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Biography of Edward Clere 1536-1606

Paternal Family Tree: Clere

Maternal Family Tree: Elizabeth Cawse 1426-1466

Before 5th November 1459 Blickling Hall, Norfolk [Map] was in the possession of John Fastolf (age 79).

John Fastolf sold it to Geoffrey Boleyn (age 53) who made it his country seat.

The estate passed to [his grandmother] Alice Boleyn who married [his grandfather] Robert Clere (age 13). Their grandson Edward Clere ran into debt and sold the estate to Henry Hobart 1st Baronet.

Before 15th June 1536 [his father] Admiral John Clere (age 25) and [his mother] Anne Tyrrell were married. They were fifth cousin once removed.

On 15th June 1536 Edward Clere was born to Admiral John Clere (age 25) and Anne Tyrrell at Blickling Hall, Norfolk [Map].

On 16th December 1554 Edward Clere (age 18) and Frances Fulmerston (age 14) were married.

On 21st August 1557 [his father] Admiral John Clere (age 46) drowned with around ninety of his men whilst attempting to storm the Bishop's Palace, Kirkwall.

In 1561 James Boleyn (age 68) died. His great-nephew Edward Clere (age 24), grandson of James' sister [his grandmother] Alice Boleyn, inherited the estate at Blickling, Norfolk. Curiously Edward Clere's mother was [his mother] Anne Tyrrell, grand-daughter of James Tyrrell who had been executed in 1502, and who had reportedly confessed to the murder of the Princes in the Tower.

He was buried at St Andrew's Church, Blickling [Map] on 6th September 1561. In his will he left he great-niece Queen Elizabeth I of England and Ireland (age 27) a basin and gilt ewer and "my written book of the revelations of Saint Bridget".

Around 1563 [his son] Edward Clere was born to Edward Clere (age 26) and [his wife] Frances Fulmerston (age 23) at Blickling Hall, Norfolk [Map].

In 1576 [his mother] Anne Tyrrell died.

Before 6th April 1578 Francis Clopton (age 39) and [his future wife] Agnes Crane (age 31) were married.

On 4th October 1579 Christopher Heydon (age 60) and [his future wife] Agnes Crane (age 32) were married. The difference in their ages was 28 years.

In March 1580 [his wife] Frances Fulmerston (age 40) died.

All About History Books

The Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke. Baker was a secular clerk from Swinbroke, now Swinbrook, an Oxfordshire village two miles east of Burford. His Chronicle describes the events of the period 1303-1356: Gaveston, Bannockburn, Boroughbridge, the murder of King Edward II, the Scottish Wars, Sluys, Crécy, the Black Death, Winchelsea and Poitiers. To quote Herbert Bruce 'it possesses a vigorous and characteristic style, and its value for particular events between 1303 and 1356 has been recognised by its editor and by subsequent writers'. The book provides remarkable detail about the events it describes. Baker's text has been augmented with hundreds of notes, including extracts from other contemporary chronicles, such as the Annales Londonienses, Annales Paulini, Murimuth, Lanercost, Avesbury, Guisborough and Froissart to enrich the reader's understanding. The translation takes as its source the 'Chronicon Galfridi le Baker de Swynebroke' published in 1889, edited by Edward Maunde Thompson. Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.

On 7th September 1580 Edward Clere (age 44) and Agnes Crane (age 33) were married.

In or after 1582. Memorial to Elizabeth Gurdon 1565-1582 who, apparently died of a cold whilst visiting Edward Clere (age 45). Semicircular niche with leaf spandrels and modillion cornice on Ionic colonnettes containing a kneeling figure at St Andrew's Church, Blickling [Map].

On 8th June 1606 Edward Clere (age 69) died. Chest tomb in St Andrew's Church, Blickling [Map].

After 7th April 1614 [his former wife] Agnes Crane (deceased) died.

Royal Ancestors of Edward Clere 1536-1606

Kings Wessex: Great x 16 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England

Kings Gwynedd: Great x 12 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd

Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 18 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth

Kings Powys: Great x 13 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys

Kings England: Great x 8 Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Kings Scotland: Great x 15 Grand Son of King Duncan I of Scotland

Kings Franks: Great x 12 Grand Son of Louis VII King Franks

Kings France: Great x 15 Grand Son of Robert "Pious" II King France

Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 20 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine

Ancestors of Edward Clere 1536-1606

Great x 1 Grandfather: Robert Clere

GrandFather: Robert Clere

Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas Uvedale

Great x 1 Grandmother: Margaret Uvedale

Father: Admiral John Clere 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Boleyn

Great x 3 Grandfather: Geoffrey Boleyn

Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Jane Bracton

Great x 2 Grandfather: Geoffrey Boleyn

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Bracton

Great x 3 Grandmother: Alice Bracton

Great x 1 Grandfather: William Boleyn 8 x Great Grand Son of King John of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Hoo

Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Hoo 1st Baron Hoo and Hastings 9 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor Felton 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Ann Hoo 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Nicholas Wychingham of Norfolk 5 x Great Grand Son of King John of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Wychingham 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England

GrandMother: Alice Boleyn 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: James Butler 3rd Earl Ormonde 2 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: James "White Earl" Butler 4th Earl Ormonde 3 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Welles Countess Ormonde 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas Butler 7th Earl Ormonde 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Beauchamp 1st Baron Abergavenny 5 x Great Grand Son of King John of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Joan Beauchamp Countess Ormonde 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Joan Fitzalan Baroness Bergavenny 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 1 Grandmother: Margaret Butler 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Hankford

Great x 3 Grandfather: Richard Hankford

Great x 2 Grandmother: Anne Hankford Countess Ormonde 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Montagu 3rd Earl Salisbury 2 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Anne Montagu Duchess Exeter 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Maud Francis Countess of Salisbury

Edward Clere 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Walter Tyrrell

Great x 3 Grandfather: John Tyrrell

Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor Flambard

Great x 2 Grandfather: William Tyrrell

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Coggeshall

Great x 3 Grandmother: Alice Eleanor Coggeshall

Great x 1 Grandfather: James Tyrrell

Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Darcy

Great x 3 Grandfather: Robert Darcy

Great x 4 Grandmother: Alice Tyrrell

Great x 2 Grandmother: Margaret Darcy

GrandFather: Thomas Tyrrell 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Arundell

Great x 3 Grandfather: John Arundell

Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor aka Annorah Lambourne

Great x 2 Grandfather: John Arundell 8 x Great Grand Son of King John of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Burghesh 6 x Great Grand Son of King John of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Burghesh 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Ismania Hanham

Great x 1 Grandmother: Anne Arundell 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Morley 6 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Morley 6th Baron Marshal 5th Baron Morley 7 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Isabel Molines

Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Morley 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Michael de la Pole 2nd Earl Suffolk

Great x 3 Grandmother: Isabel Pole Baroness Marshal and Morley 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Katherine Stafford Countess Suffolk 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England

Mother: Anne Tyrrell 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Willoughby 5th Baron Willoughby 7 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Willoughby of Parham 7 x Great Grand Son of King John of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Lucy Strange Baroness Willoughby Eresby 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Robert Willoughby 5 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Fitzalan 3 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Joan Fitzalan 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England

Great x 1 Grandfather: Christopher Willoughby 10th Baron Willoughby 6 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Eudo Welles 3 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Lionel Welles 6th Baron Welles 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Maud Greystoke 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Cecily Welles 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Waterton

Great x 3 Grandmother: Joan or Cecily Waterton

Great x 4 Grandmother: Cecily Fleming

GrandMother: Margaret Willoughby 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: William Jenney

Great x 1 Grandmother: Margaret Jenney Baroness Willoughby of Eresby

Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Cawse

Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Cawse