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CLAYTON, Thomas (c.1612-93), of Oxford and The Vache, Chalfont St. Giles, Bucks.
Family and Education
b. c.1612, 1st s. of Thomas Clayton, MD, master of Pembroke 1624-47, by Alice, da. of Bartholomew Warner, MD, of Oxford. educ. Pembroke, Oxf. matric. 25 May 1627, aged 15, BA 1629, MA 1631, BM 1635, MD 1639; G. Inn 1633. m. bef. 1650, Bridget (d. 11 Dec. 1687), da. of Sir Clement Cottrell, groom-porter, of Southrepps, Norf., 1s. 1da. suc. fa. 1647; Kntd. 27 Mar. 1661.Wood’s Life and Times (Oxf. Hist. Soc. xix), 132; D. Macleane, Hist. Pemb. Coll. (Oxf. Hist. Soc. xxxiii), 213-15; PCC 76 Essex; information from Miss J. K. Cordy.
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Fellow of Pembroke, Oxf. ?1629 – 49; regius professor of medicine and master of Ewelme hospital 1647 – 65; j.p. Oxon. July 1660 – Mar. 1688, Oxford 1661, Bucks. 1663 – Feb. 1688, Bucks. Sept. 1688 – d., Oxon. Oct. 1688 – d.; commr. for visitation, Oxf. Univ. July 1660–2, assessment, Oxon. Aug. 1660–80, Oxf. Univ. Aug. 1660–1, 1673 – 79, Oxford 1661 – 69, Bucks. 1663 – 74, 1679 – 80, Oxon. and Oxf. Univ. 1689 – 90; warden of Merton, Oxf. 1661 – d.; commr. for recusants, Bucks. and Oxon. 1675.
Main residences: Oxford; The Vache, Chalfont St. Giles, Bucks.
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CLAYTON, Thomas (c.1612-93)
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Oxford 1644
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CLERKE, Sir Francis (c.1624-86), of Rochester and Ulcombe, Kent.
Family and Education
b. c. 1624, 2nd but 1st surv. s. of Henry Clerke, serjeant-at-law, of Rochester by Grace, da. and h. of George Morgan of Crow Lane House, Rochester; bro. of John Clerke. educ. M. Temple, entered 1641, called 1656; Univ. Coll. Oxf. matric. 1 July 1642, aged 18. m. (1) 17 Oct. 1646, Mary (d. bef. 1663), da. of Sir Robert Darell of Calehill, Kent, 3s. (1 d.v.p.) 2da.; (2) Elizabeth, da. and h. of John Cage of Brightwell Court, Bucks., wid. of John Hastings of Woodlands, Dorset, 1s.; (3) lic. 6 Dec. 1670, Elizabeth, da. of John Turner of Canterbury, Kent, wid. of Nathaniel Hardy, DD, dean of Rochester, s.p. suc. fa. 1648; Kntd. 28 May 1660.Vis. Kent (Harl. Soc. liv), 36; Little Chart Reg. 114; Vis. Northants. (Harl. Soc. lxxxvii), 54; Lipscomb, Bucks. iii. 29; F. F. Smith, Hist. Rochester, 108, 112.
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J.p. Kent July 1660 – d.; commr. for assessment, Kent Aug. 1660–80, Rochester 1663 – 64; sewers, Medway marshes Dec. 1660; warden, Rochester bridge 1661, 1669, 1676, 1683, asst. 1661 – 84; commr. for corporations, Kent 1662 – 63, loyal and indigent officers 1662; sub-commr. for prizes, Dover 1665 – 67; receiver of hearth-tax, Kent 1664 – 67, dep. lt. 1665 – 68, 1680 – d., commr. for recusants 1675; freeman, Maidstone 1683–d.
Gent. of privy chamber by June 1660–d.
Main residences: Rochester; Ulcombe, Kent.
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Commons 1660-1690
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CLERKE, Sir Francis (c.1624-86)
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Oxford 1644
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CLERKE (CLARKE), George (c.1626-89), of Watford, Northants.
Family and Education
b. c. 1626, 1st s. of Sir George Clarke, Grocer, of London and Watford by Barbara, da. of Robert Palmer, Grocer, of London and Hill Warden, Beds. educ. Queens’, Camb. 1639; L. Inn 1646; travelled abroad. m. (1) lic. 9 June 1648, Mary (d.1668), da. of Philip Holman, scrivener, of Warkworth, Northants., 2s. d.v.p. 6da.; (2) Sarah, da. of (Sir) Edward Turnor of Little Parndon, Essex, s.p. suc. fa. 1649.Vis. Northants. (Harl. Soc. lxxxvii), 53; Bridges, Northants. i. 590.
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Commr. for militia, Northants. Mar. 1660; j.p. Mar. 1660–87, 1689 – d., commr. for assessment Aug. 1660–80, 1689, loyal and indigent officers 1662, dep. lt. 1662-bef. 1680.
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Main residence: Watford, Northants.
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CLERKE (CLARKE), George (c.1626-89)
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CLERKE, (CLARKE), Henry I (1621-81), of Enford, Wilts.
Family and Education
b. bef. 6 Sept. 1621, 2nd s. of Sir Henry Clarke of Avington, Hants, being 1st s. by 2nd w. Margaret, da. of Richard Percey of Lee Court, Greatham, Hants. m. settlement 7 June 1639 (with £1,000), Isabella, da. of Thomas Warwick, organist of Westminster Abbey, Mdx., at least 5s. 5 other ch. suc. fa. at Enford 1654.Wilts. Arch. Mag. xxiii. 336; Vis. Hants. (Harl. Soc. lxiv), 189; CSP Dom. 1656-7, p. 2; 1671-2, p. 53; Wilts. N. and Q. ii. 534; Al. Ox. 282, 284, 285.
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Major of horse (royalist) by 1646.
J.p. Wilts. July 1660 – d., commr. for assessment Aug. 1660–74, corporations 1662 – 63, loyal and indigent officers 1662, capt. of militia 1661 – ?71; freeman, Winchester by 1663, Portsmouth 1675; sub-commr. of prizes, Bristol 1672 – 73; commr. for recusants, Wilts. 1675; receiver of recusant forfeitures, Norf., Suff., Cambs. and Hunts. 1680–d.
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Main residence: Enford, Wilts.
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Commons 1660-1690
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CLERKE, (CLARKE), Henry I (1621-81)
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Oxford 1644
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CLERKE, Henry II (c.1640-89), of Enford, Wilts. and the Inner Temple, London.
Family and Education
b. c. 1640, 1st s. of Henry Clerke I. educ. I. Temple 1657. m. 3 Feb. 1673 (with £3,500), Hester, da. of Sir Erasmus de la Fountaine of Kirby Bellars, Leics., 1s. 1da. suc. fa. 1681.Westminster Abbey Reg. (Harl. Soc. x), 8; Wilts. RO, 413/151; Cal. Treas. Bks. vii. 207.
Offices Held
Clerk of entries, alienation office July 1660–d.
Commr. for assessment, Wilts. 1664 – 80, 1689, j.p. 1674 – June 1688, Oct. 1688 – d., dep. lt. 1683 – June 1688, Oct. 1688 – d.; freeman, Calne 1685-June 1688.
Main residences: Enford, Wilts.; the Inner Temple, London.
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Commons 1660-1690
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CLERKE, Henry II (c.1640-89)
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Oxford 1644
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