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b. 25 Nov. 1587, o. (posth.) s. of George Clifton (d.1587) of Clifton-on-Trent and Winifred, da. of Sir Anthony Thorold† of Marston, Leics.CB, i. 19. educ. privately (John Rawlinson); St. John’s, Camb. 1603, MA 1612; I. Temple 1607. HMC Hatfield, xii. 276; Al. Cant.; CITR, ii. 29. m. (1) settlement Dec. 1612 (with £5,000), Penelope (d. 26 Oct. 1613), da. of Robert Rich†, 1st earl of Warwick, 1s.; (2) 7 Sept. 1615, Frances (d. 22 Nov. 1627), da. of Francis Clifford*, 4th earl of Cumberland, 1s. 4da.; (3) 5 May 1629, Mary (d. 19 Jan. 1630), da. of John Egioke of Egioke, Worcs., wid. of Sir Francis Leak† of Newark, Notts., s.p.; (4) 17 May 1632 (with £10,000), Isobel (bur. 10 July 1637), da. of Thomas Meeke of Wolverhampton, Staffs., wid. of John Hodges, grocer, of London, s.p.; (5) c.1638, Anne (bur. 1 June 1639), da. of Sir Francis South of Kelsterne, Lincs., s.p.; (6) 17 Feb. 1640, June (d. 17 Mar. 1656), da. of Anthony Eyre of Rampton, Notts., 2s. 3da. (2 d.v.p.); (7) 17 Dec. 1656 (with £4,000), Alice (bur. 29 Mar. 1667), da. of Henry, 5th earl of Huntingdon, s.p. suc. grandfa. Sir Gervase Clifton† 1588; cr. KB 25 July 1603; bt. 22 May 1611. d. 28 June 1666. P.R. Seddon, ‘Marriage and Inheritance in the Clifton Fam. during the Seventeenth Century’, Trans. Thoroton Soc. lxxxiv. 33-43; J. W. Clay, ‘Clifford fam.’, Yorks. Arch. Jnl. xviii. 397; CB, i. 19; Shaw, Knights of Eng. i. 154.
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J.p. Notts. by 1609 – at least40, 1660–d.; Notts. County Recs. comp. H.H. Copnall, 9, 10; C66/2858; C193/12/13, f. 79v. liberties of Southwell and Scrooby 1615 – 41, 1664 – d.; commr. oyer and terminer, Midland circ. 1610 – 42, 1660–d.; C181/2, ff. 115v; 221; 181/5, ff. 216, 220; 181/7, ff. 15, 302, 347. sheriff, Notts. 1610–11; List of Sheriffs comp. A. Hughes (PRO, L. and I. ix), 104. commr. musters, by 1613–1626, SP14/72/92; E401/2586, pp. 203–5. swans, Notts. and Derbys. 1614, Midland counties 1627, Notts. 1663, sewers, Notts. 1615, 1626, Notts. Lincs and Yorks. 1616, 1629, 1634 – 37, Leics. and Notts. 1625, 1629, 1635; C181/2, ff. 201v, 224v, 255v; 181/3, ff. 162, 199, 226v; 181/4, ff. 16v, 23v, 174; 181/5, ff. 16v, 87; 181/7, f. 210. high steward, East Retford, Notts. 1616–d.; HMC Var. vii. 390; D. Marcombe, English Small Town Life, 85. member, High Commission, York prov. 1620-at least 1628; T. Rymer, Foedera, vii. pt. 3, p. 173; SP16/123/46i. commr. subsidy, Notts. 1621 – 22, 1624, 1641 – 42, Nottingham 1641–2, C212/22/20–1, 23; SR, v. 64, 154–5. treas., N. Notts. 1625–6; Notts. County Recs. 13 collector, Privy Seal loan, Notts. 1625–6; APC, 1626, p. 168; CSP Dom. 1625–6, p. 231. dep. lt., Notts. 1626 – at least40, 1660–d.; HMC Var. vii. 395, 424; SP29/11/297; 29/60/147. commr. charitable uses, Notts. 1626, 1629 – 30, 1634–40, C93/10/19; 93/13/3; 93/18/15; C192/1, unfol. Forced Loan 1626 – 27, Newark, Notts. 1627, Rymer, viii. pt. 2, p. 145; C193/12/2, ff. 44, 88v. recusants, Northern counties 1629–41, Rymer, viii. pt. 4, p. 47; ix. pt. 2, p. 162. commr. and collector of knighthood compositions, Notts. 1630–4, E178/7154, f. 326; 178/5571, f. 5; E198/4/32. freeman, St. Andrew’s, Scotland 1633; Nottingham UL, CL/D1634. commr. exacted fees, Notts. 1634, C181/4, f. 159. perambulation, Sherwood Forest 1641, C181/5, f. 210. array, Lincs. and Notts. 1642, Northants. RO, FH133. Newark garrison (roy.), by 1645, CSP Dom. 1644–5, p. 313. Poll Tax, Notts. 1660, assessment, Notts. 1660–d, Nottingham 1663 – 64, loyal and indigent officers, Notts. 1662; SR, v. 217, 336, 383, 463, 536. dep. justice in eyre, Sherwood Forest 5 Nov. 1662. Notts. RO, DD4P 75/42.

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CLIFTON, Sir Gervase, 1st Bt. (1587-1666), of Clifton-on-Trent, Notts.
Main residence: Clifton-on-Trent, Notts.
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J.P.F.
Volume
Commons 1604-1629
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CLIFTON, Sir Gervase, 1st Bt. (1587-1666)

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