John Clifford, 7th Baron Clifford | |
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Arms of Sir John Clifford, 7th Baron de Clifford, KG: Chequy or and azure, a fesse gules
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Spouse(s) | Elizabeth Percy |
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Noble family | Clifford |
Father | Thomas Clifford, 6th Baron Clifford |
Mother | Elizabeth de Roos |
Born | c.1389 |
Died | 13 March 1422 Meaux, France |
John Clifford, 7th Baron de Clifford (c.1389 – 13 March 1422), also 7th Lord of Skipton,KG, was an English peer. He was slain at the siege of Meaux.
John Clifford, born about 1389, was the only son of Thomas Clifford, 6th Baron Clifford (d. 18 August 1391), and Elizabeth de Roos (d. March 1424), daughter of Thomas de Roos, 4th Baron Roos of Helmsley, by Beatrix Stafford, daughter of Ralph de Stafford, 1st Earl of Stafford. He had a sister, Maud Clifford, who marred firstly, John Neville, 6th Baron Latimer, and secondly, Richard, 3rd Earl of Cambridge.
At his father's death on 18 August 1391, Clifford, then aged about three, inherited the title and the position of hereditary High Sheriff of Westmorland. He was summoned to Parliament from 21 September 1411 to 26 February 1421.
He took part in a great tournament at Carlisle between six English and six Scottish knights, and in the war in France. He was at the Siege of Harfleur and at the Battle of Agincourt, where he was indented to serve Henry V with 3 archers. He accepted the surrender of Cherbourg. He was made a Knight of the Garter on 3 May 1421. He was a legatee in the will of his cousin, Henry V.
He was slain at the Siege of Meaux on 13 March 1422, and is said to have been buried at Bolton Priory. His widow, who died 26 October 1436, is buried at Staindrop, Durham.