Lord Thomas Clifford

Family: England · Role: lord · First appears: Book 1, Chapter 53

Life events

• King of England divided the army into three battalions and assigned their commanders.(Book 1, Chapter 53)
  • With: King Edward Prince of Wales Earl of Warwick Earl of Oxford Sir Godfrey de Harcourt Lord Reginald Cobham Lord Thomas Holland Lord Stafford Lord Manley Lord Delaware Sir John Chandos Lord Bartholomew Burgherst Lord Robert Neville Lord Bourchier Lord Latimer Earl of Northampton Earl of Arundel Lord Ross Lord Willoughby Lord Basset Lord St. Albans Sir Lewis Tufton Lord Multon Lord Loccels
  • “The king afterwards ordered, through his constable and his two marshals that the army should be divided into three battalions. In the first he placed the young Prince of Wales, and with him the Earls of Warwick and Oxford, Sir Godfrey de Harcourt, the Lord Reginald Cobham, Lord Thomas Holland, Lord Stafford, Lord Manley, the Lord Delaware, Sir John Chandos, Lord Bartholomew Burgherst, Lord Robert Neville, Lord Thomas Clifford, the Lord Bourchier, the Lord Latimer, and many other knights and squires whom I cannot name. There might be in this first division about eight hundred men at arms, two thousand archers, and a thousand Welshmen. They advanced in regular order to their ground, each lord under his banner and pennon, and in the centre of his men. In the second battalion were the Earl of Northampton, the Earl of Arundel, the Lords Ross, Willoughby, Basset, St. Albans, Sir Lewis Tufton, Lord Multon, the Lord Loccels, and many others; amounting in all to about eight hundred men at arms and twelve hundred archers. The third battalion was commanded by the king, and was composed of about seven hundred men at arms and two thousand archers.”

Book 1, Chapter 53

• allies with Prince of Wales “In the first he placed the young Prince of Wales, and with him the Earls of Warwick and Oxford, Sir Godfrey de Harcourt, the Lord Reginald Cobham, Lord Thomas Holland, Lord Stafford, Lord Manley, the Lord Delaware, Sir John Chandos, Lord Bartholomew Burgherst, Lord Robert Neville, Lord Thomas Clifford, the Lord Bourchier, the Lord Latimer, and many other knights and squires whom I cannot name.”

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