Biography of Bishop Richard Clifford -1421

Paternal Family Tree: Clifford

Bishop Richard Clifford was born to Thomas Clifford.

From 1390 to 1398 Bishop Richard Clifford was appointed Keeper of the Great Wardrobe.

On 14 Nov 1397 Bishop Richard Clifford was appointed Lord Privy Seal; he resigned on 04 Nov 1401.

                    On 16 Apr 1399 King Richard II of England (age 32) wrote his Last Will from which the following extracts are taken … Also we bequeath to our beloved nephew Thomas Holland 1st Duke Surrey (age 25) ten thousand marks and to our beloved brother Edward 2nd Duke of York 1st Duke Albemarle (age 26) two thousand marks and to our beloved brother John Holland 1st Duke Exeter (age 47) three thousand marks and to our faithful and beloved William Scrope 1st Earl Wiltshire (age 49) two thousand marks ... we ordain and set aside for the fulfilment of all and singular the premises the sum of ninety-one thousand marks, of which sixty-five thousand marks are in the keeping of Sir John Ikelyngton and twenty-four thousand marks in the hands and keeping of our dear nephew Thomas Holland 1st Duke Surrey.
                
                    Of this our royal testament we nominate make and depute executors the venerable fathers in Christ Bishop Richard Mitford, Bishop Edmund Stafford (age 55), Bishop Robert Tideman of Winchcombe, Bishop Thomas Merke and Bishop Guy Mone Aka Mohun; our beloved brother Edward 2nd Duke of York 1st Duke Albemarle, our nephew Thomas Holland 1st Duke Surrey, our brother John Holland 1st Duke Exeter and William Scrope 1st Earl Wiltshire to each of whom we bequeath a gold cup of the value of twenty pounds and our beloved and faithful clerks Master Bishop Richard Clifford Keeper of our Privy Seal, Master Richard Maudeleyn, Master William Fereby and Master John Painter Ikelyngton clerks and John Lufwyk and William Serle laymen, to each of whom we will shall be paid their expenses and necessary costs while it shall happen that they or any of them are employed about the execution of our present last will, but according to the discretion of their said co-executors ...
                
                    Whom all and singular we have charged and charge that they shall do as much as in them is for the due execution and fulfilment of this our last will as they shall wish to answer before God. We create ordain depute and make overseers of this our will the reverend fathers in Christ Archbishop Roger Walden and Archbishop Richard Scrope (age 49), William bishop of Winchester and William abbot of the monastery of Westminster Edward 2nd Duke of York 1st Duke Albemarle our uncle and Henry Percy 1st Earl of Northumberland (age 57) our cousin.

On 12 May 1400 Bishop Richard Clifford was elected Bishop of Bath and Wells; he was never consecrated since he was instead translated to Worcester.

On 19 May 1401 Bishop Richard Clifford was elected Bishop of Worcester.

On 09 Oct 1401 Bishop Richard Clifford was consecrated as Bishop of Worcester.

On 22 Jun 1407 Bishop Richard Clifford was translated to Bishop of London.

On 20 Aug 1421 Bishop Richard Clifford died.

Chronicle of Gregory 1422. 20 Aug 1422. Ande that same yere, the xx day of Auguste, deyde the Byschoppe of London, Clyfforde, and thenne was made byschoppe Mayster John Kempe (age 42), whos bonys, the viij day of Novembyr next folowyng, worthely at Westmynyster were interyde.

Ancestors of Bishop Richard Clifford -1421

Great x 4 Grandfather: Roger Clifford

Great x 3 Grandfather: Roger Clifford

Great x 4 Grandmother: Sybil Ewyas

Great x 2 Grandfather: Roger Clifford

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Botreaux

Great x 3 Grandmother: Hawise Botreaux

Great x 4 Grandmother: Hawise Newmarche

Great x 1 Grandfather: Robert Clifford 1st Baron Clifford 6 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Vipont

Great x 3 Grandfather: Robert Vipont Lord Westmoreland 4 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Sybil Ferrers 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Isabella Vipont 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Fitzgeoffrey

Great x 3 Grandmother: Isabel Fitzjohn

Great x 4 Grandmother: Isabel Bigod

GrandFather: Robert Clifford 3rd Baron Clifford 4 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Gilbert Clare 5th Earl Gloucester 4th Earl Hertford 2 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Richard de Clare 6th Earl Gloucester 5th Earl Hertford 3 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Isabel Marshal Countess Cornwall, Gloucester and Hertford

Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas de Clare 4 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Lacy Earl Lincoln

Great x 3 Grandmother: Maud Lacy Countess Gloucester and Hertford 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Quincy 3rd Countess Lincoln and Pembroke 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 1 Grandmother: Maud Clare Baroness Clifford Baroness Welles 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Maurice Fitzgerald 2nd Lord Offaly

Great x 3 Grandfather: Maurice Fitzgerald 4th Lord Offaly

Great x 4 Grandmother: Juliana Granville Baroness Offaly

Great x 2 Grandmother: Juliana Fitzgerald 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Stephen Longespée Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Emmeline Longespée Baroness Offaly Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Emmeline Riddlesford

Father: Thomas Clifford 4 x Great Grand Son of King John "Lackland" of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Berkeley 4th Baron Berkeley

Great x 3 Grandfather: Maurice Berkeley 5th Baron Berkeley

Great x 4 Grandmother: Joan Somery Baroness Berkeley

Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas Berkeley 6th and 1st Baron Berkeley Great Grand Son of King John "Lackland" of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Fitzroy Son of King John "Lackland" of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Isabella Plantagenet Baroness Berkeley Grand Daughter of King John "Lackland" of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Rohese de Dover

Great x 1 Grandfather: Maurice Berkeley 7th and 2nd Baron Berkeley 2 x Great Grand Son of King John "Lackland" of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Ferrers 4th Earl of Derby

Great x 3 Grandfather: William Ferrers 5th Earl of Derby 3 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Agnes Gernon Countess Derby 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Joan Ferrers Baroness Berkeley 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Roger de Quincy 2nd Earl Winchester

Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Quincy Countess Derby 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Helen Galloway Countess Winchester 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

GrandMother: Isabel Berkeley Baroness Clifford Baroness Musgrave 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King John "Lackland" of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Alain Zouche

Great x 3 Grandfather: Roger Zouche

Great x 4 Grandmother: Adelicia Belmeis

Great x 2 Grandfather: Eudo Zouche

Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Bisset

Great x 1 Grandmother: Eva Zouche

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Cantilupe

Great x 3 Grandfather: William Cantilupe

Great x 2 Grandmother: Millicent Cantilupe

Great x 4 Grandfather: William de Braose

Great x 3 Grandmother: Eva de Braose

Great x 4 Grandmother: Eva Marshal

Bishop Richard Clifford 5 x Great Grand Son of King John "Lackland" of England

Royal Ancestors of Bishop Richard Clifford -1421

Ancestors of Bishop Richard Clifford -1421