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Family and Education
b. 25 Nov. 1587, o. (posth.) s. of George Clifton (d. 1 Aug. 1587) of Clifton-on-Trent, and Winifred, da. of Sir Anthony Thorold† of Marston, Leics.C142/216/22; Vis Notts. ed. K.S.S. Train (Thoroton Soc. rec. ser. xiii), 68; CB. educ. privately (John Rawlinson);HMC Hatfield, xii. 276. St John’s, Camb. Easter 1603, MA 1612;Al. Cant. I. Temple 26 Apr. 1607.CITR ii. 29 m. (1) settlement Dec. 1612 (with £5,000), Penelope (d. 26 Oct. 1613), da. of Robert Rich†, 1st earl of Warwick, 1s.;Vis Notts. ed. Train, 68; P.R. Seddon, ‘Marriage and inheritance in the Clifton fam.’, Trans. Thoroton Soc. lxxxiv. 33. (2) 7 Sept. 1615, Frances (d. 22 Nov. 1627), da. of Francis Clifford†, 4th earl of Cumberland, 1s. (Clifford*) 4da.;J.W. Clay, ‘The Clifford fam.’, Yorks. Arch. Jnl. xviii. 397. (3) 5 May 1629, Mary (d. 19 Jan. 1630), da. of John Egioke of Egioke, Worcs., wid. of Sir Francis Leeke†, of Newark, Notts. s.p.; (4) 17 May 1632 (with £10,000), Isobel (bur. 10 July 1637), da. of Thomas Meeke of Wolverhampton, Staffs., wid. of John Hodges, grocer, of London, s.p.; (5) 1 Jan. 1638, Anne (bur. 1 June 1639), da. of Sir Francis South of Kelsterne, Lincs. s.p.; (6) 17 Feb. 1640, Jane (d. 17 Mar. 1656), da. of Anthony Eyre of Rampton, Notts. 2s. 3da. (2 d.v.p.);Sutton-cum-Lound, Notts. par. reg. (marr. entry for 1 Jan. 1638); HMC Portland, ii. 122; Seddon, ‘Marriage and inheritance’, 34-5, 40. (7) 17 Dec. 1656 (with £4,000), Alice (bur. 29 Mar. 1667), da. of Henry Hastings, 5th earl of Huntingdon, s.p.C108/120, 399; CSP Dom. 1656-7, p. 279; Seddon, ‘Marriage and inheritance’, 35. suc. gdfa. Sir Gervase Clifton† 20 Jan. 1588;CB. cr. KB 25 July 1603;Shaw, Knights of Eng. i. 154. bt. 22 May 1611; d. 28 June 1666.CB.
Offices Held

Local: j.p. Notts. by Apr. 1609-aft. 1641, by Oct. 1660–d.;C220/9/4; Notts. RO, C/QSM/1/2, p. 82. liberties of Southwell and Scrooby, Notts. 15 Feb. 1615 – aft.Dec. 1641, 19 Dec. 1664–d.C181/2, ff. 221, 336; C181/3, ff. 10v, 246v; C181/4, ff. 9, 177v; C181/5, ff. 19v, 216; C181/7, p. 302. Commr. oyer and terminer, Midland circ. 8 June 1610-aft. Jan. 1642, 10 July 1660–d.C181/2, ff. 115v, 332v; C181/3, ff. 5, 258v; C181/4, ff. 10v, 195v; C181/5, ff. 4v, 220; C181/7, p. 15. Sheriff, Notts. 6 Nov. 1610–11.List of Sheriffs (L. and I. ix), 104. Commr. musters, by Mar. 1613–1626;SP14/72/92, f. 164; E401/2586, pp. 203–5. swans, Derbys. and Notts. 8 Feb. 1614;C181/2, f. 201v. midland cos. and Welsh borders 27 July 1627;C181/3, f. 226v. Notts. 30 May 1663;C181/7, p. 210. sewers, 11 Feb. 1615, 6 July 1616, 23 May 1626;C181/2, ff. 224v, 255v; C181/3, f. 199v. River Smite, Leics. and Notts. 28 May 1625, 21 Nov. 1629;C181/3, f. 162; C181/4, f. 23v. River Trent, Lincs., Notts. and Yorks. 6 June 1629;C181/4, f. 16v. Hatfield Chase Level 17 May 1634-aft. Dec. 1637;C181/4, f. 174; C181/5, f. 16v, 87. eccles. causes, province of York 24 Oct. 1620-aft. 1628;Rymer, Foedera, vii. pt. 3, p. 173; viii. pt. 1, p. 90; pt. 2, p. 198; SP16/123/46, f. 93. subsidy, Notts. 1621 – 22, 1624, 1641, 1663;C212/22/20–1, 23; SR. Nottingham 1641.SR. Treas. N. Notts. 1625–6.Notts. Co. Recs. 13. Collector, privy seal loan, Notts. 1625–6.E401/2586, p. 205; APC 1626, p. 168; CSP Dom. 1625–6, p. 231. Dep. lt. 24 July 1626–42, 30 July 1660–d.Nottingham Univ. Lib. CL D 1633, 1636–7; SP29/11/142, f. 221. Commr. charitable uses, 3 Aug. 1626,C93/10/19. 17 July 1629 – 24 June 1631, 5 Sept. 1634-aft. July 1640;C192/1, unfol.; C93/13/3; C93/18/15. Forced Loan, Notts., Newark 1627;Rymer, Foedera, viii. pt. 2, p. 145; C193/12/2, ff. 44, 88v. recusants, northern cos. 8 June 1629-aft. July 1638.C66/2615/1; Rymer, Foedera, viii. pt. 3, p. 47; ix. pt. 1, p. 57; pt. 2, p. 162. Commr. and collector, knighthood fines, Notts. c.1630.E178/7154, f. 326; E178/5571, f. 5; E198/4/32, f. 2v; E407/35, f. 139. Commr. exacted fees, 6 Feb. 1633;C181/4, f. 159. further subsidy, Notts. Nottingham 1641; poll tax, Notts. 1641, 1660; Nottingham 1641;SR. perambulation, Sherwood Forest 28 Aug. 1641;C181/5, f. 210. contribs. towards relief of Ireland, Notts. Nottingham 1642;SR. assessment, Notts. 1642, 1 June 1660, 1661, 1664; Nottingham 1642;An Ordinance... for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6); SR. array (roy.), Notts. 18 June 1642;Northants. RO, FH133. Lincs. 27 Dec. 1642;HMC Buccleuch, i. 528. loyal and indigent officers, Notts. 1662.SR. Dep. justice in eyre, Sherwood Forest 5 Nov. 1662.Notts. RO, DD/4P/75/42.

Civic: high steward, East Retford 24 May 1616–47, 1660–d.HMC Var. vii. 390. Freeman, St Andrews, Scotland 7 July 1633–d.Nottingham Univ. Lib. CL D 1634.

Parlimentarian
CLIFTON, Sir Gervase, 1st Bt. (1587-1666), of Clifton-on-Trent, Notts.
: 1st bt. (1587-1666), of Clifton-on-Trent, Notts. 1587 – 1666.
Volume
Commons 1640-1660
Web Title

CLIFTON, Sir Gervase, 1st bt. (1587-1666), of Clifton-on-Trent, Notts.

Will
2 Oct. 1662, pr. 15 Nov. 1666.Notts. RO, PR/NW.
Estates
in 1631, purchased manor of Wakefield, Yorks. for £4,000.Nottingham Univ. Lib. CL D 1367. In about 1635, estate valued at £3,000 p.a.CSP Dom. 1635-6, p. 11. In 1646, estate consisted of manors of Blyth, Carlton, Clifton, Hodsock, Kinoulton, Stanton on the Wolds and Wilford; capital messuage of Bilby; lands in Bilby, Blyth, Hodsock, Ranby and Sturton-le-Steeple; rectories of Blyth and Kinoulton; advowsons of Blyth, Carlton, Clifton, Hodsock, Stanton on the Wolds and Wilford, Notts.; manors of Alwoodley and Wakefield; and lands in Alwoodley and Wigton, Yorks. – in all worth just over £2,800 p.a.SP23/195, pp. 895-7, 899, 927-8; C6/134/107. At d. estate inc. lease of a house in Little Queen Street in St Giles-in-the-Fields, London; lease of manors of Carlton Kingston and Carlton Baron, with lands and appurtenances, Notts. and Yorks.; lease of rectory of Blyth; and mills and lands in Blyth.Nottingham Univ. Lib. CL D 1503.
Oxford 1644
Yes
1640 Volume
oxford
Addresses
Religion
presented William Fuller to rectory of Weston, Notts. 1616; Henry Wylde to rectory of Clifton, Notts. 1623; Robert Thirlby, 1633.IND1/1700, ff. 61, 72; Notes on the Churches of Notts.: Hundred of Rushcliffe ed. J.T. Godfrey (1887), 46.
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