Henry Clifford 1st Earl of Cumberland 1493-1542

In 1493 Henry Clifford 1st Earl of Cumberland was born to Henry "Shepherd Lord" Clifford 10th Baron Clifford [aged 39] and Anne St John Baroness Clifford at Skipton Castle [Map].

by 1493 [his father] Henry "Shepherd Lord" Clifford 10th Baron Clifford [aged 39] and [his mother] Anne St John Baroness Clifford were married. She by marriage Baroness de Clifford.

by June 1511 [his father] Henry "Shepherd Lord" Clifford 10th Baron Clifford [aged 57] and [his step-mother] Florence Pudsey [aged 23] were married. The difference in their ages was 34 years. They were second cousin twice removed. He a great x 5 grandson of King Edward III of England.

Before 1512 [his wife] Margaret Talbot Baroness Clifford died.

Before 1512 Henry Clifford 1st Earl of Cumberland [aged 18] and Margaret Talbot Baroness Clifford were married. She by marriage Baroness de Clifford. She the daughter of George Talbot 4th Earl of Shrewsbury [aged 43] and Anne Hastings Countess Shrewsbury and Waterford [aged 40]. They were half third cousin once removed. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King Edward III of England.

In or before 1513 Henry Clifford 1st Earl of Cumberland [aged 19] and Margaret Percy Baroness Clifford [aged 12] were married. She by marriage Baroness de Clifford. She the daughter of Henry Percy 5th Earl of Northumberland [aged 34] and Katherine Spencer Countess Northumberland [aged 35]. They were fourth cousins. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King Edward III of England.

In 1513 [his daughter] Catherine Clifford Baroness Scrope Bolton was born to Henry Clifford 1st Earl of Cumberland [aged 20] and [his wife] Margaret Percy Baroness Clifford [aged 13] at Skipton [Map]. She married (1) in or before 1534 her second cousin once removed John Scrope 8th Baron Scrope of Bolton, son of Henry Scrope 7th Baron Scrope of Bolton and Mabel Dacre Baroness Scrope Bolton, and had issue (2) after 22nd June 1549 her fourth cousin once removed Richard "The Great Black Knight of the North" Cholmeley and had issue.

In November 1513 [his brother-in-law] William Fitzwilliam 1st Earl of Southampton [aged 23] and [his sister] Mabel Clifford Countess Southampton [aged 31] were married. They were half third cousin once removed. He a great x 4 grandson of King Edward III of England.

In 1515 [his daughter] Elizabeth Clifford was born to Henry Clifford 1st Earl of Cumberland [aged 22] and [his wife] Margaret Percy Baroness Clifford [aged 15] at Skipton [Map].

In 1517 [his son] Henry Clifford 2nd Earl of Cumberland was born to Henry Clifford 1st Earl of Cumberland [aged 24] and [his wife] Margaret Percy Baroness Clifford [aged 17]. He married (1) 18th June 1525 his half third cousin Eleanor Brandon Countess Cumberland, daughter of Charles Brandon 1st Duke of Suffolk and Mary Tudor Queen Consort France, and had issue (2) after 1547 his third cousin once removed Anne Dacre Countess Cumberland, daughter of William Dacre 3rd Baron Dacre Gilsland 7th Baron Greystoke and Elizabeth Talbot Baroness Dacre of Gilsland, and had issue.

In 1519 [his son] Ingeram Clifford was born to Henry Clifford 1st Earl of Cumberland [aged 26] and [his wife] Margaret Percy Baroness Clifford [aged 19] at Skipton [Map]. He married in or before 1578 Anne Radcliffe.

In 1520 [his son] Robert Clifford was born to Henry Clifford 1st Earl of Cumberland [aged 27] and [his wife] Margaret Percy Baroness Clifford [aged 20] at Skipton [Map].

In 1522 Henry Clifford 1st Earl of Cumberland [aged 29] was appointed High Sheriff of Yorkshire.

Around 1523 [his daughter] Maud Clifford Baroness Conyers was born to Henry Clifford 1st Earl of Cumberland [aged 30] and [his wife] Margaret Percy Baroness Clifford [aged 23] at Skipton [Map]. She married before 28th October 1539 her half third cousin once removed John Conyers 3rd Baron Conyers, son of Christopher Conyers 2nd Baron Conyers and Anne Dacre Baroness Conyers, and had issue.

On 23rd April 1523 [his father] Henry "Shepherd Lord" Clifford 10th Baron Clifford [aged 69] died. His son Henry [aged 30] succeeded 11th Baron de Clifford, 11th Lord Skipton and High Sheriff of Westmoreland.

In January 1524 [his brother-in-law] Henry Percy 6th Earl of Northumberland [aged 22] and [his former sister-in-law] Mary Talbot Countess Northumberland were married. She the daughter of [his former father-in-law] George Talbot 4th Earl of Shrewsbury [aged 56] and [his former mother-in-law] Anne Hastings Countess Shrewsbury and Waterford. He the son of Henry Percy 5th Earl of Northumberland [aged 45] and Katherine Spencer Countess Northumberland [aged 47]. They were third cousin once removed. He a great x 4 grandson of King Edward III of England. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King Edward III of England.

Around 1525 [his daughter] Jane Clifford was born to Henry Clifford 1st Earl of Cumberland [aged 32] and [his wife] Margaret Percy Baroness Clifford [aged 25] at Skipton [Map].

Around 1526 [his son] Thomas Clifford was born to Henry Clifford 1st Earl of Cumberland [aged 33] and [his wife] Margaret Percy Baroness Clifford [aged 26] at Skipton [Map].

On 19th May 1527 [his father-in-law] Henry Percy 5th Earl of Northumberland [aged 49] died. His son [his brother-in-law] Henry [aged 25] succeeded 6th Earl of Northumberland, 9th Baron Percy of Alnwick, 17th Baron Percy of Topcliffe, 8th Baron Poynings. [his former sister-in-law] Mary Talbot Countess Northumberland by marriage Countess of Northumberland.

Letters and Papers Foreign and Domestic Henry VIII 1528. 26th June 1528. Titus, B. I. 54. B. M. 4419. Lord Dacres [aged 35].

Sign manual to the lord Dacres of the North, commanding him not to molest those who served the earl of Cumberland [aged 35], late warden of the West Marches, but let them enjoy their farms till the quinzaine of St. Michael. Hertford castle, 26 June.

P. 1.

Letters and Papers Foreign and Domestic Henry VIII 1528. 7th October 1528. R.O. St.P. IV.515. 4828. Magnus To Wolsey.

My lord of Richmond [aged 9] is in good health and merry. Since the beginning of this sweat he has lain in a private place with few attendants, but has now come hither. He lately paid a visit for one night to my lord of Northumberland, who pressed him to come and see his house at Topcliff, and conducted himself more like a man than a child of his tender age. Cannot be at London this term, as lady Salisbury expects; but my Lord's receiver and auditor in the South are instructed to search for evidences touching Canford. The lord Dacre [aged 35] called here on his way South to see the King. There is great business between him and the earl of Cumberland [aged 35] about the rule of the town and castle of Carlisle, which Magnus thinks should be annexed to the wardenry.

Sir Will. Parre, who is or will be with Wolsey this term, will show him what he has done in reducing my lord of Richmond's household to better order and less charges. Sheriffhutton, 7 Oct.

Hol. Add. Endd.

In or before 1534 [his son-in-law] John Scrope 8th Baron Scrope of Bolton [aged 23] and Catherine Clifford Baroness Scrope Bolton [aged 20] were married. She by marriage Baroness Scrope of Bolton. She the daughter of Henry Clifford 1st Earl of Cumberland [aged 40] and Margaret Percy Baroness Clifford [aged 33]. They were second cousin once removed. He a great x 5 grandson of King Edward III of England. She a great x 5 granddaughter of King Edward III of England.

In 1537 Henry Clifford 1st Earl of Cumberland [aged 44] was appointed 299th Knight of the Garter by King Henry VIII of England and Ireland [aged 45].

On 2nd June 1537 [his brother-in-law] Henry Percy 6th Earl of Northumberland [aged 35] died. Richard Layton visited him on 29 June 1537 and says that he found him "languens in extremis, sight and speech failed, his stomach swollen so great as I never see none, and his whole body as yellow as saffron." Earl of Northumberland, Baron Percy of Alnwick, Baron Percy of Topcliffe, Baron Poynings forfeit. His brother Thomas Percy [aged 33] should have succeeded but he had been attainted.

On 14th June 1538 Christopher Conyers 2nd Baron Conyers [aged 47] died. His son [his future son-in-law] John [aged 14] succeeded 3rd Baron Conyers. Being underage he would have become the ward of someone? Possibly Henry Clifford 1st Earl of Cumberland [aged 45] whose daughter Maud Clifford Baroness Conyers [aged 15] he subsequently married the folowing year.

Before 28th October 1539 [his son-in-law] John Conyers 3rd Baron Conyers [aged 15] and Maud Clifford Baroness Conyers [aged 16] were married. She by marriage Baroness Conyers. She the daughter of Henry Clifford 1st Earl of Cumberland [aged 46] and Margaret Percy Baroness Clifford [aged 39]. They were half third cousin once removed. He a great x 5 grandson of King Edward III of England. She a great x 5 granddaughter of King Edward III of England.

In 1540 [his wife] Margaret Percy Baroness Clifford [aged 40] died.

On 22nd April 1542 Henry Clifford 1st Earl of Cumberland [aged 49] died. He was buried at Holy Trinity Church Skipton [Map]. His son Henry [aged 25] succeeded 2nd Earl of Cumberland, 12th Baron de Clifford, 12th Lord Skipton. Eleanor Brandon Countess Cumberland [aged 23].