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Robert Williamson Clarke

Male 1500 - 1579  (79 years)


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  • Name Robert Williamson Clarke  [1, 2] 
    Born 1500  Woodchurch, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Gender Male 
    Died 1579  Woodchurch, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Person ID I2210  Clark-Hart
    Last Modified 15 Mar 2017 

    Father John Clarke,   b. Abt 1453, Banham, Norfolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 Sep 1548, Banham, Norfolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 95 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Rebecca Godfrey,   b. 1470, Aldington, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1537, Aldington, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 67 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Married 1485  Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    Family ID F699  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Alice,   b. 1490, Banham, Norfolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 31 Aug 1554, Banham, Norfolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 64 years) 
    Married 1519  North Wootton, Norfolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4, 5] 
    Children 
     1. Christina Clarke,   b. 1515, London, London, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1560, London, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 45 years)  [natural]
     2. Katherine Clarke,   b. 1534, Norfolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. England Find all individuals with events at this location  [natural]
     3. Alice Clarke,   b. 1500, Biddenden, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 31 Aug 1554, St Dunstan in the East, London, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 54 years)  [natural]
     4. Margaret Clarke,   b. 1522, Banham, Norfolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 31 Aug 1554, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 32 years)  [natural]
     5. Rowland Clarke,   b. Bef 1530, Banham, Norfolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 05 Mar 1580, Banham, Norfolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age > 50 years)  [natural]
     6. Sir Thomas Clarke,   b. 1526, Banham, Norfolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 19 Jan 1559, Banham, Norfolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 33 years)  [natural]
     7. Johanne Clarke,   b. 1520, Banham, Norfolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1582, Banham, Norfolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 62 years)  [natural]
    Last Modified 15 Mar 2017 
    Family ID F673  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 1500 - Woodchurch, Kent, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 1519 - North Wootton, Norfolk, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 1579 - Woodchurch, Kent, England Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
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      In his will, dated 24 September 1548 and proved 15 January 1550/1 at Besthorpe, Robert Clarke of Banham referred to his father, John Clarke, indicating that he had held land in the same parish. After the customary preamble, Robert bequeathed “my soule to god ailmyghtie our Ladye sainte Marie & all the holye companye of heaven and my body to be buryed in the churche yarde” of Banham. He made bequests as follows:
      for the sustentation of the poore . . . xijd . . . to Thomas Clarke my sonne & to his heires my free tenement sometyme John Clarke my ffather with all the lands free & bonde that to the said ten[emen}tte belonge except twoo acres & a [half] in hooke upon thys condicion that the said Thomas shall paye unto Katherine my daughter [33s 4d] at the daye of her marriage.. . to Rowlande my son, twoo acres & a [half] of land free lyeinge in the hooke [upon the condition] that the said Rowlande paie to Katherine my daughter at the daye of her marriage [33s 4d]
      to the saide Rowlande my sonne xl acres & a halfe and a half a rode of lande & medowe bonde wt a tent[emen]te called Silverns in westgate the whyche I pur­sheased of John Plowman to hold to the sayde Rowlande & to his heyres for ever after the decease of Alyce my wyffe . to Alyce my wyffe my close that I per­cheased of Rycharde Leye terme of her lyef/And after her decease I will the said close to remayne to Thomas my son and to his heirs for ever/Itm. to Rowlande my son half an acre of land bonde, lyeinge at the [illegible] plane ende in the valeye & one rode & a halfe lyeinge in the same fairlonge and abbutt upon the lande of John Clarke towards the sowthe... /Itm. . . to Thomas Clarke my son one roode & a half of lande lyeing in Swete hyll medowe & half an acre lyeinge in the same medowe . ./I wyll yf I chance to dye seised in the twoo acres & a half of free lande lyeing in the hooke, that Thomas my sonn after the decease of Alyce my wyff shall gyve estate to Rowlande my sonne of the twoo acres & a half of lande in the hooke aforesayde . . And yf the sayde Thomas my sonne will not gyve to Rowlande my sonne estate of the twoo acres and a half of lande lyeing in the hooke That then I wyll & gyve to Rowlande my sonne that close whyche I pur­cheased of Richarde Leye of Banham /I gyve to Johane Huntinge my daughter [40s] the whyche I wyll that Thomas & Rowlande my sonnes shall paye unto her after my decease . . . Itm I gyve to Isabell Sharpynye [20s] to be payde to her at the day of her maryage/Itm I gyve to Robert Rowse my godson [12d] /And I gyve Alyce Rowse [12d]/Itm I gyve to John Huntynge my daughters sonne [12d] And to Johan Huntynge, Margaret Huntynge, Elizabeth Huntynge the chyldren of Johanne my daughter. I give to evrye of them [12~] /ltm I give & bequeath to evry godchyld of myne iiijd/The Residue. . . I give them to Alyce my wyfe whome I ordayne & make myne executrixe...
      Witnesses were “Rycharde Lee and Thomas Blaxstone of Banham and John Collyns of Wilbye.”
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      Source:Christopher Gleason Clark, "The English Ancestry of Joseph Clark (1613-1683) of Dedham and Medfield, Massachusetts," in The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 152(Jan 1998):3-23
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  • Sources 
    1. [S22] Public Member Trees, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;), Database online.
      Record for John Clarke

    2. [S22] Public Member Trees, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;), Database online.
      Record for Rebecca Godfrey

    3. [S22] Public Member Trees, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;), Database online.
      Record for Robert Williamson Clark

    4. [S22] Public Member Trees, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;), Database online.
      Record for Alice 'Princess of England' Van England

    5. [S22] Public Member Trees, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;), Database online.
      Record for Alice Van England