Family and Education
b. c. 1570, 1st s. of Sir John Clifton of Barrington Court, Som. by Anne, da. of Thomas Stanley, 2nd Baron Monteagle. educ. St. Alban Hall, Oxf. 1586; G. Inn 1588. m. June 1591, Katherine, da. and h. of Sir Henry Darcy, 1s. d.v.p. 1da. suc. fa. 1593. Kntd. c. 1596; cr. Lord Clifton 1608.CP, iii. 308-9; PCC 52 Nevell.
Offices Held
J.p. Hunts. from 1596; sheriff, Cambs. and Hunts. 1597 – 98; steward of lordship of Brampton, Hunts., and of manor of Spaldwick 1595; bailiff and collector of liberty called Gloucester’s Fee, Hunts. 6 Feb. 1595; gent. privy chamber by 1603.
Main residence: Leighton Bromswold, Hunts.
Volume
Commons 1558-1603
Web Title
CLIFTON, Sir Gervase (c.1570-1618)
Will
Estates
Oxford 1644
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Religion
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