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Thomas Clifford, 8th Baron Clifford[1]

Male 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 Find all individuals with events at this location 
    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.
    Person ID I3326  Glenn Cook Family
    Last Modified 26 Jan 2015 

    Father John Clifford, 7th Baron Clifford,   b. Abt 1388, Appleby, Westmoreland, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 13 Mar 1421, Siege of Meaux, Seine-et-Marne, France Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 33 years) 
    Mother Elizabeth Percy, Baroness of Clifford and Countess of Westmoreland,   b. Abt 1390, Alnwick, Northumberland, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 26 Oct 1437, Staindrop Church Find all individuals with events at this location (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 Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Bef 1455 (Age ~ 36 years) 
    Marriage Mar 1424  Skelton, Yorkshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. John Clifford, 9th Lord Clifford,   b. 8 Apr 1435, Conisburgh Castle, Yorkshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1461, battle of Ferrybridge Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 25 years)
     2. Sir Roger Clifford,   b. Abt 1437, Castle, Conisborough, Yorkshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 2 May 1485, Tower Hill, London, Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 48 years)
     3. Maud (Matilda) Clifford,   b. Abt 1442, Conisborough, Yorkshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft 1491 (Age ~ 50 years)
    Family ID F6681  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 19 Mar 2007 

  • Sources 
    1. [S27] http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/.