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and married Katherine, a daughter of Sir Henry Darcy (a previous Knight of the Shire) that year and was knighted by 1597. From 1597 to 1598, and also in 1601, Clifton was
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Sir William Clifton was the son of Gervase Clifton of the Customs House, London, a younger son of Sir Gervase Clifton (d. 1508),
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In 1605, he sold his paternal estate of Barrington Court and moved his seat to Leighton Bromswold,
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From Robert Clifton, the eldest son of Sir Gervase Clifton (d. 1508), were descended the
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when the latter ordered a survey of Clifton's land. He was then prosecuted by the
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High Sheriff of Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire and the Royal Forests
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On 30 December 1617, Lord Clifton was imprisoned in the
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The History and Gazetteer of the County of Derby Vol 1
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Sable semée of cinquefoils and a lion rampant argent
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Member of Parliament
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Katherine
St Alban Hall

Clifton
Baron Clifton
Leighton Bromswold
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Barrington Court
Henry Grey, 1st Duke of Suffolk
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Clifton Hall, Nottingham
High Sheriff of Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire and the Royal Forests
Clifton baronets
St Alban Hall
Gray's Inn
Knight of the Shire
Huntingdonshire
Leighton Bromswold
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Huntingdonshire
County Huntingdon
Peerage
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