Biography of Gervase Clifton 1405-1471
Paternal Family Tree: Clifton
Around 1405 Gervase Clifton was born to Gervase Clifton (age 15) at Clifton.
In or before 1423 William Scott and [his future wife] Isabel Finch were married.
In 1439 Gervase Clifton (age 34) was appointed High Sheriff of Kent.
Before 08 Jan 1449 Robert Willoughby 6th Baron Willoughby (age 64) and [his future wife] Maud Stanhope 4th Baroness Cromwell Baroness Willoughby Eresby were married. She by marriage Baroness Willoughby de Eresby.
In or before 1450 Gervase Clifton (age 45) and Isabel Finch were married.
Around 1450 [his daughter] Joan Clifton was born to Gervase Clifton (age 45) and [his wife] Isabel Finch in Clifton.
In 1450 Gervase Clifton (age 45) was appointed High Sheriff of Kent.
On or before 24 Aug 1453 Thomas Neville (age 23) and [his future wife] Maud Stanhope 4th Baroness Cromwell Baroness Willoughby Eresby were married. Maud Stanhope 4th Baroness Cromwell Baroness Willoughby Eresby was the niece and heiress of Ralph Cromwell 3rd Baron Cromwell (age 50) meaning traditional Percy lands would become Neville lands. The Percy's, being the older family, especially Thomas Percy 1st Baron Egremont (age 30), took umbrage with the ensuing two year feud known as the Neville Percy Feud. He the son of Richard Neville Earl Salisbury (age 53) and Alice Montagu 5th Countess of Salisbury (age 46). He a great x 2 grandson of King Edward III of England. 
On 24 Aug 1453 John Neville 1st Marquess Montagu (age 22) was ambushed at Heworth Moor York by Thomas Percy 1st Baron Egremont (age 30) leading a force of 700 or more men when returning with his brother's wedding party from Tattershall Castle [Map] to Sheriff Hutton [Map].
In 1457 [his wife] Isabel Finch died.
In 1458 Gervase Clifton (age 53) was appointed High Sheriff of Kent.
Calendars. Membrane 27d. 10 Dec 1459. Coventry [Map]. Commission to Richard Wydevyle of Ryvers (age 54), knight, Thomas Broun, knight, and the mayor of Sandwich to take near Sandwich, Kent [Map] the muster of the men at arms and archers ordered to go on the safe keeping of the sea in the company of Gervase Clyfton (age 54), knight, and to certify the king thereof in Chancery. By K.
Commission to Thomas Kyryell (age 63), knight, John Cheyne, knight, Thomas Broun, knight, John Seyncler, esquire, and Richard Dalafeld, esquire, to take near Sandwich, Kent [Map] the muster of the men at arms and archers ordered to go on the safe-keeping of the sea in the company of Richard Wydevyle of Ryvers (age 54), knight, as above. By K.
Before 20 Mar 1463 Gervase Clifton (age 58) and Maud Stanhope 4th Baroness Cromwell Baroness Willoughby Eresby were married.
On 05 May 1471 those captured at the Battle of Tewkesbury were tried in the Market Square Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire [Map] by John Howard 1st Duke of Norfolk (age 46) and the Duke of Gloucester (age 18): Edmund Beaufort 3rd Duke Somerset (age 32), Hugh Courtenay (age 44), Gervase Clifton (age 66), Thomas Tresham (deceased) and Humphrey Tuchet (deceased).
On 06 May 1471 those captured at the Battle of Tewkesbury: Edmund Beaufort 3rd Duke Somerset (age 32), Hugh Courtenay (age 44), Gervase Clifton (age 66), Thomas Tresham (deceased) and Humphrey Tuchet (deceased) were executed. Duke Somerset extinct.
On 30 Aug 1497 [his wife] Maud Stanhope 4th Baroness Cromwell Baroness Willoughby Eresby died. She was buried at Collegiate Church, Tattershall. Baron Cromwell abeyant between the daughters of the 1st Baron Cromwell Elizabeth Cromwell and Avice Cromwell Baroness Bardolf and their heirs.
[his daughter] Isabel Clifton was born to Gervase Clifton and Isabel Finch.
Great x 4 Grandfather: Gervase Clifton IV
Great x 3 Grandfather: Robert Clifton
Great x 2 Grandfather: Gervase "The Chevalier" Clifton
Great x 1 Grandfather: Robert Clifton
Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Pierrepoint
Great x 3 Grandfather: Robert Pierrepont
Great x 4 Grandmother: Annora Manvers
Great x 2 Grandmother: Margaret Pierrepont
GrandFather: John Clifton
Father: Gervase Clifton