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Margaret Clifford 1503 – 1540 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1503

Birth Location: Alnwick Castle, Northumberland, England

Death Date: 25 November 1540

Death Location: Skipton, Yorkshire, England

Father: Lord Bath)

Mother: Catherine Northumberland

Spouse(s): Henry Clifford

Children(s): Dorothy Clifford, Elizabeth II, Henry Clifford, Arthur Clifford, Ingram Clifford, Henry Cumberland, Henry Clifford, Robert II, Mathilde Clifford, John Skipton, Thomas Clifford, Maud Conyers, Jane Clifford, Thomas, Berwick, Catherine Clifford

Margaret Clifford was born in 1503 in Alnwick Castle, Northumberland, England, the child of Lord Henry Algernon Percy (5th Earl of Northumberland Knight of the Garter Knight of Bath) and Catherine Spencer, Countess of Northumberland. Margaret Clifford married Henry II 2, Sir de Clifford, 1st Lord Earl of Cumberland, 11th Baron Clifford, and had children including Dorothy De Clifford, Elizabeth de Clifford, daughter of Henry II, Henry Clifford, Arthur Henry De Clifford, Ingram de Clifford, Henry III 3, Sir de Clifford, 12th Baron Clifford, 2nd Lord Earl of Cumberland, Henry De Clifford, Robert de Clifford, son of Henry II, Mathilde Clifford, John Skipton, Thomas Clifford, Maud Matilda de Clifford, daughter of Henry II, married John Conyers, Jane de Clifford, Thomas, Sir de Clifford, son of Henry II, Governor of Berwick, Catherine Clifford. Margaret Clifford passed away in 1540 in Skipton, Yorkshire, England.

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Biography

  • Margaret Clifford was born in 1503 in Alnwick Castle, Northumberland, England, the child of Lord Henry Algernon Percy (5th Earl of Northumberland Knight of the Garter Knight of Bath) and Catherine Spencer, Countess of Northumberland.
  • Margaret Clifford married Henry II 2, Sir de Clifford, 1st Lord Earl of Cumberland, 11th Baron Clifford, and had children including Dorothy De Clifford, Elizabeth de Clifford, daughter of Henry II, Henry Clifford, Arthur Henry De Clifford, Ingram de Clifford, Henry III 3, Sir de Clifford, 12th Baron Clifford, 2nd Lord Earl of Cumberland, Henry De Clifford, Robert de Clifford, son of Henry II, Mathilde Clifford, John Skipton, Thomas Clifford, Maud Matilda de Clifford, daughter of Henry II, married John Conyers, Jane de Clifford, Thomas, Sir de Clifford, son of Henry II, Governor of Berwick, Catherine Clifford.
  • Margaret Clifford passed away in 1540 in Skipton, Yorkshire, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

Spouses(s)

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Margaret Clifford's Ancestors

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Margaret Clifford
1503 – 1540
Birth Place: Alnwick Castle, Northumberland, England
Parents
Lord Henry Algernon Percy (5th Earl of Northumberland Knight of the Garter Knight of Bath)
1478 – 1527
Alnwick, Northumberland, England
Catherine (Spencer, Countess of) Northumberland
1477 – 1542
Spencercombe, Devon, England
Grandparents
Henry Percy
Maud Herbert
Lord (Robert Spencer\ Sir) Knight
1435 – 1510
Spencercombe, County Devon, England, Uk
Eleanor (Plantagenet Beaufort, Countess of Wiltshire &) Ormonde
1431 –
London, County Middlesex, England, Uk
Great-Grandparents
John Spencer
1418 – 1479
Joan Tithington
Edmund Beaufort
1406 – 1455
Eleanor Beauchamp
1407 – 1466
2nd-Great-Grandparents
John Beaufort
1373 – 1410
Margaret Beaufort
1385 – 1439

Margaret Clifford's Descendants

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Margaret Clifford (1503 – 25 November 1540) m. Henry (II 2, Sir de Clifford, 1st Lord Earl of Cumberland, 11th Baron) Clifford (1493 – 22 Sep 1542)
  1. 1. Dorothy (De) Clifford (1512 – 13 Sep 1562)
  2. 2. Elizabeth (de Clifford, daughter of Henry) II (1515 – 2 Jan 1569)
  3. 3. Henry Clifford (1517 – 8 January 1570)
  4. 4. Arthur (Henry De) Clifford (1517 – 8 January 1570)
  5. 5. Ingram (de) Clifford (1517 – 1579)
  6. 6. Henry (III 3, Sir de Clifford, 12th Baron Clifford, 2nd Lord Earl of) Cumberland (Abt 1517 – 8 January 1570)
  7. 7. Henry (De) Clifford (1519 – 8 Jan 1570)
  8. 8. Robert (de Clifford, son of Henry) II (1520 – 8 Jan 1570)
  9. 9. Mathilde Clifford (1520 – 13 Sep 1562)
  10. 10. John Skipton (1520 – )
  11. 11. Thomas Clifford (1520 – 1543)
  12. 12. Maud (Matilda de Clifford, daughter of Henry II, married John) Conyers (1523 – 30 Jun 1557)
  13. 13. Jane (de) Clifford (1525 – )
  14. 14. Thomas, (Sir de Clifford, son of Henry II, Governor of) Berwick (1526 – 1572)
  15. 15. Catherine Clifford (1513 – 1598) m. John (Scrope, 8th Baron Bolton, 4th Baron of) Masham (1496 – 10 May 1576) m. Richard Cholmeley ( – 1583)
    1. 1. Henry Scrope (1510 – 10 May 1590)
    2. 2. Ralph (Raphe) SCROPE (1518 – 28 Nov 1572)
    3. 3. Margaret Scrope (1519 – 1583)
    4. 4. John Scrope (1520 – )
    5. 5. Robert SCROPE (1522 – 24 MAR 1599)
    6. 6. Adrian Scrope (1524 – 20 January 1577) m. Ursula Ludlowe (1547 – 4 September 1613)
      1. 1. Robert Scrope (22 July 1569 – 1630) m. Margaret CORNWALL (1573 – 20 March 1633)
        1. 1. Mary ((1598)) Scrope (20 Jan 1598 (5 May 1614) – 12 Oct 1616)
        2. 2. Elizabeth (Scrope) (Berry) (20 Jan 1598 – 17 Oct 1660)
        3. 3. Elizabeth Scrope (20 Jan 1598 – 17 Oct 1660)
        4. 4. Ursula (le Scrope of) Wromsley (1599 – 17 Oct 1660)
        5. 5. Colonel (Adrian) Scrope (12 Jan 1601 – 17 Oct 1660)
        6. 6. Adrian Scrope (12 January 1601 – 17 October 1660)
        7. 7. Anne (le Scrope of) Wromsley (7 Sep 1603 – 17 Oct 1660)
        8. 8. Margaret SCROPE (1604 – Unknown)
        9. 9. Francis\Francis Scrope (15 Apr 1606 – 1676 (12 Oct 1616))
        10. 10. Robert SCROPE (18 Apr 1608 – )
        11. 11. Alice (Allen\Scrope) (Woodward) (1610 – 1656)
        12. 12. Sarah Scrope (23 Jan 1611 – 12 Oct 1616)
        13. 13. Sarah Scrope (23 Jan 1611 – 12 Oct 1616)
        14. 14. Mary (Alice) Scrope (17 JAN 1613 – 1656) m. Edward (George Thomas) Woodward (28 Aug 1610 – 01 Mar 1708)
      2. 2. Barbara Scrope (29 OCT 1572 – 17 JAN 1573)
      3. 3. Anna Scrope (Oct 29, 1572 – Jan 17, 1573)
      4. 4. Anna Scrope (20 Dec 1573 – Jan 17, 1573)
      5. 5. George Scrope (21 DEC 1574 – 14 FEB 1674)
      6. 6. George Scrope (21 Dec 1574 – 14 Feb 1674)
      7. 7. Phillippia Scrope (1576 – )
      8. 8. Dorothy Scrope (1577 – )
      9. 9. Phillip Scrope (1578 – )
    7. 7. Anne Scrope (1526 – 12 Jan 1607)
    8. 8. Mary Scrope (1528 – 15 Jul 1610)
    9. 9. Henry Scrope (1534 – 10 May 1590)
    10. 10. Elizabeth Pudsay (28 October 1537 – 6 November 1620)
    11. 11. Henry Cholmeley ( – January 1616)

Margaret Clifford's Timeline

2 Records

1503
1503
Birth of Margaret Clifford in Alnwick Castle, Northumberland, England
Alnwick Castle, Northumberland, England
1540
25 November 1540
Age 37
Death of Margaret Clifford in Skipton, Yorkshire, England
Skipton, Yorkshire, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1503
    Event Place: Alnwick Castle, Northumberland, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 25 November 1540
    Event Place: Skipton, Yorkshire, England
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index, 1300s-Current

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Skipton, Craven District, North Yorkshire, England
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index, 1300s-Current

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