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The History of William Marshal was commissioned by his son shortly after William’s death in 1219 to celebrate the Marshal’s remarkable life; it is an authentic, contemporary voice. The manuscript was discovered in 1861 by French historian Paul Meyer. Meyer published the manuscript in its original Anglo-French in 1891 in two books. This book is a line by line translation of the first of Meyer’s books; lines 1-10152. Book 1 of the History begins in 1139 and ends in 1194. It describes the events of the Anarchy, the role of William’s father John, John’s marriages, William’s childhood, his role as a hostage at the siege of Newbury, his injury and imprisonment in Poitou where he met Eleanor of Aquitaine and his life as a knight errant. It continues with the accusation against him of an improper relationship with Margaret, wife of Henry the Young King, his exile, and return, the death of Henry the Young King, the rebellion of Richard, the future King Richard I, war with France, the death of King Henry II, and the capture of King Richard, and the rebellion of John, the future King John. It ends with the release of King Richard and the death of John Marshal.
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Paternal Family Tree: Clifton
In 1581 [his father] George Clifton (age 14) and [his mother] Winifred Thorold (age 13) were married.
On 1st August 1587 [his father] George Clifton (age 21) died.
On 25th November 1587 Gervase Clifton 1st Baronet was born to [his father] George Clifton and [his mother] Winifred Thorold (age 19).
Around January 1591 [his mother] Winifred Thorold (age 23) died.
On 23rd July 1603 King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland (age 37) created a number Knights at the Royal Gardens Whitehall Palace:
Henry Savile 1st Baronet (age 24), William Morgan (age 43), George Carew, Baptist Hicks 1st Viscount Campden (age 46), Richard Musgrave 1st Baronet (age 18), James Calthorpe (age 44), Thomas Gresham (age 56), George Fane of Burston (age 22), Francis Fane 1st Earl of Westmoreland (age 23), Robert Chichester (age 25), William Pope 1st Earl Downe (age 29), Gervase Clifton 1st Baronet (age 15), Thomas Berkeley (age 28), Edward Montagu 1st Baron Montagu (age 40), William Herbert 1st Baron Powis (age 30), Anthony Irby (age 26), Drue Drury of Eccles and Rollesby in Norfolk and Arnold Lygon (age 45).
24th July 1603 Richard Browne (age 64).
In 1609 Gervase Clifton 1st Baronet (age 21) was appointed Justice of the Peace Nottinghamshire.
In 1610 Gervase Clifton 1st Baronet (age 22) was appointed High Sheriff of Nottinghamshire.
After 1610 Francis Leke (age 68) and [his future wife] Mary Egioke Lady Clifton were married.
On 22nd May 1611 the first Baronets were created by James I (age 44)
Walter Aston 1st Baronet (age 27) was created 1st Baronet Aston of Tixall.
Nicolas Bacon (age 71) was created 1st Baronet Bacon of Redgrave in Suffolk. The Premier Baronet being the first creation.
Henry Belasyse 1st Baronet (age 55) was created 1st Baronet Belasyse of Newborough.
George Booth (age 54) was created 1st Baronet Booth of Dunham Massey. Katherine Anderson Lady Dunham Massey (age 43) by marriage Lady Booth of Dunham Massey.
Edward Carr (age 68) was created 1st Baronet Carr of Sleaford in Lincolnshire. Anne Dyer Lady Carr by marriage Lady Carr of Sleaford in Lincolnshire.
Gervase Clifton 1st Baronet (age 23) was created 1st Baronet Clifton of Clifton in Nottinghamshire.
Moyle Finch 1st Baronet (age 61) was created 1st Baronet Finch of Eastwell in Kent. Elizabeth Heneage 1st Countess Winchelsea (age 54) by marriage Lady Finch of Eastwell in Kent.
Thomas Gerard 1st Baronet (age 51) was created 1st Baronet Gerard of Bryn in Lancashire.
Henry Hobart 1st Baronet (age 51) was created 1st Baronet Hobart of Intwood in Norfolk. Dorothy Bell Lady Hobart by marriage Lady Hobart of Intwood in Norfolk.
Richard Hoghton 1st Baronet (age 40) was created 1st Baronet Hoghton of Hoghton Tower in Lancashire.
Phillip Knyvet (age 41) was created 1st Baronet Knyvet of Buckenham in Norfolk.
Thomas Mansel 1st Baronet (age 55) was created 1st Baronet Mansel of Margam.
Thomas Pelham 1st Baronet (age 71) was created 1st Baronet Pelham of Laughton. Mary Walsingham Baroness Pelham Laughton (age 47) by marriage Lady Pelham of Laughton.
John Peyton 1st Baronet (age 50) was created 1st Baronet Peyton of Isleham.
George Savile 1st Baronet (age 61) was created 1st Baronet Savile of Thornhill.
John Shelley of Mitchelgrove 1st Baronet was created 1st Baronet Shelley of Mitchelgrove in Sussex.
George Shirley 1st Baronet (age 52) was created 1st Baronet Shirley of Staunton Harold in Leicestershire. Dorothy Wroughton Lady Shirley (age 41) by marriage Lady Shirley of Staunton Harold in Leicestershire.
John St John (age 25) was created 1st Baronet St John Lydiard Tregoze in Wiltshire.
John Stradling 1st Baronet (age 48) was created 1st Baronet Stradling of St Donats in Glamorganshire.
Thomas Temple 1st Baronet (age 44) was created 1st Baronet Temple of Stowe.
Lionel Tollemache 1st Baronet (age 48) was created 1st Baronet Talmash of Helmingham in Suffolk.
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Before 1612 Gervase Clifton 1st Baronet (age 24) and Penelope Rich Lady Clifton were married. She by marriage Lady Clifton of Clifton in Nottinghamshire. She the daughter of Robert Rich 1st Earl Warwick (age 52) and Penelope Devereux Countess Devonshire.
William of Worcester's Chronicle of England
William of Worcester, born around 1415, and died around 1482 was secretary to John Fastolf, the renowned soldier of the Hundred Years War, during which time he collected documents, letters, and wrote a record of events. Following their return to England in 1440 William was witness to major events. Twice in his chronicle he uses the first person: 1. when writing about the murder of Thomas, 7th Baron Scales, in 1460, he writes '… and I saw him lying naked in the cemetery near the porch of the church of St. Mary Overie in Southwark …' and 2. describing King Edward IV's entry into London in 1461 he writes '… proclaimed that all the people themselves were to recognize and acknowledge Edward as king. I was present and heard this, and immediately went down with them into the city'. William’s Chronicle is rich in detail. It is the source of much information about the Wars of the Roses, including the term 'Diabolical Marriage' to describe the marriage of Queen Elizabeth Woodville’s brother John’s marriage to Katherine, Dowager Duchess of Norfolk, he aged twenty, she sixty-five or more, and the story about a paper crown being placed in mockery on the severed head of Richard, 3rd Duke of York.
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In 1612 [his son] Gervase Clifton 2nd Baronet was born to Gervase Clifton 1st Baronet (age 24) and [his wife] Penelope Rich Lady Clifton.
In 1614 Gervase Clifton 1st Baronet (age 26) was elected MP Nottinghamshire.
On 7th September 1615 Gervase Clifton 1st Baronet (age 27) and Frances Clifford Lady Clifton were married. She by marriage Lady Clifton of Clifton in Nottinghamshire. She the daughter of Francis Clifford 4th Earl of Cumberland (age 56) and Grisold Hughes Countess Cumberland.
In 1621 Gervase Clifton 1st Baronet (age 33) was elected MP Nottinghamshire.
In 1624 Gervase Clifton 1st Baronet (age 36) was elected MP Nottinghamshire.
In 1625 Gervase Clifton 1st Baronet (age 37) was elected MP Nottinghamshire.
In 1626 Gervase Clifton 1st Baronet (age 38) was elected MP Nottinghamshire.
In 1626 [his son] Clifford Clifton was born to Gervase Clifton 1st Baronet (age 38) and [his wife] Frances Clifford Lady Clifton. He married 4th July 1650 Frances Finch and had issue.
Jean de Waurin's Chronicle of England Volume 6 Books 3-6: The Wars of the Roses
Jean de Waurin was a French Chronicler, from the Artois region, who was born around 1400, and died around 1474. Waurin’s Chronicle of England, Volume 6, covering the period 1450 to 1471, from which we have selected and translated Chapters relating to the Wars of the Roses, provides a vivid, original, contemporary description of key events some of which he witnessed first-hand, some of which he was told by the key people involved with whom Waurin had a personal relationship.
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In 1627 [his wife] Frances Clifford Lady Clifton died.
In 1628 Gervase Clifton 1st Baronet (age 40) was elected MP Nottinghamshire.
On 5th May 1629 Gervase Clifton 1st Baronet (age 41) and Mary Egioke Lady Clifton were married. She by marriage Lady Clifton of Clifton in Nottinghamshire.
After 1630 Gervase Clifton 1st Baronet (age 42) and Isabel Meek Lady Clifton were married. She by marriage Lady Clifton of Clifton in Nottinghamshire.
On 19th January 1631 [his wife] Mary Egioke Lady Clifton died.
In 1637 [his wife] Isabel Meek Lady Clifton died.
On 1st January 1638 Gervase Clifton 1st Baronet (age 50) and Anne South Lady Clifton were married. She by marriage Lady Clifton of Clifton in Nottinghamshire.
Before 17th February 1639 [his wife] Anne South Lady Clifton died.
Jean de Waurin's Chronicle of England Volume 6 Books 3-6: The Wars of the Roses
Jean de Waurin was a French Chronicler, from the Artois region, who was born around 1400, and died around 1474. Waurin’s Chronicle of England, Volume 6, covering the period 1450 to 1471, from which we have selected and translated Chapters relating to the Wars of the Roses, provides a vivid, original, contemporary description of key events some of which he witnessed first-hand, some of which he was told by the key people involved with whom Waurin had a personal relationship.
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On 17th February 1639 Gervase Clifton 1st Baronet (age 51) and Jane Eyre Lady Clifton (age 19) were married. She by marriage Lady Clifton of Clifton in Nottinghamshire. The difference in their ages was 31 years.
In November 1640 Gervase Clifton 1st Baronet (age 52) was elected MP East Retford during the Long Parliament.
In 1641 [his son] Robert Clifton was born to Gervase Clifton 1st Baronet (age 53) and [his wife] Jane Eyre Lady Clifton (age 21).
On 4th July 1650 [his son] Clifford Clifton (age 24) and [his daughter-in-law] Frances Finch were married.
In 1655 [his wife] Jane Eyre Lady Clifton (age 35) died.
On 17th December 1656 Gervase Clifton 1st Baronet (age 69) and Alice Hastings Lady Clifton (age 50) were married at St Andrew Undershaft Church, Aldgate Ward [Map]. She by marriage Lady Clifton of Clifton in Nottinghamshire. She the daughter of Henry Hastings 5th Earl Huntingdon and Elizabeth Stanley Countess Huntingdon.
In 1659 [his daughter] Lettice Clifton died.
On 8th May 1661 King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland (age 30) summoned his second Parliament.
John Bennet 1st Baron Ossulston (age 44) was elected MP Wallingford.
James Thynne (age 56) was elected MP Wiltshire.
Adam Browne 2nd Baronet (age 35) was elected MP Surrey.
Henry Cavendish 2nd Duke Newcastle upon Tyne (age 30) was elected MP Northumberland.
William Compton (age 36) was elected MP Cambridge.
Thomas Coventry 1st Earl Coventry (age 32) was elected MP Camelford.
Charles Berkeley 2nd Viscount Fitzhardinge (age 61) was elected MP Bath and Heytesbury.
Edward Hungerford (age 28) was elected MP Chippenham.
Robert Pierrepont (age 24) was elected MP Nottingham.
John Melbury Sampford Strangeways (age 75) was elected MP Weymouth.
Giles Strangeways (age 45) was elected MP Dorset.
John Strangeways (age 24) was elected MP Bridport.
William Wyndham 1st Baronet (age 29) was elected MP Taunton.
James Herbert (age 38) was elected MP Queenborough.
William Alington 1st and 3rd Baron Alington (age 21) was elected MP Cambridge.
William Bowes of Streatlam (age 4) was elected MP Durham.
Robert Brooke (age 24) was elected MP Aldeburgh.
Josiah Child (age 30) was elected MP Dartmouth.
Gervase Clifton 1st Baronet (age 73) was elected MP Nottinghamshire.
Thomas Crew 2nd Baron Crew (age 37) was elected MP Brackley.
Richard Jennings (age 42) was elected MP St Albans.
Robert Kemp 2nd Baronet (age 33) was elected MP Norfolk.
Edward Phelips (age 48) was elected MP Somerset.
Robert Robartes (age 27) was elected MP Bossiney.
Hender Robartes (age 25) was elected MP Bodmin.
Clement Fisher 2nd Baronet (age 48) was elected MP Coventry.
William Portman 6th Baronet (age 17) was elected MP Taunton.
John Robinson 1st Baronet (age 46) was elected MP Rye.
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On 28th June 1666 Gervase Clifton 1st Baronet (age 78) died. His son Gervase (age 54) succeeded 2nd Baronet Clifton of Clifton in Nottinghamshire.
In 1667 [his former wife] Alice Hastings Lady Clifton (age 61) died.
[his daughter] Mary Clifton was born to Gervase Clifton 1st Baronet and Jane Eyre Lady Clifton.
The Deeds of the Dukes of Normandy
The Gesta Normannorum Ducum [The Deeds of the Dukes of Normandy] is a landmark medieval chronicle tracing the rise and fall of the Norman dynasty from its early roots through the pivotal events surrounding the Norman Conquest of England. Originally penned in Latin by the monk William of Jumièges shortly before 1060 and later expanded at the behest of William the Conqueror, the work chronicles the deeds, politics, battles, and leadership of the Norman dukes, especially William’s own claim to the English throne. The narrative combines earlier historical sources with firsthand information and oral testimony to present an authoritative account of Normandy’s transformation from a Viking settlement into one of medieval Europe’s most powerful realms. William’s history emphasizes the legitimacy, military prowess, and governance of the Norman line, framing their expansion, including the conquest of England, as both divinely sanctioned and noble in purpose. Later chroniclers such as Orderic Vitalis and Robert of Torigni continued the history, extending the coverage into the 12th century, providing broader context on ducal rule and its impact. Today this classic work remains a foundational source for understanding Norman identity, medieval statesmanship, and the historical forces that reshaped England and Western Europe between 800AD and 1100AD.
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[his son] Charles Clifton was born to Gervase Clifton 1st Baronet and Jane Eyre Lady Clifton.
[his daughter] Jane Clifton was born to Gervase Clifton 1st Baronet and Jane Eyre Lady Clifton.
[his daughter] Elizabeth Clifton was born to Gervase Clifton 1st Baronet and Frances Clifford Lady Clifton.
[his daughter] Lettice Clifton was born to Gervase Clifton 1st Baronet and Frances Clifford Lady Clifton.
[his daughter] Anne Clifton was born to Gervase Clifton 1st Baronet and Frances Clifford Lady Clifton.
[his daughter] Frances Clifton was born to Gervase Clifton 1st Baronet and Frances Clifford Lady Clifton.
[his daughter] Margaret Clifton was born to Gervase Clifton 1st Baronet and Frances Clifford Lady Clifton.
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Clifton 
Great x 3 Grandfather: Gervase Clifton
Great x 2 Grandfather: Gervase Clifton
Great x 1 Grandfather: Robert Clifton
GrandFather: Gervase Clifton
Father: George Clifton
Great x 1 Grandfather: William Thwaites
GrandMother: Winifred Thwaites
Great x 1 Grandfather: William Thorold
GrandFather: Anthony Thorold
Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas Leke of Halloughton in Nottinghamshire
Great x 1 Grandmother: Dorothy Leke
Mother: Winifred Thorold
Great x 1 Grandfather: Henry Sutton of Wellingore 
GrandMother: Margaret Sutton