| (a) | Thomas Clerke of Willoughby (b 18.06.1636, bur 15.07.1688, judge) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Mary Adams (bur 06.03.1687-8, dau of William Adams of Welton) | |||||||||||||||
| ((1))+ | issue (a 1682) - John (b c12.06.1661), Henry Charles (b c13.05.1662), Clement (b 08.1664, 4th son), George (b c1670), Thomas (b c1671), Mary (b 08.1666), Elizabeth (b c12.06.1667/77) | ||||||||||||||
| ((8))+ | other issue (d young) - Thomas, Anne, Elizabeth, Anne, Catherine | ||||||||||||||
| (b) | Elizabeth Clerke (b c1643) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (c02.1666-7) Richard Capell of Gloucester (b c1636, a 1666) | |||||||||||||||
| (c)+ | other issue (d unm) - George (bur 18.01.1663-4), Aylway, John (d infant), Richard (d infant), Anne | ||||||||||||||
| (ii) | George Clerke of London (b c1615, d c1678) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Catherine Fleetwood (dau of Charles Fleetwood of the Vach) | |||||||||||||||
| (a)+ | issue - George in London, Anne, Catherine, Elizabeth, Mary | ||||||||||||||
| (iii) | Clement Clerke in London (b c1618, a 1682) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth Bromwich of Bromsgrove | |||||||||||||||
| (iv) | Henry Clerke (b c1621, bur 09.04.1687, President of Magdalen College, Oxford) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Katherine Adams (b c1636, d 03.12.1669, dau of William Adams of Welton) | |||||||||||||||
| (a)+ | issue - Henry, Catherine (b 01.1667, a 1682) | ||||||||||||||
| (v) | Joan Clerke | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Walter Watson of Willoughby | |||||||||||||||
| m2. William Field of Braunston | |||||||||||||||
| (vi) | Mary Clerke | ||||||||||||||
| m. William Aylway (son of Richard of Hound Hall) | |||||||||||||||
| (D) | Amie Clerke | ||||||||||||||
| m. William Clarke of Willoughby | |||||||||||||||
| (E) | Elizabeth Clerke | ||||||||||||||
| m. Zeph. Southam of Braunston | |||||||||||||||
| c. | Sir John Clerke of Weston (d 1539) | ||||||||||||||
| m. _ Ashby | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | Nicholas Clerke of North Weston (d 1551) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth Ramsay (dau/heir of Thomas Ramsay of Hitcham) | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | Sir William Clerke of Shabbington & Hithcam, Buckinghamshire (d 01.02.1624-5) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Mary (or Margaret) Brown (dau of Sir John Brown or Bourne of Holt Castle, Secretary of State) | |||||||||||||||
| (B) | Dorothy Clerke probably of this generation | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Henry Long of Shengay (d 1573) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Sir Charles Morriston of Cashiobury | |||||||||||||||
Main source(s): BP1934 (Clerke), BEB1841 (Clerke of Launde Abbey), Visitation (Northamptonshire, 1681 (edited 1935), Clerke of West Haddon and Watford), with input from Visitation (Warwickshire, 1682-3, Clerke of Willoughby)
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