John (Clinton) de Clinton (bef. 1328 - 1398)

Born before 13 Apr 1328 in England

Ancestors

Husband of Idonea (Say) Clinton — married about 1350 in England [uncertain]

Husband of Joan (Unknown) Clinton — married before 19 Sep 1379 in England

Husband of Elizabeth (de la Plaunk) Russell — married 24 Oct 1388 in England

Descendants

Died 6 Sep 1398 after age 70 in England

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Biography

John Clinton, Knt., 3rd Lord Clinton, was the son and heir of John de Clinton, Knt., 2nd Lord Clinton, and Margery Corbet.^[1] Richardson states he was born about 13 April 1328,^[2][3] but Complete Peerage has his birth "not later than March 1325/6".^[1]

He was heir in 1354 to his uncle, Sir William de Clinton, Earl of Huntingdon,^[2] and was knighted prior to 1355.^[1] He served in the French Wars in 1355 and was at the Battle of Poitiers in 1356.^[1][2] In 1360, he was lord of Prilleston, Norfolk for life, jointly with his cousin, Walter de Hopton, Knt.^[2] He was in the wars in France again in 1380,^[2] was Keeper of the lands of the attainted Earl of Warwick in 1390 and was Constable of Warwick Castle from 1390 to September 1397.^[1]

Marriages and Children

Sir John Clinton married Idoine de Say,^[4] as his first wife, about 1350. She was the oldest daughter of Sir Geoffrey de Say, 2nd Lord Say, Admiral of the Fleet, and Maud de Beauchamp.^[1][2] They had three sons and two daughters:

• William, Knt.^[2][3][5]
• Thomas, Knt.^[2][3]
• Edward^[2][3]
• Margaret, wife of Sir Baldwin de Montfort of Coleshill Warwickshire^[2][3]
• Katherine, wife of Sir Thomas Berkeley, 5th Lord Berkeley^[2][3][6]

He may have married an unknown wife who died before 26 June 1384.^[1] Richardson does not recognize this marriage.

He married, secondly (or perhaps third), before 19 September 1379, to Joan ______, widow of Philip Limbury, Knt. Joan died 21 February 1387/8.^[1][2] They had no issue.^[2][3]

John married, third (or fourth), before 24 October 1388 (date of pardon for marrying without a license) to Elizabeth de la Plaunche,^[7] daughter and eventually sole heiress of William de la Plaunche and Elizabeth Hillary.^[1][2][3] Elizabeth, widow of John de Bermingham, Knt. and Robert de Grey, Knt. 4th Lord Grey of Rotherfield,^[1] was born about 1347.^[2] John and Elizabeth had no issue.^[2]

Death

Sir John Clinton, 3rd Lord Clinton, died on 6 September 1398.^[1][2] He was buried at Haversham, Buckinghamshire.^[2][3] His widow, Elizabeth, remarried to John Russell, Knt. She died testate on 6 or 17 September 1423 and was buried at Haversham, Buckinghamshire.^[2][8]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10} Cokayne, George Edward and Vicary Gibbs ed. Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Vol. III: Canonteign - Cutts, 2nd edition. (London, 1913). Online at Archive.org, pages 314-315.
2. ↑ ^{2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11 2.12 2.13 2.14 2.15 2.16 2.17 2.18} Douglas Richardson. Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 4 vols., ed. Kimball G. Everingham. 2nd edition. Salt Lake City, UT: the author, 2011, vol. I, pages 518-519 CLINTON 6.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.8} Douglas Richardson. Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 5 vols., ed. Kimball G. Everingham (Salt Lake City, UT: the author, 2013), vol. II, pages 264-265 CLINTON 11. John de Clinton.
4. ↑ Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd ed., vol. III, page 507 SAY 5.iv.
5. ↑ His son is named in the Inquisition Post Mortem of Elizabeth de Say, by writ 18 Nov. 1404, inquisition in Buckingham 28 Feb 1405: "She died on 8 July 1399. Her next heirs are William de Clynton, knight, son of William de Clynton, knight, son of John de Clynton, knight, and Idonea his wife...", see: Institute of Historical Research CIPM 18 - Part XI. ELIZABETH WIFE OF WILLIAM HERON, KNIGHT. See: J. L. Kirby, "Inquisitions Post Mortem, Henry IV, Entries 1049-1102", in Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem. Volume 18, Henry IV (London, 1987), pp. 360-376 #1071. British History Online, accessed 21 March 2020.
6. ↑ Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd ed., vol. I, page 179 BERKELEY 7.i.
7. ↑ Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd ed., vol. III, page 274 ODDINGSELES 6.v.
8. ↑ Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd ed., vol. IV, page 352 WINGFIELD 8.

• Richardson, Douglas. Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 4 vols., ed. Kimball G. Everingham. 2nd edition. (Salt Lake City, UT: the author, 2011). See also WikiTree's source page for Magna Carta Ancestry.
• Richardson, Douglas. Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 5 vols., ed. Kimball G. Everingham. (Salt Lake City, UT: the author, 2013). See also WikiTree's source page for Royal Ancestry.

See Also:

• Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry 2nd ed., vol. 1, pages 258-261 BOOTH.
• Richardson, Royal Ancestry, (2013), vol. I, pages 334-335; vol. IV, pages 140, 277, 569; vol. V, pages 378-379.
• Lewis, Marlyn. Sir John Clinton, 3rd Baron Clinton, Constable of Warwick Castle entry in Our Royal, Titled, Noble, and Commoner Ancestors and Cousins website, accessed 20 Mar 2020.

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John (Clinton) de Clinton appears in Magna Carta Ancestry in a Richardson-documented trail from Gateway Ancestor Thomas Booth to Magna Carta Surety Baron Robert FitzWalter (vol. I, pages 258-261 BOOTH). This trail, set out in the Magna Carta Trails section of the Gateway's profile, was project-approved/badged in April 2016 by a Magna Carta project member.

John (Clinton) de Clinton is also in a badged trail to FitzWalter from Gateway Ancestor Obadiah Bruen. See the Magna Carta Trails on John Bruen's profile to view the profiles in this trail.

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