Roger Clifford (Knight)

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Sir Roger Clifford ( 1437 - May 2, 1485 ) was an English knight .

Life

Sir Roger was the second son of Thomas Clifford, 8th Baron de Clifford and Joan, daughter of Thomas Dacre, 6th Baron Dacre .

Like his father, he was a devoted supporter of the House of Lancaster and Henry VI. Roger fought during the Wars of the Roses on December 30, 1460 at the Battle of Wakefield and on March 29, 1461 at the Battle of Towton . He received the accolade as a Knight Bachelor at Wakefield , but was awarded a Bill of Attainder after the defeat of Towton and lost all his rights.

Sir Roger joined the rebellion in 1483 under Henry Stafford, 2nd Duke of Buckingham against King Richard III. on, and then lived on the run. In early 1485, Sir Roger was captured in Southampton and brought to London. There he was beheaded on May 2, 1485 on Tower Hill .

Marriage and offspring

Sir Roger was married to Joan Courtenay, daughter of Thomas Courtenay, 5th Earl of Devon .

The couple had the following offspring:

  • Charles Clifford (Esquire)
  • Mary Clifford ⚭ Sir Thomas Wingfield
  • Barbara Clifford

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Plantagenet Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 2nd Edition , Douglas Richardson 2011, ISBN 978-1-4610-4513-7 , p. 226
  2. ^ A b c d Towton Battlefield Society
  3. ^ William A. Shaw: The Knights of England , Genealogical Publishing Com 1971, ISBN 978-0-8063-0443-4 , p. 13
  4. ↑ James Bohn: The Chronicles of the White Rose of York , William Stevens London 1845, p. 103
  5. ^ A b John Ashdown-Hill: The Mythology of Richard III. , Amberley Publishing Ltd. 2015, ISBN 978-1-4456-4473-8
  6. ↑ PRCavill: . The English Parliament of Henry VII 1485-1504 , OUP Oxford 2009, ISBN 978-0-19-161026-4
  7. ^ Philip T. Byard Clayton and BR Leftwich: The Pegeant of Tower Hill , Longmans Green 1993, p. 84
  8. ^ John Ashdown-Hill: The Last Days of Richard III. and the fate of his DNA , The History Press 2013, ISBN 978-0-7524-9866-9
  9. ^ Samuel Daniel: The Collection of the History of England, 5th Edition , London 1685, p. 244
personal data
SURNAME Clifford, Roger
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Clifford, Sir Roger
BRIEF DESCRIPTION English knight
DATE OF BIRTH 1437
DATE OF DEATH May 2, 1485
Place of death Tower Hill, London