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Richard Clifton

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Birthplace: Salwick, Lancashire, England
Death: 1490 (83-93)
Goosnargh, Lancashire, England
Immediate Family:

Son of Thomas Clifton and Agnes Molyneux
Husband of Alice Boteler, of Rawcliffe and Elizabeth Clifton 2nd Wife
Father of Sir James Clifton
Brother of James Clifton and Thomas Clifton

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About Richard Clifton

  • 'A genealogical and heraldic history of the commoners of Great ..., Volume 2 By John Burke
  • A genealogical and heraldic history of the commoners of Great ..., Volume 2 By John Burke
  • Pg. 55
  • THOMAS CLIFTON, whose name appears in the list of the retinue of King HENRY V. into France, in 1415, which terminated by the battle of Agincourt, 25 October 1415. (Nicolas, p. 278) He settled lands in Goosnargh and Wood Plumpton, upon is son, James, on his marriage with Mar-
  • Pg. 56
  • garet, daughter of Sir Richard Huddlestone, of Millum Castle, in the county of Cumberland, knt. who died in the lifetime of his father, without issue, on the 8th September, 1419. Thomas Clifton died in 1442, leaving by his wife, Agnes, daughter of Sir Richard Molyneux, of Sephton, knt. a son, his successor,
    • RICHARD CLIFTON, who on the 4th October, 21st HENRY VI. 1442, paid forty shillings to Thomas de Latham, receiver of the rents of the Duchy of Lancaster, on obtaining livery of his lands in Clifton, Westby Field, Plumpton, Salwyk, and Barton. 'In 1460, he settled lands in Salwyk on his son James'. He m. Alice Butler, daughter of John Butler, of Rawcliffe in the county of Lancaster, and had issue, 'James Clifton, who m. Alice, daughter and heir of James Lancaster, of --- in the county of Westmorland, 1st March, 36th HENRY VI. A.D. 1457. He d. 6th HENRY VII. A.D. 1490, (Inq. P.M.) and was succeeded by his son,'
      • *ROBERT CLIFTON, who m. Margaret, daughter of Nicholas Butler, of Bewsey, in the county of Lancaster, by whom he had two sons,
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  • 'A genealogical and heraldic dictionary of the landed gentry of ..., Volume 1 By John Burke, Bernard Burke
  • A genealogical and heraldic dictionary of the landed gentry of ..., Volume 1 By John Burke, Bernard Burke
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Richard Clifton's Timeline

1402
1402
Salwick, Lancashire, England
1416
1416
Goosnargh, Lancashire, England (United Kingdom)
1490
1490
Age 88
Goosnargh, Lancashire, England