Clifford, Francis (1559 - 1640/1)

Born / Died

Birth Date: 1559-10-30
Death Date: 1641-01-21

Marriages/Other Unions

  1. Type: marriage
    Union began: 1589-6
    Union ended: n.d.

Offspring

From Hughes, Grisold (1559 - 1613)

  1. Male offspring: Clifford, George (b. 1590)
  2. Female offspring: Clifford, Margaret (d. 1622)
  3. Female offspring: Clifford, Frances (n.d.)

Primary Title

4th Earl of Cumberland

Titles

  • Knight of the Bath
    Assumed 1604/5-01-06
    Vacated 1640/1-01-21
  • 4th Earl of Cumberland
    Assumed 1605-10-29
    Vacated 1640/1-01-21

Details of Offices

Began Ended Notes
MP, Westmorland 1584 n.d.
MP, Westmorland 1586 n.d.
JP, Yorkshire: East Riding 1592 n.d.
JP, Yorkshire: West Riding 1592 n.d.
Sheriff, Yorkshire 1600-11-24 1601
Member, Council of the North, England 1601 n.d.
Constable & Steward, Yorkshire: West Riding 1604 n.d. Held jointly
MP, Yorkshire 1604 n.d.
Keeper, Cumberland 1605 n.d.
Sheriff, Westmorland 1605-10-19 1640/1-01-21 Hereditary office
Commissioner of Custos Rotulorum, Cumberland 1606 1639
Keeper, Cumberland 1606 n.d.
Lord Lieut, Cumberland 1607-10-27 1639 Held jointly, then solely from 1 July 1611, then jointly from 11 Feb. 1613/14
Lord Lieut, Newcastle upon Tyne 1607-10-27 1639 Held jointly, then solely from 1 July 1611, then jointly from 11 Feb. 1613/14.
Lord Lieut, Northumberland 1607-10-27 1639 Held jointly, then solely from 1 July 1611, then jointly from 11 Feb. 1613/14
Lord Lieut, Westmorland 1639-8-31 1640/1-01-21 (held office until death) Held jointly

Details of Properties

Residence

  • Carlisle Castle, Cumberland
    Nominal residence as Keeper of the Castle
    Acquired: 1605
  • Londesborough Hall, Yorkshire: East Riding
    Built for wife
    Acquired: after 1589-03
    Divested: 1640/1-01-21
  • Skipton Castle, Yorkshire: North Riding
    Patrimony (via brother)
    Acquired: 1605-10-29
  • Brougham Castle, Westmorland
    Patrimony (via brother); residence of brother's widow until her death in 1616
    Acquired: after 1616
    Divested: 1640/1-01-21

Lands

  • Cumberland: 'Debatable Lands'
    Acquired: 1610-03-31
    Granted; lands bounded by Solway Sands, Sark River, Scotch Dyke & Esk River; sold with Nichols Wood
  • Derbyshire
    Acquired: After 1605-10-29
    Divested: 1586
    Patrimony; sold
  • Nottinghamshire
    Acquired: After 1605-10-29
    Patrimony (via brother)
  • Westmorland: Appleby, Brough & Pendragon Castles
    Acquired: after 1605-10-29
    Divested: 1640/1-01-21
    Patrimony (via brother)
  • Westmorland: Kirkby Thore
    Acquired: by 1581-07-31
    Acquired via mother
  • Yorkshire: East Riding: Londesborough & other Manors
    Acquired: after 1605-10-29
    Patrimony (via brother)
  • Yorkshire: West Riding: Barden Tower
    Acquired: After 1605-10-29
    Patrimony (via brother)
  • Yorkshire: West Riding: Craven
    Acquired: By 1581-07-31
    Acquired via mother

Events Naming Patron

Event Date Location Troupe
Performance 1614-1614 Moot Hall, Carlisle , Cumberland Earl of Cumberland's Waits

Patronized Troupes

Troupe Name Patron Troupe Type # of events
Earl of Cumberland's Waits Clifford, Francis (1559 - 1641) Musicians 1

Owned Venues

Venue Name County Venue Type
Brougham Castle Westmorland Private Residence

Bibliographic Sources

Clay, John William. The Extinct and Dormant Peerages of the Northern Counties of England. London: James Nisbet & Co., 1913.
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.
Hasler, P.W. The History of Parliament: The House of Commons, 1558–1603. 3 vols. London: HMSO, 1981.
List of Sheriffs for England and Wales from the Earliest Times to AD 1831. Public Record Office Lists and Indexes 9. London: HMSO, 1898.
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. 01/05/2005 (http://www.oxforddnb.com)
Sainty, J.C. Lieutenants of Counties, 1585–1642. Bulletin of the Institute of Historical Research, special supplement 8. London: Athlone P, 1970.