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A Website dedicated to the links between the Clays of England and the Clays of France.

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The background to the society of Anglo-French Clays

This site would not have been possible if I had not come across the The Clay of England society website created by David Clay, it is a monumental piece of work with thousands of references found long before the days of the internet. He must have travelled many hundreds if not thousands of miles across England visiting county record offices and libraries.

Finding the site has led me to a greater knowledge of medieval Clays, a better understanding of Medieval English and French history and I have fully enjoyed contributing to the site over the last two years.

The high point of research was finding Walterus De Clais in the Cambridge Inquisition of 1086 and then to cap that, finding reference to him again in 1080.

I am not an academic and I am sure this work reflects that, I do hope however that you enjoy the content.

Sir John Clay of Cheshunt

This is a website dedicated to the life and history of Sir John Clay.

There is a lot of disinformation on the internet about a Sir John Clay, coal Baron of Wales, he is a figure of fiction but believed by many to be real, he is not and this website deconstructs the myth.

Another interesting Clay is Edmund del Clay of Finningley, Lawyer to the mistress of Edward III,  Alice Perrers.

This is the main website of  The Clay of England Society

This where it all started, if you are a Clay from Derbyshire, visit this site.

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