Thomas Clifford

Family: House of Lancaster · Role: heir · First appears: Edward IV 1

Life events

• c. 1460 · Thomas Clifford was concealed in poverty until Henry VII restored his name and possessions.(Edward IV 1)
  • With: Henry VII
  • “whose yoong sonne Thomas Clifford was brought vp with a sheepheard in poore habit, euer in feare to be knowne, till king Henrie the seuenth obteined the crowne, by whom he was restored to his name and possessions.”
• c. 1484 · John de Vere, Thomas Beaumont, and Thomas Clifford were brought as prisoners before Edward IV.(Richard III 16)
  • With: John de Vere, Earl of Oxford Edward IV Thomas Beaumont
  • “After all things were thus quieted, the earle, the lord Beaumont, two brothers of the said earle, and Thomas Clifford, were brought vp as prisoners vnto king Edward.”

Edward IV 1

• parent: John Clifford, Lord Clifford “This end had the lord Clifford, which slue the earle of Rutland knéeling on his knees, whose yoong sonne Thomas Clifford was brought vp with a sheepheard in poore habit”
• sworn: Henry VII “till king Henrie the seuenth obteined the crowne, by whom he was restored to his name and possessions.”

Richard III 16

• enemies with Edward IV “After all things were thus quieted, the earle, the lord Beaumont, two brothers of the said earle, and Thomas Clifford, were brought vp as prisoners vnto king Edward.”

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Extracted from the original text of Holinshed's Chronicles — the reigns Shakespeare dramatized. Made with Rho MD.