page_title: Manor of Clifton
section_title: de Clifton
hierarchical_section_title: Manor of Clifton / History / de Clifton
caption_attribution_description: English: Arms of Clifton (Baron Clifton of Leighton Bromswold (1608) and Clifton Baronets (1611)): Sable semée of cinquefoils and a lion rampant argent
context_page_description: The Manor of Clifton was a historic manor situated near the City of Nottingham, England. The manor house, known as Clifton Hall is situated on the right bank of the River Trent in the village of Clifton, Nottinghamshire. about 3 1/2 miles south-west of the historic centre of the City of Nottingham, now partly the campus of Nottingham Trent University and partly a large council estate of modern housing. The Hall is a Grade I listed building, and is situated within the Clifton Village Conservation Area. Clifton Hall was remodelled in the late 18th century in a Georgian style. The manor was held by the de Clifton family from the late 13th century to the mid-20th century. In 2008 Clifton Hall rose to national prominence when it was reported in tabloid newspapers that its millionaire owner, Anwar Rashid, and his family had left the house and stopped paying the mortgage because they believed it was haunted. It was repossessed by the bank and is currently for sale at £2.75m.
context_section_description: Gervase de Clifton (fl. late 13th c.). In the late 13th century, Gervase de Clifton purchased the manor of Clifton (together with nearby Wilford) from the de Rodes family, and adopted the surname de Clifton from his new seat. His family had long been settled in the area and his earliest known English ancestor was the 11th century Alvaredus, warden of Nottingham Castle.
  Sir Gervase de Clifton (d 1324), four times High Sheriff of Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire and the Royal Forests firstly in 1279, also four times Sheriff of Yorkshire. He was MP for Nottinghamshire in 1294.
  Sir Gervase de Clifton (1313-1391), High Sheriff of Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire and the Royal Forests 1345, Escheator in 1345 and MP 1347-48. In 1367 was a Commissioner of Array for Nottinghamshire.
  Sir John de Clifton (d.1403) (grandson),  M.P. for Nottinghamshire in 1402, High Sheriff of Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire and the Royal Forests. Created a Knight Banneret by King Henry IV before the Battle of Shrewsbury in 1403, in which battle he was killed. In 1382 he married Cathering Cressy, daughter and heiress of Sir John Cressy of Hodsock. Her inheritance of Hodsock and other estates in north Nottinghamshire and in Yorkshire came to the Clifton family.
  Sir Gervase Clifton (d 1453), only son, MP for Nottinghamshire in 1425-26, and several times appointed a JP for Nottinghamshire. He married Isabel Fraunceys (d. 13 June 1457), the daughter of Sir Robert Fraunceys of Foremark, Derbyshire.
  Sir Gervase Clifton (died 1471), beheaded after the Battle of Tewkesbury. He was son of Sir Gervase Clifton (d. 15 November 1453)  only son of Sir John Clifton (d.1403) by his wife, Katherine Cressy.
  Sir Gervase Clifton (1438-1491) (grandson of Sir Gervase Clifton (d 1453)), was a Yorkists during the Wars of the Roses. He was appointed Treasurer of Calais in 1482. He fought on the losing side for King Richard III at the Battle of Bosworth in 1485.
  Sir Gervase Clifton (d.1588), Gervase the Gentle. His father died during his infancy. He was a favourite of successive Tudor monarchs.
  Sir Gervase Clifton, 1st Baronet (1587-1666) Gervase the Great (grandson), as an infant succeeded his grandfather. MP and in 1611 was created a Baronet. He married seven times. King Charles I stayed at Clifton Hall in 1632 as his guest. He  prepared for the royal visit by extending his stables, to the design of John Smythson, son of the renowned Jacobean architect Robert Smythson; other works may have been undertaken at the same time, but none survive. In 1608 a junior branch of the family was created Baron Clifton of Leighton Bromswold in Huntingdonshire.
caption: Arms of Clifton of Clifton, Nottingham: Sable semée of cinquefoils and a lion rampant argent
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