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CLINTON, alias FIENNES, Thomas, of Warley, Essex and Horbling, Lincs.

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b. by 1551, yr. s. of Edward, 1st Earl of Lincoln, by his 2nd w. Ursula, and bro. of Sir Henry Clinton. m. c.1571, Mary, da. and h. of John Tyrell of Warley, 1s. 2da.CP, vii. 692; C142/211/184; Wards 7/21/223; Vis. Essex (Harl. Soc. xiii), 115; C21/G20/7.
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Gent. pens. by 1568; capt. in Ireland 1581–2.E407/1/4; CSP Ire. 1574–85, pp. 389–90; APC, xix. 114.

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CLINTON, alias FIENNES, Thomas, of Warley, Essex and Horbling, Lincs.
Main residences: Warley, Essex; Horbling, Lincs.
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CLINTON ALIAS FIENNES, Thomas

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CLINTON, Sir Henry (d.1616), of Tattershall, Lincs.

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1st s. of Edward, 1st Earl of Lincoln, by his 2nd w. Ursula, da. of William Stourton, 7th Baron Stourton; bro. of Thomas Clinton alias Fiennes . m. (1) Catherine, da. of Francis Hastings, 2nd Earl of Huntingdon, 2s. inc. Thomas, Lord Clinton; (2) Elizabeth, da. of Sir Richard Morison of Cassiobury, Herts., wid. of William Norris, 2s. 1da. KB Sept. 1553. styled. Lord Clinton 1573-85; suc. fa. as 2nd Earl of Lincoln 1585.C142/209/34(1); 397/66; CP, xii. (1), 304; HMC Hastings, i. 316; Collins, Peerage, ed. Brydges, ii. 207; CSP Dom. 1611-18, p. 54.
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J.p.q. Lincs. (all three divisions), v.-adm. Lincs. by 1574; commr. at trials of Mary Stuart 1586, William Davison 1587, Philip, Earl of Arundel 1589; ambassador to Landgrave of Hesse 1596; one of peers to try Robert, Earl of Essex 1601.CSP Dom. Add. 1566–79, p. 452; 1580–1625, p. 275; CSP Scot. 1586–8, pp. 44, 308, 346, 353; HMC Hatfield, v. 250; vi. 254, 289, 425; APC, xxxi. 151, 170. His name is omitted from several lists of commissions of the peace in and after 1577, but the same applies to other great Lincs, magnates, and probably means no more than that these lists were used for working purposes only.

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CLINTON, Sir Henry (d.1616), of Tattershall, Lincs.
Main residence: Tattershall, Lincs.
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CLINTON, Sir Henry (-d.1616)

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CLIFTON, Sir Gervase (c.1570-1618), of Leighton Bromswold, Hunts.

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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.
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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.E315/309, f. 93; Harl. 6161, f. 132.

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CLIFTON, Sir Gervase (c.1570-1618), of Leighton Bromswold, Hunts.
Main residence: Leighton Bromswold, Hunts.
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CLIFTON, Sir Gervase (c.1570-1618)

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CLIFFORD, Sir Nicholas (d.1595).

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s. of Henry Clifford by Anne Devereux, sis. of ‘Visct. Hereford’ (presumably Walter, 2nd Visct. cr. Earl of Essex 1572). m. Frances, da. of Sir William Drury, 1da. Kntd. 1591.Vis. Kent (Harl. Soc. lxxiv), 40; Hasted, Kent, vi. 201; A. Campling, Hist. Drury Fam. 100.
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CLIFFORD, Sir Nicholas (d.1595).
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CLIFFORD, Sir Nicholas (-d.1595)

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CLIFFORD, Henry (c.1515-77), of Boscombe, Wilts.

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b. c. 1515, 1st s. of William Clifford of Boscombe by Elizabeth, da. of Richard Vaux of Odiham, Hants. m. (1) Mary, da. of Sir Anthony Hungerford of Down Ampney, Glos., 3s. 5da.; (2) by 1568, Elizabeth, da. of William Carant or Corrant of Toomer, Som., ?s.p. suc. fa. by 1537.Wilts. Vis. Peds. (Harl. Soc. cv, cvi), 39; Vis. Devon, ed. Vivian, 195; LP Hen. VIII, xiv(2), p. 225; PCC 5 Crumwell, 6 Langley, 46 Martyn; Hoare, Wilts. Ambresbury, 112, 115; Wilts. Arch. Mag. vi. 195-6; C142/180/24.
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J.p. Wilts. from c. June 1543–58, from c. 1573; escheator, Hants and Wilts. 1550 – 51; commr. for relief, Wilts. 1550, for oyer and terminer 1554.LP Hen. VIII, xx(1), p. 316; CPR, 1547–8, p. 91; 1553 and App. Edw. VI, pp. 348, 359; 1553–4, pp. 25, 28.

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CLIFFORD, Henry (by 1513-77), of Boscombe, Wilts.
Main residence: Boscombe, Wilts.
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CLIFFORD, Henry (c.1515-77)

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CLIFFORD, Francis (1559-1641), of Skipton Castle, Yorks.

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b. 1559, 2nd s. of Henry, 2nd Earl of Cumberland, by his 2nd w. Anne, da. of William, 3rd Lord Dacre. m. 1589, Grisold, da. of Thomas Hughes of Uxbridge, Mdx., wid. of Edward Nevill, 4th Lord Abergavenny, 2s. 2da. KB 1605. suc. bro. as 4th Earl 1605.Whitaker, Hist. Craven (3rd ed.), 359; CP, iii. 569; Yorks. Arch. Jnl. xviii. 355, 386, 396-7; Nicolson and Burn, Westmld. and Cumb. i. 289.
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J.p. Yorks. (E. and W. Ridings) 1592; sheriff, Yorks. 1600 – 01; jt. constable and steward, Knaresborough 1604; keeper, Carlisle castle 1605; lt. Carlisle gaol 1606; custos rot. Cumb. 1606 – 39, ld. lt. 1607 – 41; ld. lt. Northumb., Westmld., and Newcastle 1611 – 39; member, council in the north 1619.CP, iii. 569; HMC Hatfield, xviii. 79; Gooder, Parl. Rep. Yorks. ii. (Yorks. Arch. Soc. rec. ser. xcvi), 41–3; CSP Dom. 1591–4, p. 179.

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CLIFFORD, Francis (1559-1642), of Skipton and Londesborough, Yorks., Appleby Castle, Westmld. and Cannon Row, Westminster
Main residence: Skipton Castle, Yorks.
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CLIFFORD, Francis (1559-1641)

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