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James Clifton 1428–1490 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1428

Birth Location: Goosnargh, Lancashire, England

Death Date: 1490

Death Location: Clifton, Lancashire, England

Father: Richard Clifton

Mother: Alice Boteler

Spouse(s): Alice Lancaster

Children(s): Jane Clifton, Robert Clifton, William Clifton

James Clifton was born in 1428 in Goosnargh, Lancashire, England, the child of Richard Clifton And Alice Boteler. James Clifton married Alice Lancaster, and had children including Jane Clifton, Robert Clifton, William Clifton. James Clifton passed away in 1490 in Clifton, Lancashire, England.

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Biography

  • James Clifton was born in 1428 in Goosnargh, Lancashire, England, the child of Richard Clifton And Alice Boteler.
  • James Clifton married Alice Lancaster, and had children including Jane Clifton, Robert Clifton, William Clifton.
  • James Clifton passed away in 1490 in Clifton, Lancashire, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

Spouses(s)

Children(s)

James Clifton's Ancestors

Self
James Clifton
1428–1490
Birth Place: Goosnargh, Lancashire, England
Parents
Richard Clifton
1402–1490
Salwick, Lancashire, England
Alice Boteler
1406–1441
Warrington, Lancashire, England
Grandparents
Thomas (de) Clifton
1378–1442
Salwick, Lancashire, England
Agnes Molyneux
1400–1402
Lancashire, England
William (V) Boteler
1383–1415
Warrington, Lancashire, England
Elizabeth Standish
1374–1440
Wigan, Lancashire, England
Great-Grandparents
John Clifton
1356–1403
Catherine Cressey
1357–1420
Richard Molyneux
1360–1397
Ellen Urswick
1364–1459
John Boteler
1335–1400
Alice Plumpton
1332–1400
Robert Standish
1325–1380
Iseude
1325–
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Robert Clifton
1328–1356
Agnes Grey
1335–1367
John Cressy
1339–1383
Agnes
1341–1378
William Molyneux
1330–1372
Jane Holland
1326–1372
Thomas Urswick
1332–1423
Johanna Boteller
1345–1428
William Boteler
1309–1380
Elizabeth Havering
1314–1400
William Plumpton
1294–1362
Christiana Mowbray
1305–1362
John Standish
1286–1350
Margaret Everingham
1292–1334

James Clifton's Descendants

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James Clifton (1428–1490) m. Alice Lancaster (1432–1462)
  1. 1. Jane Clifton 1456–1482 m. Thomas Royden 1452–1487
    1. 1. Rose Royden 1487–1525 m. Robert Stonehouse 1485–1525
      1. 1. George Stonehouse 1520–1575 m. Elizabeth Woodruff 1533–1605
        1. 1. Mary Stonehouse 1516–1633 m. Thomas Reede 1545–1604
        2. 2. Mary Stonehouse 1550–1625
        3. 3. William Stonehouse 1556–1632
        4. 4. Nicholas Stonehouse 1558–
        5. 5. Walter Stonehouse 1559–
        6. 6. Dionisia Stonehouse 1560–1633
        7. 7. James Stonehouse 1564–
    2. 2. Katherine (Elizabeth) Roydon 1479–1479
    3. 3. John Royden 1485–1557
    4. 4. Thomas Royden 1485–1557 m. Margaret Whettenhall 1484–1576
      1. 1. Mary (Elizabeth) Royden 1520–1592 m. William Twysden 1520–1549
        1. 1. Margaret Twysden 1568–1608 m. Richard Deering 1537–1610
        2. 2. Bennet Twysden 1539–
        3. 3. Roger Twysden 1542–1603 m. Anne Wyatt 1542–1592
      2. 2. Margaret Royden 1511–1590
      3. 3. George Royden 1515–1546
      4. 4. Anne Royden 1520–1565
      5. 5. Elizabeth Royden 1523–1595
      6. 6. Alice Royden 1528–1566
      7. 7. William Roydon –1548
  2. 2. Robert Clifton 1458–
  3. 3. William Clifton 1481–1556

James Clifton's Timeline

2 Records

1428
1428
Birth of James Clifton in Goosnargh, Lancashire, England
Goosnargh, Lancashire, England
1490
1490
Age 62
Death of James Clifton in Clifton, Lancashire, England
Clifton, Lancashire, England

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    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1428
    Event Place: Goosnargh, Lancashire, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1490
    Event Place: Clifton, Lancashire, England

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