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CLITHEROE, William (d.1454), of Hythe, Kent.

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s. of Richard Clitheroe*. m. Agnes, 3s. 1da. ?Dist. Kent 1439. E159/215, recorda Trin. rot. 35.
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Jurat, Hythe 2 Feb. 1451–2. E. Kent Archs., Hythe recs., jurats’ acct. bk. 1441–56, H 1055, f. 154.

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CLITHEROE, William (d.1454), of Hythe, Kent.
Main residence: Hythe, Kent.
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CLITHEROE, Richard (d.c.1463), of New Romney, Kent.

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poss. s. of William Clitheroe† (d.1421) of New Romney; nephew of Richard† (d.1420) of Clitheroe, Lancs., London and Goldstone in Ash-next-Sandwich, Kent, and bro. of John, bp. of Bangor (1423-35). m. Eleanor, at least 1s. William* (d.v.p.) and other ch.
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Jurat, Romney 25 Mar. 1414–16, 1418 – 19, 1420 – 29, 1434 – 39, 1445 – 46, 1449 – 50, 1453 – 55; bailiff or dep. bailiff prob. 1429 – 33, 1439 – 42, 1446 – 48, 1450 – 53, 1462 – 63.

?Coroner, Kent by Oct. 1414.

Cinque Ports’ bailiff at Yarmouth Sept. – Nov. 1424, 1444.

Controller of customs and subsidies, Sandwich 23 May 1431 – 23 Feb. 1435.

Commr. Romney Apr. 1445.

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CLITHEROE, Richard (d.c.1463), of New Romney, Kent.
Main residence: New Romney, Kent.
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CLITHEROE, Hugh (d.1463), of Kingston-upon-Hull, Yorks.

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poss. s. of Hugh Clitheroe† of Kingston-upon-Hull. m. bef. Dec. 1435, Joan, da. of Robert Holme I*, 2s. 1da. Cal. Hull Deeds ed. Stanewell, D. 433; CCR, 1435-41, p. 40. Dist. Yorks. 1458.
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Attestor, parlty. elections, Kingston-upon-Hull 1449 (Nov.), 1450, 1455, 1459.

Chamberlain, Kingston-upon-Hull Mich. 1426–7; bailiff 1428 – 29; auditor of the chamberlains’ accts. 1430 – 31, 1434 – 35, 1439 – 40, 1450 – 51, 1453 – 54, 1455 – 57; alderman of St. Mary’s ward 23 May 1440 – d.; mayor Mich. 1442–3, 1446 – 47, 1448 – 49, 1457 – 58; coroner 1458–9. Hull Hist. Centre, Kingston-upon-Hull recs., bench bk. 3a, BRB 1, ff. 4, 12v, 24, 28, 33, 55, 59, 62, 88v; bench bk. 3, BRE 2, f. 9v; chamberlains’ accts. 1430–1, 1434–5, 1439–40, 1451–2, BRF 2/352, 354, 356, 365; J. Kermode, ‘Merchants of York, Hull and Beverley’ (Sheffield Univ. Ph.D. thesis, 1990), app. 4.

Alnager, Kingston-upon-Hull 15 July 1442–1 July 1447. CFR, xvii. 202.

Commr. of inquiry, Kingston-upon-Hull Apr. 1442 (misdeeds at sea against the Dutch), CIMisc. viii. 160. Nov., Dec. 1446 (restoration of ships under the statute of 27 Edw. III), Lincs. Oct. 1449 (piracy of Sir John Neville), Kingston-upon-Hull Mar., June 1458 (piracy); to assess subsidy Aug. 1450; of arrest, Kingston-upon-Hull, Grimsby Apr. 1454 (ships intended to trade illegally with Iceland); to conscript mariners, Kingston-upon-Hull Oct. 1457 (to serve against the King’s enemies); of sewers Nov. 1454.

Commr. of the admiralty ct., Kingston-upon-Hull 14 May-Mich. 1452. Bench bk. 3, BRE 2, ff. 24v-26v.

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CLITHEROE, Hugh (d.1463), of Kingston-upon-Hull, Yorks.
Main residence: Kingston-upon-Hull, Yorks.
Cliderhow, Cliderowe
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CLIPSHAM, John (d.c.1429), of Imbhams and Guildford, Surr.

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m. by June 1409, Alice (d. by 1433), 1da.
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Sheriff, Surr. and Suss. 30 Nov. 1407 – 15 Nov. 1408, 1 Dec. 1415 – 30 Nov. 1416, 23 Nov. 1419 – 16 Nov. 1420, 6 Nov. 1424 – 15 Jan. 1426.

Parker of Asshurst, Surr. 29 June 1408 – d.

Escheator, Surr. and Suss. 29 Nov. 1410 – 10 Dec. 1411.

Commr. Hants, Surr. June 1413 – May 1428; of gaol delivery, Guildford June 1417, Jan. 1418. C66/400, mm. 5d, 23d.

J.p. Surr. 8 Dec. 1413 – d.

Constable of Farnham castle, Surr. for Bp. Beaufort of Winchester by 1415. Hants RO, bp. of Winchester’s pipe rolls, 11M59/B1/162 (formerly 159418).

Collector of customs and subsidies, Chichester 24 Feb. 1418–17 Oct. 1421. E356/18 rot. 39.

Steward of Kennington and Byfleet, Surr. 20 July 1418 – d.

Dep. butler of Chichester and adjacent coastal ports (by nomination of Thomas Chaucer*) by 22 Nov. 1418 – d.

Bailiff, liberties of Bp. Beaufort of Winchester, in Surr. and Suss. by Mich. 1424-Easter 1425, and at Mich. 1429. E368/197, rots. 3, 7d; 202, rot. 8d.

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CLIPSHAM, John (d.c.1429), of Imbhams and Guildford, Surr.
Main residences: Imbhams; Guildford, Surr.
Author
L.S.C.
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CLIFTON, Sir Robert (c.1385-1442), of Denver, Norf.

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b. c.1385, s. of Sir Adam Clifton (d. 1411) of Denver by his w. Margery. CIPM, xix. 956. m. Alice (d.1456), ?wid. of William Grey of Merton, Norf., CCR, 1441-7, p. 85; CFR, xix. 136. After Clifton’s death a window was erected in the parish church of Merton. Now gone, it bore the inscription ‘Orate pro Animabus Roberti Clifton militis ac [Will.] de Grey Armigeri, et pro bono Statu Alicie nuper Uxoris eorundem....’: F. Blomefield, Norf. ii. 308. It is not clear where William belongs in the ped. of the Greys of Merton, but he was evidently not the William Grey who died in the 1470s: Norf. RO, Norwich consist. ct., Reg. Gelour, f. 169. It would certainly seem that Grey was Alice’s first husband, not least because she and Clifton were in possession of the Grey manor at Little Cornard, Suff., in the late 1420s: W.A. Copinger, Suff. Manors, i. 93. 1s. 3da. CIPM, xxvi. 12; Norwich consist. ct., Reg. Wylby, ff. 128-9. Kntd. c. 1415. Still an esq. in Dec. 1413 but a kt. by Mar. 1417: CPR, 1413-16, p. 141; CCR, 1413-19, p. 383.
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Sheriff, Norf. and Suff. 3 Nov. 1412 – 5 Nov. 1413, 14 Feb. – 12 Nov. 1423.

Commr. to take assize of novel disseisin, Norf. Nov. 1431, Sept. 1438; distribute tax allowance Dec. 1433; list persons to take the oath against maintenance Jan. 1434; administer the same May 1434.

Ambassador to treat with the Emperor and other imperial princes 15 Dec. 1435–25 May 1438. Dates of appointment and return to London: PPC, iv. 308; E101/323/3.

Constable of Bordeaux 24 Mar. 1439–d. E364/75, rot. D; 84, rot. C. He accounted from 6 Aug. 1439.

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CLIFTON, Sir Robert (c.1385-1442), of Denver, Norf.
Main residence: Denver, Norf.
Clefton, Clyften, Clyfton
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C.E.M.
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Commons 1422-1461
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CLIFTON, Robert (d.1478), of Clifton, Notts.

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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.
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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.

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CLIFTON, Robert (d.1478), of Clifton, Notts.
Main residence: Clifton, Notts.
Author
S.J.P.
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Commons 1422-1461
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CLIFTON, John, of Lincoln.

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Attestor, parlty. elections, Lincoln 1427, 1431.

Tax collector, Lincoln July 1413, Sept. 1431.

Sheriff, Lincoln Sept. 1425–6; mayor 1432–3. Assoc. Archit. Socs. Reps. and Pprs. xxxix. 234; E159/203, recorda Mich. rot. 7d; C241/225/17.

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CLIFTON, John, of Lincoln.
Main residence: Lincoln.
Author
S.J.P.
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CLIFTON, Sir Gervase (bef. 1389-1453), of Clifton and Hodsock, Notts.

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b. bef. 1389, s. and h. of Sir John Clifton† (d.1403), of Clifton by Katherine (d.c.1420), da. of Sir John Cressy of Hodsock, sis. and coh. of Hugh Cressy (d.1408). m. by 13 Aug. 1419, Nottingham Univ. Lib., Clifton mss, Cl D 686. Her paternity is described in a largely lost monumental inscription in Clifton church: R. Thoroton, Notts. ed. Throsby, i. 109. Isabel (d.1467), da. of Sir Robert Francis† (d.1419/20) of Foremark, Derbys., at least 2s. inc. Robert*, He had a younger son, John, who, in 1467, was named as administrator of his mother’s goods: Borthwick Inst., Univ. of York, York registry wills, prob. reg. 4, f. 246. at least 1 da.; 1s. illegit. Gervase*, Kntd. by 24 Nov. 1421.
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Attestor, parlty. elections, Notts. 1414 (Nov.), 1421 (Dec.), 1422, 1423, 1425, 1431, 1432.

Commr. of inquiry, Notts. Apr. 1416 (illegal fishing), Feb. 1450 (riots of William Meryng*); to assess subsidy Apr. 1431, Aug. 1450; of array Aug. 1436; kiddles, Notts., Lincs., Yorks. c. 1439; arrest, Notts., Derbys., Yorks. May 1450 (those who failed to perform military service); sewers, Notts., Yorks., Lincs. Mar. 1452.

J.p. Notts. 12 Feb. 1422 – July 1423, 12 May 1436 – d.

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CLIFTON, Sir Gervase (bef. 1389-1453), of Clifton and Hodsock, Notts.
Main residences: Clifton; Hodsock, Notts.
Author
S.J.P.
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CLIFTON, Gervase (exec.1471), of Brabourne, Kent and Eresby, Lincs.

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s. of Sir Gervase Clifton*; Miscellanea Genealogica et Heraldica, i. 305; Papworth’s Ordinary of British Armorials intro. Squibb and Wagner, 93. half-bro. of Robert*. m. (1) aft. Feb. 1434, Isabel (d. 20 Dec. 1457), da. of Vincent Fynch† of Netherfield, Suss., sis. of Vincent* and William Fynch*, wid. of William Scott I*, 2da; (2) bef. 24 May 1462, Maud (d. 30 Aug. 1497), da. of Sir Richard Stanhope* by Maud, da. of Ralph, 2nd Lord Cromwell; coh. of her uncle Ralph, 3rd Lord Cromwell (d.1456), and wid. of Robert, 3rd Lord Willoughby de Eresby and Sir Thomas Neville (d.1460). Magdalen Coll. Oxf. Misc. 365. Dist. 1439; Kntd. bef. July 1453.
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J.p. Kent 13 Mar. 1437 – July 1461.

Commr. of inquiry, Kent July 1439 (concealments), Oct. 1439 (enforcement of statutes regarding regrating and forestalling), Feb. 1451 (piracy), Winchelsea Apr. 1451 (capture of a Portuguese vessel), Kent Mar. 1452 (costs of repairs on the lordship of Langley), Feb. 1454 (offences of Robert Colynson), Nov. 1454 (concealments by the escheator), Mar. 1457 (unlawful gatherings), E159/231, recorda Mich. rot. 46. Calais Aug. 1457 (property belonging to the duchy of Lancaster), DL41/450. Kent Mar. 1459 (piracy); to distribute tax allowance, Apr. 1440; of array Mar. 1443, Apr., Dec. 1450, Feb. 1452, Aug. 1456, Aug., Sept. 1457, Cinque Ports Sept. 1457, Kent Sept. 1458, Feb., Dec. 1459, Jan., Feb. 1460, Canterbury Jan. 1460, Herts., Kent, Mdx., Surr., Suss. June 1460; to requisition ships, Kent Aug. 1443, Apr. 1449; treat for loans June 1446, Sept. 1449, Apr. 1454, May 1455; PPC, vi. 239. assess subsidy Apr. 1450; of arrest Apr., Nov. 1450, Jan. 1454; to take musters, Dover Dec. 1451; assign archers, Kent Dec. 1457; of oyer and terminer Sept. 1458, Mar. 1460; to seize Warwick’s ships in Sandwich Dec. 1459.

Sheriff, Kent 5 Nov. 1439 – 4 Nov. 1440, 3 Dec. 1450 – 8 Nov. 1451, 7 Nov. 1458–9.

Dep. to Humphrey, duke of Gloucester, warden of the Cinque Ports and constable of Dover castle aft. Mich. 1444–23 Feb. 1447, E372/290 sub Kantia. to James Fiennes*, Lord Saye and Sele, bef. Jan. 1449 – 4 July 1450, to William Fiennes, Lord Saye and Sele, 4 July 1450 – bef.June 1451, to Humphrey, duke of Buckingham, aft. 12 June 1451-bef. 12 June 1452. C219/15/6, 7; 16/1; CPR, 1446–1452, p. 473; SC 6/1280/13.

Treasurer of the household of Humphrey, duke of Gloucester, prob. by May 1446-Feb. 1447. DL28/5/6, m. 14; E403/762, m. 1.

Mayor, Canterbury Mich. 1450–1. Canterbury Cath. Archs., Canterbury city recs., chamberlains’ accts. 1445–1506, CCA-CC-F/A/2, f. 31v.

Treasurer of Calais 24 June 1451–2 Dec. 1460. CPR, 1446–52, p. 460.

Parlty. cttee to investigate the finances of the garrison of Calais 1455. PROME, xii. 337–8.

Treasurer of the King’s household bef. 13 May-bef. 4 Sept. 1460. E401/870, mm. 4, 6, 10; E404/71/5/41.

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CLIFTON, Gervase (exec.1471), of Brabourne, Kent and Eresby, Lincs.
Main residences: Brabourne, Kent; Eresby, Lincs.
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CLIFFE, John, of Scoble in South Pool, Devon.

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Reeve of South Pool for John, Lord Dynham, Mich. 1477–80, 1482–4. Cornw. RO, Arundell mss, AR2/727, rots. 5–7, 9–10.

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CLIFFE, John, of Scoble in South Pool, Devon.
Main residence: Scoble in South Pool, Devon.
Scobell
Author
H.W.K.
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