Bartholomew Clifford (abt. 1500 - 1541)

Died 1541 at about age 41 in Calne, Wiltshire, England

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Biography

The first mention of Bartholomew Cleyford is from a document from Medieval and Early Modern England in the reign of Henry VIII in Wiltshire in 1516.

in 1531 the Chippenham watermill was leased for 21 years by George Earl of Huntington to Bartholomew Cleyford of Chippenham, Miller, together with a parcel of ground called Paradise.

He passed away in 1541.

Sources

• Henry VIII, 1516: CP40no1013

By Vance Mead; Sorted by Plaintiff

For the frames, go to the AALT under Henry VIII, CP40no1013 Bartholomew Cleyford, Trespass Assault by Thomas Witham of Cawlne, husbandman, Defendant.

http://aalt.law.uh.edu/Henry%20VIIIa.html

• Victorian County History of Wiltshire, Chippenham

Pages 74-76

https://www.history.ac.uk/sites/default/files/file-uploads/2020-02/Chippenham%20draft%20text%20to%20January%202020.pdf

Wiltshire Family History Society, Wiltshire & Swindon Archives lease to Bartholomew Cleyford, miller, of a water mill and land called Paradise, Chippenham, 1531 within a manorial court book (ref WSA 84/35 fos.34r-v)

• Parish register of Calne, Wiltshire.

Burials 22 Apr 1541 Bartholomew Cleyford

• Personal knowledge