William
Clifton
Born [date unknown] in Clifton, Nottinghamshire, England
Ancestors 
Son of Gervase Clifton
and Alice (Neville) Clifton
Husband of
Elizabeth (Blount) Clifton
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
Hester (Clifton) Sandys, William Clifton, John Clifton, Theophilia (Clifton) Strode and Jane (Clifton) Fleetwood
Died
in Barrington, Somerset, England
Profile last modified
| Created 21 Feb 2011
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Biography
"(Duke of) Suffolk sold the property (Barrington Court) to William Clifton, a London merchant (d. 1564). (fn. 29) He was succeeded by his son Sir John (d. 1593), (fn. 30) and by his grandson Gervase, Lord Clifton (d. 1618). Gervase sold the manor to his brother-in-law Sir Thomas Phelips in 1605. (fn. 31) " [1]
Will (Feb 1564) at Somerset Heritage Centre [2] Settling manors of Barrington, Middlezoy, Cheddon Fitzpaine, the rectory of Curry Rivel and Kenton, Chettiscombe and Chivethorn, Devon, life interest in Staple Fitzpaine on his wife, son William, John and daughters Hester Sandes, Theophila and Jane Clifton.
Sources
- ↑ http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/som/vol4/pp113-121 British History
- ↑ Somerset County Archives: Ref No DD\PM/5/4/7
- Flower, William, The Visitations of the County of Nottingham in the Years 1569 and 1614 (London: Harleian Society, 1871.), p. 18,
- Cokayne, George Edward, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct, or Dormant (London: St. Catherine Press, 1910.), 3:116,
- Colby, Frederic Thomas, The Visitation of the County of Devon in the Year 1564 (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1997.), p. 65,
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Categories: Barrington, Somerset | Clifton, Nottinghamshire
sons, both named William. The eldest is simply recorded as "William Clifton" without any further particulars being given. The second is recorded as "William Clifton of Buxton".
William Clifton of Barrington was therefore son of John Clifton of Walsingham Parva, Norfolk, not Sir Gervase Clifton of Clifton (d 1491).
Robert O'Connor http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/GEN-MEDIEVAL/2004-09/1095587580
Consistory Court of Norwich in 1579 arrived in the mail during the week from the Norfolk Record Office. The testator made reference in his will to "my nephew Sir John Clifton of Barrington in the County of Somerset", to "Hester Sandys my niece", to "Theophilia daughter of my brother William Clifton my niece" and to "Jane daughter of the said William my other niece".
Sir John Clifton of Barrington, Hester Sandys, Theophilia Clifton and Jane Clifton were all indisputably children of William Clifton of Barrington (d 1564).
It is therefore clear that William Clifton of Barrington (d 1564) was brother of William Clifton of Buxton (d 1579). Robert O'Connor http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/GEN-MEDIEVAL/2004-09/1095587580
Visitation of Notts 1569 William Clifton of Barrington was a younger son of Sir Gervase Clifton (d 1491) & his wife Alice Nevill. William only died 5 years before the visitation so one might have felt reasonably confident as to its' accuracy.
However, due to obvious chronological problems with this placement Richard Borthwick and I have been jointly engaged for some months in an attempt to verify William Clifton's origins.
Robert O'Connor http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/GEN-MEDIEVAL/2004-09/1095587580
Built Barrington Court, completed in the late 1550s... purchased the land from Henry, 2nd Baron Daubeney 1552 Sold it to William Strode in 1625