Powys-Lybbe Forbears - Person Sheet
Powys-Lybbe Forbears - Person Sheet
NameRobert de Clifford Lord Clifford 
[54, His father's article], [60, Clifford art, Vol III, p.290 seq], [121, Appleby, Westmorland barony (Class 2), p. 104], [123, Vol I, p. 272]
[54, His father's article], [60, Clifford art, Vol III, p.290 seq], [121, Appleby, Westmorland barony (Class 2), p. 104], [123, Vol I, p. 272]Birth5 Nov 1305
Deathbef 1 Apr 1343
General2nd son. 3rd baron.
FatherSir Robert de Clifford Lord Clifford (ca1274-1314)
MotherMaud de Clare (-1325)
Spouses
FatherMaurice Berkeley Lord Berkeley (1281-1326)
MotherEva La Zouche (ca1280-1314)
MarriageJun 1328 [123, Vol I, pp. 271-2]
Notes for Robert de Clifford Lord Clifford
Feudal baron (2nd class) of Appleby, Westmorland.
Sanders, Baronies p. 104, note (2) says he m. Maud Clare but it was undoubtedly his father that did this fell deed.
Smyth writes that in private both he and his father were called Roger, but the public records always say Robert.
CP says, Vol III, p. 292, note (d), that Sir Lewis Clifford KG was probably a brother of Roger the 5th lord, making him a son of this Robert de Clifford.
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In June 2006, John Ravilous found a grant of the marriage of his son that refers to this Robert as deceased and is dated 1 April 1343, such that this Robert must have died before that.
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In his article ‘The Clifford Family’ in the Yorkshire Archaeological Journal of 1905, vol 18, pp. 351-411, J W Clay states that Robert died on 20 May 1344 in his IPM on 30 June 1344.
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Sanders, Baronies p. 104, note (2) says he m. Maud Clare but it was undoubtedly his father that did this fell deed.
Smyth writes that in private both he and his father were called Roger, but the public records always say Robert.
CP says, Vol III, p. 292, note (d), that Sir Lewis Clifford KG was probably a brother of Roger the 5th lord, making him a son of this Robert de Clifford.
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In June 2006, John Ravilous found a grant of the marriage of his son that refers to this Robert as deceased and is dated 1 April 1343, such that this Robert must have died before that.
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In his article ‘The Clifford Family’ in the Yorkshire Archaeological Journal of 1905, vol 18, pp. 351-411, J W Clay states that Robert died on 20 May 1344 in his IPM on 30 June 1344.
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