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CLAYTON, Sir Robert (1629-1707), of Old Jewry, London and Marden Park, Godstone, Surr.

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b. 29 Sept. 1629, 1st s. of John Clayton, carpenter, of Bulwick, Northants. by Alice, da. of Thomas Abbot of Gretton, Northants. m. 26 Dec. 1660, Martha (d. 1705), da. and coh. of Perient Trott, merchant, of London, 1s. d.v.p. suc. partner John Morris† in Bucks. estate 1682; Kntd. 30 Oct. 1671.
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Member, Scriveners’ Co. 1658, asst. 1670, master 1671–2, transferred to Drapers’ Co. 1679, master 1680–1; alderman, London 1670–83, 1689–d., sheriff 1671–2, ld. mayor 1679–80; gov. Irish Soc. 1692–1706.

Member, Hudson’s Bay Co. 1676, treasurer 1678; asst. R. African Co. 1681; dir. Bank of Eng. (with statutory intervals) 1702–d. J. R. Woodhead, Rulers of London (London and Mdx. Arch. Soc.), 48; Bodl. Rawl. D.51, ff. 31–32; Beaven, Aldermen, ii. 105; K. G. Davies, R. African Co. 379.

Member, New England Co. 1683; gov. Bridewell Hosp. 1689; pres. Hon. Artillery Co. 1690–1703; St. Thomas’ Hosp. 1692–d.; vice-pres. London corp. of poor 1698.

Commr. customs 1689–97, taking subscriptions to Bank of Eng. 1694, Greenwich Hosp. 1695; trustee, receiving loan to Emperor 1706. NLS, Adv. 31.1.7, f. 146; Add. 10120, ff. 232–6; Boyer, Anne Annals, iv. 126; W. Kellaway, New England Co. 292; F. T. Melton, Sir Robert Clayton and Origins of English Deposit Banking, 4; Macfarlane thesis, 362.

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CLAYTON, Sir Robert (1629-1707), of Old Jewry, London and Marden Park, Godstone, Surr.
Main residences: Old Jewry, London; Marden Park, Godstone, Surr.
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CLAVELL, Edward (1676-1738), of Smedmore, Dorset

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b. 19 Jan. 1676, 1st s. of Walter Clavell, merchant, of Bengal, India by his 2nd w. Martha, da. of Thomas Woodruff, merchant, of London. educ. St. Paul’s 1686–93. m. (1) Jane, da. and h. of Sir Edward Littleton, merchant, of London, pres. of Bengal, s.p.; (2) settlement 10 Nov. 1717, Elizabeth, da. of George Damer of Dorchester, Dorset and aunt of Joseph Damer†, 1st Earl of Dorchester, 4s. 4da. suc. fa. 1678.
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Sheriff, Dorset 1702–3.

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CLAVELL, Edward (1676-1738), of Smedmore, Dorset
Main residence: Smedmore, Dorset.
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CLARKE, Thomas (c.1672-1754), of Brickendon, Herts.

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b. c. 1672, 1st s. of Sir Edward Clarke of St. Vedast’s, London, ld. mayor of London, by his 2nd w. Jane, da. of Richard Clutterbuck. educ. St. Catharine’s, Camb. 1689; M. Temple 1690, called 1706, bencher 1723, treasurer 1731. m. 9 Jan. 1699, Elizabeth, da. of Alexander Pinfold of Hoxton, Mdx., s.p. suc. fa. 1703; Kntd. 24 July 1706. J. R. Woodhead, Rulers of London (London and Mdx. Arch. Soc.), 47; Guildhall Lib. ms 1103/1 (unfol.), MI of Sir Edward Clarke.
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Freeman, Hertford 1704; commr. charitable uses, Hertford 1708. Herts. RO, Hertford bor. recs. 21/39, 5/35.

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CLARKE, Sir Thomas (c.1672-1754), of Brickendon, Herts.
Main residence: Brickendon, Herts.
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CLARKE, Godfrey (c.1678-1734), of Chilcote and Somershall, Derbys.

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b. c. 1678, 1st s. of Sir Gilbert Clarke* by his 2nd w. educ. Rugby 1690; Magdalen, Oxf. matric. 25 June 1695, aged 16. m. c. 13 June 1706 (with £8,000), Lady Catherine Stanhope (d. 1728), da. of Philip, 2nd Earl of Chesterfield, s.p. suc. fa. 30 May 1701. IGI, Derbys.; Luttrell, Brief Relation, vi. 56; Add. 15556, f. 37.
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Sheriff, Derbys. 29 Nov.–6 Dec. 1708.

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CLARKE, Godfrey (?1678-1734), of Chilcote, Derbys.
Main residence: Chilcote and Somershall, Derbys.
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CLARKE, Sir Gilbert (c.1645-1701), of Somershall Hall, Brampton, and Chilcote, Derbys.

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b. c. 1645, o. surv. s. of Godfrey Clarke of Somershall by 1st w. Elizabeth, da. of Sir Thomas Milward of Eaton Dovedale, Derbys. educ. Univ. Coll. Oxf. matric. 12 July 1661, aged 16; I. Temple 1667. m. (1) 20 Apr. 1661, Jane (d. 1667), da. and h. of Robert Byerley of Hornby, Yorks., 1da. (d.v.p.); (2) 6 July 1671, Barbara (d. 1687), da. of George Clerke† of Watford, Northants., 2s. 2da.; (3) 1691, Frances, da. of Richard Legh† of Lyme, Cheshire, wid. of Robert Tatton of Wythenshawe, Cheshire, sis. of Peter† and Thomas Legh II*. s.p. suc. fa. 1670; Kntd. 2 Mar. 1671. Fam. Min. Gent. (Harl. Soc. xxxvii), 335–6; Vis. Northants. (Harl. Soc. lxxxvii), 53; info. from Dr D. F. Lemmings and Derby Local Stud Lib.; E. Newton, Lyme Letters, 200; E. Newton, House of Lyme, ped.
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Sheriff, Derbys. 1675–6.

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CLARKE, Sir Gilbert (c.1645-1701), of Somershall Hall, Brampton, Derbys.
Main residences: Somershall Hall, Brampton; Chilcote, Derbys.
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CLARKE, George (1661-1736), of All Souls, Oxford

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b. 7 May 1661, o. s. of Sir William Clarke, sec. at war, of Pall Mall, Westminster by Dorothy, da. and coh. of Thomas Hilyard alias Hall of Hebburn, co. Dur. educ. Jermyn Street academy (Mr Gordon) to 1672; Brasenose, Oxf. 1675, BA 1679, MA 1683, BCL 1686, DCL 1708; I. Temple 1676. unm. suc. fa. 1662. HMC Popham, 259–60.
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Fellow of All Souls, Oxford 1680–d.

Judge-advocate-gen. 1682–1705; sec. at war [I] 1690– Mar. 1692; chief sec. [I] 1690– Mar. 1692; jt. sec. at war Mar. 1692–Mar. 1702; jt. sec. of Admiralty May 1702–5; sec. to Prince George of Denmark May 1702–5; ld. of Admiralty 1710–14. Ibid. 262, 278, 282–3, 285; CSP Dom. 1690–1, p. 20; 1691–2, p. 165; Bull. IHR, xiv. 183; Luttrell, Brief Relation, vi. 666.

Gov. and freeman, R. Fishery Co. [I] 1692; commr. building 50 new churches 1712–15. CSP Dom. 1691–2, pp. 112–13; E. G. W. Bill, Q. Anne Churches, p. xxiii.

Freeman, Winchelsea 1702. E. Suss. RO, Winchelsea ct. bk. WIN 60, p. 81.

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CLARKE, George (1661-1736), of All Souls College, Oxford.
Main residence: All Souls, Oxford.
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CLARKE, Edward II (d. c.1723), of Norwich

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m. by 1675, Hannah, da. of Samuel Parmenter, merchant, of Norwich, 5s. (3 d.v.p.) 2da. Norf. RO, NCC 195 Megoe; DNB (Clarke, John; Clarke, Samuel); Samuel Clarke, Works (1738). i. p. i.
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Common councilman, Norwich 1688, sheriff 1693–4, alderman by 1700, mayor 1700–1. Norf. Rec. Soc. xxiii. 26, 64, 65; CSP Dom. 1687–9, p. 270; Blomefield, Norf. iii. 426, 431.

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CLARKE, Edward II (d. c.1723), of Norwich
Main residence: Norwich.
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CLARKE, Edward I (1650-1710), of Chipley, Som.

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b. 14 Sept. 1650, o. s. of Edward Clarke of Chipley by Anne, da. and coh. of Mark Knight of West Buckland and Oake, Som. educ. Taunton sch.; Wadham, Oxf. matric. 1667; I. Temple 1670, called 1673, reader Lyons Inn 1689. m. 13 Apr. 1675 Mary (d. 1706), da. of Samuel Jepp of Sutton Court, Chew Magna, Som. 5s. (3 d.v.p.) 6da. (2 d.v.p.). suc. fa. Sept. 1679. Som. RO, Sanford mss SF 4057, ped.; SF 851, notes on ped.; Locke Corresp. ii. 479; Harl. Soc. n.s. xi. 132; Sanford mss, Ursula Venner to Clarke, 10 June 1678 (Clarke trans.).
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Commr. inquiry into recusancy fines Som. 1688, receiving subscriptions to Bank 1694, excise 1694–1700, leather duty 1697. Cal. Treas. Bks. viii. 1804, 1982–3; xii. 120.

Auditor-gen. to Queen 1690–94.

Recorder, Taunton 1695. CSP Dom. 1694–5, p. 464.

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CLARKE, Edward I (1650-1710), of Chipley, Som.
Main residence: Chipley, Som.
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M.J.K.
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CLARGES, Sir Walter, 1st Bt. (1653-1706), of Piccadilly, Westminster and Ashley, Surr.

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b. 4 July 1653, o.s. of Sir Thomas Clarges*. educ. Merton, Oxf. matric. 1671. m. (1) Jane, da. of Sir Dawes Wymondsold of Putney, Surr., 1 da.; (2) by 1682, Jane (d. 1690), da. of Hon. James Herbert† of Tythrop House, Kingsey, Bucks., 2s. (1 d.v.p.) 2da.; (3) 15 Dec. 1690, Elizabeth (d. 1728), da. and coh. of Sir Thomas Gould, Draper, of Aldermanbury, London, wid. of Sir Robert Wymondsold of Putney, 6s. 3da. cr. Bt. 30 Oct. 1674; suc. fa. 1695. Bodl. Rawl. A.245, f. 71; Kimber and Johnson, Baronetage, ii. 384; Prob. 10/1401; Boyer, Pol. State, xxxv. 415.
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Capt. Duke of Monmouth’s Ft. 1678–9, R. Dgns. 1679–81; maj. 1 Horse Gds. 1681–9. Luttrell, Brief Relation, i. 509.

Freeman, Maldon 1679, Oxford 1687–Feb. 1688. Essex RO, D/B3/1/24, ff. 5–7; Oxford Council Acts (Oxford Hist. Soc. n.s. ii), 191, 196.

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CLARGES, Sir Walter, 1st Bt. (c.1654-1706), of Piccadilly, Westminster.
Main residences: Piccadilly, Westminster; Ashley, Surr.
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CLARGES, Sir Walter, 1st Bt. (1653-1706)

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CLARGES, Sir Thomas, 2nd Bt. (1688-1759), of Aston, nr. Stevenage, Herts.

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b. 25 July 1688, 2nd but 1st surv. s. of Sir Walter Clarges, 1st Bt.*, being 2nd s. by his 2nd w., and half-bro. of Robert Clarges*. educ. St. Paul’s sch. m. (1) May 1706, Katherine (d. bef. 1720), da. and coh. of John Berkeley*, 4th Visct. Fitzhardinge [I]; (2) by 1720, Frances (d. 1745), 1s. (d.v.p.), 1 o. da. suc. fa. as 2nd Bt. c.31 Mar. 1706. Kimber and Johnson, Baronetage, ii. 384; Reg. St. Paul’s Sch. 332; Luttrell, Brief Relation, vi. 46; IGI, London; Clutterbuck, Herts. ii. 250.
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Gent. of privy chamber by 1734–d. Info. from Prof. R. O. Bucholz.

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CLARGES, Sir Thomas, 2nd Bt. (1688-1759), of Aston, nr. Stevenage, Herts.
Main residence: Aston, nr. Stevenage, Herts.
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A.A.H.
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CLARGES, Sir Thomas, 2nd Bt. (1688-1759)

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