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Clifford, Francis (1559 - 1640/1)

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Born / Died

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

Parents

Marriages/Other Unions

  1. Hughes, Grisold (1559 - 1613)
    Type: marriage
    Union began: 1589-6
    Union ended: n.d.

Siblings

Offspring

Primary Title

  • 4th Earl of Cumberland

Titles

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

Details of Offices

Began Ended Notes
MP, Westmorland 1584
MP, Westmorland 1586
JP, Yorkshire: West Riding 1592
JP, Yorkshire: East Riding 1592
Sheriff, Yorkshire 1600 -11 -24 1601
Member, Council of the North, England 1601
Constable & Steward, Yorkshire: West Riding 1604 Held jointly
MP, Yorkshire 1604
Keeper, Cumberland 1605
Sheriff, Westmorland 1605 -10 -19 1640/1 -01 -21 Hereditary office
Commissioner of Custos Rotulorum, Cumberland 1606 1639
Keeper, Cumberland 1606
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

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

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: 1605-10-29
    Divested: 1586
    Patrimony; sold
  • Nottinghamshire
    Acquired: 1605-10-29
    Patrimony (via brother)
  • Westmorland: Appleby, Brough & Pendragon Castles
    Acquired: 1605-10-29
    Divested: 1640/1-01-21
    Patrimony (via brother)
  • Westmorland: Kirkby Thore
    Acquired: 1581-07-31
    Acquired via mother
  • Yorkshire: East Riding: Londesborough & other Manors
    Acquired: 1605-10-29
    Patrimony (via brother)
  • Yorkshire: West Riding: Barden Tower
    Acquired: 1605-10-29
    Patrimony (via brother)
  • Yorkshire: West Riding: Craven
    Acquired: 1581-07-31
    Acquired via mother

Event Naming Patron

Event Type Date Location Troupe
Performance - 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 Type
Brougham Castle Westmorland Private Residence

Bibliographic Sources

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  • 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. London: HMSO, 1898
  • Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.
  • Sainty, J.C. Lieutenants of Counties, 1585–1642. London: Athlone P, 1970