Henry Clifford KG
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Henry Clifford KG (1493 - 1542)

Henry "1st Earl of Cumberland, 11th Lord of the Honour of Skipton" Clifford KG
Born in Cumberland, Englandmap
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Husband of — married 1512 (to before 1516) in Skipton, Yorkshire, Englandmap
Husband of — married about 1516 in Englandmap
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Died at about age 49 in Skipton Castle Skipton West Riding, Yorkshire, Englandmap
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Biography

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European Aristocracy
Henry Clifford was a member of the aristocracy in England.

Sir Henry Clifford, 1st Earl Cumberland, 11th Lord Clifford was born in 1493, the son of Sir Henry Clifford, the "Shepherd Lord", and his wife Anne St John.

He first married in about 1510 Margaret Talbot, daughter of Sir George Talbot, 7th Earl Shrewsbury, 3rd Earl Waterford and Anne Hastings.[1]

Henry married second in about 1516 Margaret Percy, daughter of Sir Henry Algernon Percy, 9th Earl Northumberland, Lord Poynings, Constable of Knaresborough Castle and Katharine Spencer.[1]

Created Earl of Cumberland by letters patent, dated 18 June, 1525, K.G., 1532, 24 Henry VIII.

He died on 22 April 1547.

Sources

  1. 1.0 1.1 Marlyn Lewis' Our Royal, Titled, Noble, and Commoner Ancestors & Cousins sourced from all three of Douglas Richardson's books Plantagenet Ancestry, Magna Carta Ancestry and Royal Ancestry.

See also:

  • Ruvigny and Raineval. The Plantagenet roll of the blood royal. 1911. Vol 1. Pg. 9 and 25. Archive.org. [1] [2]
  • Foster, Joseph. Pedigrees of the county families of Yorkshire. 1874. Vol 3. Pg. 77-8. Archive.org. [3]
  • Glover, Robert. The visitation of Yorkshire, made in the years 1584/5. 1875. Pg. 220. Archive.org. [4]
  • Glover, Robert. The visitation of Cheshire in the year 1580. 1882. Pg. 63. Archive.org. [5]
  • Dugdale, William, Sir. Dugdale’s Visitation of Yorkshire, with additions. 1899. Vol 2. Pg. 249. Archive.org. [6]
  • Dugdale, William, Sir. The visitation of the county of Yorke, begun in a Dni MDCLXV. and finished a Dni MDCLXVI. 1859. pg. 220. Archive.org. [7]
  • Flower, William. The visitation of Yorkshire in the years 1563 and 1564. 1881. Vol 16, 18. Pg. 53, 62, 243 and 63. Archive.org. [8] [9] [10] [11]
  • Burke, Bernard, Sir. Royal descents and pedigrees of founders’ kin. 1858. Pg. 212, 241 and 245. Archive.org. [12] [13] [14]
  • Browning, Charles Henry. The Magna Charta barons and their American descendants with the pedigrees of the founders of the Order of Runnemede deduced from the sureties for the enforcement of the statutes of the Magna Charta of King John. 1898. Pg. 154. Archive.org. [15]
  • Fox-Davies, Arthur Charles. A complete guide to heraldry. 1909. Pg. 51. Archive.org. [16]
  • Clifford pedigree: Table Showing the Descent of the Barony of Clifford.




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My 17th great grandfather. Phillips-34101
Clay, J.W: Extinct Northern Peerages, page 25, XIV.
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