Thomas Clere
Sir Thomas Clere (* before 1530 ; † April 14, 1545 ) was an English poet at the court of King Henry VIII. He is mentioned in some poems by Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey , with whom he was a close friend.
Life
Thomas Clere was the third son of Sir Robert Clere, landlord of Ormesby St Margaret in Norfolk , and his wife Alice, daughter of William Boleyn . Since Alice was the sister of Thomas Boleyn, 1st Earl of Wiltshire and thus the aunt of Anne Boleyn , Thomas Clere was the cousin of this. On May 11, 1544 he was promoted to Knight Bachelor . He became engaged to Mary Shelton, a former mistress of Henry VIII, in 1545, but died before he could marry her.
Thomas Clere was buried in Surrey . A plaque honoring him is attached at this point. His brother Edward Clere was killed in the Battle of Pinkie Cleugh .
literature
- EW Ives: Anne (Anne Boleyn) (c.1500–1536), queen of England, second consort of Henry VIII. In: Oxford Dictionary of National Biography . 2004, ISBN 0-19-861411-X .
- ST Bindoff: The House of Commons 1509-1558. Volume 3, Secker & Warburg, London 1982.
Individual evidence
- ^ William Arthur Shaw: The Knights of England. Volume 2, Sherratt and Hughes, London 1906, p. 55.
- ↑ Kelly Hart: The Mistresses of Henry VIII . The History Press, Stroud 2009, ISBN 0-7524-4835-8 , pp. 126-128.
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| SURNAME | Clere, Thomas |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | English poet at the court of Henry VIII. |
| DATE OF BIRTH | before 1530 |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 14, 1545 |