William was the son of Robert Clere and his first wife Agnes Hopton.[1][2] He was likely to have been born in Norfoklkj, where his parents lived.
Sources
↑ 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. 402, HOPTON 10, Google Books
↑ 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. 314-315, HOPTON 14
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