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 1414 - 1455 (41 years)
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Name |
Thomas Clifford |
Suffix |
8th Baron Clifford |
Birth |
1414 |
Gender |
Male |
_FSFTID |
LX7P-T2Z |
_FSLINK |
https://familysearch.org/tree/#view=ancestor&person=LX7P-T2Z |
Death |
22 May 1455 |
Saint Albans, Hertfordshire, England |
Cause: Killed at the Battle of St.Albans |
Notes |
- The House of Clifford, chapter 19.
http://www.hull.ac.uk/php/cssbct/cgi-bin/gedlkup.php/n=royal?royal22046
http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/CLIFFORD.htm#Thomas%20CLIFFORD%20(8º%20B.%20Clifford)
When his father died at Meaux in France «b»Thomas«/b» was only seven years old. He was commissioned in 1434/5 along with his uncle the «b»Earl of Northumberland«/b» to array the northern counties against the Scots. In 1449 he was conservator of the truce between England and Scotland and in 1450-1he was one of three Ambassadors from «b»Henry VI«/b» to «b»James III of Scotland«/b». In 1437 he laid siege to Pontoise near Paris. He dressed his soldiers in white and under the cover of a snowstorm they scaled the ramparts and captured the fortress. The «b»King«/b» called on him again in 1452 and 1454 to muster men and ships from the north to relief Calais. The Hundred Years War with France drew to a close and «b»Thomas«/b» returned home but by May 1455 the struggle for control of the English throne had erupted into violence and «b»Thomas Clifford«/b» was killed at the first battle of St. Albans. «b»Thomas 8th Lord Clifford«/b» had married «b»Joan Dacre«/b» in 1424 and they had six children.
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Person ID |
I3326 |
Glenn Cook Family |
Last Modified |
26 Jan 2015 |
Father |
John Clifford, 7th Baron Clifford, b. Abt 1388, Appleby, Westmoreland, England d. 13 Mar 1421, Siege of Meaux, Seine-et-Marne, France (Age ~ 33 years) |
Mother |
Elizabeth Percy, Baroness of Clifford and Countess of Westmoreland, b. Abt 1390, Alnwick, Northumberland, England d. 26 Oct 1437, Staindrop Church (Age ~ 47 years) |
Marriage |
May 1404 |
Family ID |
F936 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Family |
Joan Dacre, Baroness Clifford, b. Abt 1418, Naworth Castle, Brampton, Cumberland, England d. Bef 1455 (Age ~ 36 years) |
Marriage |
Mar 1424 |
Skelton, Yorkshire, England |
Children |
| 1. John Clifford, 9th Lord Clifford, b. 8 Apr 1435, Conisburgh Castle, Yorkshire, England d. 1461, battle of Ferrybridge (Age 25 years) |
| 2. Sir Roger Clifford, b. Abt 1437, Castle, Conisborough, Yorkshire, England d. 2 May 1485, Tower Hill, London, Middlesex, England (Age ~ 48 years) |
| 3. Maud (Matilda) Clifford, b. Abt 1442, Conisborough, Yorkshire, England d. Aft 1491 (Age ~ 50 years) |
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Family ID |
F6681 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Last Modified |
19 Mar 2007 |
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