Ralph Clarke (mayor)

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Ralph Clark (died 1660) was an English tanner, notable for being the first Mayor of Chesterfield.

Clark came from the prominent Clark family of Chesterfield [1] and was elected to the post of Mayor in 1598 following the Elizabethan charter issued that same year, which granted the town the right to elect a mayor. [2] [3]

Chesterfield Town & Borough in England

Chesterfield is a large market town and borough in Derbyshire, England. It lies 24 miles (39 km) north of Derby and 11 miles (18 km) south of Sheffield at the confluence of the rivers Rother and Hipper. Including Whittington, Brimington and Staveley it had a population of about 103,800 in 2011, making it the second largest town in the ceremonial county after Derby. Archaeologists trace it back to a Roman fort built in the 1st century AD, but soon abandoned. Later an Anglo-Saxon village developed. The name derives from the Old English ceaster and feld. It has a street market of some 250 stalls three days a week. The town sits on a coalfield, which was economically important until the 1980s. Little visual evidence of mining remains. The best-known landmark is the Church of St Mary and All Saints with its crooked spire, originally built in the 14th century.

In 1641 when Poll tax was paid, Ralph paid the highest amount in the town.

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At the time of his death in 1660, he was living in Cutthorpe, outside of Chesterfield. [4]

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References

  1. ↑ "The Clarke Families of Chesterfield". 30 April 2016.
  2. ↑ "Chesterfield Borough Council - Mayor and mayoress". www.chesterfield.gov.uk. 20 June 2018.
  3. ↑ Familiae minorum gentium by John William Clay (1894)
  4. ↑ Archives, The National. "The Discovery Service". discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk.


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