In the Chapel Royal Cheque Book is an entry, signed by the sub-dean, to the effect that on 5 November 1707 Croft was admitted into the organist's place, 'now become void by the death of Mr. Jeremiah Clerk,' and in Barrett's "English Church Composers" (p. 106) is a statement that the books of the vicars-choral of St. Paul's contain an entry to the effect that on 'November ye first, Mr. Jerry Clarke deceased this life.'