Henry Clifford, 10th Baron Clifford, Lord Vescy

Henry Clifford, 10th Baron de Clifford

Henry Clifford, 10th Baron de Clifford, also 10th feudal baron of Skipton (ca. 1454 – 23 April 1523)[1] was a member of the Clifford family which was seared at Skipton Castle from 1310 to 1676. He was one of the chief commanders in the Battle of Flodden against the Scots in 1513. He is the subject of the opera Henry Clifford by Isaac Albéniz.

He was the son of John Clifford, 9th Baron de Clifford (also known as "Black-faced Clifford").

As a boy of seven he was spirited away from his home in Skipton Castle, after his father was killed in battle against the Yorkists in 1461 and an attainder was placed against Henry for his father's killing of Edmund, the king's brother. For his own protection he was sent to live in Londesborough on the property of a trusted family nurse where he tended sheep with the family. Later, when his mother feared he would be discovered, she moved him to Threlkeld in Cumberland. After nearly 25 years in hiding, good news came to Henry Clifford. King Richard III had been defeated at the Battle of Bosworth (1485) and the attainder against his family was lifted, upon which he resumed residence at Skipton Castle. Due to his years of exile in the countryside and his peaceful demeanor, he was affectionately known as the Shepherd Lord. He was the hereditary Sheriff of Westmorland from his restoration until his death.

However, at the age of sixty, once again his family was called into service by Thomas Howard, Earl of Surrey who intended to repel the attacking Scots. Henry Clifford led an army of several thousand men northward and met the Scots on Flodden Field where the English won a decisive victory, and King James IV of Scotland was killed.[2]

At some time before 1493 he married Anne St John, daughter of Sir John St John of Bletsoe (1426–1488) by his wife Alice Bradshaigh, and granddaughter of Margaret Beauchamp of Bletso. By Anne St John he had progeny including:

• Henry Clifford, 1st Earl of Cumberland, eldest son and heir.

From: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Clifford,_10th_Baron_de_Clifford

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• Sir Henry Clifford, 10th Lord Clifford, Lord Vescy1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16
• M, #33696, b. 1454, d. 23 April 1523
• Father Sir John Clifford, 9th Lord Clifford1,17,18,19,20,21 b. 8 Apr 1435, d. 28 Mar 1461
• Mother Margaret Bromflete1,17,18,19,20,21 b. c 1443, d. 12 Apr 1493
• Sir Henry Clifford, 10th Lord Clifford, Lord Vescy was born in 1454 at of Appleby, Westmoreland, England.1,12 He married Anne St. John, daughter of Sir John St. John and Alice Bradshaw, circa 1485; They had 3 sons (Henry; Sir Henry, 11th Lord Clifford, 1st Earl of Cumberland; Sir Thomas; & Edward) and 6 daughters (Jane, wife of Sir John Huddleston; Mabel, wife of Sir William FitzWilliam, Earl of Southampton; Anne, wife of Robert Clifton, Esq., & of Ralph Melford, Esq; Eleanor, wife of Sir Ninian Markenfield, & of Sir John Constable; Elizabeth, wife of Sir Ralph Bowes; & Margaret, wife of Cuthbert Ratcliffe).1,2,22,3,5,7,8,9,10,11,12,14,16 Sir Henry Clifford, 10th Lord Clifford, Lord Vescy married Florence Pudsey, daughter of Henry Pudsey, Esq. and Margaret Conyers, before 11 July 1511; They had 2 sons & 1 daughter (Dorothy, wife of Sir Hugh Lowther).23,24,6,12,15 Sir Henry Clifford, 10th Lord Clifford, Lord Vescy died on 23 April 1523; He also had an illegitimate son (Anthony, Esq.).23,12
• Family 1 Anne St. John b. c 1460, d. a 12 May 1506
• Children
  • Jane Clifford25 b. c 1487
  • Mabel Clifford17 b. c 1489, d. 1 Sep 1550
  • Elizabeth Clifford+26,2,3,4,10,12,13 b. c 1491
  • Sir Henry Clifford, 1st Earl Cumberland, 11th Lord Clifford+17 b. 1493, d. 22 Apr 1547
  • Anne Clifford+27,12,28 b. c 1495, d. b 22 Apr 1546
  • Eleanor Clifford17,5,12,14 b. c 1499
  • Sir Thomas Clifford29 b. c 1502, d. 26 Mar 1543
• Family 2 Florence Pudsey d. 1558
• Citations
• [S5] Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, p. 159.
• [S5] Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, p. 217-218.
• [S16] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. I, p. 293.
• [S16] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. II, p. 129.
• [S16] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. III, p. 132.
• [S16] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. III, p. 400.
• [S16] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. III, p. 478.
• [S16] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. IV, p. 99.
• [S6] Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry: 2nd Edition, Vol. I, p. 409.
• [S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. I, p. 493.
• [S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. I, p. 573.
• [S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. II, p. 248.
• [S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. II, p. 529.
• [S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. IV, p. 62.
• [S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. IV, p. 432.
• [S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. IV, p. 531.
• [S5] Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, p. 217.
• [S16] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. IV, p. 98.
• [S6] Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry: 2nd Edition, Vol. I, p. 408-409.
• [S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. I, p. 572-573.
• [S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. II, p. 247.
• [S5] Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, p. 628.
• [S5] Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, p. 218.
• [S5] Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, p. 598.
• [S74] Brent Ruesch's Research Notes.
• [S5] Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, p. 144-145.
• [S50] Jamie Allen's Internet site.
• [S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. IV, p. 203.
• [S5] Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, p. 206-207.
• From: http://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/p1122.htm#... ________________
• Henry Clifford, 10th Lord Clifford1
• M, #1025, b. circa 1454, d. 23 April 1523
• Last Edited=23 Feb 2011
• Consanguinity Index=0.18%
• Henry Clifford, 10th Lord Clifford was born circa 1454.1 He was the son of Sir John de Clifford, 9th Lord Clifford and Margaret de Bromflete.1 He married, firstly, Anne St. John, daughter of Sir John St. John and Alice Bradshaigh, before 1493.2 He married, secondly, Florence Pudsey, daughter of Henry Pudsey and Margaret Conyers, before 11 July 1511.1 He died on 23 April 1523.1
• Henry Clifford, 10th Lord Clifford also went by the nick-name of 'The Shepherd Lord'.1 He was supposedly brought up as a shepherd so his existence was concelaed from the Crown.1 He held the office of Sheriff of Westmorland.1 On 16 March 1471/72 he had a general pardon.1 He was invested as a Knight on 9 November 1485 and his attainder was reversed.1 He succeeded to the title of 10th Lord Clifford [E., 1299] on 9 November 1485.2 He was invested as a Knight, Order of the Bath (K.B.) on 23 June 1509.1 He fought in the Battle of Flodden on 9 September 1513, where he captured 3 pieces of ordnance, which he mounted at Skipton Castle.1 He has an extensive biographical entry in the Dictionary of National Biography.3
• He had three other daughters by his first wife.4
• Child of Henry Clifford, 10th Lord Clifford and Florence Pudsey
  • Dorothy de Clifford+5
  • Children of Henry Clifford, 10th Lord Clifford and Anne St. John
  • Mabel Clifford d. c Aug 1550
  • Margaret Clifford+6
  • Thomas Clifford4
  • Henry Clifford, 1st Earl of Cumberland+7 b. 1493, d. 22 Sep 1542
• Citations
• [S6] G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed., 13 volumes in 14 (1910-1959; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), volume III, page 294. Hereinafter cited as The Complete Peerage.
• [S6] Cokayne, and others, The Complete Peerage, volume XII/1, page 121.
• [S18] Matthew H.C.G., editor, Dictionary of National Biography on CD-ROM (Oxford, U.K.: Oxford University Press, 1995). Hereinafter cited as Dictionary of National Biography.
• [S37] BP2003 volume 1, page 1064. See link for full details for this source. Hereinafter cited as. [S37]
• [S125] Richard Glanville-Brown, online <e-mail address>, Richard Glanville-Brown (RR 2, Milton, Ontario, Canada), downloaded 17 August 2005.
• [S6] Cokayne, and others, The Complete Peerage, volume X, page 34.
• [S6] Cokayne, and others, The Complete Peerage, volume III, page 295.
• From: http://www.thepeerage.com/p103.htm#i1025 ______________
• Henry CLIFFORD (10º B. Clifford)
• Born: 1454
• Died: 23 Apr 1523/4
• Notes: See his Biography. http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/Bios/HenryClifford(10BClifford).htm
• Father: John CLIFFORD (9º B. Clifford)
• Mother: Margaret VISCY
• Married 1: Anne St. JOHN (B. Clifford) ABT 1486, Skipton, York, England
• Children:
  • 1. Henry CLIFFORD (1º E. Cumberland)
  • 2. Edward CLIFFORD (b. ABT 1495)
  • 3. Thomas CLIFFORD (Sir Knight)
  • 4. Anne CLIFFORD
  • 5. Eleanor CLIFFORD
  • 6. Elizabeth CLIFFORD
  • 7. Margaret CLIFFORD
  • 8. Mabel CLIFFORD (C. Southampton)
  • 9. Joan CLIFFORD
  • 10. Mary CLIFFORD (b. ABT 1503)
• Married 2: Florence PUDSEY (B. Clifford) (b. ABT 1484 - d. 23 Apr 1553) (dau. of Henry Pudsey and Margaret Conyers) (w.1 of Sir Thomas Talbot - m.3 Richard Grey)
• Children:
  • 11. Dorothy CLIFFORD
  • 12. Son CLIFFORD
  • 13. Son CLIFFORD
• From: http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/CLIFFORD.htm#Henry CLIFFORD (10º B. Clifford) ________________
• Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900, Volume 11
• Clifford, Henry de (1455?-1523) by Thomas Andrew Archer
• CLIFFORD, HENRY de CLIFFORD, fourteenth Lord Clifford, tenth Baron of Westmoreland, first Lord Vesci (1455?–1523), was the eldest son of John de Clifford [q. v.], baron of Westmoreland, by his wife Margaret (1462-1493), daughter and heiress of Sir John Bromflet, baron Vesci (d. 16 Jan. 1468). His father having been attainted and his estates forfeited when Henry de Clifford was seven years old, he was, according to Dugdale, brought up as a shepherd at his mother's estate of Londesborough in Yorkshire, whence by the help of Sir Lancelot Threlkeld he was conveyed to a Cumberland farm on the Scottish borders, while his hereditary manors were enjoyed by the partisans of Edward IV— Skipton going to Sir William Stanley, and the barony of Westmoreland to Richard, duke of Gloucester (Dugdale. i. 343; Whitaker, History of Craven, 320-7 ). On the accession of Henry VII his attainder was reversed and his estates restored by act of parliament (9 Nov. 1485). His age was then about thirty : but he had been brought up so meanly that it is said he could not read at the time. His name does not appear in Hall's list of Henry VIII chief counsellors, though he was a Yorkshire commissioner of array against the Scots and receiver of crown lands on 25 and 30 Sept. 1485, when he had received knighthood. He was employed to receive the rebels to allegiance (18 May 1486), having a little before this date (2 May) been appointed steward of Middleton. In February 1491 he laid claim to the Durham manors of Hert and Hertlepool. His descendant, the Countess of Pembroke, speaks of him as 'a plain man, who lived for the most part a country life, and came seldom to court or London, except when called to parliament,' to which, according to Nicolas, he received summons from 15 Sept. 1485 to 16 Jan. 1497. He was, however, at London on 30 Oct. 1494, when Prince Henry, afterwards Henry VIII, was made a knight of the Bath. He aided the Earl of Surrey at the relief of Norham Castle in 13 Henry VII, and fought with the central vanguard against the Earls of Crawford and Murray at the battle of Flodden, whence he seems to have carried off three pieces of James IV's famous ordnance, 'the seven sisters,' to grace his castle at Skipton, where they were still to be seen in 1572. He was frequently commissioner of array for the three Yorkshire ridings, Cumberland, and Westmoreland, of which last county he was hereditary sheriff. In 1522 he lent Henry VIII a thousand marks for that king's French expedition—almost the largest sum on the list. On 8 Sept. 1522 his son, Henry de Clifford (1493-1542) [q. v.], had to lead the Clifford force against the Scots, as his father was sick. Next year he died, 23 April 1523, leaving orders for his burial at Shap in Westmoreland or Bolton in Craven (Whitaker, pp. 322-7, 405; Letters of Richard III and Henry VII, 99, 389; Dugdale, i. 344; Calendar of State Papers, ed. Brewer, vols. i. &c.; Mat. for History of Henry VII, pp. 63, 117, 224, 420; Hall, pp. 424, 481).
• Clifford seems to have been a man of studious habits, and, according to Whitaker, was specially devoted to astronomy and astrology. Whitaker mentions an Old-French 'Treatise on Natural Philosophy' given by him to Bolton Priory, on the dissolution of which establishment it reverted to the family. He seems to have resided chiefly in a half retirement at Barden, where he is said to have constructed a tower, and where, with the aid of the neighbouring canons of Bolton, he amused himself by studying the heavenly bodies (Whitaker, 334). This feature in his life, and the romantic story of his early years, form the basis of one of Wordsworth's poems, 'Song at the Feast of Brougham Castle,' and of what is perhaps the finest passage in the 'White Doe of Rylstone.'
• Clifford married, first, Anne, daughter of Sir John St. John of Bletsho, Bedfordshire, knt., cousin-german to Henry VII, by whom he had three sons—Henry [q. v.], first earl of Cumberland, Sir Thomas Clifford (married to Lucy, daughter of Sir Anthony Brown), who figures in the 'State Papers' of Henry VIII's reign, and Edward and four daughters. Clifford's second wife was Florence, daughter of Henry Pudsey of Barfoot, Yorkshire, by whom he had two or three sons, who died young, and a daughter.
• [For general authorities on the family see Clifford, Robert de; see also Letters of Richard III and Henry VII, ed. Gairdner (Rolls Series); Materials for the History of Henry VII, ed. Campbell (Rolls Series); Calendar of State Papers, ed. Brewer, vols. i. and ii.; Hall's Chronicle, ed. Ellis, 1809-10.]
• From: https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Clifford,_Henry_de_(1455%3F-1523)_(DNB00) ____________________
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  • 'Pudsey1'
• (A) Henry Pudsey o'f Barforth or Berforth'
• m. Margaret Conyers (dau of Christopher (not Sir John) Conyers of Hornby)
  • (v) (Florence) Pudsey
  • m1. Sir Thomas Talbot (dsp)
  • m2. (before 11.07.1511) Henry de Clifford, 10th Lord (b.1454, d.23.04.1523)
  • m3. Richard Grey (son of Thomas, Marquess of Dorset) ________________________
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