Robert De Clifford 
Robert was born on April 1st, 1274 in Clifford's Castle, Herefordshire, England. Robert's father was Roger De Clifford and his mother was Isabel De Vipount. His paternal grandfather was Roger De Clifford and his paternal grandmother is Hawise Botterell. He was an only child. He died at the age of 40 on June 25th, 1314 in Killed At Battle Of Bannockburn, Stirlingshire, Scotland. He was buried in August 1314 in Shap Abbey, Westmorland, England.General 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:<NSFX> [BARON CLIFFORD]
Ancestral File Number:<AFN> 91SH-GB
Seal to Parents: 22 Oct 1915 SLAKE - Salt Lake City, UT
Name Suffix:<NSFX> Sheriff of Westmorland
Cause of Death:<CAUS> Killed at Battle of Bannockburn
REFN: HWS7459
Ancestral File Number:<AFN> 91SH-GB
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(Research):See attached sources.
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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*There are earlier generations for the ancestor(s) indicated. See their page(s) for details (click name)
- b.1113 in Clifford Castle, Herefordshire, England d.1190 in Godstow, , Oxfordshire, England
- b.~ 1140 in Clifford Castle, Hereford, England d.1223 in Cavenby, Lincoln, England
- b.~ 1109 in Conches, Normandy, Fr d.1185
- b.~ 1189 d.1232
- b.~ 1115 in Cavenby, Lincoln, England d.1166
- b.~ 1145 in Cavenby, Lincoln, England d.WFT Est 1209-1241
- b.~ 1115 d.WFT Est 1147-1209
- b.~ 1205 in Tenbury, Worcestershire, England d.06 Nov 1285 in France
- b.~ 1085 in Sudeley, Gloucester, England d.> 1147
- b.~ 1125 in Herfordshire, England d.1195 in Ewyas, Herfordshire, England
- b.~ 1095 in of Hereford, England
- b.1178 in Ewyas, Herefordshire, England d.1236 in Ewyas-Harold, Herefordshire, England
- b.~ 1116 in Wiltshire, England d.~ 1164
- b.~ 1135 in Hereford, England d.~ 1204
- b.~ 1121 d.12 Jun 1227
- b.1243 in Clifford Castle, Clifford, Hereford, England d.06 Nov 1282 in , Menai Strait, Anglesey, Wales
- b.1185
- b.~ 1215 in Tenbury, Worcestershire, England
- b.1156
- b.1185 d.1232
- b.1195 d.1244
- b.01 Apr 1274 in Clifford's Castle, Herefordshire, England d.25 Jun 1314 in Killed At Battle Of Bannockburn, Stirlingshire, Scotland
- b.1254 in , Ricester, Oxford, England d.13 May 1292 in Shap Abbey, Westmorland, England
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‌Robert and Maud were married in a religious ceremony on November 13th, 1295 in Clifford's Castle, Herefordshire, England. They had two sons and a daughter, named Robert, John de and Idonea.
Family Notes
CHAN4 Feb 2002
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Children
Idonea De Clifford
Idonea was born in 1303 in <Castle, Clifford, Hereford, England>. She died at the age of 62 on August 12th, 1365 in Alnwick Castle, Northumberland, England. She was buried in Beverley Minster, East Riding, Yorkshire, England.
Robert De Clifford
Robert was born on November 5th, 1305 in Clifford Castle, Clifford, Hereford, England. He died at the age of 38 on May 20th, 1344 in Abbey, Shap, Westmorland, England. He was buried in Abbey, Shap, Westmorland, England.
John de Clifford
John de was born about 1307 in <Castle, Clifford, Hereford, England>. He died after 1376.
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