[3] In 1533, Alice and her sister, Anne Shelton, were placed in charge of the household of the King's daughter, Princess Mary.
[4] Alice was also a senior member of Princess Elizabeth's household while she was living at Hatfield Palace in Hertfordshire.
[citation needed] It has been supposed that Alice Clere was the kinder of the two guardians appointed to Mary.
[citation needed] Alice died on 1 November 1538, leaving a will dated 28 October 1538 which was proved 23 January 1539.
Alice Clere left her younger son Thomas Clere "a salt of gold with a cover having a rose in the knop, and a pair of beads of gold" set with stones which had been gifts from Anne Boleyn.