Thomas was of Cluddley and Orleton.
Events
Date of Birth: unknown.
Place of Birth: unknown.
Date of Death: unknown.
Place of Death: unknown.
Relationships
Father: William Cludde.
This relationship is given by Herbert (p. 163) and by the Shropshire VCH (v. 11, sub Wrockwardine).
Mother: a Brereton of Brereton.
This relationship is given by Herbert (p. 163).
Spouse: Mary Corbet.
This relationship is given by Herbert (p. 163). It is corroborated by the fact that Mary and Thomas’s daughter’s Rosa’s son, John Salter, referred in his 1532 will to his kinsman, John Corbet of Leigh.
Children:
(Complete source citations for facts about the children on this page are currently outside of the scope of this project.)
Thomas Cludde (living 1485).
(probably) Rosa (or Anne) Cludde married John (or Thomas) Salter.
Evidence
Herbert (p. 163) states that Thomas was living 6 Henry VI. (1427), but she does not say what evidence this is based on. Thereafter, it is difficult to distinguish him from his son, also named Thomas, in the records.
from the Shropshire Archives catalogue:
215/49
26 March 1485
Thomas Mitton and --- ygld bailiffs of Salop grant at fee farm to Thomas Sugdon of Salop two messuages or ruined tenements formerly in tenure of Thomas Cludde, heir of William Cludde --: the tenement extends in length from the gate of the (friars) preachers --- called le Waterlode which leads towards the Severn and in --- from the high way to the walls of the town, to hold for ever paying the bailiffs and their successors 2s p.a. at St Peter ad Vincula, Re-entry into the two messuages to distrain if the rent is one month in arrears and repossession if no distress. Warranty by Thomas and Roger.
26 March 2 Richard III (1485)
References
Bright, Jonathan Brown. The Brights of Suffolk, England. (1858).
Herbert, Florentia C. “The History of Wrockwardine” in Transactions of the Shropshire Archaeological and Natural History Society 4th series v. 8, pt. 2 (1922).
A History of the County of Shropshire: Volume 11. (Victoria County History, 1985).
The Visitations of the County of Nottingham in the Years 1569 and 1614, with many descents of the same county (Harleian Society, 1871).
The Visitation of Shropshire, 1623. Paul Grazebrook and John Paul Rylands, eds. (London, 1889).
Will of John Salter. Proved 1532 in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury.