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Clifford, Thomas de (1414 - 1455)

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Born / Died

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

Parents

Marriages/Other Unions

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

Offspring

Primary Title

  • 8th Baron Clifford

Titles

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

General Lands Note

Livery of lands 1435

Details of Offices

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

Details of Properties

Residence

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

Lands

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

Event Naming Patron

Event Type Date Location Troupe
Performance - Common Hall, York, York (city-county) in Yorkshire Lord Clifford's Minstrel
Performance - Common Hall, York, York (city-county) in Yorkshire Lord Clifford's Minstrel
Performance - Common Hall, York, York (city-county) in Yorkshire Lord Clifford's Minstrel
Performance - Common Hall, York, York (city-county) in Yorkshire Lord Clifford's Minstrel
Performance - Common Hall, York, York (city-county) in Yorkshire Lord Clifford's Minstrel
Performance - Common Hall, York, York (city-county) in Yorkshire Lord Clifford's Minstrel/s
Performance - Common Hall, York, York (city-county) in Yorkshire Lord Clifford's Minstrels
Performance - 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 1
Lord Clifford's Minstrel Clifford, Thomas de (1414 - 1455) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Lord Clifford's Minstrel Clifford, Thomas de (1414 - 1455) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Lord Clifford's Minstrel Clifford, Thomas de (1414 - 1455) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Lord Clifford's Minstrel Clifford, Thomas de (1414 - 1455) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Lord Clifford's Minstrels Clifford, Thomas de (1414 - 1455) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Lord Clifford's Minstrels Clifford, Thomas de (1414 - 1455) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Lord Clifford's Minstrel/s Clifford, Thomas de (1414 - 1455) Entertainers/Minstrels 1

Owned Venues

Venue Name County 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.