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 CLIFFORD 293 VII. 1 39 1 7. John (de Clifford), Lord Clifford, Sheriff of or Westmorland, only s. and h., scarce 3 years old at his 1393. father's death; made proof of his age (1410-11) 12 Hen. IV. He was sum. to Pari, from 21 Sep. 141 1 to 26 Feb. i42o/i.('') He took part in a great tournament at Carlisle between six English and six Scottish Knights, as also in the French war. K.G. 3 May 142 1. He m., between Aug. 1403 and Nov. 141 2, Eliza- beth, da. of the famous Sir Henry Percy ("Hotspur"), by Elizabeth, da. of Edmund (de Mortimer), Earl of March. He d. 13 Mar. 1421/2, being slain at the siege of Meaux, in France. His widow ;»., 2ndly (cont. 7 May 1426; lie. to m. whom she would, 20 July 1426; disp. after marr., 28 Nov. 1426), as his ist wife, Ralph (Nevill), 2nd Earl of Westmorland, who d. 3 Nov. 1484. She i. 26 Oct. 1437. VIII. 1422. 8. Thomas (de Clifford), Lord Clifford, Sheriff of Westmorland, only s. and h., />. 25 Mar. 141 4, being aged 7 years and 43 weeks at his father's death, making proof of his age (1435-36) 14 Hen. VI. He was sum. to Pari, from 19 Dec. 1436 to 20 Jan. 1 452/3. (^) In 29 Hen. VI (1450-51) he was one of an Embassy to King James of Scotland. He m., after his grandmother's death,('') Mar. 1424, Joan, da. of Thomas (Dacre), Lord Dacre (of Gillesland), by Philippe, da. of Ralph (Nevill), Earl of Westmorland. He was slain, ex parte Regis, at the first battle of St. Albans, 22 May 1455, aged 41, and was i?ur. in the Abbey church there. C^) IX. 1455 9. John (de Clifford), Lord Clifford, Sheriff of to Westmorland, s. and h., h. and I^a/>. at Conisborough Castle, 1 46 1. 8 Apr. I435.('^) ^^ ^^^ ^"""'- ^° ^^^^- 3° i^^Y h6o,(^) by writ directed Johanni Clifford domino de Clyfford chivaler. In Feb. 1458 he "with a grete power" was demanding compensation for his father's death. Gov. of Penrith Castle, and Commissary Gen. of the Scottish Marches. He was one of the Lancastrian leaders at the battle of Wakefield, where he was knighted, 31 Dec. 1460, and where " for slaughter of men he was called the Butcher."('^) On 28 Mar. 146 1, the eve of the (^) There is proof in the Rolls of Pari, of his sitting. ('') She had paid the King j^200 for his marriage. V.G. {^) His aunt, Maud, widow of Richard, Earl of Cambridge, in her will dat. 15 Aug. 1446, calls him Dominus de Clifford et de IFestmerland. (<*) Proof of age 16 June 1456 (Ch. Inq. p. m.. Hen. VI, file 162, no. 30); ix inform. G. VV. Watson. V.G. (■=) See Lelaiid. According to Hall (who wrote some 80 or 90 years afterwards), followed by Holinshed and later historians, and immortalised by Shakespeare, it was this " Bloody Clifford " who slew, in cold blood after the battle, the young Earl of Rudand (s. of the Duke of York), and even (according to Shakespeare) the Duke of York himself, whom however, more trustworthy authority represents as slain in the battle, though his head (according to Holinshed) was cut off after death by Lord Clifford, crowned with paper and sent to Margaret, the Queen Consort.