Background
Clerke was the second son of Clement Clerke of Great Livermere and Bury Street Edmunds, Suffolk, and his wife, Alice.
Clerke was the second son of Clement Clerke of Great Livermere and Bury Street Edmunds, Suffolk, and his wife, Alice.
Thomas was probably educated at Bury Street Edmunds Grammar School and at the University of Cambridge. He was a Member (Member of Parliament) of the Parliament of England for Wells in 1547.