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CLIFFORD, Sir Conyers (d.1599).

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3rd s. of George Clifford of Bobbing Court, Kent by Ursula, da. of Roger Finch. m. Mary (d.1603), da. of Francis Southwell of Wymondham, Norf., wid. of Thomas Sidney of Kent and of Nicholas Gorges, 2s. 1da. Kntd. 1591.
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Served under 2nd Earl of Essex at Rouen 1591; sergeant-major-gen. Cadiz expedition 1596; president of Connaught 1597.DNB; Vis. Kent (Harl. Soc. lxxiv), 40; Hasted, Kent, vi. 201; C. G. Cruickshank, Elizabeth’s Army, 271–3.

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CLIFFORD, Sir Conyers (d.1599).
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CLERKSON, James (c.1515-85), of Hull, Yorks.

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b. c. 1515. m. Dorothy Hartcastle.
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Alderman, Hull, sheriff 1555, mayor 1559, 1568, 1578.Rylands Eng. ms 311; Tickell, Hist. Hull, 271; T. Gent, Hist. Hull (1735), pp. 120, 122.

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CLERKSON, James (c.1515-85), of Hull, Yorks.
Main residence: Hull, Yorks.
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CLERKSON, James (c.1515-85)

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CLERKE, William II (d.c.1586), of Hackney, Mdx.

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educ. Peterhouse, Camb. 1548, Gonville and Caius, BA 1551-2, MA 1555, fellow 1557, LLD 1569. m. wid. of Thomas Blackwell, at least 1s. 1da.
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Regius prof. of civil law, Camb. 1563; jt. (with William Aubrey) vicar gen. province of Canterbury Jan. 1578.

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CLERKE, William II (d.c.1586), of Hackney, Mdx.
Main residence: Hackney, Mdx.
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CLERKE, William II (-d. c.1586)

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CLERKE, William I (by 1527-?87), of Ponsbourne, Herts.

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b. by 1527. ?m. ?; Anne, da. of Edward Tyndale of Pull Court, Worcs., wid. of John Perte of Tewkesbury, Glos., at least 1da.CPR, 1553, p. 169; B. W. Greenfield, Gen. Tyndale Fam.; PCC 9 Spencer.
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Searcher, Bristol 1548; servant of Thomas Seymour, Baron Seymour of Sudeley by 1549, of Edward Seymour, Duke of Somerset by 1551, of William Herbert, 1st Earl of Pembroke by 1553.Harl. 888, f. 14; CPR, 1553, pp. 112, 121, 169, 175, 177, 221, 268–70; HMC Foljambe, 6; HMC Bath, iv. 109; APC, iii. 440.

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CLERKE, William (d.1587), of Ponsbourne, Herts.
Main residence: Ponsbourne, Herts.
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This biography is based upon research by T. F. T. Baker.

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

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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.
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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.

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CLERKE, Bartholomew (c.1537-90)

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