Thomas Clarell (bef. 1365 - 1442)

Born before 1365 in Yorkshire, England [uncertain]

Ancestors

Husband of Matilda (Montgomery) Clarell — married [date unknown] in England

Descendants

Died 1 May 1442 after age 77 in England

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Biography

Birth

Thomas was the son and heir of William Clarell of Aldwark (born about 1340; died before 15 January 1379/80) and Elizabeth (died after 1389), daughter of William de Reigate (or Reygate) of Steveton, York.^[1][2][3] Three children were born to this marriage.^[3] Thomas's birthdate has been estimated as having occurred around 1365, assuming a 25 year generational interval between father and son.

Marriage and Issue

Thomas married Matilda (or Maud), daughter of Nicholas Montgomery, Knt. (died 1424), of Cubley and Marston Montgomery, Derbyshire, and Margery (or Margaret), daughter of Godfrey Foljambe, Knt.^[1][2][3] Their marriage produced the following issue:

• Thomas, Esq., born about 1402, married Elizabeth Scrope,^[3][4] named as Thomas's son and heir in deeds for a 1437 exchange of land at Aldwark, Yorkshire^[5]
• John, Esq., of Marshburgh Hall;^[1][3]
• Robert;^[1][3]
• Elizabeth, married John Gresley, Knt., of Drakelow, Derbyshire;^[1][3] and
• Margaret, first married by contract John Fitzwilliam on 19 January 1410, et al.^[1][3][6]

Matilda died intestate before 17 March 1456/7, when her son John was granted administration of her estate.^[1][7][8] John was her only surviving son, as both Thomas and Robert (see research note 1) had predeceased their mother.^[7][8]

Notable Events

In 1430, Thomas, representing Yorkshire, was one of many prominent men from the counties of England, who were persuaded by Crown-appointed commissioners to lend money to Henry VI to finance the King's April voyage to France. In what proved a failed attempt to bring a hasty conclusion to the wars, the Crown, nonetheless, had provided surety for repayment to the lenders on the octaves of Martinmas.^[9]

Death

The will of Thomas Clarell, dated 20 November 1441, expressed his wish to be buried in Austin Friars at Tickhill, Yorkshire, and specified that his executors, Matilda, sons John and Robert, Thomas Clarell vicar of Leeds (see research note 2), Richard Bete rector of Smeaton, and William Arrowsmith chaplain, were to receive additional personal property not assigned in the will.^[7] The will was proved 20 June 1442, following Thomas's drowning in the River Don on 1 May 1442.^[1][2][7][8]

Research Notes

1. Thomas's son Robert Clarell made his will the Sunday before 28 August 1446, the feast of St. Augustine the Doctor, where he requested that he be buried in the Friary-church near Tickhill. In his will, he left almost everything to his mother, Matilda, which seems to include his horse, saddle and bridle, boots, spurs and sword, and 40s. for his mortuary. Robert's will was proved on 17 October 1446.^[7]

2. Thomas Clarell, the vicar of Leeds, named in the will of the Thomas of this profile, may have been a younger brother of Thomas Clarell. On 19 December 1428, the vicar was installed at the Kelham rectory in Nottinghamshire, on the presentation of Welbeck Abbey. This he exchanged with James Baguley for the vicarage of Leeds, to which he was instituted Nov. 8, 1430. The vicar, founder of a chantry at St. Catherine's altar, died in 1469.^[7]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7} 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. 208, 209, CLARELL 10, 11,
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} The Wallop Family and Their Ancestry, 4 vols. (Oxford: John Johnson, 1928), Vol. I, p. 204, (WebLink FamilySearch).
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7} 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, pp. 477, 478, CLARELL 6, 7, (WebLink Google Books).
4. ↑ 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, p. 210, CLARELL 12.
5. ↑ Derbyshire Record Office, ref. D7676/Bag C/860, National Archives Discovery Centre catalogue entry
6. ↑ Doncaster Archives, ref. CD/2, Pre-nuptial settlement, National Archives Discovery Centre catalogue entry
7. ↑ ^{7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 7.5} James Raine, Secretary of the Surtees Society. Testamenta Eboracensia Or, Wills Registered at York, Illustrative of the History, Manners, Language, Statistics, &c., of the Province of York, from the Year 1300 Downwards (Durham: Andrews and CO., 1865), Vol. III, p. 247 note, (WebLink Google Books).
8. ↑ ^{8.0 8.1 8.2} Joseph Foster. Pedigrees of the County Families of Yorkshire (London: W. Wilfred Head, 1874), Vol. I, part I, p. 18, (WebLink FamilySearch).
9. ↑ Great Britain. Public Record Office. Calendar of Patent Rolls: Henry VI. A.D. 1429-1436 (London: Eure and Spottiswoode, 1948), Vol. II, Membrane 80, pp. 49, 50, 51, (WebLink Internet Archive).

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