Sir, Gervase CLIFTON [4123]
- Born: 1405, , , , England
- Died: 6 May 1471, Brabourne, , Kent, England at age 66
- Buried: May 1471, Brabourne, , Kent, England
Cause of his death was Beheaded.
FamilySearch ID: 9HSL-5GQ. Find a Grave ID: 102264554.
General Notes:
Knight of Clifton, Nottinghamshire and London. In right of his first wife, of Brabourne, Kent. In right of his second wife, of Eresby, Lincolnshire. Sheriff of Kent, Mayor of Canterbury. Treasurer of Calais, Captain of Pontoise.
Younger son of Sir Gervase Clifton and Isabel Fraunceys.
Firstly husband of Isabel Herbert, daughter of Vincent Herbert, aka Finche, and Isabel Cralle, widow of William Scott, Esq., who died 05 Feb 1433. They had two daughters; Isabel who would marry John Jernegan and Joan who would marry John Digges.
Secondly, husband of Maud Stanhope, married after 1457 and before 20 March 1463, eldest daughter of Sir Richard Stanhope and his second wife, Maud Cromwell, widow of both Robert Willoughby and Sir Thomas Neville. They had no children.
Sir Gervase was beheaded after the Battle of Tewkesbury in 06 May 1471, and was buried at Brabourne, Kent. His widow was buried at the Collegiate Church at Tattershall, Lincolnshire.
Bio by Anne Shurtleff Stevens
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