Person:Nicholas Clere (4)

Name^[1]	Nicholas Clere, M. P.
Gender	Male
Birth^[1]	Aft 26 Dec 1531	Under seven years old Dec. 26, 1538.
Alt Birth`^?`	19 Jul 1534	EnglandNeeds citation.
Marriage	Bef 1564	Estimate based on birth of only known child. to Anne _____
Will^[1]	24 Feb 1578/79 (24 Feb 1578[/9?])
Occupation^[1]		Clothier
Residence^[1]		Colchester, Essex, England
Death^[1]	Bet 24 Feb 1578/79 and 9 Jun 1579 (24 Feb 1578[/9?]-9 Jun 1579)	Between date of will and date of probate.
Probate^[1]	9 Jun 1579	Will proved.
Ancestral File Number		1725-SW4

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 ^1.4 ^1.5 ^1.6 Edmund Sherman, in Sherman, Thomas Townsend. Sherman genealogy, including families of Essex, Suffolk and Norfolk, England: some descendants of the immigrants Captain John Sherman, Reverend John Sherman, Edmund Sherman and Samuel Sherman, and the descendents of Honorable Roger Sherman and Honorable Charles R. Sherman. (New York, New York: Tobias A. Wright, 1920)
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Nicholas Clere, of Colchester, Essex, clothier, Alderman and elected M. P. Mar. 23, 1576, and again in 1578. (Essex Review 4 p. 240.) He was under seven years old Dec. 26, 1538. His will, dated Feb. 24, 1578, proved June 9, 1579 (P. C. C. Bakon 25, Reg. 50, p. 280) gives to his daughter Anne Clare, £40, at twenty-one or day of marriage and mentions his wife Anne and brother Benjamin. Nicholas was son of John Clere of Colchester, clothier and Alderman. John Clere's will, dated Dec. 26, 1538, proved Feb. 1, 1539 (P. C. C. Dyngeley 25) directs Jane, his wife, "shall have the custody and keeping of my son Nicholas till he come to the age of seven years." Son Benjamin Executor. (Reg. 50, p. 278.)