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 3o8 CLIFTON Pari, from i Dec. (1376) 50 Edw. Ill to 28 July (1388) 12 Ric. II, by writs directed Johanni de Clyfton, whereby he is held to have become LORD CLIFTON. (") He m. Elizabeth, da. (whose issue became, in 1497, coh.) of Ralph (Cromwell), Lord Cromwell, by Maud, da. (whose issue became h.) of John Bernak, of Tattershall, co. Lincoln. He d. in Rhodes, 10 Aug. 1388. His widow m. Sir Edward Bensted, and d. (1393-94) 17 Ric. II. II. 1388 2. CONSTANTINE (dE ClIFTOn), LoRD ClIFTON, S. to and h., aged 16 years at his father's death; had livery of 1395. his lands in 1393. He was sum. to Pari, from 13 Nov. 1393 to 20 Nov. 1394. He w., after Feb. 1389/90, Margaret, da. of Sir John Howard, of Wigenhall, Norfolk, by his ist wife, Mar- garet, da. of Sir John Plaiz. He d. 1395. His widow m., before 1397, Sir Gilbert Talbot, who d. Feb. 1398/9. She, who had lie. to m. whom she would, 2 June 1399, d. 25 Mar. 1433, and was bur. at the Blackfriars, Norwich. 3. Sir John Clifton, only s. and h., was one year old at his father's death. Neither he nor his sister and heir's descendants were ever sum. to Pari, nor did they ever claim any barony. His wardship and marriage were granted 1 3 Apr. 1399, *^° Sir Simon Felbrigge. He m., before 6 Id. Jan, 143 1/2, when they had a Papal indult, Joan, widow of Sir Robert Eching- ham, da. and coh. of Edmund Thorpe, of Ashwellthorpe. He d. s.p.s.Q') 1447, before i Dec. (when his widow was living), and was bur. at Wymond- ham, Norfolk. His only sister, Elizabeth, wife of Sir John Knyvett, was his h., being ancestress of Sir Philip Knyvett, Bart., who alienated the Castle of Buckenham, about 1650, and whose issue male became extinct on the death of his son, about 1699. CLIFTON (of Leighton Bromswold) (') BARONY BY i. Gervase Clifton, of Leighton Bromswold, co. WRIT. Huntingdon, s. of Sir John Clifton, of Barrington Court,^) Somerset, by Anne, da. of Thomas (Stanley), I. 1608. Lord Monteagle, matric. at Oxford (St. Alban's Hall) 18 Mar. 1585, aged 16. He was knighted before 1597. M.P. for CO. Huntingdon 1597-98, and 1601. He was sum. to Pari, from 9 July (1608) 6 Jac. I to 5 Apr. (1614) 12 Jac. I, by writs directed Jervasio Clifton de Laighton Brumswold Cfir, whereby he became LORD (') As to how far these early writs of summons did in fact cr. any peerage title, see Appendix A in the last volume. V.G. C") Margaret, his only da., m. Sir Andrew Ogard, and d. v.p. and s.p., being bur. at Wymondham. Her husband d. 1459, and was also bur. there. 1^) The Editor is indebted to Lady Elizabeth Cust for kind assistance in the revision of this article. V.G. C^) Barrington Court, one of the most perfect examples of Tudor architecture extant, was purchased for the nation in 1907 by the National Trust. V.G.