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Robert I 1St Baron De Clifford, Sir

Robert I 1St Baron De Clifford, Sir

Male 1274 - 1314  (40 years)

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  • Name Robert I 1St Baron De Clifford  [1, 2, 3
    Suffix Sir 
    Born 1 Apr 1274  Clifford's Castle, Herefordshire, England, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Gender Male 
    Died 25 Jun 1314  Killed At Battle Of Bannockburn, Stirlingshire, Scotland, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Buried Shap Abbey, Shap, Westmorland, England, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I5658479426  Master Tree
    Last Modified 2 Sep 2002 

    Father Roger III De Clifford, Justice Of Forests,   b. 1243, Tenbury, Worcestershire, England, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 6 Nov 1282, Anglesey, Wales, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 39 years) 
    Mother Isabel De Vipont,   b. 1254, Brougham Castle, Westmorland, England, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 14 May 1292, Shap Abbey, Shap, Westmorland, England, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 38 years) 
    Married 1269  England, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Family ID F5259599741  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Baroness Maud De Clare,   b. Abt 1280, Thormond, Connaught, Clare, Ireland, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1 Feb 1324 and 1325  (Age ~ 45 years) 
    Married 13 Nov 1295  Clifford's Castle, Herefordshire, England, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Children 
    +1. Idoine De Clifford, Lady Alnwick,   b. Abt 1300, Appleby Castle, Westmorland, England, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 Aug 1365, Alnwick Castle, Northumberland, England, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 65 years)
     2. Roger IV 2Nd Baron De Clifford, Sir,   b. 21 Jan 1299 and 1300, Appleby Castle, Westmorland, England, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 Mar 1321 and 1322, York, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 22 years)
     3. Margaret De Clifford,   b. Abt 1303, Appleby Castle, Westmorland, England, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 Aug 1382  (Age ~ 79 years)
     4. Robert II 3Rd Baron De Clifford, Sir,   b. 5 Nov 1305, Ellingham, Northumberland, England, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 20 May 1344, Clifford Castle, Herefordshire, England, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 38 years)
     5. John De Clifford,   b. Abt 1307, Of Clifford Castle, Herefordshire, England, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Deceased
     6. Andrew Clifford,   b. Abt 1309, Of Clifford Castle, Herefordshire, England, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Deceased
    Last Modified 22 May 2004 
    Family ID F5259610246  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 1 Apr 1274 - Clifford's Castle, Herefordshire, England, United Kingdom Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 13 Nov 1295 - Clifford's Castle, Herefordshire, England, United Kingdom Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Shap Abbey, Shap, Westmorland, England, United Kingdom Link to Google Earth
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    Pin Legend  : Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  • Notes 
    • Robert de Clifford, 1st Lord (Baron) Clifford, so created by writ of summons to Parliament 29 Dec 1299 according to later doctrine (which held that the title was heritable by heirs general, ie. including females and their issue, while descendants of the original grantee by females married into other families can also inherit); in 1291 inherited Brougham Castle and the Hereditary Shrievalty of Westmorland on the death of his mother; Justice in Eyre North of Trent 1297-1307/8, Governor Nottingham Castle July 1298, Capt. General of Marches of Scotland 1299, Marshal of England 1307, Justice South of Trent 1307-8, Waren Scottish Marches 1308. [Burke's Peerage]

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      Robert de Clifford, son of Roger de Clifford by Isabel de Vipont, s. his grandfather, Roger de Clifford, and was summoned to parliament as a Baron from 29 December, 1299 (28th Edward I), to 26 November, 1313 (7th Edward II). This nobleman participated in the Scottish wars of King Edward I and ha d a principal command in the English army. He fell in the following reign at the battle of Bannockburn. His lordship m. Maud, dau. and co-heiress of Thomas, 2nd son of Richard de Clare, 7th Earl of Gloucester, and had issue, besides an elder son, Roger, Lord of Westmoreland, who d. s. p. 1327, a 2nd son, Robert de Clifford. [Sir Bernard Burke, Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited, and Extinct Peerages, Burke's Peerage, Ltd., London, 1883, p. 122, Clifford, Earls of Cumberland and Barons Clifford]

      Name Suffix: [BARON CLIFFORD]
      Ancestral File Number: 91SH-GB

      Seal to Parents: 22 Oct 1915 SLAKE - Salt Lake City, UT

  • Sources 
    1. [S5351729842] Magna Charta Sureties 1215, Frederick Lewis Weis, additions by Walter Lee Sheppard Jr, 5th Edition, 1999, 8-6, 144-5 (Reliability: 3).

    2. [S5351729822] Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists, 7th Edition , by Frederick Lewis Weis, additions by Walter Lee Shippar d Jr., 1999, Frederick Lewis Weis, (Genealogical Publishing Co. Inc of Baltimore. 1979. 5th Edition. Weld County Library Ged 92 9.2 Greeley, Colorado. (Cen), 205-32, 64-32 (Reliability: 3).

    3. [S5351729798] Burke's Peerage & Baronetage, 106th Edition, Charles Mosle y Editor-in-Chief, 1999, 784 (Reliability: 3).

    4. [S5351729842] Magna Charta Sureties 1215, Frederick Lewis Weis, additions by Walter Lee Sheppard Jr, 5th Edition, 1999, 8-6 (Reliability: 3).

    5. [S5351730301] The Plantagenet Ancestry, by William Henry Turton, 1968, 137 (Reliability: 3).