Nielsen Hayden genealogy
Gervase Clifton, Mayor of Canterbury
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Name Gervase Clifton Suffix Mayor of Canterbury Birth of Clifton, Nottinghamshire, England
[1] Gender Male Death 6 May 1471 [1, 2] Burial Brabourne, Kent, England
[1] Person ID I43195 Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others Last Modified 13 Sep 2025
Father Gervase Clifton, b. Abt 1396, of Hodsock, Nottinghamshire, England
d. 15 Nov 1453 (Age 57 years)Mother Isabel Francis d. 13 Jun 1457 Family ID F25243 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 
Isabel Herbert alias Finche d. Bef 20 Mar 1463 Children + 1. Isabel Clifton Family ID F25240 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 12 Sep 2025
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Notes - Sheriff of Kent 1439-40, 1450-1, 1458-9. Mayor of Canterbury, Kent in 1450. He was beheaded after the Battle of Tewkesbury.
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Sources - [S50] Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families by Douglas Richardson. Second edition, 2011.
- [S8544] Will of Anne Sapcote (d. 14 Mar 1559), modern spelling transcript by Nina Green., year only.
- [S50] Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families by Douglas Richardson. Second edition, 2011.