CLIFTON, Robert (d.1478), of Clifton, Notts.

Family and Education

s. and h. of Sir Gervase Clifton*; half-bro. of Gervase*. m. by Sept. 1432, Alice (d. 9 Sept. 1470), Her death date is recorded in a 15th-century ‘Book of Hours’ once belonging to the Cliftons, and in a monumental inscription on a large alabaster slab to her memory in Clifton church: Miscellanea Genealogica et Heraldica, i. 305; R. Thoroton, Notts. ed. Throsby, i. 109. da. of John Booth†(d.1422) of Barton, Lancs., at least 2s. (1 d.v.p.), 1da. Dist. Notts. 1458; Kntd. 27 June 1461.

Offices Held

Attestor, parlty. elections, Notts. 1442, 1447, 1449 (Feb.), 1467, 1472.

Commr. of inquiry, Notts. Jan. 1449 (lands of (Sir) Hugh Willoughby*), C139/135/37. Derbys., Notts. July 1454 (salmon), Notts. Aug. 1473 (unpaid farms); arrest, Derbys., Notts., Yorks. May 1450 (men who had failed to go to Normandy), Notts. July 1455 (defaulting collectors of fifteenth and tenth), E159/231, commissiones Trin. Feb. 1462 (Richard Gateford); to treat for loans, Derbys., Notts., Rutland Dec. 1452, Notts. May 1455; PPC, vi. 243. distribute allowance on tax June 1453; of kiddles July 1454; gaol delivery, Nottingham Sept. 1454, Mar. 1459, Dec. 1463, May 1466, Dec. 1470, Aug. 1476, Nottingham castle July 1461; C66/479, m. 20d; 491, m. 16d; 492, m. 2d; 506, m. 11d; 538, m. 8d. to assign archers, Notts. Dec. 1457; of sewers July 1458; array Dec. 1459, Mar. 1472; to assess subsidy July 1463.

Sheriff, Notts. and Derbys. 3 Dec. 1450 – 8 Nov. 1451, 7 Nov. 1459–60, 5 Nov. 1467–8.

J.p. Notts. 11 Nov. 1451 – Dec. 1460, 3 July 1461 – d.

Parlimentarian

CLIFTON, Robert (d.1478), of Clifton, Notts.

Main residence: Clifton, Notts.

Author

S.J.P.

Volume

Commons 1422-1461

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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