Lady Elizabeth Metcalf

• Lady Elizabeth Clifford Metcalfe
• Birth: unknown
• Death: unknown
• Family links:
• Parents:
• Henry Clifford (1493 - 1542)
• Margaret Percy Clifford (____ - 1540)
• Spouse:
• Christopher Metcalfe (1513 - 1574)
• Siblings:
• Elizabeth Clifford Metcalfe
• Ingram Clifford (____ - 1579)*
• Catherine de Clifford Scrope (1513 - 1598)*
• Henry Clifford (1517 - 1570)*
• Burial: Unknown
• A Grave Memorial# 135408346
• From: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=135408346 ____________________
• Lady Elizabeth Clifford1
• F, #347600
• Last Edited=23 Feb 2011
• Consanguinity Index=0.27%
• Lady Elizabeth Clifford is the daughter of Henry Clifford, 1st Earl of Cumberland and Lady Margaret Percy.1 She married Sir Christopher Mecalf.1
• Her married name became Mecalf.1
• Citations
• [S37] BP2003 volume 1, page 1064. See link for full details for this source. Hereinafter cited as. [S37]

*From: http://www.thepeerage.com/p34760.htm#i347600 ____________________

• ELIZABETH CLIFFORD (d.1566?)
• Elizabeth Clifford was the daughter of Henry Clifford, 1st earl of Cumberland (1493-1542) and Margaret Percy (d.1540). Her father made his will in 1540, when three of his four daughters were already married. He stipulated that if Elizabeth wed an earl or the son and heir of an earl, her dowry would be £1000, but if she wed a baron or the son of a baron, she would only get 1000 marks, and if she stooped so low as to marry a mere knight, her portion would be only 800 marks. At some point after this, Elizabeth married Sir Christopher Metcalfe of Nappa (August 1, 1513-May 9, 1574), although online genealogies persist in saying that she married him in 1533 at the age of nineteen. They had four sons and two daughters including James (d.1579/80).
• From: http://www.kateemersonhistoricals.com/TudorWomenCl-Cy.htm ________________
• Margaret PERCY (C. Cumberland)
• Buried: 25 Nov 1540, Skipton, Yorkshire, England
• Father: Henry Algernon PERCY (5º E. Northumberland)
• Mother: Catherine SPENCER (C. Northumberland)
• Married: Henry CLIFFORD (1º E. Cumberland) ABT 1516, Skipton, Yorkshire, England
• Children:
  • 1. Henry CLIFFORD (2º E. Cumberland)
  • 2. Catherine CLIFFORD (B. Scrope of Bolton)
  • 3. Elizabeth CLIFFORD
  • 4. Ingeram CLIFFORD (Sir Knight)
  • 5. Maud CLIFFORD (B. Conyers of Hornby)
  • 6. Jane CLIFFORD
  • 7. Thomas CLIFFORD (b. ABT 1526)
• From: http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/PERCY.htm#Margaret PERCY (C. Cumberland) ________________
• Dugdale's Visitation of Yorkshire, with Additions, Parts 5-7 By Sir William Dugdale
• https://books.google.com/books?id=FqJCAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA122#v=onepage&q...
• Pg.122
• .... etc.
• IV. Sr JAMES METCALFE, of Nappa, Knt., High Sheriff of Yorks. 1525, knighted 1528, J.P., b. cir 1460, d. 20 Sept 1539, Inq. p.m. 10 Nov. 1539, mar. Margaret, daughter & coheire of Thomas Pigot, of Clotherham, in com. Ebor., 22 H. 7, on or before May 1512, d. 3 Feb. 1530/1, Inq. p.m. 17 Mar. 1530/1. They had issue —
  • 1. Sr Christopher (V).
  • 2. .... etc.
• V. Sr. CHRISTOPHER METCALFE, of Napa, Knt., High Sheriff of Yorks. 1555, sold Hartlington, Knighted 1545, b. 1 Aug. 1513, d. 9 May 1574, Inq. p.m. 26 Oct. 1574, mar. Elizabeth, daughter of Henry Clifford, Earle of Cumberland, circ. 1550 They had issue—
  • 1. James (VI).
  • 2. John, of Nappa, b. circ. 1555, died w'thout issue Oct. 1623. Will 14, pr at York 19 Oct. 1623.
  • 3. Ingram, died w'thout issue.
  • 4. Charles, died w'thout issue.
  • Margaret, wife of George Middleton, of Leighton, in com. Lanc., Esqr
  • Alice, had an annuity 9 Jan. 1573/4.
• Pg.123
• VI. JAMES METCALFE, of Nappa, Esqr., died a° 22 Eliz., b. circ. 1551, d. 8 May 1580, Inq. p.m. 22 Eliz., mar. Joane, daughter of John Savile, of Stanley, in co. Ebor., Esqr. (remar. Sir Mauger Vavasour, of Weston) Will 19 May, pr. 17 June 1617, "to be bur. at Askrigg, nere my husband Metcalfe." They had issue .... etc. _______________
• The visitation of the county of Yorke, begun in a Dni MDCLXV. and finished a Dni MDCLXVI
• https://archive.org/details/visitationofcoun00dugd
• https://archive.org/stream/visitationofcoun00dugd#page/105/mode/1up
  • METCALFE OF NAPPA.
• .... etc.
• 1. Sr James Metcalfe of Nappa, Knt. = Margaret, daughter & coheire of Thomas Pigot of Clotherham in com. Ebor. 22 H. 7. ; ch: 1. Sr Christopher (m. Elizabeth d. of Henry Earle of Cumberland), 2. Humphry, 3. Edmund, 4. Oswald, 5. Robert Metcalfe
  • 1. Sr Christopher Metcalfe of Nappa, Knt. = Margaret, daughter of Henry Earle of Cumberland. ; ch: 1. James (m. Joane Savile), 2. John, 3. Ingram, 4. Charles, Margaret (m. George Middleton) Metcalfe
    • 2. John, died w'thout issue.
    • 3. Ingram, died w'thout issue.
    • 4. Charles, died w'thout issue.
    • Margaret, wife of George Middleton of Leighton in com. Lanc. Esqr.
    • 1. James Metcalfe of Nappa, Esqr. died a° 22° Eliz. = Joane, daughter of John Savile of Stanley, in co. Ebor. Esqr. ; ch: Sr Thomas (m. Elizabeth Slingsby) Metcalfe
      • .... etc. __________________________
• Romantic Richmondshire: Being a complete account of the history, antiquities ... By Harry Speight
• http://books.google.com/books?id=mYwuAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA461&lpg=PA461&dq...
• https://archive.org/details/romanticrichmon00speigoog
• https://archive.org/stream/romanticrichmon00speigoog#page/n527/mode...
• Pg.463
• ....etc.
• But to continue with the Nappa line. Sir James Metcalfe, of Nappa, the eldest of the three sons of the Chancellor, was born about 1460. .... etc.
• https://archive.org/stream/romanticrichmon00speigoog#page/n528/mode...
• Pg.464
• .... His eldest son is returned among others for Nappa, as "Christopher Metcalfe, Esq." Sir James married late in life — when he was 52 — a daughter of Thomas Pigot, Esq., of Clotherham, near Ripon, a lady then in her 20th year, and by her acquired a large territorial fortune. He died at an advanced age in 1539, and on November 10th of that year an inquisition p.m. was taken at Topcliffe declaring the extent of his various lands and possessions.
• Sir Christopher Metcalfe, who was born in 1513, succeeded his father, and following shortly the death of the latter, John, Lord Scrope, entered an action contesting the proprietary right of Christopher to the manor of Nappa. .... etc.
• https://archive.org/stream/romanticrichmon00speigoog#page/n529/mode...
• Pg.465
• .... Still Sir Christopher remained a man of considerable wealth, and married a daughter of Henry, 11th Baron Clifford, created Earl of Cumberland in 1525, and Knight of the Garter in 1532. The Earl died in 1541, .... It appears 900 marks was considered due to Lady Elizabeth on her marriage to Sir Christopher, in the proportion of 800 marks for her marriage portion and 100 marks for her "child's part," as is shewn in the Dodsworth MSS. at the Bodleian Library (vol. 74, page 114).*
• ....etc.
• https://archive.org/stream/romanticrichmon00speigoog#page/n530/mode...
• Pg.466
• .... At the time of his death in 1574, all had been squandered and lost, saving only the Nappa estate and some small possessions in the immediate neighbourhood. .... etc.
• Sir Christopher left four sons and two daughters, James being the eldest, who died in 1580, and he was succeeded by Thomas Metcalfe, who was born in 1579, and knighted by King James I. in 1608. .... etc.
• https://archive.org/stream/romanticrichmon00speigoog#page/n531/mode...
• Pg.467
• Sir Thomas died in 1665 and was buried in the family vault in Askrigg Church. By his wife Elizabeth, who was a daughter of Sir Henry Slingsby, of Scriven, he had nine children. James, the eldest was born 1604, and during the greater part of his life practised as a chancery barrister. He continued in sole possession of Nappa until 1657, when by an agreement with his brother Thomas the house was formed into two tenements, .... James was twice married and died in 1671, intestate, when Thomas got possession of the whole of Nappa and had it at his death in 1684. Henry Metcalfe, their youngest brother, who was born about 1620, then succeeded to it, and by his will dated 19th September, 1697, he settled Nappa to the use of his wife Mary for her life, and after her decease to his eldest son Thomas, and the heirs male of his body. His other
• https://archive.org/stream/romanticrichmon00speigoog#page/n532/mode...
• Pg.468
• son, Henry, was godson of John Hutton, Esq., of Marske, .... etc. _______________________
• Cumberland, Earl of (E, 1525 - 1643)
• Henry [Clifford], 11th Baron Clifford later 1st Earl of Cumberland, KG
• 1st son and heir of Henry [Clifford], 10th Baron Clifford, by his first wife Anne St John, dau. of Sir John St John, of Bletso, co. Bedford
• born 1493
• mar. (1) Lady Margaret Talbot (dsp. soon after the marriage), dau. of George [Talbot], 4th Earl of Shrewsbury, by his first wife Hon Anne Hastings, only dau. of William [Hastings], 1st Baron Hastings
• mar. (2) c.1516 Lady Margaret Percy (d. 25 Nov 1540), only dau. of Henry Algernon [Percy], 4th Earl of Northumberland, by his wife Catherine Spencer, dau. and cohrss. of Sir Robert Spencer, of Spencer Combe, co. Devon, by his wife Lady Eleanor Beaufort, 1st dau. and cohrss. of Edmund [Beaufort], 1st Duke of Somerset
• children by second wife
  • 1. Hon Henry Clifford, later 2nd Earl of Cumberland
  • 2. Hon Sir Ingelram Clifford, of Cowthorpe, co. York (bur. spm. 15 Jan 1577/8), mar. Anne Rowcliffe (bur. Dec 1571), dau. and sole hrss. of John Rowcliffe, of Cowthorpe, co. York
  • 1. Lady Catherine Clifford (d. 1598), mar. (1) c. 1530 John [Scrope], 8th Baron Scrope of Bolton, and (2) 20 Jan 1557/8 as his second wife Sir Richard Cholmley MP, of Roxby, Thornton and Whitby Abbey, co. York (bur. 17 May 1583), and had issue by both husbands
  • 2. Lady Maude Clifford (dspm.), mar. bef. 28 Oct 1539 John [Conyers], 3rd Baron Conyers, and had issue
  • 3. Lady Elizabeth Clifford, mar. Sir Christopher Metcalfe, of Nappa, co. York
  • 4. Lady Jane Clifford, mar. Sir John Hudlestone, of Millum Castle, co. Cumberland
• died 22 Apr 1542
• created 18 Jun 1525 Earl of Cumberland
• suc. by son by second wife
• note Knight of the Bath at the Coronation of King Henry VIII 1509; Sheriff of Yorkshire 1522; suc. his father 23 Apr 1523 as 11th Baron Clifford and Hereditary Sheriff of Westmorland; subscribed to the letter to the Pope pleading for the King's divorce from Catherine of Aragon and was rewarded with a large grant of former monastic land in Yorkshire including the Priory of Bolton; defended Skipton Castle during Aske's rebellion 1536; Warden of the West Marches and Captain of Carlisle 1525-28 and 1534-42; Constable and Steward of Knaresborough, Penrith, etc.; Knight of the Garter 1537
• .... etc.
• From: http://www.cracroftspeerage.co.uk/online/content/cumberland1525.htm... ________________
• 'Metcalfe01'
• .... etc.
• A. Sir James Metcalfe of Nappa
• m. Margaret Pigot (dau of Thomas Pigot or Pigott of Clotherham)
  • i. Sir Christopher Metcalfe of Nappa & Wensleydale
  • m. Elizabeth Clifford (dau of Henry, Earl of Cumberland)
    • a. James Metcalfe of Nappa (d 1579/80)
    • m. Joan Savile (dau of John Savile of Stanley)
      • (1) Sir Thomas Metcalfe of Nappa (b c1579, d 07.1655)
      • m. Elizabeth Slingsby (dau of Sir Henry Slingsby of Screvin or Scriven)
        • (A) James Metcalfe of Nappa (b 1603/4, a 08.1665, recorder of Richmond)
        • m. Margaret Hicks (dau of William Hicks of London)
          • (i) Elizabeth Metcalfe
        • (B) Thomas Metcalfe (3rd son)
        • m1. Frances Burdet (dau of Francis Burdet of Burthwayt)
        • m2. Grace Rokeley (dau of Robert Rokeley of Rokeley)
        • (C) Frances Metcalfe (d 1658)
        • m. Sir William Robinson of Newby
        • (D)+ other issue - Scroope (Major), Henry, Elizabeth (d young), Mary (d unm), Katherine (d young), Joane
    • b. Margaret Metcalfe
    • m. George Middleton of Leighton
    • c.+ other issue (dsp) - John, Ingram, Charles
  • ii. .... etc.
• Main source(s): Visitation (Foster 1875, Yorkshire, 1584/5+1612, Metcalfe - various), Visitation (Dugdale, Yorkshire, 1665, Metcalfe of Nappa)
• From: Stirnet.com
• http://www.stirnet.com/genie/data/british/mm4ae/metcalfe01.php ______________