William CLARKE

Abt 1490 - 1553  (~ 61 years)

• Name	William CLARKE
  Birth	Abt 1490
  Gender	Male
  Death	Between 10 Oct 1551 and 10 Dec 1553
  Will	15 Oct 1551	Theydon Garnon, Essex, England
  Probate	10 Dec 1553	Archdeaconry Court of Essex, England
  Notes	(1) Fiske, William, Wyman, "Clarke and Stacy Origins of Three Immigrants to Ipswich, Massachusetts: Simon and Elizabeth (Clarke) Stacy and Her Sister, Susanna (Clarke) Whipple," in The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Vol. 160 (January 2006), pp. 24-26: WILLIAM CLARKE "Senior" of Theydon Garnon, was born say 1490, and died between 10 October 1551 (date of his will) and 10 December 1553 (when his will was proved). He married JOAN _____. In 1532 William Archer and wife Rose quitclaimed to Thomas Roger and William Clerke, and to heirs of Thomas, property in Essex, for which the plaintiffs "granted the same to deforciants and the heirs of Rose to hold of the chief lords." The first record of William at Theydon Garnon was in 1537 [29 Henry VIII] when, at the court of Theydon Garnon, "came William Clark and acknowledges that he holds according to the custom of the mano[r] 3 crofts of bond land called Sparowhawks containing 14 acres, yearly rent 4s 4d." Essex Feet of Fines for 1539 shows that Richard Saltmarsh and wife Maud quitclaimed property in Theydon Gannon (one messuage, one ham, one cottage, two acres of meadow, three acres of pasture, and one acre of woodland) to William Clarke in consideration of forty marks. In 1542 Thomas Deering the younger quitclaimed twelve acres of land in Theydon Garnon to William Clarke and his heirs in consideration of ??30. The will of William Clarke "the elder" of Theydon Garnon made 15 October 1551, proved 10 December 1553, provided as follows: In the name of gode Amen the xvth daye of october in the fifte yeare of o[ur] Sofereign Lord Edward the Sixte by the grace of god of England France & Ireland kyng defend[er] of the faith . . . I William Clarke the Elder of Theidon garnon being in good & parfitt mynd . . . Itm I will unto william my Sonn all that my howse & land in good & parfitt mynd . . . called Sparkhawke to him and to his assignes paying unto Johanne my wife . . . for the terme of her natural lyfe . . . Itm I will unto Hary my Sonne all that my howse and land called patches & my lands the w[hich] I bought of Thomas derynge lynge & beyng in Theidon garnon to him & to his assignes paying to Johann my wyfe xls a yeare yerely for the terme of her natural lyfe Item I will unto harry my sonne all that my howse and lands sett lying and being in Eppyng . . . Itm I will that harry my sonn shall paye unto Richard my sonn xxli and that [unclear] of my howse and land in Eppyng yerely iijli . . . a yere tyll the somm of xxli be paid Immediately after my decease. ltm I will unto Richard my sonn . . . howse & land sett Ieing & beyng in lawburne & Chigwell to hym & to his assignes Itm I will unto Thomas my sonn xli Itm I will unto John my sonn Ixli Itm I will unto Johann & Agnes my dawghters eche of them . . . Itm I will unto John Clarke the sonn of John Clark my sonn xli . . . The Residew of alll my movable goodes not geven nor bequethed I geve and bequeth unto Johann my wyfe except my lease of Marys the vth I geve to william & harry my sonnes . . . [makes] William and Harry my sonnes my Executors and Richard Archer Supervisor. Witnessed by William Archer, Nicholas Ramsey, and John Grave. William's origin is unknown. It is of possible interest that his son John in his 1550 will (see below), in addition to leaving money to the poor of Theydon Garnon, made a similar bequest to Epping, where there was a large Clarke family. Children of William and Joan (_____) Clarke: i. WILLIAM CLARKE, b. say 1520; m. AGNES _____ by 1560, when his daughter Maria was baptized. Children: Maria Clarke, daught[er] of Wm Clark & Agnes his wife, bp. Theydon Garnon 17 Sept 1560; Thomas Clarke, son of William Clarke, bp. Theydon Garnon 25 May 1567; bur. there 9 Jan 1571/2. . . . ii. HENRY CLARKE, b. say 1530; m. (1) ELLEN ARCHER. (2) JOAN (ARCHER?). iii. RICHARD CLARKE, living 10 July 1575 (date of brother Henry's will); m. (1) JOAN _____, bur. Theydon Garnon 19 Dec. 1561 as "Jhoane the wife of Richard Clarke"; m. (2) Theydon Gardon 27 Aug. 1562 ELIZABETH BRIETT, bur. there 23 July 1563 as "Elizabeth wife of Richard Clarke." iv. THOMAS CLARKE, living 10 July 1575 (date of brother Henry's will). v. JOHN CLARKE, d. between 30 Sept. 1550 and 15 Oct. 1551 (date of his father's will); m. ELLEN _____. John Clarke left a will dated 30 Sept. 1550, as "Jhon Clerke of Theydon Garnon beying sycke in body but in good remembrance" dated "the last day of September in the iiij yere of the one Soveraigne lord Edward the Sixth," bequeathed "unto the poore people of cowpersale and Epping xxs so that father woods / mother Deryng mother Monday & mother Carter have xiid Apece / It[em] I will to father Wode my vyolet cote It[em] I will to the mendyng of the hey way xx . . . to Jhon my sone & Jhone my daughter eache of them ij lyve the resydue of all my goods not geven nor bequethed my debts payd & this my will fulfilled . . . I will they shall equally be devided in ij parts the one parte Elyne my wiffe & the other p[ar]te to Jhon my sone uppon condicion that Jhon my sone shall pay unto Jane my daughter xiijI vjs viijd & she to have it att the day of her mariage. [If either Joan or John died the other to have his or her portion; if both died] "ther parts to them before bequethed to be bestowed in . . . Charite . . . att the distcretion of Henry & Willm my brothers." The will directed that "Henry my brother shall have the bryngyng up or Jhon my sone & Also to have the occupyeng of such goods as I have willed to Jhon my son till Jhon my sone come to the age of xxj yeres [and] Willm my brother shall have the kepyng of Jone my dowghter till she come to the day of mariage And also to have the occupyng of suche goods as I have bequethed her till she come to marriage . . . Itm I order & make Elyne my wyffe my sole executrix & henry my brother my sup[er]visor of this my last will & he to have ffor his labor & paynes xxvjs viijd Witnesse to this my will Willm Clerke my father Jhon Archer & Willm Archer." Children: John Clarke; Joan Clarke. vi. JOAN CLARKE. vii. AGNES CLARKE.
  Person ID	I28442	Frost, Gilchrist and Related Families
  Last Modified	17 Apr 2024

  
  

  Family	Joan (CLARKE)
  Children	1. Henry CLARKE,   b. Abt 1530   d. Between 10 Jul 1575 and 5 Sep 1575 (Age ~ 45 years)
  Family ID	F12376	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	17 Apr 2024