Sir Roger de Clifford Knight
- Born: 10 Jul 1333, Brougham, Westmorland, England 141
- Baptized: Jul 1333, Brougham, Westmorland, England 141
- Marriage: Maud de Beauchamp 141
- Died: 13 Jul 1389, England at age 56 141
 Information about this person:
• Background Information. 141
Roger de Clifford, Lord Clifford, Sheriff of Westmorland, brother and heir, born and baptised at Brougham, Westmorland, 20 Jul 1333, made proof of his age, 10 Aug 1354, having had livery of his lands 3 months before, 14 May 1354, and did homage 14 December following.
Roger de Clifford was summoned to Parliament from 15 Dec 1357 to 28 Jul 1388. He was one of the most distinguished of his race, serving in the wars with Scotland and France. Sheriff of Westmorland in 1360. He had livery of the Castle of Skipton in Craven 30 Aug 1362, after his mother's death. In 1377 he was Sheriff of Cumberland, and Governor of Carlisle Castle, was a Knight Banneret, and was sometime Warden of the East and West Marches. On 12 Oct 1386 he gave evidence in the famous Scrope and Grosvenor controversy.
Roger de Clifford married Maud, daughter of Thomas de Beauchamp, Earl of Warwick, by Catherine, daughter of Roger de Mortimer, 1st Earl of March. He died 13 July 1389, aged 56. His widow died January or February 1402/3.
~Cokayne's Complete Peerage, 2nd Edition, Vol. III p. 292, Vol. XIV, p.188
Roger married Maud de Beauchamp, daughter of Sir Thomas de Beauchamp Knight of the Garter, Earl of Warwick and Katherine de Mortimer.141 (Maud de Beauchamp was born about 1336 in Warwick Castle, Warwickshire, England and died Between Jan and Feb 1402/3 in England 141.)
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