Constantine de Clifton 2nd Baron

• Preferred Name: Constantine de Clifton 2nd Baron^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5]}
  
• Alternate Name: Constantine Clifton
  
• Gender: M
  
• Occupation: Knight
  
• FSID: LH88-FF8
  
• Death: 19 FEB 1396 in Buckenham, Norfolk, England at LATI: N2.5976 LONG: E0.4795
  
• Birth: 1372 in Buckenham, Norfolk, England at LATI: N2.5976 LONG: E0.4795
  
• Burial: in Buckenham Priory, Buckenham, Norfolk, England at LATI: N2.5976 LONG: E0.4795
  
• Notes:

  === Life Sketch ===
  https://www.geni.com/people/Constantine-Clifton-2nd-Baron-Clifton/6000000000490847305?through=6000000006444119421
  
  Ancestral roots of certain American colonists who came to America before ... By Frederick Lewis Weis, Walter Lee Sheppard, William
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  33. ELIZABETH CROMWELL, d. 1393/4; m. (1) John Clifton, b. abt. 1353, 1st Lord Clifton, of Buckenham Castle, co. Norfolk, d. Rhodes, 10 Aug. 1388, son of Constantine Clifton, d. by 1372, of Buckenham co. Norfolk, by wife Catherine de la Pole, dau. of Sir William de la Pole, Mayor of Hull, baron of the Exchequer, d. 1366; m. (2) Sir Edward Bensted. (CP III: 307-308)
  ' 34. CONSTANTINE CLIFTON, by (1), b. 1372, 2nd Lord Clifton, of Buckenham Castle, co. Norfolk, d. 1395; m. aft. Feb 1389/90, Margaret Howard, d. 1433, dau. of Sir John Howard, d. 1438, of Wigenhall, Norfolk, by (1) wife Margaret Plaiz, d. 1391, dau. Sir John Plaiz, 5th Lord Plaiz, d. 1389. (CP III: 308, X: 541-542).
  35. ELIZABETH CLIFTON, liv. 1447, h. of Buckenham, co. Norfolk; m. SIR JOHN KNYVET (1888-10), d. 1445. (CPIV; 308). (Gens. 33-35 added by Douglas Richardson).
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  Ancestral roots of certain American colonists who came to America before ... By Frederick Lewis Weis, Walter Lee Sheppard, William
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  31. JOAN MARMION, d. 1362; m. Sir John Bernake, b. 1309, d. 1349, of Tattershall, co. Lincoln, son of Sir William Bernake and Alice Driby, dau. of Robert Driby by Joan Tateshal, sis. of Robert de Tateshal (Tateshale) of Tattershall. (CP VIII: 521 not j, 522).
  32. MAUD BERNAKE, d. 10 Apr. 1419; m. bef. 20 June 1366, SIR RALPH CROMWELL, (210-35), 1at Lord Cromwell.
  33. ELIZABETH CROMWELL, d. 1393/4; m. (1) John Clifton, b. abt. 1353, 1st Lord Clifton, of Buckenham Castle, co. Norfolk, d. Rhodes, 10 Aug. 1388, son of Constantine Clifton, d. by 1372, of Buckenham co. Norfolk, by wife Catherine de la Pole, dau. of Sir William de la Pole, Mayor of Hull, baron of the Exchequer, d. 1366; m. (2) Sir Edward Bensted. (CP III: 307-308)
  34. CONSTANTINE CLIFTON, by (1), b. 1372, 2nd Lord Clifton, of Buckenham Castle, co. Norfolk, d. 1395; m. aft. Feb 1389/90, Margaret Howard, d. 1433, dau. of Sir John Howard, d. 1438, of Wigenhall, Norfolk, by (1) wife Margaret Plaiz, d. 1391, dau. Sir John Plaiz, 5th Lord Plaiz, d. 1389. (CP III: 308, X: 541-542). ____________
  
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  Plantagenet ancestry: a study in colonial and medieval families By Douglas Richardson, Kimball G. Everingham
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  10. ELIZABETH DE CROMWELL, married JOHN DE CLIFTON, Knt., of Buckenham, Babingley, Denton, Hilborough, West Bradenham, etc., Norfolk, son and heir of Constantine de Clifton, of Buckenham, Norfolk, by Katherine, daughter of William de la Pole, Knt. He was born about 1353 (aged 15 in 1368). They had one son, 'Constantine, Esq. [2nd Lord Clifton]', and one daughter, Katherine (wife of Ralph Greene and Simon Felbrigg, Knt.). He was summoned to Parliament from 1 Dec. 1376 to 28 July 1388, by writs directed to Johanni de Clyfton, whereby his is held to have become Lord Clifton. SIR JOHN DE CLIFTON, 1st Lord Clifton, died at Rhodes 10 August 1388. His widow, Elizabeth, married (2nd) EDWARD BENSTED, Knt. She died 24 Sep 1391. . . .
  ' 11. CONSTANTINE DE CLIFTON, Esq., 2nd Lord Clifton, of Buckenham, Babingley, Hilborough, etc., Norfolk, Little Waltham, Essex, etc., son and heir, born about 1372 (aged 16 in 1388, aged 19 1/2 in 1391). He married after Feb. 1389/90 MARGARET HOWARD, daughter of Robert Howard, Knt., of East Winch, Fersfield, and Wiggenhall, Norfolk (descendant of King John), by Margaret (or Margery), daughter of Robert de Scales, 3rd Lord Scales [see CORNWALL 8 for her ancestry]. They had one son, John, Knt. [3rd Lord Clifton], and one daughter, Elizabeth. He was summoned to Parliament from 13 Nov. 1393 to 20 Nov. 1394. CONSTANTINE DE CLIFTON, Esq., 2nd Lord Clifton, died 19 Feb. 1395/6. His widow, Margaret, married (2nd) (as his 3rd wife) GILBERT TALBOT, Knt., of Richard's Castle, Herefordshire and Wadley, Berkshire (died 6 Feb 1398/9), They had one son, Richard. She died 25 March 1434, and was buried at Black Friars, Norwich. . . .
  'Child of Constantine de Clifton, Esq., by Margaret Howard:
  i. ELIZABETH CLIFTON, married JOHN KNYVET, Knt., of Southwick, Northamptonshire [ see GURDON 10].
  
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  Plantagenet ancestry: a study in colonial and medieval families By Douglas Richardson, Kimball G. Everingham
  Pg. 494
  8. JOAN MARMION, married (1st) JOHN DE BERNAK, Knt., ot Tattershall, Lincolnshire, and Bokenham and Besthorpe, Norfolk, son and heir of William de Bernak, Knt., of Tattershall, Bokenham, Besthorpe, etc., by Alice, daughter of Robert de Driby, of Driby, Lincolnshire. He was born about 1305-6 or 1309 (aged 33 or 34 in 1339, aged 32 in 1341). They had two sons, John and William, and one daughter, Maud. JOHN DE BERNAK died 20 March 1346. His widow, Joan, married (2nd) before 1360 JOHN DE FOLVILLE, Knt. They had no issue. She was heiress sometime before 1360 to her brother, Robert Marmion, 3rd Lord Marmion, by which she inherited a 1/2 share in the manors of Lutton, Northamptonshire, and Wath, Hunmanby, and Langton-on-Swale, Yorkshire. She died 2 or 13 Oct. 1361. . . .
  9. MAUD DE BERNAK, born about 1335-8 (aged 23 in 1360, and 24 or 26 in 1361, aged 36 in 1382). She married before 20 Jan. 1360/1 RALPH DE CROMWELL, Knt., of Cromwell, Nottinghamshire, and West Hallam, Derbyshire, and, in right of his wife, of Tattershall, Lincolnshire, and Lutton, Northamptonshire, son and heir of Ralph Cromwell, of Cromwell, of Cromwell and West Hallam, by Amice, daughter of Roger Belers. They had five sons, Ralph, Knt. [2nd Lord Cromwell], Robert, William, Thomas, and John, and three daughters, Elizabeth, Avice (wife of Thomas Bardolf, 5th Lord Bardolf), and Maud. She was heiress in 1360 to her brother, William de Bernak. He was summoned to Parliament from 28 Dec. 1375 by writs directed Radulfo de Crombwell', whereby he is held to have become Lord Cromwell. He was heir in 1382 to his first cousin, Thomasine Belers, daughter of Roger Belers Knt. In 1386-87 he was Banneret, and retained to serve the King in the event of invasion. She was co-heiress in 1394 to her cousin, Mary Percy, wife of John Roos, 5th Lord Roos, of Helmesley, Yorkshire. In 1394 he and his wife, Maud, obtained a papal indult to celebrate mass before daybreak. SIR RALPH DE CROMWELL, 1st Lord Cromwell, died 27 August 1398. His widow, Maud, died 10 April 1419. . . . . .
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  10. ELIZABETH DE CROMWELL, married JOHN DE CLIFTON, Knt., of Buckenham, Babingley, Denton, Hilborough, West Bradenham, etc., Norfolk, son and heir of Constantine de Clifton, of Buckenham, Norfolk, by Katherine, daughter of William de la Pole, Knt. He was born about 1353 (aged 15 in 1368). They had one son, Constantine, Esq. [2nd Lord Clifton], and one daughter, Katherine (wife of Ralph Greene and Simon Felbrigg, Knt.). He was summoned to Parliament from 1 Dec. 1376 to 28 July 1388, by writs directed to Johanni de Clyfton, whereby his is held to have become Lord Clifton. SIR JOHN DE CLIFTON, 1st Lord Clifton, died at Rhodes 10 August 1388. His widow, Elizabeth, married (2nd) EDWARD BENSTED, Knt. She died 24 Sep 1391. . . .
  11. CONSTANTINE DE CLIFTON, Esq., 2nd Lord Clifton, of Buckenham, Babingley, Hilborough, etc., Norfolk, Little Waltham, Essex, etc., son and heir, born about 1372 (aged 16 in 1388, aged 19 1/2 in 1391). He married after Feb. 1389/90 MARGARET HOWARD, daughter of Robert Howard, Knt., of East Winch, Fersfield, and Wiggenhall, Norfolk (descendant of King John), by Margaret (or Margery), daughter of Robert de Scales, 3rd Lord Scales [see CORNWALL 8 for her ancestry]. They had one son, John, Knt. [3rd Lord Clifton], and one daughter, Elizabeth. He was summoned to Parliament from 13 Nov. 1393 to 20 Nov. 1394. CONSTANTINE DE CLIFTON, Esq., 2nd Lord Clifton, died 19 Feb. 1395/6. His widow, Margaret, married (2nd) (as his 3rd wife) GILBERT TALBOT, Knt., of Richard's Castle, Herefordshire and Wadley, Berkshire (died 6 Feb 1398/9), They had one son, Richard. She died 25 March 1434, and was buried at Black Friars, Norwich. . . . ______________
  This information lists Constantine as marrying Katherine Scales dau. of Robert Scales and Margaret Howard. ?????
  Sir John Clifton, Knt. of Bukenham castle in 1373, had livery of all his lands, as heir to Sir Adam de Clifton, his grandfather; he was summoned to parliament from 1375 to 1388, when he died, on St. Lawrence's Day, at Rhodes, seized of Bukenham castle and manors, Hilburghworth, West Bradenham, and Cranwyse, with the advowsons of Hilburgh and Cranwyse, and the manor of Babyngle, &c. leaving Constantine, his son and heir, then 16 years old. He married Elizabeth, one of the heirs of Ralf Lord Cromwell, by which match that part of Bukenham, &c. which she had for her share, united again; she outlived him, and married Sir Edward Bensted.
  Constantine, their son and heir, had livery of his inheritance in 1393, and was summoned to parliament in that and the next year, but never after; he married Katherine, daughter of Robert Lord Scales, by Margaret, daughter of Robert Howard of East-Winch, who outlived him, and held in dower, till 1432, fin which year she died,) the manor of Babyngle, two parts of Gryshaugh in Wymoudham, Bukenham, Lathes manor, the profits of the court at Attleburgh, the court of the market at New-Bukenham, and the part of Lyn tolbooth, all which at her death joined to the rest of the estate, in their son and heir, Sir John Clifton of Bukenham castle Knt. who died in 1447, seized of Bukenham castle, and the greater parts of the manors . . . . _________
  
  === PEDIGREE OF DUKE OF NORFOLK AND EARL OF ===
  PEDIGREE OF DUKE OF NORFOLK AND EARL OF SUFFOLK, BARON HOWARD OF GLOSSOP, BY JOSEPH FOSTER;
  
  === Second Lord Clifton of Buckenham, Norfo ===
  Second Lord Clifton of Buckenham, Norfolk
  
  === 2nd Lord Clifton ===
  2nd Lord Clifton
  
  === bp. 31Aug1929 ===
  bp. 31Aug1929
  
  === !AKA: Constantine Clifton, 2nd Lord Clif ===
  !AKA: Constantine Clifton, 2nd Lord Clifton - Doc. Line 188-10 Constantine de Clifton, 2nd Lord Clifton, of Buckengham, Norfolk Doc. Line 218-34 !BIRTH: Date: 1372 - Doc. Line 218-34 !CHILDREN: Of Constantine Clifton, Lord and Margaret Howard Elizabeth (heiress of Burkeham, Norfolk) - Doc. Line 188-10 - Of Lord Clifton of Buchenham and [ ] Elizabeth - Doc. Line 238-10 !DEATH: Date: 1395 - Doc. Line 218-34 !MARRIAGE: Constantine de Clifton, Lord and Margaret Howard - Doc. Line 218-34 Date: After February, 1389/1390 - Doc. Line 218-34
  
  === !DEATH: Date: By 1372 - Doc. Line 218-33 ===
  !DEATH: Date: By 1372 - Doc. Line 218-33 !CHILDREN: Of Constantine de Clifton and Catherine de la Pole Doc. Line 218-33 John - Doc. Line 218-33 !MARRIAGE: Constantine de Clifton and Chaterine de la Pole - Doc. Line 218-33
  
  === Sir Knight. ===
  Sir Knight.
  
  === !Weis. 188-10. ===
  !Weis. 188-10.
  
  === Source: A. Roots 218-33. Roots: Constant ===
  Source: A. Roots 218-33. Roots: Constantine de Clifton, of Buckenham, Norfolk. Died by 1372.
  
  === BURKE'S PEERAGES (GS NUMBER 942 D22BUG) ===
  BURKE'S PEERAGES (GS NUMBER 942 D22BUG) P.308; BURKE'S FAMILY RECORDS (1897);
  
  === He was second Lord Clifton. ===
  He was second Lord Clifton.
  
  === Sources: Colket; A. Roots 188, 218-34, ===
  Sources: Colket; A. Roots 188, 218-34, 238. Roots: Constantine de Clifton, 2nd Lord Clifton, of Buckenham,Norfolk. Died 1395. Colket: Second Lord Clifton of Buckenham, Norfolk.

• m. AFT FEB 1390 in Buckenham, Norfolk, England

1. Elizabeth de Clifton, b. 1392 in Buckenham, Norfolk, England     d. 1447 in Buckenham, Norfolk, England

1. Title: Constantine (Clifton) de Clifton on WikiTree
   Author: WikiTree contributors, "Constantine (Clifton) de Clifton", WikiTree, http://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Clifton-317 (accessed 12 September 2022)
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2. Title: Legacy NFS Source: Constantine CLIFTON - death:
   Author: "Genealogical Research of Kirk Larson", Larson, Kirk, Personal Research Works including Bethune & Hohenlohe Descendants, 1981-2001, Kirk Larson, Private Library
   Note: death: birth: about 1329; Buckenham, Norfolkshire, England, United Kingdom death: 1395; Buckenham, Norfolkshire, England, United Kingdom Unknown-Begin: birth: about 1370; Buckenham, Norfolkshire, England, United Kingdom
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3. Title: Constantine de Clifton, "Find A Grave Index"
   Author: "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2BY-SKNH : 21 July 2020), Constantine de Clifton, ; Burial, , ; citing record ID , Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
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4. Title: Buckenham Castle
   Publication: Name: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buckenham_Castle;
   
5. Title: History of Parliament: John Knyvet
   Publication: Name: http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1386-1421/member/knyvet-sir-john-13945-1445;