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Clinton firstly married Alice, then Joan Meynell, with whom he may have had one daughter. He secondly married Joan, the daughter and coheiress of Sir Ralph Meynell (d.1388), of Langley, Derbyshire and Newton Regis, Warwickshire and the widow of John Staunton of Staunton Harold, Leicestershire. They had no children. Through her he acquired land in Burton Overy and Upton (Leicestershire), Newton Regis (Warwickshire), Langley (Derbyshire) and Staffordshire. |
Clinton firstly married Alice, then Joan Meynell, with whom he may have had one daughter. He secondly married Joan, the daughter and coheiress of Sir Ralph Meynell (d.1388), of Langley, Derbyshire and Newton Regis, Warwickshire and the widow of John Staunton of Staunton Harold, Leicestershire. They had no children. Through her he acquired land in Burton Overy and Upton (Leicestershire), Newton Regis (Warwickshire), Langley (Derbyshire) and Staffordshire. |
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On the death of his father in 1898 he inherited the manors of Hunton and Bensted in Kent, where he established the family home. |
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He saw military service in Scotland and on John of Gaunt expedition to Spain. He then transferred his allegiance to Thomas Mowbray, the Earl Marshal, following him to Ireland in 1394. |
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He inherited the manors of Hunton and Bensted in Kent on the death of his father in 1898, where he made his home. |
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Clinton was [[Member of Parliament]] for [[Warwickshire (UK Parliament constituency)|Warwickshire]] January 1397 and [[Kent (UK Parliament constituency)|Kent]] October 1404 and April 1414.<ref>http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1386-1421/member/clinton-sir-thomas-1415</ref> |
Clinton was [[Member of Parliament]] for [[Warwickshire (UK Parliament constituency)|Warwickshire]] January 1397 and [[Kent (UK Parliament constituency)|Kent]] October 1404 and April 1414.<ref>http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1386-1421/member/clinton-sir-thomas-1415</ref> |
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Revision as of 11:11, 23 January 2012
Sir Thomas Clinton (died 1415) was an English politician.
Private life
Clinton was a younger son of John de Clinton, 3rd Baron Clinton of Maxstoke, Warwickshire.
Clinton firstly married Alice, then Joan Meynell, with whom he may have had one daughter. He secondly married Joan, the daughter and coheiress of Sir Ralph Meynell (d.1388), of Langley, Derbyshire and Newton Regis, Warwickshire and the widow of John Staunton of Staunton Harold, Leicestershire. They had no children. Through her he acquired land in Burton Overy and Upton (Leicestershire), Newton Regis (Warwickshire), Langley (Derbyshire) and Staffordshire.
On the death of his father in 1898 he inherited the manors of Hunton and Bensted in Kent, where he established the family home.
Career
He saw military service in Scotland and on John of Gaunt expedition to Spain. He then transferred his allegiance to Thomas Mowbray, the Earl Marshal, following him to Ireland in 1394.
Clinton was Member of Parliament for Warwickshire January 1397 and Kent October 1404 and April 1414.[1]
He died of disease in mid-1415 at the seige of Harfleur when campaigning in the service of the Duke of Gloucester. There is a memorial to him in the chancel of Hunton church.