Thomas Clerke (MP)
Family
Clerke was the second son of Clement Clerke of Great Livermere and Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, and his wife, Alice. Thomas was probably educated at Bury St Edmunds Grammar School and at the University of Cambridge. By 1523, he had married a woman named Antonia, and they had two sons and two daughters. One of their sons, John Clerke, was MP for Bath, Somerset in the same year his father represented Wells.
Career
He was a Member (MP) of the Parliament of England for Wells in 1547.[1]
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gollark: You should probably just make them attributes.
gollark: Also, it seems terribly architected. Why is it always one `Lottery` class even though you can't run `check_ticket` on it until you do `generate_winner`? Why does it say to return the result of that but also implies you have to save it?
gollark: Hmm, this programming task is actually quite unclear.
gollark: I should do it one of these years.
References
- "CLERKE, Thomas (c.1485-1555), of Wookey, Som. and London. - History of Parliament Online". historyofparliamentonline.org.
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| Preceded by John Mawdley Anthony Gilbert |
Member of Parliament for Wells 1547 With: John Aylworth |
Succeeded by John Aylworth William Godwin |
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