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  • Anne Clarence (c.1759 - 1800)
    Richard Clarence married (1st) Ann Burchett, in 1787, and had the following children; # Robert, chr 18/04/1788, St Botloph, Aldgate, London [source; I.G.I.] # George, chr 14/04/1789, St Botloph, Aldgat...
  • Elizabeth Clarence (1775 - 1852)
    Richard Clarence married (2nd) Elizabeth Buck, on 14/05/1801 at Plaistow, Essex (London) and gives Elizabeth's parents as "Ralph BUCK of Tasborough (Tasburgh) in the county of Norfolk, and Mary, his wi...
  • Margaret of Clarence, Countess of Salisbury (1473 - 1541)
    Margaret Plantagenet, Countess of Salisbury was born on 14 August 1473.3 Last of the Plantagenet family line. Henry VIII was determined to get rid of her; trumped up charge of treason; death on the sca...
  • Richard Clarence (1759 - 1826)
    Richard Clarence married (1st) Ann Burchett, in 1787, and had the following children; # Robert, chr 18/04/1788, St Botloph, Aldgate, London [source; I.G.I.] # George, chr 14/04/1789, St Botloph, Aldgat...
  • Clarence (deceased)

About the Clarence surname

According to David Linstead Heraldry - The surname "Clarence" was derived as follows:-
CLARENCE is a form of the name of Clare, a Norman-French place-name for one from St Clare or St. Clair in France.\
Lionel Plantagenet was titled Dux Clarensis by his father Edward III.

There is a Blazon of Arms for CLARENCE as well :
"Arms:- Per chevron gales and azure in chief two lions combattant or in base a fleur-de-lis of the last."

The adoption of second names in Europe took place from the 11th century onwards. Surnames generally fall into main categories:- Occupational names describe the person's profession. Locational names describe the person's dwelling or place of origin. Descriptive names distinguish the person by physical characteristic or mannerism. Patronyms are the adoption of the person's father's first name as a surname.

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