John Forde Clarke

• Preferred Name: John Forde Clarke^{[1] [2] [3]}
  
• Alternate Name: Clerke
  
• Gender: M
  
• FSID: L14R-1VT
  
• Occupation: Baron of Forde Hall
  
• Nickname:
  
• Birth: 8 AUG 1448 in Wrotham, Kent, England at LATI: N1.2895 LONG: E0.2983
  
• Burial: JUL 1497 in Basildon, Essex, England at LATI: N1.5746 LONG: E0.4793
  
• Death: 6 JUL 1497 in Wrotham, Kent, England at LATI: N1.2895 LONG: E0.2983 with note: Added standardized birth place (2/15/22).
  
• Occupation: Baron of the Exchequer
  
• Notes:

  === Life Sketch ===
  SIR JOHN CLARK III BARON OF FORDE was born 8 August 1448, Forde Hall, Wrotham, Kent, England, to Sir John Clarke (1420-1480) and Lady Alice Elizabeth Tatesham (1425-1489.) He married Lady Lucia Moyle Lucombe about 1470 of Wortham, Suffolk, England.
  
  Sir John Clark was Barron of Forde Hall, and Baron of Exchequer.
  
  John Clark died 6 July 1497, Wrotham, Kent, England, age 49.
  
  St George Church, Great Bromley
  
  John Forde Clarke
  
  "The family of Clarke or Clerke is of considerable antiquity in Kent, the most ancient records showing the name to have been Le Clerke"""About a mile and a halfd eastward from Wrotcham Church, near Addington Common, lies Forde Hall, so called from the ford which crosses the brook which rises at Neupiker in this parish and runs close by the hall to Leybourne and thence to Medway." This was written by Hasted in his history of Kent about the year 1782, and at this date the house was occupied by a farmer. It is still in existence and my correspondent, Miss Edith Eliot of London, writes that it contains a curious and beautiful carved staircase.""
  "The first name given was John Clerke of Forde, in the Parish of Wrotcham, Gentleman
  Father of "Sir (2) John Clerke
  Sir John CLarke (2) fo Forde die between December 10o, 1480-March 10, 1481. m. circa 1445, Alice Tatesham
  He was a "Baron of Exche?quer from October 10, 1468 until 1479. (and is listed such in 93 & 94)
  The will of John Clerk, Sr, Gentleman of the parish of St. Clement Danes, without the bar of the new Temple. Date March 21, 1450 codicil dated December of which the following is an abstract:
  ""If I die within the parish of St. Clement Danes, I desire to be buried in the Church of the Firars Minors. (Ordenis fraqtrum minorum) I bequeath L 4, to said order in London, 13s, 4d, to the parish church of Wroteham for tithes forgotten; 10s, to be distributed among the poor of Wrotheham on the day of my death; 13s, 4d. for same purpose a month after said day.
  Small sums to god sons, Sister Beatrice and others, 3s, 4d, to the High Altar of Adyagton, for tithes forgotten; 3s, 4d, to fabirc of said church; 6s. 8d, to church of Troptiscleve; 10s to brothers of Ailesford; 20s, to fabric of Rochester Cathedral; sum according to discretion of executors to Chapiaia to celebrate for Testator's soul in Wrotcham Church for one year; jewels and utensils of his house to wife Alice with remainder to son John; residue of goods to said Alice and John who are appointed executors.
  Tenement of the Forde to wife Alice whilst she remains unmarried; (fcoffecs to enfcon) said Alice for life of all lands are to pass to son John Clerk on Alice's death, Feoffices to make estate to said John of all testator's lands in Wrotcham, Stansled Trottisclif, Adyngton. Reyernsshe and Guldying. and to enfeoff' wife Alice in a mercshe' in Clyve called for the "Swhcre" and in testators manor called Fawnes; Alice lack of payments and reentires in Kent and elsewhere, so said John"
  Children of Sir John and Alice (Tatesham) Clerke
  1)Isodia Clerke m. Thomas Selby, of East Malling, Kent, ESQ (92)
  2)John Clerke of whom is referred above
  3) Alice Clerke, dghtr
  Miscellaneous:
  John appears in the list of gentry for the county of Berks, returned into the exchequer 12th Henry VI (1433).
  He was Baron of the Exchequer from October 10, 1468, to 1479.
  He lived in the manor of Forde (known as Forde Hall, named after the ford which crossed the brook that ran close to the hall to Leybourne and then Medway) in Wrotham. Forde Hall lay about a mile and a half eastward from Wrotham Church, near Addington Common, about 20 miles southeast of the center of London.
  "Clerke of Forde Hall, Wrotham, County West"
  generational circa 1445
  He lived in the manor of Forde (known as Forde Hall, named after the ford which crossed the brook that ran close to the hall to Leybourne and then Medway) in Wrotham. Forde Hall lay about a mile and a half eastward from Wrotham Church, near Addington Common, about 20 miles southeast of the center of London. (See Visitations of Kent, 1619, (Publications of the Harleian Society, vol 42)
  Name
  John Clerke
  Birth
  1420 Forde, Wrotham, Kent, England
  1417, Coleshill, Warwickshire, England
  about 1425
  1425 , Forde, Wrotham, Kent, England
  Marriage
  1443
  Wife: Alice Tatesham
  Occupation
  Baron of the Exchequer from-October 10, 1468, to 1479.
  Death
  09 DEC 1480, Wrotham, Kent, England
  1480 Coleshill Manor, Warwickshire, England
  1480 Forde, Wrotham, Kent, England
  1481 Forde, Wrotham, Kent, England
  
  John Clerke, Gentleman of Ford & Exchequer
  Birth 1448 Forde, Wrotham, Kent, England
  Birth 1445 Forde, Kent, England
  Birth 1440 Wrotham, Kent, England
  Death 06 JUL 1497 Basildon, Berkshire, England
  Death 06 JUL 1497 Wrotham, Kent, England
  
  John Forde Clerke
  
  BARRON JOHN FORDE CLARKE, KNIGHT was born about 1448 of Forde Hall, Wrotham, Kent, England, to Sir John Clarke (1420-1480) and Lady Alice Elizabeth Tatesham (1425-1489.) He married Lady Lucia Moyle of Canterbury about 1470 of Wortham, Suffolk, England.
  
  Occupation: John Forde Clarke was Barron of Forde Hall, Baron of Exchequer.
  
  John Forde Clarke died 6 July 1497, Wrotham, Kent, England, age 51.
  
  Forde Hall, Wrotham, England
  
  The family of Clarke or Clerke is of considerable antiquity in Kent, the most ancient records showing the name to have been Le Clerke"""About a mile and a halfe eastward from Wrotcham Church, near Addington Common, lies Forde Hall, so called from the ford which crosses the brook which rises at Neupiker in this parish and runs close by the hall to Leybourne and thence to Medway." This was written by Hasted in his history of Kent about the year 1782, and at this date the house was occupied by a farmer. It is still in existence and my correspondent, Miss Edith Eliot of London, writes that it contains a curious and beautiful carved staircase.""
  
  LADY LUCIA MOYLE OF CANTERBURY was born about 1450 of London, Canterbury, Kent, England, to Sir Walter Moyle (1403-1493) and Margaret Lucombe (1410-1493.) She married John Forde Clarke about 1470 of Wortham, Suffolk, England,
  
  Lucia Moyle passed away 20 January 1491, Wrotham, Kent, England, age 42.
  
  Canterbury Cathedral Cloister
  
  Children of John Clarke and Lucia Moyle:
  
  1. Richard Hustings Clarke (1463-1571)
  2. Mr. Clarke (1465-)
  3. *RICHARD CLARKE (1475-1524)
  4. William Clarke (1477-1513)
  5. Lucia Clerke (1477-)
  6. John Clerke (1480-1554)
  7. Walter Clarke (1484-1554)
  8. *SIR JAMES CLARKE (1485-1554)
  9. Reverend Richard Huntingdon Clarke (1486-1596)
  10. William Clarke (1490-1497)
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  CLARKE FAMILY HISTORY FOLLOWS:
  CLARKE FAMILY
  
  (More Clarke’s before 1400.)
  
  Until 17th Cent, surnames were only common w/aristocracy. Commoners later adopted practice to appear more sophisticated. Titles, locations, parents, & phys
  
  Memorial
  In the Justice book, the only note about John is that he was a "Gentleman" and that he married Lucy in about 1470.
  
  John appears in the list of gentry for the county of Berks, returned into the excheq
  
  === !CHILDREN: Of John Clerke and [ ] Ja ===
  !CHILDREN: Of John Clerke and [ ] James - Doc. Line 11-37 !RESIDENCE: Of Ford, Kent - Doc. Line 11-37
  
  === MAGNA CHARTA SURETEES BY WEISS, P.112; ===
  MAGNA CHARTA SURETEES BY WEISS, P.112;
  
  === Neuman-Smith-Goodale Family and Ancestor ===
  Neuman-Smith-Goodale Family and Ancestors
  
  === !Initial source: "Anc of Jeremy Clarke. ===
  !Initial source: "Anc of Jeremy Clarke..." by A. R. Justice, which gives no birth nor death and only an approximate date of marriage and her name, from "Visitation of Kent, 1619-21. John Philipot, Harleian XLII". It calls him "Gentleman". LDS proxy temple ordinances are from the LDS IGI.
  
  === John Clerke was of Ford, Kent, England. ===
  John Clerke was of Ford, Kent, England. 11-37. Weis.
  
  === !Plantagenet Ancestry of Seventeenth-Cen ===
  !Plantagenet Ancestry of Seventeenth-Century Colonists. The Descet from the Later Plantagenet Kings of England, Henry III, Edward I, Edward II, and Edward III, of Emigrants from England and Wales to the North American Colonies before 1701 by David Faris First Edition.

• m. 1470 in Forde, Wrotham, Kent, England

1. James Clarke, b. 9 DEC 1485 in Wrotham, Kent, England     d. 20 SEP 1554 in Wrotham, Kent, England

1. Title: John Clerke III md. about 1470 Lucia Moyle, FamilySearch: SourceLink - Powered by RecordSeek™
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2. Title: English Origins of New England Families Vol 1
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   Note: gives info on John Clerke families
   Page: family info for John & spouse name & info on Moyle family
   
3. Title: John Forde Clarke, "Find A Grave Index"
   Author: "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK1J-SZHL : 25 May 2022), John Forde Clarke, ; Burial, , ; citing record ID 144034101, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
   Publication: Name: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK1J-SZHL;
   Note: duplicate familysearch family tree record lists death as Basildon, Essex, England