1901322.
Lord John Clifford & 1901323. Elizabeth Percy
4/23/1389, John born in Hart, Northumberland, England, heir
& s/o 3802644. Thomas de Clifford
& 3802645. Elizabeth de Roos.
1391, John’s father died.
1392, John age 3.
~1396, Elizabeth born in England, d/o 3802646. Sir Henry Percy & 3802647. Elizabeth de Mortimer.
9/30/1399, Henry IV succeeded Richard II as King of England.
2/28/1403, John’s paternal grandmother, Maud, died.
3/15/1403, John’s uncle William de Clifford, ‘chivaler,’ has
keeping of the lands of John’s grandmother of his inheritance until he reaches
full age with an annual stipend of 200 marks. On this date, William requested
that the lands be released to John’s mother, Elizabeth. (S) CFRs.
5/20/1403, IPM of Maud [John’s paternal grandmother] widow
of Roger Clifford, knight. Northumberland: She held the manor of Hart … She
died on 28 Feb. John Clifford, under age in the king’s ward, is the next heir
of Roger, being the son of Thomas, knight, son of Roger, and aged 13 years and
more. (S) CIsPM.
7/21/1403, Elizabeth’s father slain at the Battle of Shrewsbury.
12/18/1403, To the abbot of Shrewsbury. Order to suffer the
head of Thomas Percy late earl of Worcester [Elizabeth’s granduncle], which the
king has commanded to be delivered to John Clifforde esquire and Thomas de
Burgh for burial with the earl's body, to be so buried in his church of St.
Peter Shrewsbury. By K. (S) CCRs.
8/1403-11/1411, John married to Elizabeth.
3/4/1411, IPM of Euphemia widow of Walter de Heslarton,
knight. Derby: She held the manor of Staveley … with reversion to John son and heir
of Thomas de Clifford, knight, annual value 100s. She died on 24 Oct. 1393.
John de Clyfford is heir, aged 21 years and more. (S) CIsPM.
6/9/1411, Proof of age of John de Clifford. Elizabeth widow
of Thomas de Clifford, who has the wardship by the grant of Anne late queen of
England, should be informed. Northumberland: John son and heir of Thomas de
Clifford, knight, was born at Hart and baptised there on 23 April 1389, and is
therefore aged 22 years and more. William Whitchestre, knight, aged 50 years,
saw the baptism. Robert Lysle, knight, 60 and more: Robert his son was born
within 3 days of the birth and is now aged 22 and more. … (S) CIsPM.
Aft. 9/21/1411, John’s sister Matilda became the 2nd
wife of Richard of Conisburg, 3rd earl of Cambridge, and stepmother
to Richard, future 3rd Duke of York [father of King Edward IV.] (S)
The Wars of the Roses, Weir, 1995, P60.
11/1411, 3 new members summoned to parliament as ‘lords
temporal’: John Clifford replacing his father, Robert Wiloughby replacing his
father, and Hugh Stafford who had married Elizabeth, heiress of Bartholomew
Bouchier. (S) Parliament Rolls, Henry V, November 1411.
1412, John and Elizabeth received a papal indult for a
portable altar. [Usually granted to a young wife when she was pregnant.]
9/21/1412, John summoned to parliament as 7th
lord of Skipton, York.
3/20/1413, Henry V succeeded Henry IV as King of England.
3/22/1413, Writs issued for a parliament to meet at
Westminster on Monday 15 May. Lords spiritual … Lords temporal: The earls of
Devon, Arundel, Westmorland, Salisbury, and Warwick, and the earl marshal; Hugh
Stafford, Edward Charlton of Powys, William Clinton, Thomas de la Warre, John
Oldcastle, Henry le Scrope of Masham, William Roos of Helmsley, Henry Fitzhugh,
William Ferrers of Groby, Thomas Morley, Hugh Burnell, Thomas Berkeley, John de
Welles, Ralph Cromwell, Ralph baron Greystoke, Thomas Dacre of Gilsland, John
Harrington, Robert Willoughby, John Lovell of Tichmarsh, Richard Grey of
Codnor, Reginald Grey of Ruthin, Peter Mauley, Thomas Camoys, William la Zouche
of Harringworth, Henry de Beaumont, William de Botreaux, John Latimer, Richard
Strange, Robert Poynings, Gilbert Talbot, John Clifford, and John Talbot of
Furnivall. [47 ‘spiritual’, 38 ‘temporal’, 73 knights, 178 burgesses.] (S)
Parliament Rolls, Henry V, May 1413.
4/9/1413, Henry V crowned king of England. John attended the
coronation.
5/7/1415, Licence for John, lord of Clifford, to enfeoff
William de Haryngton, ‘chivaler,’ … castles and manors of Appleby and Burghan,
co. Westmoreland, … (S) CPRs.
~1415, John, 7th Lord Clifford, wounded in the
great tournament of Carlisle between English knights and Scottish knights. The
tournament was hosted by Ralph Nevill, earl of Westmoreland. Sir John Clifford
jousted with Sir William Douglas. Sir William Harrington jousted with Sir David
Mynges. Sir Ralph Greystoke jousted with William Edmundson, esquire. Sir
Christopher Curwen jousted with Halyburton (who as injured in the neck), and
Sir John Lancaster jousted with Sir John Singeler. The English won the prize.
(S) Trans. Architectural and Archaeological Soc., V4, 1896, P179.
8/13/1415, John, a captain with 29 men-at-arms and 90
archers, in King Henry V’s force of 12,000 landing at the mouth of the Seine at
Harfleur. (S) Univ. of Southampton, “The Soldier in Later Medieval England”.
9/22/1415, The English capture Harfleur after a siege. [Of
John’s retinue, 4 men-at-arms and 13 archers had to be sent home due to illness
or injuries.]
10/25/1415, Battle of Agincourt in northern France.
[Documented by 3 eye witnesses.] The English longbows gave “a terrifying hail
of arrow shot.” French estimate of their own dead of 4,000 would imply a ratio
of nearly 9 to 1 in favour of the English. (S) Hist. of the Battle of
Agincourt, Nicolas, 1827, P88.
1416-7, “Parties to Indenture: Indentures between the king
and the following for war-service, (actually for the relief of Harfleur). John
Clifford.” (S) UKNA.
1417, King Henry captured Argentan.
1417-18, In a winter siege, King Henry captured Falaise.
1418, John the commander that received the surrender of
Cherbourg.
9/17/1418 at the siege of Rouen, France. The K. appoints
John Clifford to be bearer of the black rod of the order of the Garter at
Windsor. (S) Rymer’s Foedera, V9, PP619-23.
1/19/1419, The capture of Rouen, France. A major event in
the Hundred Year's War, where English forces captured the capital of Normandy.
1421, John made Knight of the Garter. (S) Lists of Knights
and Ladies of the Garter.
6/10/1421, John a legatee in the will of King Henry V.
8/31/1422, King Henry V died leaving an infant son Henry VI.
3/13/1422, John died at the siege of Meaux, France.
8/31/1422, Henry VI (an infant) succeeded Henry V as King of
England.
[––Elizabeth––]
5/18/1424, Commitment to Elizabeth late the wife of John
late lord de Clyfford, by mainprise of William Haryngton of the county of York,
knight, … of the keeping of all the castles, manors and lands late of the said
John late lord de Clyfford, who held of Henry V in chief on the day of his
death, and of the shrievalty of Westmoreland, late of the said John, which by
the death of John and by reason of the minority of Thomas his son and heir (S)
CFRs.
5/7/1426, Elizabeth married Ralph Neville, 2nd
Earl of Westmorland.
10/26/1436, Elizabeth died; buried at Staindrop, Durham.
1436-37, Westmorland, Elizabeth [Percy], wife of Ralph
[Nevill], and formerly of John Clifford, kt: Yorks, Westmor, Cumb, Northumb.
(S) IPM, UKNA.
(S) Magna Carta Ancestry, P218.
Children of John
and Elizabeth: [2 sons, 2 daughters]
i. Thomas Clifford, born by 1415 in England.
Thomas, 8th Lord Skipton, married Joan de Dacre,
d/o Thomas Dacre & Philippe Neville.
5/22/1455, Thomas died at the 1st Battle of St.
Albans fighting as a Lancastrian against the Duke of York.
Children: Baron John Clifford, 9th Lord of Skipton born
1435, nicknamed “the Butcher” for killing Edmund, age 17, 2nd s/o the Duke of
York following the battle of Wakefield.
ii. Mary Clifford (950661), born bef. 1422 in England.
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