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George Clifton (abt. 1566 - 1587)

George Clifton aka Clifftone
Born about in Clifton, Nottinghamshire, Englandmap
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Husband of — married 1581 in Englandmap
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Died at about age 21 in Clifton, Nottinghamshire, Englandmap
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George Clifton was born in Nottinghamshire, England.

George Clifton was born in 1567, the son of Gervase Clifton and his second wife Winifred, widow of Sir George Pierrepont of Holme Pierrepont, Nottinghamshire (who d. 1564), daughter and heiress of William Thwaites of Oulton, Suffolk (Winifred later married Sir Edward Gawsell of Wallington, Norfolk).[1][2]

In about 1581, at the age of fourteen, George married Wynyfride Thorold, the daughter of Sir Anthony and Lady Anne Thorold and heir to her mother [3].

He died about Sept 1587 and three months after his death his widow Wynyfride bore him a son named Gervase.[4]

He was buried in St Marys Churchyard, Clifton. Nottinghamshire.

Sources

  1. Marshall, George William. The Visitations of the County of Nottingham in the Years 1569 and 1614 (London, 1871) Page 50
  2. The University of Nottingham, "Manuscripts and Special Collections", Biography of Sir Gervase Clifton (d.1588)
  3. Visitations of Nottinghamshire, 1569 & 1614, Harleian Society, 1871, page 18
  4. Bruce, Rev. Rosslyn. The Clifton Book (1906). Chapter III. The Cliftons of Clifton.
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Clifftone-2 and Clifton-1549 appear to represent the same person because: Surname should be Clifton not Clifftone
posted by Derrick Watson

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