George (Clerke) Clarke
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George (Clerke) Clarke (aft. 1510 - 1559)

George Clarke formerly Clerke
Born after in Wrotham, Kent, Englandmap
Ancestors ancestors
Brother of and
Husband of — married about 1533 in Kent, Englandmap
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Died before age 49 in Wrotham, Kent, Englandmap
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Biography

George was the son of James Clerke and Elizabeth Ferrers.[1][2][3] He may have been born at Forde Hall, Wrotham, Kent where his father had his main residence. His birth date is not known, but his parents married in about 1508 and he was probably their third son, so he was almost certainly born after 1510. (Douglas Richardson gives that year as his birth year but it is not clear what sourcing there is for that.)[4][5]

George married Elizabeth Wilsford, daughter of Thomas Wilsford[1][2] and Elizabeth Culpeper, in about 1533.[3][4][5] They probably married in Kent, where both families lived. They had the following children:

George was left 40s. in the 1535 Will of his maternal uncle Edward Ferrers.[4][5][6]

On 10 February 1553/4, near Wrotham, Kent, George supported Lord Abergavenny and Sir Robert Southwell, Sheriff of Kent, in defeating a group of participants in Wyatt's rebellion.[3][4][5]

George died at Wrotham, Kent on 6 March 1558/9 and was buried there on 8 March.[3][4][5] An Inquisition Post Mortem was held in 1 Elizabeth I (17 November 1558-16 November 1559).[7]

Sources

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 Robert Hofenden (ed.). The Visitation of Kent taken in the years 1619-1621, Harleian Society, 1898, p. 2, Internet Archive
  2. 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11 2.12 2.13 2.14 W Bruce Bannerman (ed.). The Visitations of Kent, Part I, Harleian Society, 1923, p. 38, Familysearch
  3. 3.00 3.01 3.02 3.03 3.04 3.05 3.06 3.07 3.08 3.09 3.10 3.11 Alfred Rudulph Justice. "Genealogical Research in England" in the New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Vol. 74, 1920. p. 74, Internet Archive
  4. 4.00 4.01 4.02 4.03 4.04 4.05 4.06 4.07 4.08 4.09 4.10 4.11 4.12 4.13 4.14 4.15 4.16 4.17 4.18 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. I, p. 482, CLARKE 13, Google Books
  5. 5.00 5.01 5.02 5.03 5.04 5.05 5.06 5.07 5.08 5.09 5.10 5.11 5.12 5.13 5.14 5.15 5.16 5.17 5.18 Douglas Richardson. Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 5 vols, ed. Kimball G. Everingham (Salt Lake City: the author, 2013), Vol. II, pp. 213-214, CLARKE 17
  6. Shakespeare Birthplace trust, ref. DR 3/307, National Archives Discovery Centre entry (gives digest of Will)
  7. The National Archives, ref. C 142/120/101, Discovery Centre catalogue entry

See Also:

  • Faris, David. Plantagenet Ancestry of Seventeenth-century Colonists, Genealogical Publishing Company, 1996, p. 65
  • Weis, Frederick Lewis. Ancestral Roots of certain American Colonists who came to America before 1700, 8th edition, Genealogical Publishing Company, 2004, p. 16, line 11/38

Acknowledgements

Magna Carta Project

This profile was re-reviewed for the Magna Carta project by Michael Cayley on 9 January 2023.
George (Clerke) Clarke appears in Magna Carta Ancestry in a Richardson-documented trail from Gateway Ancestor Jeremy Clarke to Magna Carta Surety Baron Saher de Quincy (vol. I, pages 480-483 CLARKE). This trail was project-approved/badged in April 2016 by a Magna Carta Project member. The trail is set out in the Magna Carta Trails section of William Clerke'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".




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I plan to re-review this profile soon for the Magna Carta Project as part of the trail from Gateway Jeremy Clarke to Surety Baron Saher de Quincy.

- now DONE

posted by Michael Cayley
edited by Michael Cayley
This isn't a genealogical note as much as an interesting one. I went back to Forde Hall in 2018 to see the old family home. The owner says she has a ghost named George. I asked if she was aware George was a Clerke/Clark family name and she wasn't. She did talk about the person who had it as a home prior to her and there were lots of scandalous tales of the Culpepers hanging about in the 16th century or so. Forde Hall is still an amazing building with much of the woodwork being original.
posted by Kelly Clarke
Clerke-24 and Clark-14527 appear to represent the same person because: George Clerke or Clark from Forde Hall in Wrotham England. Dates are same.
posted on Clark-14527 (merged) by Kelly Clarke
Thanks! I have now completed the merge. Glad you spotted this.
posted by Michael Cayley
Clarke-3700 and Clerke-24 appear to represent the same person because: Nothing in the Unsourced profile suggests that it represents anyone other than Clerke-24. I adopted the Unsourced profile only in order to foster a merge.
posted by Ellen Smith
Richardson does not list a John Clerke, Clerke-50, as one of George Clark/Clerke's 14 children. I recommend detaching him.
Clerke-24 and Clerke-51 appear to represent the same person because: Same person. Look at the spouse.
posted by [Living Pictet]
Clerke-24 and Clerke-51 do not represent the same person because: man and wife
posted by Anonymous (Stout) S
Clerke-24 and Clerke-51 do not represent the same person because: these are husband and wife. george clarke and mrs george clerke. they are NOT the same person
posted by Richard Williams Jr
Clerke-24 and Clerke-51 do not represent the same person because: one is a male the other a female. they are a couple not a single individual
posted by Richard Williams Jr
THere is a pending merge for this profile. Please scroll to the bottom for more information.

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