Gervase Clifton, Mayor of Canterbury

- 1471

• 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

  
  

• Notes

  Sheriff of Kent 1439-40, 1450-1, 1458-9. Mayor of Canterbury, Kent in 1450. He was beheaded after the Battle of Tewkesbury.

  
  

• 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.