Clement Harleston (abt. 1494 - abt. 1544)

Born about 1494 in South Ockendon, Essex, England

Ancestors

Husband of Margaret (Tey) Harleston — married about 1510 in England

Husband of Jane (Wyatt) Harleston — married before 1544 in England

Descendants

Died about 24 Oct 1544 at about age 50 in Boulogne, Picardie, France

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Biography

Clement was the son of John Harleston^[1] and Jane Higham/Heigham. He was probably born in South Ockendon, Essex, where his father held lands. He was said to be age 5 at his father's death in 1499, pointing to a birth date of about 1494.^[2][3]

Lands

Clement held manors in Essex, Kent and Lincolnshire.^[4][5][6] In 1513 Clement was given livery of lands of Alice, widow of Robert Harleston, and late wife of John Hevyngham, deceased.^[7] He sold some of his Lincolnshire property, which he had inherited from his paternal grandmother Alice Bruyn.^[2][3] In 1531 he sold some lands in Kent.^[8]

Clement is described as of Coggeshall, Essex in a law case of 1529-32.^[9] In 1531 he was in possession of the manor of South Ockendon Hall, Essex.^[10]

At an unknown date, Clement sued John Skryven, Richard Frankysse, Thomas Maryonell, and others for assaulting his bailiff and despoiling woodland at Broughton, Lincolnshire.^[11]

Marriages

In about 1510 Clement married Margaret Tey, daughter of William Tey and Elizabeth/Isabel Basset.^[2][3] They had at least one child:

• John, born in 1511^[2][3]

On 29 August 1538 Sir Richard Gresham wrote to Thomas Cromwell that he had "spoken to Masteres [Mistress] Packyngton for Sir Clement Harleston. She is not inclined that way."^[12] This reads like sounding her out as to whether she might be inclined to marry Clement - and if so, it indicates that Margaret Tey had died by then.

Before 1544 Clement married Jane Wyatt, widow of William Colsell, a London mercer.^[2][3] He sued the mayor and sheriffs of London and Robert Wyatt, brother of his second wife, for not contributing to a bond for payment of £100 on his second marriage, causing him to receive less money than he expected.^[13][14]

Life

Clement was recorded in 1516 as a knight of the body to Henry VIII.^[15]

Clement was the executor of the will of his first wife's mother, Isabel Basset,^[2][3] who died before 1532.^[16][17]

In 1533 Clement was one of the knights and gentlemen appointed to act as "servitors" to Ann Boleyn at her coronation as queen.^[18] Douglas Richardson says he was knighted that year,^[2][3] but he was described as Sir Clement Harleston in a 1516 list of Henry VIII's knights of the body.^[15] He was made a Commissioner of Sewers for Essex in 1538.^[19]

He served in Henry VIII's wars in France.^[2][3] He was given a captain's wages in 1543.^[20] In 1544 he was in charge of baking for the army.^[21] He was allowed £7462 "towards the entertainment ["payment" - the term was used in this sense especially for those in military employment] of millers, bakers and other artificers."^[22]

Death

Clement died at Boulogne, France on 24 October 1544. His body was brought back to South Ockendon, Essex, where he was buried on 6 November 1544. Richardson spells his death place "Boleyn":^[2][3] a 1545 entry in the papers of Henry VIII confirms it was Boulogne, spelt "Boloyne" in the record.^[23] His will was proved on 20 May 1547.^[24]

The South Ockendon entry in the Victoria County History of Essex wrongly gives Clement's death date as 1546:^[10] a 25 May 1545 entry in the papers of the reign of Henry VIII refers to Clement's son and heir, in terms which indicate that Clement was dead.^[23]

Sources

1. ↑ John Paul Rylands (editor). The Visitation of the County of Dorset taken in the year 1623, Harleian Society, 1885, p. 22, Internet Archive
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8} Douglas Richardson. Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 4 vols, ed. Kimball G. Everingham, 2nd edition (Salt Lake City: the author, 2011), Vol. II, p. 361, HARLESTON 13, Google Books
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.8} Douglas Richardson. Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 5 vols, ed. Kimball G. Everingham (Salt Lake City: the author, 2013), Vol. III, pp. 230-231, HARLESTON 12
4. ↑ List of Early Chancery Proceedings, Vol. VI, HMSO, 1922, pp. 90-91, Internet Archive
5. ↑ The National Archives, C 1/643/36, catalogue entry
6. ↑ The National Archives, C 1/643/38, catalogue entry
7. ↑ 'Henry VIII: June 1513, 27-30', in Letters and Papers, Foreign and Domestic, Henry VIII, Volume 1, 1509-1514, ed. J S Brewer (London, 1920), pp. 918-940, entry 18, British History Online, accessed 10 August 2021
8. ↑ 'Henry VIII: March 1531, 16-31', in Letters and Papers, Foreign and Domestic, Henry VIII, Volume 5, 1531-1532, ed. James Gairdner (London, 1880), pp. 66-82, entry 54, British History Online, accessed 10 August 2021
9. ↑ The National Archives, C 1/643/39, catalogue entry
10. ↑ ^{10.0 10.1} 'Parishes: South Ockendon', in A History of the County of Essex: Volume 7, ed. W R Powell (London, 1978), pp. 117-126, British History Online, accessed 10 August 2021
11. ↑ The National Archives, STAC 2/33/12, catalogue entry
12. ↑ 'Henry VIII: August 1538 26-31', in Letters and Papers, Foreign and Domestic, Henry VIII, Volume 13 Part 2, August-December 1538, ed. James Gairdner (London, 1893), pp. 75-101, British History Online, accessed 10 August 2021
13. ↑ List of Early Chancery Proceedings, Vol. VIII, HMSO, 1929, p. 113, Internet Archive
14. ↑ The National Archives, C 1/1004/22, catalogue entry
15. ↑ ^{15.0 15.1} 'Henry VIII: December 1516, 26-31', in Letters and Papers, Foreign and Domestic, Henry VIII, Volume 2, 1515-1518, ed. J S Brewer (London, 1864), pp. 851-878, British History Online, accessed 10 August 2021
16. ↑ Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, Vol. IV, p. 185, TEY 11, Google Books
17. ↑ Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. V, p. 148, TEY 16
18. ↑ 'Henry VIII: May 1533, 26-31', in Letters and Papers, Foreign and Domestic, Henry VIII, Volume 6, 1533, ed. James Gairdner (London, 1882), pp. 234-262, British History Online, accessed 10 August 2021
19. ↑ 'Henry VIII: April 1538, 26-30', in Letters and Papers, Foreign and Domestic, Henry VIII, Volume 13 Part 1, January-July 1538, ed. James Gairdner (London, 1892), pp. 311-330, British History Online, accessed 10 August 2021
20. ↑ 'Henry VIII: May 1543, 26-31', in Letters and Papers, Foreign and Domestic, Henry VIII, Volume 18 Part 1, January-July 1543, ed. James Gairdner and R H Brodie (London, 1901), pp. 346-368, British History Online, accessed 10 August 2021
21. ↑ 'Henry VIII: March 1544, 26-31', in Letters and Papers, Foreign and Domestic, Henry VIII, Volume 19 Part 1, January-July 1544, ed. James Gairdner and R H Brodie (London, 1903), pp. 141-178, British History Online, accessed 10 August 2021: last name spelt both Hurleston and Harleston
22. ↑ 'Henry VIII: November 1544, 1-5', in Letters and Papers, Foreign and Domestic, Henry VIII, Volume 19 Part 2, August-December 1544, ed. James Gairdner and R H Brodie (London, 1905), pp. 322-336, British History Online, accessed 10 August 2021
23. ↑ ^{23.0 23.1} 'Henry VIII: May 1545, 21-25', in Letters and Papers, Foreign and Domestic, Henry VIII, Volume 20 Part 1, January-July 1545, ed. James Gairdner and R H Brodie (London, 1905), pp. 390-402, British History Online, accessed 10 August 2021
24. ↑ The National Archives, PROB 11/31/503, catalogue entry

• Richardson, Douglas. Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 5 vols, ed. Kimball G. Everingham. Salt Lake City: the author, 2013. See also WikiTree’s source page for Royal Ancestry.
• Richardson, Douglas. Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 4 vols, ed. Kimball G. Everingham. 2nd edition. Salt Lake City: the author, 2011. See also WikiTree’s source page for Magna Carta Ancestry.

Acknowledgements

Magna Carta Project

This profile was developed for the Magna Carta project by Michael Cayley on 10 August 2021 and reviewed and approved by Thiessen-117 the same day.

Clement Harleston is listed in Magna Carta Ancestry in a Richardson-documented trail from Gateway Ancestors John Harleston and Elizabeth Harleston to Magna Carta Surety Barons Hugh le Bigod and Roger le Bigod (vol. II, pages 355-363 HARLESTON). This trail was developed by the Magna Carta project and was badged on 24 August 2021. The profiles in this trail and their status are set forth in the Magna Carta Trails on John Harleston's profile.

See Base Camp for more information about identified Magna Carta trails and their status. See the project's glossary for project-specific terms, such as a "badged trail".