Family and Education
s. or gds. of Sir Gervase Clifton (d.c.1383) of Clifton. m. c. June 1382, Katherine, e. da. of Sir John Cressy (d. Aug. 1383) of Hodsock, Notts. and Melton near Barnborough, Yorks., sis. and coh. of Sir Hugh Cressy (c.1375-1408), at least 1s. Kntd. by June 1380.C137/67/30; Nottingham Univ. Lib. Ce D674; Clifton ms, CID no. 520; CCR, 1389-92, p. 516; A. Goodman, Loyal Conspiracy, 180-1; CIPM, xv. nos. 965, 966.
Offices Held
Commr. of inquiry, Notts. Mar. 1401 (contempt of royal franchises).
Sheriff, Notts. and Derbys. 29 Nov. 1402 – d.
Verderer, Sherwood forest, Notts. to d.
Parlimentarian
Main residence: Clifton, Notts.
Volume
Commons 1386-1421
Web Title
CLIFTON, Sir John (-d.1403)
Will
Estates
Oxford 1644
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