John Clere, Knt., of Ormesby St. Margaret and Norwich, Norfolk, and of London, nava captain, Burgess for Bramber, Burgess for Thetford, knight of the shire fo rNorfolk, vice admiral, keeper of Wormegay park, treasurer for the army in France, son and heir, born about 1511 (to Alice Boleyn and Robert Clere). He married before 19 August 1529 Anne Tyrell, daughter of Thomas Tyrrell, Knt., of Gipping, Suffolk (descendant of King Edward I).