CLERKE, Bartholomew (c.1537-90), of Clapham, Surr.

Family and Education

b. c. 1537, s. of John Clerke of Wells by Anne, da. of Henry Grantoft of Hunts. educ. Eton c.1550-4; King’s, Camb. 23 Aug. 1554, BA 1559, commenced MA 1562; incorp. Oxf. 1566; LLD 1572; also studied at Paris. m. aft. 1575, Eleanor, da. of (?Robert) Haselrigge, wid. of Thomas Smith of Mitcham, Surr., 1s. 1da.DNB; Lansd. 15, f. 128; 17, f. 73; 22, f. 52; Vis. Surr. (Harl. Soc. xliii), 148-9.

Offices Held

Professor of rhetoric, Camb. c. 1563, proctor 1564, 1569; adv. Doctors’ Commons, dean of the arches and master in Chancery 1573; eccles. commr. 1576; j.p. Surr. by 1577; judge of ct. of audience 1578; archdeacon of Wells c. 1581 – 82; commr. to the Netherlands 1585 – 86, 1587.C. Coote, English Civilians, 50; APC, x. 148; Le Neve, Fasti, i. 161; Leycester Corresp. (Cam. Soc. xxvii), passim.

Parlimentarian

CLERKE, Bartholomew (c.1537-90), of Clapham, Surr.

Main residence: Clapham, Surr.

Author

N.M.F.

Volume

Commons 1558-1603

Web Title

CLERKE, Bartholomew (c.1537-90)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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