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The following information has been provided by Ian Prentice:

1. William Prentice of Stoke, Suffolk, was born at an unknown date; he was living in 1329. He had a son,

1. William Prentice of Stoke by Clare. . . [2]

2. William Prentice of Stoke by Clare was born at an unknown date; he was living in 1370. He married Matilda. Children:

1. John Prentice of Clare. . . [3]

3. John Prentice of Clare. Children:

1. Thomas Prentice of Clare, living in 1463.
2. John Prentice of Clare. Appointed Bailiff in 1439. Died 1454. He married Agnes FitzRauf, daughter of Sir John, Knight, and Margaret. Children:
   1. William Prentice. He was probably a merchant in London. He died in Clare in 1474. Children:
      1. John Prentice of Clare.

There are then three to five generations missing, and the line then resumes with the following persons in Clare who, according to Clare and Poslingtonford Parish records, have the same parents, but whose names are not known:

4. Unknown Prentice

1. Anne Prentice, b. c. 1570-80. She married Lewis Mortlock, 1598, Clare.
2. Thomas Prentice, Gentleman, b. c. 1685-95. . . . . . . . . [5]
3. John Prentice, b. c. 1590-95. . . . . . . . . [6]

5. Thomas Prentice, Gentleman, b. c. 1685-95. Living in Clare in 1638. Died 1659, Poslingford. He married Mary Mary Sammes, 1616, Poslingford. She died 1664, Poslingford. Children (per Ian Prentice, email, 28 Jun 2004):

1. Golding Prentice, b. 1617. . . . . . . . . . . . . [7]
2. Mary, b. 1619 and d. 1686, Cavendish, unmarried.
3. Thomas Prentice, b. c. 1621.
   He may, or may not, be the Thomas Prentice who married Grace Bull in 1647 in Earls Colne, Essex, England according to the IGI.

   Further, the Thomas who married Grace may, or may not, be the Capt. Thomas Prentice who appears in our PRENTICE book at page 161, although one could draw that inference based on the fact that "Grace" was a relatively uncommon name at that time and place, and the fact that she married a "Thomas Prentice" would support the further inference that they are the persons who Binney, in his 1883 PRENTICE book, says came to America.

   As support for that inference, Binney says the oldest daughter of Capt. Thomas Prentice, Grace Prentice, was born in 1648 in England. That date is consistent with the IGI's 1647 marriage date of Thomas and Grace.

4. Abigail Prentice, b. 1622, Clare. She m. Bryant Simpson.

6. John Prentice, b. c. 1590-95. Thomas Rose of Clare left a Will referring to the husband of his daughter, Rose French (one of his six children), as a John Prentice. We tentatively infer that he is the same John Prentice for the following reasons: we do not know the specific date of that marriage, but it was some date prior to their known oldest son, Mathew Prentice, who was baptised in Clare in 1621. From the fact of that baptism, we infer that John was livig in Clare prior to that marriage, and further infer that he is the brother of Anne and Thomas, above. Children of John and Rose (per Ian Prentice, email, 28 Jun 2004):

1. Matthew Prentice, bap 12 July 1621 in Clare and d. 1665, leaving a Will. He m. Sarah. Children:
   1. Matthew Prentice,bap 1643 in Fyfield, Essex and alive in 1665.
   2. Rebecca Prentice, b. 1664 in Doddinghurst, Essex.
   3. Sarah Prentice.
   4. Rose Prentice. She m. Richard Raiment of Ashen in 1661.
   5. Alice Prentice, b. 1646 in Great Waldingfield. She m. Joseph Parsey on 7 Nov 1687 in Clare.
2. Peter Prentice, bap. 29 Apr 1624 and bur. 29 Nov 1626.
3. Peter Prentice, bap. 4 Feb 1626.
4. Thomas Prentice, not born in Clare but buried there on 25 Aug 1634.
5. William Prentice, not born in Clare but buried 19 September 1637.
6. (child) Prentice.

7. Golding Prentice, b. 1617, Poslingford. Had land in Clare. He m. Elizabeth.

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