Family/Spouse: Thomas Godfrey. Thomas 1453 Aldington, Kent, England; 1490Aldington, Kent, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Rebecca John Clarke 1485Kent, England. John (son of Robert Henry Clarke and Katherina Edingham) about 1453 Banham, Norfolk, England; 24 Sep 1548Banham, Norfolk, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Alexander Sullivan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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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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Robert Alice 1519North Wootton, Norfolk, England. 1490 Banham, Norfolk, England; 31 Aug 1554Banham, Norfolk, England; Feb 1555St Lawrence Jewry and St Mary Magdalene Milk St, London, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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In his will dated 1 March 22 Eliz. [1579/80], witnessed by John Goiding­ham, Thomas Spink, Clement Warwick, John Morley, and John Dexter, and proved 10 April 15801281 in Attleborough, Rowland Clarke of Banham directed that his body be buried within the churchyard of Banham, and made bequests:
......unto the poore people of Banham aforesaid [6s 8d] to be parted amongste them wheare most nede is Item I will that Margaret my wife shall have the occupacion and profits of all my lands and tenements bothe free and bonde lyinge and beinge in Banham aforesaide for the terme of foure years next after and from the feast of Saint Michaell the archangel! next and [all his lands in Banham] after my decease upon these conditions that the said Margaret my wife within tenne dais next after my decease shall make a lawfull surrender to the use of Clement Clark my sonne after the terme of the foure yeares aforesaide which the said Margarett had of the gifte of Richard Miclewoode her father And also that the said Margaret shall keepe and bringe up all my children at her charge until they doe come unto lawfull years. . I will that William and Edward my sonnes shalle keepe at Scoole in Banham or Buckenham ore anye other towne neare unto Banham aforesaid Item if Margaret my wife doe refuse to performe these conditions aforesaide then I will that Clement my sonne shall enter presentlye after my decease into all my landes and tenements both free and bonde whiche weare Robert Clarkes my father to have and to hould to him and to his heyers for ever upon this condicion herafter followinge . that the said Clement his heyers Executors or Assigns doe paye . . . unto William Clark Thomas Clark and Edward Clark my sonnes unto everye one of them [£20].. as they shall come to ther like several! ages of Three and twentie years . . . Item I do give and bequeath unto Margaret Alice Elizabeth and Anne my daughters and to everye of them [£20] to be paide by my said wife unto everye of them at thear severall ages of two and twentie years . . . [two pages of conditions concerning survivors' legacies should any heirs die] . . . Margaret my wife . . . I doe ordayrie and make my sole executrix. . . which supervisors I ordeyne and make John Goldingham of Banham gentleman and Clement Warwicke my brother in lawe of this my testament and last will To whome I doe give full authoritie. . . to demande a good and law­ful! assurance of Edward Colbye of Banham gentleman from him and his heyers to the use of Clement my sonne and his heyrs of and in certeyne lands whiche the said Edward Colbye have bargained and sold unto me for divers years past.
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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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Rowland Margaret Micklewood 1554Banham, Norfolk, England. Margaret (daughter of Richard Micklewood and Elizabeth) 1531 Breckland Borough, Banham, Norfolk, England; Jan 1594Breckland Borough, Banham, Norfolk, England; Breckland Borough, Banham, Norfolk, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]