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Sir James Clark 1485 – 1554 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 9 Dec 1485

Birth Location: Wrotham, Kent, England

Death Date: 20 Sep 1554

Death Location: Wrotham, Kent, England

Father: Sir Knight

Mother: Lady Canterbury

Spouse(s): Elizabeth Ferrier, Lady Ferrers, Lady Ferrers

Children(s): Sir Clarke, Joseph Clark, Sir Clark, John Clarke

Early life: Sir James Clark arrived in Wrotham, Kent, England in 1485, born to Sir John Forde Clarke, Baron of Forde Hall, Baron of the Excherquer, Knight and Lady Lucia Moyle of Canterbury. Over time, Sir James Clark formed a family with Elizabeth Collings Ferrier, Lady Baroness Elizabeth De Ferrers and Lady Baroness Elizabeth De Ferrers, which included Sir John Richard Gordon Clarke, Joseph John Clark, Sir George Thomas Clark and John Simon Enock Clarke. Sir James Clark concluded life in Wrotham, Kent, England in 1554.

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Parents

Sir Knight
1448 – 1497
Birth Location: Forde Hall, Wrotham, Kent, England
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Lady Canterbury
1450 – 1491
Birth Location: Canterbury, London, England
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Spouses(s)

Elizabeth Ferrier
1500 – 1558
Birth Location: Peckham, Kent, England
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Lady Ferrers
1486 – 1558
Birth Location: Baddesley Clinton, Warwickshire, England
LF
Lady Ferrers
1466 – 1558
Birth Location: Baddesy Clinton, Warwick, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom
LF

Children(s)

Sir Clarke
1503 – 1559
Birth Location: Wrotham, Tonbridge and Malling Borough, Kent, England, United Kingdom
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Joseph Clark
1517 – 1557
Birth Location: Burton On Trent, Staffordshire, England
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Sir Clark
1510 – 1558
Birth Location: Wrotham, Kent, England
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John Clarke
1500 – 1545
Birth Location: London, London, England
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Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 9 Dec 1485
    Event Place: Wrotham, Kent, England, United Kingdom

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 9 Dec 1485
    Event Place: Woodchurch, Kent, England

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 09 Dec 1485
    Event Place: Woodchurch, Kent, England

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 09 Dec 1485
    Event Place: Wrotham, Kent, England
    Record Source: Millennium File

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 9 Dec 1485
    Event Place: Wrotham, Kent, England

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Residence
    Record Source: Fifty New England colonists and five Virginia families

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 20 Sep 1554
    Event Place: Wrotham, Kent, England. See Pedigree XIV, SIR THOMAS FERRERS 1395, Tamsworth Castle. THE CROWN OF CHARLEMAGNE IN THE USA

    Genealogy Event 8
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 20 Sep 1554.
    Event Place: Woodchurch, Kent, England, United Kingdom

    Genealogy Event 9
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 1553
    Event Place: Woodchurch, Kent, England

    Genealogy Event 10
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 20 Sep 1554
    Event Place: Woodchurch, Ashford Borough, Kent, England

    Genealogy Event 11
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 20 Sep 1554
    Event Place: Wrotham, Kent, England
    Record Source: Millennium File
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