Surname origin
'Dweller at the clover field'
Surnames of the UK by Henry Harrison. London 1912. Reprint by Genealogical Pub. Co. Baltimore. 1969 Sussex References
for CLEVERLEY

Thomas CLEVERLEY ( - 1775), Hollow Turner of Lurgashall and Lodsworth, married Katherine SOTCHER ( -1742) and they had at least these children:-
• Mary baptised at Lurgashall on 17th November 1702 -<1777) =  John FARNDELL
• Anna baptised at Lurgashall on 23rd January 1710
• John baptised at Lurgashall on 27th February 1708 and buried there on 7th June 1709
• Sarah baptised at Lurgashall on 25th November 1713, married Austin SOAL at Lurgashall on the 10th February 1735 at Lurgashall and was buried at Lodsworth on 10th December 1785.
  They had children
  • Austin SOAL (1736 - 1760)
  • Anne SOAL (1737 - ) = Robert BAXTER
  • Thomas SOAL (1740 - = Jane LEGATE
  • William SOAL (1743 - = Elizabeth HARFORD
  • Sarah SOAL (1744 - = George HOLDING
  • James  SOAL (1747 - 1810)
  • Mary SOAL (1750 - = Thomas KNIGHT (1742 - 1808)