John "3rd Baron" de Clifton 
John "3rd Baron" de was born in 1394 in Buckenham Castle, Wayland, Norfolk, England.1 John "3rd Baron" de's father was Constantine 2nd Baron de Clifton and his mother was Margaret Howard. His paternal grandparents were John 1st Baron de Clifton and Elizabeth de Cromwell. He had a sister named Elizabeth. He was the older of the two children. He died at the age of 53 on December 1st, 1447 in (dsps). He was buried in Wymondham Abbey, Norfolk, England.1 General Notes
BARONY OF CLIFTON (, 3) not recognized as 3rd Baron
SIR JOHN CLIFTON, only son and heir, was one year old at his father's death. Neither he nor his sister and heir's descendants were ever summoned to Parliament, nor did they ever claim any barony. His wardship and marriage were granted 13 Apr 1399 to Sir Simon Felbrigge. He m., before 6 Id Jan 1431/2, when they had a Papal indult, Joan, widow of Sir Robert Echingham, daughter and coheir of Edmund Thorpe, of Ashwellthorpe. He dsps. (b) 1447, before 1 Dec (when his widow was living), and was buried at Wymondham, Norfolk. His only sister, Elizabeth, wife of Sir John Knyvett, was his heir, 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. [Complete Peerage III:308]
(b) Margaret, his only daughter, m. Sir Andrew Ogard, and dvp. and sp., being buried at Wymondham. Her husband d. 1459, and was also buried there.
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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.1353 in Buckenham Castle, Wayland, Norfolk, England d.10 Aug 1388 in Rhodes, Middleton, Lancashire, England
- b.1372 in Buckenham Castle, Wayland, Norfolk, England d.1395
- b.1312 in Cromwell, Southwell, Nottinghamshire, England d.28 Oct 1364 in West Hallam, Shardlow, Derbyshire, England
- b.1327 in West Hallam, Shardlow, Derbyshire, England d.27 Aug 1398 in Tattershall, Horncastle, Lincolnshire, England
- b.1285 in Kirby Bellars, Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, England d.19 JAN 1325/26 in Rearsby, Barrow upon Soar, Leicestershire, England (killed)
- b.1312 in Bunny, Basford, Nottinghamshire, England
- b.1290 d.23 Oct 1368
- b.1355 in Tattershall, Horncastle, Lincolnshire, England d.ABT JAN 1393/94
- b.1327 in Tattershall, Horncastle, Lincolnshire, England d.10 Apr 1419 in Tattershall, Horncastle, Lincolnshire, England
- b.1394 in Buckenham Castle, Wayland, Norfolk, England d.01 Dec 1447 in (dsps)
- b.1379 in Wiggenhall, Downham, Norfolk, England d.25 Mar 1433
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Details of John "3rd Baron" de's family with Joan Thorpe
1 Complete Peerage of England Scotland Ireland Great Britain and the United Kingdom, by G. E Cokayne, Sutton Publishing Ltd, 2000 @ III:308
Further source/citation:
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Further source/citation:
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