CP Correction: Death date of Elizabeth (Percy) (Clifford) Neville
Douglas Richardson
Complete Peerage, 3 (1913): 293 (sub Clifford) states that Elizabeth
Percy, wife successively of John Clifford, 7th Lord Clifford, and
Ralph Neville, 2nd Earl of Westmorland, died 26 Oct. 1437. The same
death date is given in C.P. 12 Pt. 2 (1959): 549-550 (sub
Westmorland). Elizabeth Percy is a well known descendant of King
Edward III of England.
Yorkshire Arch. Journal, 18 (1905): 354–411 features a well written
article on the Clifford family. On pg. 366, the author states
Elizabeth Percy "died 26 Oct. 1436, and was buried in Staindrop
church." An English transcription of the inquisition post mortem of
Elizabeth Percy follows on pg. 367. According to the transcription,
this inquisition was taken at York on Wednesday after the feast of All
Saints, 15 Hen. VI (7 Nov., 1436). The inquisition states that the
"Said Elizabeth died 16 [sic] October last (1436)."
Interestingly, C.P. 12 Pt. 2, pg. 550, footnote a, confirms that the
above inquisition post mortem is dated 15 Henry VI. All Saints Day,
15 Henry VI falls in 1436, not 1437. Thus, the Clifford article has
correctly dated the inquisition as being in 1436.
For interest sake, a list of the colonial immigrants who descend from
Elizabeth (Percy) (Clifford) Neville is provided below.
Best always, Douglas Richardson, Salt Lake City, Utah
E-mail: royala...@msn.com
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List of colonial immigrants descended from Elizabeth Percy (died
1436), wife successively of John Clifford, 7th Lord Clifford, and
Ralph Neville, 2nd Earl of Westmorland:
l. William Bladen.
2. George & Nehemiah Blakiston.
3. Humphrey Davie.
4. Elizabeth & John Harleston.
5. Samuel Levis.
6. Agnes Mackworth.
7. Joseph & Mary Need.
8. Robert Peyton.
9. William Rodney.
10. William Skepper.
11. Thomas Wingfield.