Sir John Claye, coal Baron of Wales was born in 1558 in Gloucester/Monmouthshire/Wiltshire/Derbyshire.
He died in 1632 in Monmouthshire/Virginia.
He was the son of John Claye of Gloucester.
He was the Grandson of Sir John Clay, knighted after the battle of Tewekesbury.
Sir John Claye b1558 was knighted by Queen Elizabeth I and given the title coal Baron of Wales.
He was married to Lady Mary Ann Calton.
The son of Sir John Claye arrived in Virginia on the ship The Treasurer in 1613 with his two younger brothers, each son had 10,000 pounds, his middle name was Thomas and he was known by Sir Walter Raleigh
No search on ancestry finds an actual record with those dates and those counties.
A search on Ancestry finds one record for a John Clay buried in Wiltshire in 1632, and he would appear to be a child. Nothing is recorded for monmouthshire. John Clay of the Treasurer may have died in 1632 but he is not Sir John Claye, he was actually real.
A search for a John Clay born in Gloucester does not find a record in the period 1508-1558.
A John Clay, son of Sir John Clay (no not him) was knighted after the battle of Tewkesbury. He did not appear in his mother’s will of 1477, so he may well have been dead by this point. There is no record of him marrying or having children.
There is no record of a John Clay being knighted by Elizabeth I, the title, Coal Baron of Wales, has absolutely no crediblity. It was invented by someone who knew absolutely nothing about the peerage system in England.
He was not married to Mary Calton, John Clay of Crich was.
A John Clay, as we have established did arrive in Virginia in 1613, he arrived alone. The sum of 10,000 pounds is ludicrous, he could have bought Virginia and more with that in 1613, presuming he had survived the journey carrying that amount of cash. Sir Walter Raleigh was imprisoned in the tower of London in 1613. John's middle name was not Thomas, see Robert Young Clays piece in the links.
In short what we have, is a jumble of fantasy mixed in with facts and records of people who did exist but there is not one record that proves the birth or death or marriages of Sir John Claye, coal Baron of Wales. Not one.