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John Knyvet Clifton 1412–1490 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1412

Birth Location: Buckenham Castle, Norfolk, England

Death Date: 1490

Death Location: Buckenham, Castle, Norfolk, England

Father: John Knyvett

Mother: Elizabeth Clifton

Spouse(s): Alice Lynne, Alice Grey

Children(s): William Knyvett

In 1412, John Knyvet Clifton entered the world in Buckenham Castle, Norfolk, England, born to John Knyvett And Elizabeth Clifton. John Knyvet Clifton married Alice Grey, Alice Lynne, and had children including William Knyvett. John Knyvet Clifton passed away in 1490 in Buckenham, Castle, Norfolk, England.

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Biography

  • In 1412, John Knyvet Clifton entered the world in Buckenham Castle, Norfolk, England, born to John Knyvett And Elizabeth Clifton.
  • John Knyvet Clifton married Alice Grey, Alice Lynne, and had children including William Knyvett.
  • John Knyvet Clifton passed away in 1490 in Buckenham, Castle, Norfolk, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

Spouses(s)

Children(s)

John Clifton's Ancestors

Self
John Clifton
1412–1490
Birth Place: Buckenham Castle, Norfolk, England
Parents
John Knyvett
1383–1441
Buckenham Castle, Norfolk, England
Elizabeth Clifton
1387–1447
Buckenham Castle, Norfolk, England
Grandparents
John Knyvett
1352–1419
Mendlesham, Suffolk, England
Joan Botetourt
1356–1417
Mendlesham, Suffolk, England
Constantine Clifton
1361–1461
Buckenham Castle, Buckenham, Norfolk, England
Margaret Howard
1368–1411
Wiggenhall, Norfolk, England
Great-Grandparents
John Knyvett
1322–1381
Alianore Basset
1325–1388
John Clifton
1353–1388
Elizabeth Cromwell
1374–1394
Robert Howard
1336–1388
Margaret Scales
1339–1416
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Richard Knyvett
1291–1352
Johanna Wourth
1295–1381
Constantine Clifton
1329–1372
Catherine Pole
1341–1363
Ralph Cromwell
1341–1398
Maud Bernake
1337–1419
John Howard
1310–1388
Alice Bosco
1314–1375

John Clifton's Descendants

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John (Knyvet) Clifton (1412–1490) m. Alice Lynne (1416–) m. Alice Grey (1415–04 APR 1474)
  1. 1. William Knyvett 1440–1515 m. Joan Stafford 1442–1485 m. Alice Grey 1415–1474 m. Joan Courtenay 1434–1528
    1. 1. John Knyvett 1470–1492
    2. 2. Joan Knyvett 1482–
    3. 3. Elizabeth Knyvett 1474–1515
    4. 4. Edward Knyvett 1466–1528
    5. 5. Edmund Knyvett 1462–1528 m. Eleanor Tyrrell 1466–1514
      1. 1. William Knyvett 1490–
      2. 2. Thomas Knyvett 1482–1512 m. Muriel Howard 1486–1512
        1. 1. Henry Knyvett 1510–1547
        2. 2. Ferdinado Knyvett 1509–1512
        3. 3. Edmund Knyvett 1507–1551
        4. 4. Catherine Knyvett 1503–1565 m. Nicholas Mynne 1473–1538
        5. 5. Anthony Knyvett 1512–
      3. 3. James Knyvett 1488–
      4. 4. Edward Knyvett 1494–1539
      5. 5. Edmund Knyvett 1484–1546
      6. 6. Christopher Knyvett 1491–1520
      7. 7. Anthony Knyvett 1486–1549
      8. 8. Anne Knyvett 1492–1558
    6. 6. Charles Knyvett 1478–1528
    7. 7. Benedicta Knyvett 1464–1499
    8. 8. Anne Knyvett 1472–

John Clifton's Timeline

2 Records

1412
1412
Birth of John Knyvet Clifton in Buckenham Castle, Norfolk, England
Buckenham Castle, Norfolk, England
1490
1490
Age 78
Death of John Knyvet Clifton in Buckenham, Castle, Norfolk, England
Buckenham, Castle, Norfolk, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1412
    Event Place: Buckenham Castle, Norfolk, England
    Record Source:
    [1] OneWorldTree, Database online.
    [2] OneWorldTree, Database online.

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1490
    Event Place: Buckenham, Castle, Norfolk, England
    Record Source:
    [1] OneWorldTree, Database online.
    [2] OneWorldTree, Database online.

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