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bap. 22 June 1626, 2nd s. and h. of Sir Gervase Clifton*, being o.s. by 2nd w.J. Raine, Hist. and Antiquities of the Par. of Blyth (1860), 139-40; Vis. Notts. ed. K.S.S. Train (Thoroton Soc. rec. ser. xiii), 68. educ. G. Inn 1 Mar. 1647.G. Inn Admiss. 243. m. 4 July 1650, Frances, da. of Sir Heneage Finch†, Speaker of the House of Commons 1626, of Kensington, Mdx. 3s. (2 d.v.p.), 4da.Regs. of St Stephen’s Walbrook (Harl. Soc. Reg. xlix), 63; Raine, Hist. of Blyth, 139-40. Kntd. 27 Dec. 1661;Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 236. suc. fa. in Clifton estate 28 June 1666.CB. bur. 22 June 1670.Clifton par reg.
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Local: commr. militia, Notts. 12 Mar. 1660.A. and O. Commr. assessment, 1 June 1660, 1661, 1664.An Ordinance... for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6); SR. J.p. by Oct. 1660–d.;Notts. RO, C/QSM/13, unfol. liberties of Southwell and Scrooby, Notts. 29 June 1669–d.C181/7, p. 502. Capt. vol. horse, Notts. Mar. 1661.The Kingdomes Intelligencer no. 10 (4–11 Mar. 1661), 147 (E.194.4). Dep. lt. by c.Sept. 1662–d.SP29/60/66, f. 145v. Commr. subsidy, Mdx. Notts. Nottingham 1663;SR. swans, Notts. 30 May 1663;C181/7, p. 210. sewers, 22 May 1669.C181/7, p. 488.

Academic: FRS, 28 Mar. 1667.T. Thomson, Hist. of the Royal Soc. (1812) app. iv, p. xxv.

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CLIFTON, Clifford (1626-70), of Clifton-on-Trent, Notts.
: of Clifton-on-Trent, Notts.
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Commons 1640-1660
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CLIFTON, Clifford (1626-70), of Clifton-on-Trent, Notts.

Will
11 Aug. 1669, pr. 28 Sept. 1670.Notts. RO, PR/NW, Will of Sir Clifford Clifton, 1670.
Estates
in 1648, Sir Gervase Clifton debarred his eldest s. Gervase from inheriting his estate in favour of Clifford.C6/134/107; Nottingham Univ. Lib. CL D 1473-7. Clifton’s real estate at d. inc. lease of a house in Bloomsbury, London;Notts. RO, PR/NW, Will of Sir Clifford Clifton, 1670. his personal estate was then described as ‘very small’.Nottingham Univ. Lib. CL D 1504, m. 5.
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