Clifford, Thomas de (1414 - 1455)

Biographical Overview

Parents

Titles - 1
Properties - 5
Total events naming patron - 8
Troupes - 3
Venues - 3
Bibliographic Sources - 3
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Born / Died

Birth Date: 1414-03-25
Death Date: 1455-05-22 (killed at the battle of St Albans)

Marriages/Other Unions

  1. Dacre, Joan (1424 - 1455)
    Type: marriage
    Union began: 1424-3
    Union ended: n.d.

Offspring

From Dacre, Joan (1424 - 1455)

  1. Male offspring: Clifford, John (1435 - 1461)
  2. Male offspring: Clifford, Roger (n.d.)
  3. Male offspring: Clifford, Thomas (n.d.)
  4. Male offspring: Clifford, Robert (n.d.)
  5. Female offspring: Clifford, Anne (n.d.)
  6. Female offspring: Clifford, Joan (n.d.)
  7. Female offspring: Clifford, Margaret (n.d.)
  8. Female offspring: Clifford, Maud (n.d.)
  9. Female offspring: Clifford, Elizabeth (n.d.)

Primary Title

8th Baron Clifford

Titles

  • 8th Baron Clifford
    Assumed 1421/2-03-13
    Vacated 1455-05-22

Details of Offices

Began Ended Notes
Sheriff, Westmorland 1421/2-3-13 1455-05-22 Hereditary office
JP, Yorkshire: West Riding 1436/7 n.d.
JP, Westmorland 1436/7 1439
Commissioner of Array, Westmorland 1437 n.d.
Commissioner of Array, Cumberland 1437 n.d.
JP, Yorkshire: West Riding 1439 1440
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Surrey 1441 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Essex 1441 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, London Diocese 1441 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Kent 1441 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Westmorland 1441 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Middlesex 1441 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Yorkshire 1441 n.d.
JP, Yorkshire: West Riding 1441/2 1443
JP, Westmorland 1443 1444
JP, Yorkshire: West Riding 1448 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Northumberland 1449 n.d.
JP, Yorkshire: West Riding 1451/2 n.d.
JP, Westmorland 1453/4 n.d.
JP, Yorkshire: West Riding 1454 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Newcastle upon Tyne 1554 n.d.

General Lands Note

Livery of lands 1435

Details of Properties

Residence

  • Skipton Castle, Yorkshire: West Riding
    Patrimony
    Acquired: 1435
    Divested: 1455-05-22
  • Appleby Castle, Westmorland
    (Performance Venue)
    Patrimony
    Acquired: 1435
    Divested: 1455-05-22
  • Brough Castle, Westmorland
    (Performance Venue)
    Patrimony
    Acquired: 1435
    Divested: 1455-05-22
  • Brougham Castle, Westmorland
    (Performance Venue)
    Patrimony
    Acquired: 1435
    Divested: 1455-05-22

Lands

  • Westmorland: Pendragon Castle
    Acquired: 1435
    Divested: 1455-05-22
    Patrimony

Events Naming Patron

Event Date Location Troupe
Performance 1446-1446 Common Hall, York , York (city-county) in Yorkshire Lord Clifford's Minstrel
Performance 1447-1447 Common Hall, York , York (city-county) in Yorkshire Lord Clifford's Minstrel
Performance 1448-1448 Common Hall, York , York (city-county) in Yorkshire Lord Clifford's Minstrel
Performance 1449-1449 Common Hall, York , York (city-county) in Yorkshire Lord Clifford's Minstrel
Performance 1450-1450 Common Hall, York , York (city-county) in Yorkshire Lord Clifford's Minstrel
Performance 1449-1449 Common Hall, York , York (city-county) in Yorkshire Lord Clifford's Minstrel/s
Performance 1446-1446 Common Hall, York , York (city-county) in Yorkshire Lord Clifford's Minstrels
Performance 1447-1447 Common Hall, York , York (city-county) in Yorkshire Lord Clifford's Minstrels

Patronized Troupes

Troupe Name Patron Troupe Type # of events
Lord Clifford's Minstrel Clifford, Thomas de (1414 - 1455) Entertainers/Minstrels 5
Lord Clifford's Minstrel/s Clifford, Thomas de (1414 - 1455) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Lord Clifford's Minstrels Clifford, Thomas de (1414 - 1455) Entertainers/Minstrels 2

Owned Venues

Venue Name County Venue Type
Appleby Castle Westmorland Private Residence
Brough Castle Westmorland Private Residence
Brougham Castle Westmorland Private Residence

Bibliographic Sources

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Calendar of Patent Rolls, Henry VI [1422–61]. 6 vols. London: HMSO, 1901–11.
The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom. 1887–98 (8 vols); 1910–59 (13 vols). 6 vols. Gloucester: Alan Sutton, 1982.
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. 01/05/2005 (http://www.oxforddnb.com)