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     John Clifford (b. 1389, d. 13 March 1422 at the Siege of Meaux), Knight of the Garter, 7th Baron de Clifford, and hereditary Sheriff of Westmorland. He was the son of Thomas de Clifford, 6th Baron de Clifford, by Elizabeth de Ros[1], daughter of Thomas de Ros, 5th Baron de Ros, by Beatrix de Stafford[2]. He married in about 1404 the Elizabeth De Percy , daughter of Henry "Hotspur" Percy[3] by Elizabeth, daughter of Edmund Mortimer, 3rd Earl of March. They had two sons, Thomas (8th Lord Clifford) and Henry, and two daughters, Mary and Blanche (wife of Robert Waterton, Knight). The future queen consort of England, Jane Seymour, was a descendant of John Clifford through her mother's line.

From Douglas Richardson's Plantagenet Ancestry:

He was summoned to Parliament from September 21, 1412. He and Elizabeth received a papal indult for a portable altar in 1412. He took part in a great tournament at Carlisle between six English and six Scottish Knights, as also in the French War[4].

Present at the Siege of Harfleur and the Battle of Agincourt, he was indented to serve Henry V of England with 3 archers[5]. He had received the surrender of Cherbourg. He was made a Knight of the Garter in 1421. He finally met his death at the Siege of Meaux in France 13 March 1422[6]. Elizabeth died 26 October 1436 and is buried at Staindrop, Durham.[7].¹

     Sir Thomas de Clifford, 6th Lord Clifford, (b. c. 1363 – August 18, 1391) was a Knight of The Chamber, hereditary Sheriff of Westmorland, Governor of Carlisle Castle, and Warden of the East Marches. He was summoned to Parliament by Writ from December 6, 1389.

He married before 1379 Elizabeth (d. March 1424), daughter of Thomas de Ros of Helmesley, by Beatrice, daughter of Ralph de Stafford, 1st Earl of Stafford, K.G., by whom he had issue.

Lord Clifford is often styled in documents "King's kinsman". He died in Europe and his place of burial is unknown.

Children:
1) John Clifford, 7th Baron de Clifford, married Lady Elizabeth Percy , daughter of Henry 'Hotspur' Percy by Elizabeth, daughter of Edmund Mortimer, 3rd Earl of March.¹

     3rd Baron Tibetot.

     Margery (Margaret) Despencer was the Daughter and Heir of Philip le Despencer, 2nd Baron le Despencer. She was born about 1397 in Nettlestead, Gloucestershire, England, and Married John de Ros, 8th Baron de Ros. He died without heir, and she then married [2] Roger Wentworth, the son of John Wentworth. It was this family that generations later became Baron Wentworth.¹

     1st Baron Tibetot.

     1st Earl of Worcester.