Anne Clifton

'Anne Halsall

• Birth: unknown
• Death: 1675 Fylde Borough, Lancashire, England
• Family links:
• Parents:
• Cuthbert Halsall (____ - 1632)
• Dorothy Stanley Halsall
• Spouse:
• Thomas Clifton (1601 - 1657)
• Children:
  • James Clifton (____ - 1717)*
  • Thomas Clifton (1628 - 1694)*
• Burial: Unknown
• Find A Grave Memorial# 146254694
• From: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=146254694

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Anne, daughter and coheiress of Sir Cuthbert Halsall, of Halsall and Clifton married Thomas Clifton, Esq. of Westby, Lancashire, England. He died 15 December 1657 and was succeeded by his eldest son. [2] Tradition says that five of their daughters became nuns possibly so they could practice their Roman Catholic faith together in unity while four of their sons were killed during the Great Rebellion in support of the King.

Ann and Sir Thomas Clifton produced the following known children:

1. Cuthbert, Esq., b. 1625 eldest son and heir; m. 1641 Margaret, dau. sole heiress of George Ireland, Esq. of Southworth, Lancashire.; d. 1644 - died childless and was followed by his brother Thomas
2. Thomas, Esq., b. 7 Jul 1628; heir after Cuthbert; m. Anne Halsall of Halsall, Lancashire; Created Baronet 1642; m. 1st Bridget dau Sir Geo. Heneage of Hainton, County Lincoln and all their children died young except one dau. Thomas m. 2nd Bridget, dau Sir Edmund Hussey, KG of Hunnington, Lincolnshire but no son. Sir Thomas d. 13 Nov 1693; Baronetcy became extinct. [3] See Research Notes for further information.
3. James, b.1630; emigrated to the Virginia Colonies,1669.[4]
4. John, bap. 12 Oct 1631, Stalmine, Lancashire; [5]
5. Richard, b. 1632
6. William , b. 1632; "Sir Tho. Clifton's younger brother who wrote letters to him from Palestine 1676-1681. [6]
7. Anne, b.1638; buried 2 Feb 1667, Fenton near Newark, Lincoln, England. [7]
8. Dorothy, b. 1642; named for her maternal grandmother
9. Elizabeth, b. 1640
10. Margaret, b. 1640
11. Alice, b. 1644; was 2nd wf Francis Mascy of Rixton, son of Richard Mascy who was buried at Warrington 11 May 1679 and his 2nd wf Alice, dau of Sir Cuthbert Clifton (she was buried at Warrington 11 May 1679. Mr Mascy d. in the north in 1675. [8]
12. Bridget, b. 1646
13. Frances, b. 1648 '
14. Mary, b. 1650; m. Mr. Wilkinson; buried 15 Sep 1704, Gedney-Hill, Lincoln, England.

Death Sir Thomas Clifton died 1657 and Lady Anne Halsall Clifton lived another 18 years. She was buried 16 April 1675 at Kirkham Parish, Lancashire, England.[10]

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• DOROTHY HALSALL (d.c.1649)
• Dorothy Halsall was one of the four natural children of Henry Stanley, 4th earl of Derby (1531-September 25, 1593) and Jane Halsall of Knowsley, Lancashire (c.1536?c.1550?-c.1591?), who entered into a common law marriage c.1570, despite the fact that he was married to Margaret Clifford, the queen's cousin. Dorothy married Cuthbert Halsall of Halsall and Selwich, Lancashire (c.1573-1632), natural son of Richard Halsall. Cuthbert had been adopted by his father’s family and inherited the bulk of the estate of his paternal grandmother, Ann Molyneux Halsall, in 1587. He ran through almost the entire fortune during his lifetime. Dorothy and Cuthbert had two daughters, Ann (d.1675) and Bridget. Dorothy was friends with Margaret Gerard, Lady Legh and a letter is extant, dated March 12, 1596, when both their husbands were in military service with the earl of Essex, in which she asks that gentlewoman to give the messenger who brought it the oil of almonds Margaret had promised to send. Described by one historian as "a lady of a petulant and vivid temperament," Dorothy apparently fascinated her brother-in-law, the poet John Salusbury, who had married her sister Ursula in 1586. (see URSULA STANLEY) Ursula was the mother of his ten children but Dorothy's name turns up in anagrams in his poems. In the 1620s and 30s, Cuthbert was frequently in the Fleet for debt and died there in February 1632. Dorothy petitioned the king and managed to salvage part of the Halsall estate. She lived at Selwich in her widowhood.
• From: http://www.kateemersonhistoricals.com/TudorWomenH-He.htm _________________________
• HALSALL, Sir Cuthbert (c.1573-1632), of Halsall and Salwick, Lancs.
• b. c.1573, illegit. 1st s. of Richard Halsall (d.1573), of Halsall and Janet Scarisbrick.1 educ. Oxf. as ‘Mr. Case’s scholar’, 1588, aged 15; G. Inn, 1593.2 m. c.1588, Dorothy (d. c.1649),3 illegit. da. of Henry Stanley, 4th earl of Derby, 2da.4 suc. cos. Edward Halsall 1594.5 kntd. 22 July 1599.6 bur. 28 Feb. 1632.7
• Offices Held
  • J.p. Lancs. 1595-1603, c.1609-31;8 sheriff 1600-1, 1611-12;9 freeman, Liverpool, Lancs. by 1601, mayor 1615-16;10 freeman, Preston, Lancs. by 1602;11 commr. sewers, Lancs. 1608.12
  • ?Vol. Ire. c.1599.13
• The Halsalls were an old Lancashire gentry family, several of whom held office as escheators in the duchy of Lancaster during the fifteenth century.14 As the illegitimate only son of Richard Halsall, who died in the year of his birth, Cuthbert was brought up by his grandparents and then by his cousin Edward Halsall, a professional lawyer who founded Halsall school. Edward died in 1594 without surviving issue, leaving Halsall his estates and a collection of books ‘apt to the study of the Common Law’.15 At an early age Halsall became a frequent guest of Henry, 4th earl of Derby at Knowsley, whose illegitimate daughter Dorothy he married in around 1588.16 After pursuing a gentleman’s education at Oxford and Gray’s Inn, he probably served as a volunteer in Ireland with the 2nd earl of Essex, by whom he was knighted at Dublin in 1599.17
• On achieving his majority in the mid-1590s, Halsall, whose extensive estates comprised ten manors in West Derby hundred and Amounderness,18 found an immediate place on the bench, and served as sheriff of Lancashire in 1601.19 Although removed from the bench for suspected Catholicism early in James’s reign, he subsequently conformed and was reinstated in about 1609, serving as sheriff again in 1612.20 He maintained cordial relations with the Stanleys, asking William 6th earl of Derby, his wife’s kinsman, to be party to an indenture for his eldest daughter’s marriage in 1611.21 Elected for the senior knighthood of the shire in 1614, Halsall left no trace at all upon the records of that brief and troubled Parliament. In the following year he was elected mayor of Liverpool, but he carried out most of his duties by deputy.22
• Halsall seems to have lived beyond his means, and in around 1614 he began to liquidate his assets by mortgaging outlying properties and leasing various parcels of land.23 His impending financial difficulties were apparent by 1618, when he started borrowing heavily. Despite his inability to manage his own affairs, he stood as surety for various friends, and found himself liable for their unpaid debts as well as his own.24 By the late 1620s he was being pursued by numerous creditors.25 A dispute concerning the manor of Prees, which Halsall had attempted to buy in 1614 but found he could not afford, resulted in a series of petitions to the House of Lords in the 1620s. The matter was finally resolved in his favour by Chancery only several years after his death.26 In many cases Halsall himself initiated litigation against those he had failed to repay, such as Anthony Scarisbrick, a London Mercer and possibly his mother’s kinsman, who was accused of keeping a chain of pearls and two jewels that Halsall had pawned.27 Shortage of money did not deter Halsall from resorting to the courts, for his opponents frequently accused him of vexing them with ‘multiplicity of suits’, in both the duchy court and Chancery.28 His name appears as a deletion in the Forced Loan commission of 1627, by which time he was completely insolvent.29
• Halsall spent the last years of his life in and out of the Fleet, having entirely dissipated his estates. He made increasingly desperate attempts to redeem the lands upon which his mortgages had been secured.30 Much of his former land lay along the coast north of Liverpool, and despite its loss Halsall continued to claim the lord of the manor’s customary rights of shipwreck. Indeed, his heirs were later sued because on one occasion Halsall had unlawfully seized a ship’s sailyard, barrels of tallow, and ‘sundry fishes royal, as namely a shark, a seal, and several porpoises’.31 He died in prison and was buried at St. Bride’s, Fleet Street on 28 Feb. 1632. His will, dated 27 Feb., demonstrates how little of his inheritance remained. He bequeathed only minor cash sums to relatives, and instructed his executors to continue the suit for two manors he had sold, Halsall and Downholland, leaving whatever could be recovered to his wife Dorothy.32 After petitioning the king she salvaged part of the Halsall estate from its purchaser, Sir Charles Gerrard.33 Dame Dorothy lived at Salwick, the last remaining property that had come to Halsall from his grandmother’s dower, which finally passed to their daughter Anne Clifton as her jointure. Halsall had no male heirs.
• From: http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1604-1629/member/ha... ______________
• The visitation of the county palatine of Lancaster, made in the year 1613 by Saint-George, Richard, Sir
• https://archive.org/details/visitationofcoun00sainrich
• https://archive.org/stream/visitationofcoun00sainrich#page/59/mode/1up
  • Halsall.
• Henricus Halsal, ar., tempore regis, H. 8. = ; ch: Ricardus Halsal
  • Ricardus Halsal, heres aprens. = ; ch: Cutbert (m. Dorothy dau. Earle of Derby) Halsall
    • Cutbert Halsall, miles, 1613. = Dorothy, dau. of Henry, Earle of Derby, filia naturalis. ; ch: Ann (m. Thomas Clifton), Briget (unmarried, 1613) Halsall
      • Ann, wife of Thomas Clifton, sonne and heire of Cutbert Clifton of Westby, 1613. ______________________________
• A genealogical and heraldic history of the commoners of Great Britain and Ireland enjoying territorial possessions or high official rank, but uninvested with heritable honours Vol. 2 by Burke, John, 1787-1848
• https://archive.org/details/heraldichistory02burk
• https://archive.org/stream/heraldichistory02burk#page/55/mode/1up
  • CLIFTON, OF CLIFTON AND LYTHAM.
• .... etc.
• THOMAS CLIFTON, whose name appears in the list of the retinue of King Henry V. into France, in 1415, which terminated by the battle of Agincourt, 25th October, 1415. (Nicolas, p. 278.) He settled lands in Goosnargh and Wood Plumpton, upon his son, James, on his marriage with Mar-
• https://archive.org/stream/heraldichistory02burk#page/56/mode/1up
• garet, daughter of Sir Richard Huddlestone, of Millum Castle, in the county of Cumberland, knt. who died in the lifetime of his father, without issue, on the 8th September, 1419. Thomas Clifton died in 1442, leaving by his wife, Agnes, daughter of Sir Richard Molyneux, of Sephton, knt. a son, his successor,
• RICHARD CLIFTON, who on the 4th October, 21st Henry VI. 1442, paid forty shillings to Thomas de Latham, receiver of the rents of the Duchy of Lancaster, on obtaining livery of his lands in Clifton, Westby Field, Plumpton, Salwyk, and Barton. In 1460, he settled lands in Salwyk on his son James. He m. Alice Butler, daughter of John Butler, of Rawcliffe, in the county of Lancaster, and had issue, James Clifton, who m. Alice, daughter and heir of James Lancaster, of ___ in the county of Westmoreland, 1st March, 36th Henry VI. A.D. 1457. He d. 6th HENRY VII. A.D. 1490, (Inq. P.M.) and was succeeded by his son,
• ROBERT CLIFTON, who m. Margaret, daughter of Nicholas Butler, of Bewsey, in the county of Lancaster, by whom he had two sons,
  • CUTHBERT, his successor.
  • WILLIAM, who in 1516, on the division of the estates of his elder brother, Cuthbert Clifton, who died without male issue, by the award of Justice Brudenell and Serjeant Palmes, had the manor of Wortley, and its dependancies, allotted to him. This gentleman will be found carrying on the male line of the family.
• The elder son and heir,
• CUTHBERT CLIFTON, of Clifton, m. Alice, daughter and co-heir of Sir John Lawrence, of Ashton, in the county of Lancaster, knt. By deed of November, 18th HENRY VII. A.D. 1502, he settled his estates upon himself for life, and to his issue male, with remainder to his brother, William. He d. in 1512, leaving an only daughter,
  • ELIZABETH, who m. first, Sir Richard Hesketh, knt. of Rufford, in the county of Lancaster, but had no issue by that gentleman, who died in 1520. She wedded secondly, Sir William Molyneux, knt. of Sephton, who became in consequence, Lord of Clifton. By Sir William, who died in July, 1548, she had an only daughter,
    • ANNE MOLYNEUX, who espoused Henry Halsall, esq. of the county of Lancaster, and conferred upon him the Lordship of Clifton, which remained with his descendants until it again merged in the Clifton family, by the marriage of Anne Halsall, daughter of Sir Cuthbert Halsall, with Thomas Clifton, of Westby.
• Cuthbert's younger brother and continuator of the male line,
• WILLIAM CLIFTON, of Westby, m. Isabell, daughter of — Thornborough, .... etc. __________________
• The History of the County Palatine and Duchy of Lancaster, Volume 2 By Edward Baines
• https://books.google.com/books?id=aTJRAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA403&lpg=PA403&d...
• Pg.497
• ....
• Cuthbert Clifton, who died in 1512, left Elizabeth, daughter and sole heiress, married first to Sir Richard Hesketh, and afterwards to Sir William Molineux of Sefton, her brother Thomas, who inhabited Clifton, conveyed the manor in marriage to Henry Halsall, of Halsall,9 whose son, Sir Cuthbert Halsall, of Halsall and Clifton, had a daughter and co-heiress Ann, who, marrying Thomas Cuthbert Clifton, brought the manor once more to the ancient possessors. He died 15 December 1657. .... etc. ______________________
• .... etc.
• Sir William was about 1370 succeeded by his son Sir Robert, (fn. 19) who died in 1401 holding the manors of Clifton, Salwick and Moorhouses, also the manor of Westby and various lands of the king in socage by the service of 40s. yearly. The heir was his nephew Thomas son of Sir Nicholas de Clifton, then twelve years of age. (fn. 20) The manors descended regularly to Cuthbert Clifton, (fn. 21) who died 14 August 1512, leaving an only daughter Elizabeth, the heir male being his brother William. (fn. 22) A division ensued, Clifton going to the daughter and Westby to the brother, (fn. 23) and thus the Cliftons became known as 'of Westby.' Elizabeth by her second husband Sir William Molyneux (fn. 24) had a daughter and heir Anne, (fn. 25) whose grandson Cuthbert Halsall had a daughter and co-heir Anne. She married Thomas Clifton of Westby, and the whole estate became reunited. (fn. 26)
• It will thus be convenient to give in this place the descent of the manor of Westby. William Clifton died in 1537, (fn. 27) and was succeeded by his son Thomas, who died in 1551, leaving a son and heir Cuthbert, twelve years of age. (fn. 28) Cuthbert was a recusant in 1577, his income being stated at 100 marks a year. (fn. 29) He died in 1580, leaving a son Thomas, eighteen years of age, (fn. 30) who at his death only five years later was followed by his son Cuthbert, three years old. (fn. 31) This son, the purchaser of Lytham, was made a knight at Lathom in 1617, (fn. 32) and died in 1634 holding the manors of Westby, Lytham and Little Marton. (fn. 33) Thomas, his son and heir, was twentynine years of age, and, as above stated, had recovered the manor of Clifton and the other moiety of the ancient family estate by his marriage with Anne Halsall. Pedigrees of the family were recorded at the heralds' visitations in 1567 (fn. 34) 1613 (fn. 35) and 1665. (fn. 36)
• The Cliftons adhered to Roman Catholicism, (fn. 37) and in the Civil War to the king's side. (fn. 38) Thomas Clifton had his estates sequestered as a recusant and delinquent, (fn. 39) and at length they were sold by order of the Parliament. (fn. 40) His eldest son, Colonel Cuthbert Clifton, was taken prisoner at Liverpool in 1644, and died at Manchester, (fn. 41) and three other brothers are stated to have lost their lives in the king's service. (fn. 42) Thomas died in 1657, and his second son Thomas succeeded. (fn. 43) He was made a baronet in 1661 as a recognition of his family's loyalty, (fn. 44) and he was accused of treason after the Revolution. (fn. 45) He died in 1694, and his son having died before him the baronetcy expired, while the manors descended to his nephew Thomas Clifton of Fairsnape, who registered his estates in 1717 as a 'Papist,' the annual value being given as £1,548 17s. 2d. (fn. 46) He died in 1720, .... etc.
• 25. Sir William Molyneux of Sefton died in 1548 holding the manor of Clifton, &c., in right of his wife Elizabeth, who was mother of Thomas Molyneux the heir. Elizabeth died nine months before her husband, viz. on 5 June 1547, and Thomas was of full age. The manor and other lands were held of the king as of his duchy by a rent of 20s. 4d. a year; Duchy of Lanc. Inq. p.m. ix, no. 6. It appears from the pedigrees that there were several children of the marriage, but that Anne, a daughter, was eventually the heir and married Henry Halsall of Halsall, by whom she had a son Richard; Visit. of 1567 (Chet. Soc), 94, 104. Settlements of the manor appear to have been made by Henry Halsall and Anne his wife in 1557 and 1571; Pal. of Lanc. Feet of F. bdle. 17, m. 55; 33, m. 76. Richard was succeeded by his illegitimate son Sir Cuthbert Halsall, who had two daughters, Anne and Bridget; see V.C.H. Lancs. iii, 195; Visit, of 1613 (Chet. Soc), 59. The manor of Clifton, held by the rent of 20s. 4d., is named in the possessions of Henry Halsall in 1574; Duchy of Lanc. Inq. p.m. xiii, no. 34. Sir Cuthbert Halsall as lord of the manors claimed services in 1600; Ducatus Lanc. (Rec. Com.), iii, 420.
• 26. An agreement as to the manors of Clifton and Westby was made in 1612 between Sir Cuthbert Halsall and Cuthbert Clifton; Pal. of Lanc. Plea R. 307, m. 9 d. The manors were granted to the Earl of Derby and other trustees; Pal. of Lanc. Feet of F. bdle. 80, no. 24, 25.
• From: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/lancs/vol7/pp161-165 ______________________
• 'Halsall1'
• Simon
  • 1. Alan de Lydiate of Halsall, Lancashire (a 1212)
  • m. Alice (possibly dau/heir of Vivian Gernet of Halsall by Emma, dau of Pain de Villiers of Halsall)
    • A. Simon de Halsall of Halsall (a 1242)
      • i. Gilbert de Halsall of Halsall (a 1256) mentioned by VCH but not by the Visitations
        • a. Richard de Halsall of Halsall (d c1275)
        • m. Denise (m2. Hugh de Worthington) widow of Richard, possibly mother of ...
          • (1) Gilbert Halsall of Halsall (d before 1296)
          • m. Denise
            • (A) Gilbert Halsall of Halsall (d c1346)
            • Flower shows 2 generations of Gilberts but St. George shows only one (shown with date 24E1 = 1295-6). VCH notes "The succession had been rapid, and Gilbert was no doubt very young at this time" (in the 1290s).
              • (i) Otes (Oto) Halsall of Halsall (a 1367)
              • m1. Margaret Atherton (sister of Henry de Atherton)
              • p/m2. Katherine de Cowrday
              • VCH indicates that Otes was an infant when the betrothal between Otes and Margaret was made in 1325. That marriage "did not prove altogether satisfactory" and Otes "unlawfully allied himself with Katherine de Cowdray. Katherine was the name of his wife in 1354." It is not clear who was mother of ...
                • (a) Sir Gilbert Halsall of Halsall (d by 1404, escheator for Lancashire)
                • m. (c1367?) Elizabeth wife of Gilbert, presumed mother of ...
                  • ((1)) Henry Halsall of Halsall (dsp 07.03.1422-3)
                  • ((2)) Robert Halsall of Halsall (d by 1429?)
                  • m. Ellen Scarisbrick (dau of Henry de Scarisbrick)
                    • ((A)) Henry Halsall of Halsall (d 07.1471)
                    • m. (c1427) Katherine Harrington (dau of Sir James Harrington)
                      • ((i)) Margaret Halsall (b c1431)
                      • ((ii)) Elizabeth Halsall (b c1433)
                      • m. Lambert Stodagh
                    • ((B)) Richard Halsall of Halsall - continued below
                    • m. (1448) Grace Tempest (dau of Sir John Tempest)
                    • ((C))+ other issue - William, Gilbert (rector)
                  • ((3)) Ellen Halsall possibly of this generation
                  • m. (1404) Richard Bold
              • (ii) Gilbert Halsall (a 1350)
              • (iii) Margery/Margaret Halsall possibly of this generation
              • m. Sir John de Ireland of Hutt & Hale (d after 23.05.1411)
• Richard Halsall of Halsall (d by 1471?) - continued above
• m. (1448) Grace Tempest (dau of Sir John Tempest of Braswell)
  • 1. Hugh Halsall of Halsall (b c1451, a 1483)
  • m. Dowce Scaresbricke (dau of Gilbert Scaresbricke (Scarsbridge) of Scaresbricke)
    • A. Sir Henry Halsall of Halsall, Renaces, Lydiate & Barton (d 06.1522)
    • m. Margaret Stanley (dau of James Stanley (clerk, possibly later Bishop of Ely))
      • i. Sir Thomas Halsall of Halsall (b c1498, d 1539)
      • m. Jane Stanley (dau/coheir of John Stanley, son/heir of John of Weaver (base son of John, brother of Thomas, 1st Earl of Derby))
        • a. Henry Halsall of Halsall (b c1521, d 1574)
        • m. Anne Molyneux (d 1589, dau of Sir William Molyneux of Sefton (by Elizabeth, heiress of Clifton), sister/heir of Thomas)
          • (1) Richard Halsall of Halsall (a 1567, dvp)
          • partner unknown
            • (A) Sir Cuthbert Halsall, last of Halsall, later of Salwick Hall (d c1632)
            • m. Dorothy Stanley (natural dau of Henry, Earl of Derby)
              • (i) Ann Halsall
              • m. (1618) Thomas Clifton (son/heir of Cuthbert of Westby)
              • (ii) Bridget Halsall (a 1613) who married ...
              • m. Thomas Crompton of Cresswell
        • b. Jane Halsall
        • m. Gabriel Hesketh
          • (1) Bartholomew Hesketh (b c1546, a 1574)
        • c. Mawde Halsall
        • m. (1548) Edward Osbaldestone of Osbaldestone
      • partner(s) unknown
        • d.+ other issue - Gilbert, Thomas of Barton
      • ii. Catherine Halsall
      • m. John Eccleston of Eccleston
      • iii. Helen Halsall
      • m. William Banester of the Banke
      • iv. Anne Halsall
      • m. Richard Holmes of the Male
      • v.+ other issue - James, Richard (clerk), Henry, Robert, Margaret (dsp)
      • partner(s) unknown
      • x. Edward Halsall of Halsall (d 1594)
        • a. son (dvp)
      • xi. George Halsall
• Main source(s): VCH (Lancashire, vol 3, 'Townships: Halsall') with input/support from Visitation (William Flower, Lancashire, 1567, 'Halsall of Halsall'), Visitation (Richard St. George, Lancashire, 1613, 'Halsall')
• From: Stirnet.com
• http://www.stirnet.com/genie/data/british/hh4aa/halsall1.php# _________________

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GEDCOM Note

Bio

Anne Halsall was baptism on 24 Jan 1609 at Halsall, Lancashire, England to father Cuthbert Halsall and mother Dorothy Stanley.<ref> Source Information Title England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975 FHL Film Number 0844821 IT 1 Publisher Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. Publisher Date 2014 Publisher Location Provo, UT, USA. Online access 2 Jul 2019.</ref> Anne's maternal grandfather was Thomas Stanley, 2nd EarlDerby.

Marriage and Children
Anne, daughter and coheiress of Sir Cuthbert Halsall, of Halsall and Clifton married Thomas Clifton, Esq. of Westby, Lancashire, England. Hedied 15 December 1657 and was succeeded by his eldest son.<ref>Great Britain & Ireland: Picturesque Views of County Seats, Vol. I-VI; Willesley Hall, Near Asby-De-La-Zouch, Leicestershire-Earl of Loudoun. Author/Publisher: Ancestry.com. Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2002. Original data - Rev. F. O. Morris, ed. ASeries of Picturesque Views of Seats of the Noblemen and Gentlemen ofGreat Britain and Ireland. London, England: William Mackenzie, 1866?-1880? Online access 5 May 2019.</ref> Of additional interest; five of their daughters became nuns possibly so they could practice their Roman Catholic faith together in unity while four of their sons were killed during the Great Rebellion in support of the King. Ann and Sir Thomas Clifton produced the following known children:
*Cuthbert, Esq., b. 1625 eldest son and heir; m. 1641 Margaret, dau. sole heiress of George ireland, Esq. of Southworth, Lancashire.; d. 1644 - died childless and was followed by his brother Thomas*Thomas, Esq., b. 7 Jul 1628; heir after Cuthbert; m. Anne Halsall of Halsall, Lancashire; Created Baronet 1642; m. 1st Bridget dau Sir Geo.Heneage of Hainton, County Lincoln and all their children died young except one dau. Thomas m. 2nd Bridget, dau Sir Edmund Hussey, KG of Hunnington, Lincolnshire but no son. Sir Thomas d. 13 Nov 1693; Baronetcy became extinct.<ref>Source: A series of Picturesque Views of Seats of the Noblement &Gentlemen of Great Britain & Ireland by Francis Orpen Morris (1810-1893); Pub. 188? by Publisher W. Mackenzie, London.https://archive.org/details/seriesofpictures06morruoft/page/n30?q=W...</ref>*James, b.1630; emigrated to the Virginia Colonies,1669.<ref>Source Bibliography: STANARD, WILLIAM GLOVER. Some Emigrants to Virginia: Memoranda in Regard to Several Hundred Emigrants to Virginia during the Colonial Period Whose Parentage is Shown or Former Residence Indicated byAuthentic Records. Richmond [Va.]: Bell Book and Stationery Co., 1911. 2nd ed., enl., 1915. Reprinted by Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, 1983. 94p.</ref>*John, bap. 12 Oct 1631, Stalmine, Lancashire; <ref>Source England, Births and Christenings, 1538-1975. Salt Lake City, Utah: FamilySearch, 2013. FHL Film Number: 599512. Onlinedb thru Ancestry.com</ref>

• Richard, b. 1632*William , b. 1632; "Sir Tho. Clifton's younger brother who wrote letters to him from Palestine 1676-1681..."E-Book Kirkham in Amounderness:the Story of a Lancashire Community; Chap.VII; 'The Westby and Clifton Families'*Anne, b.1638; buried 2 Feb 1667, Fenton near Newark, Lincoln, England. <ref>Source Title England, Select Deaths and Burials, 1538-1991; FHLFilm Number 1542303 Reference ID Item 3 p 28 Author Ancestry.com NoteSalt Lake City, Utah: FamilySearch, 2013. Publisher Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. 2014 at Provo, UT, USA. Online access 2 jul 2019.</ref>
• Dorothy, b. 1642; named for her maternal grandmother
• Elizabeth, b. 1640 searching for info.
• Margaret, b. 1640 searching for info.*Alice, b. 1644; was 2nd wf Francis Mascy of Rixton, son of Richard Mascy who was buried at Warrington 11 May 1679 and his 2nd wf Alice, dauof Sir Cuthbert Clifton (she was buried at Warrington 11 may 1679. MrMascy d. in the north in 1675.(Remains, Historical 7 Literary, Connected with the Palatine Counties of Lancashire & Cheshire; pg.224)
• Bridget, b. 1646 searching for info.
• Frances, b. 1648 searching for info.*Mary, b. 1650; m. Mr. Wilkinson; buried 15 Sep 1704, Gedney-Hill, Lincoln, England. <ref>Source data: England Deaths and Burials, 1538-1991. Salt Lake City, Utah: FamilySearch, 2013. Source Text; 'Mary Wilkinson Clifton, parents: Thomas & Anne Clifton'. [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014. online access 7 Jul 2019.</ref> Sir Thomas Clifton died 1657 and Lady Anne Halsall Clifton lived another 18 years. She was buried 16 April 1675 at Kirkham Parish, Lancashire, England.<ref>Source Original data: Lancashire Anglican Parish Registers. Preston, England: Lancashire Archives. Description This data collection contains baptism and burial records from 1538-1812 and marriage records from 1538-1753 for Church of England parish registers in Lancashire Count; Reference Number Pr 2054; Phillimore Ecclesiastical Parish #4773. Ancestry.com. Lancashire, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812 [database on-line]. Provo, UT: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.</ref>

See AlsoWillesley Hall, Near Ashby-De-La-Zouch, Leicestershire-Earl of Loudoun: "Thomas Clifton, Esq. of Westby, who married Anne daughter and coheiress of Sir Cuthbert Halsall of Halsall and Clifton. He died 15 Dec 1657 and was succeeded by his eldest son.<ref>Source Book: Great Britainand Ireland: Picturesque Views of County Seats, Vol.I-VI; Source Information [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Published by Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. 2002. Accessed 3 Jun 2019. Original data: Rev. F. O. Morris, ed. A Series of Picturesque Views of Seats of the Noblemen andGentlemen of Great Britain and Ireland. Vol. I-VI. London, England: William Mackenzie, 1866?-1880?</ref>-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Research Notes
Multiple Identities with Same Name:
Mary Clifton, of Westby, Lincolnshire, England should not be confused with the Mary Clifton who was an early English Quaker and early arriver in Massachusetts. Likewise Ann (Halsall) Clifton should not be confused with Ann Cliftonwho emigrated and died at Newport, Rhode Island on 30 March 1675. Anysimilarities to the 1675 burial date for Ann Halsall Clifton is a coincidence. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Minor Notable: 2nd Son Sir Thomas Clifton of Westby and Clifton, b. 7 July 1628, was created a Baronet, 4 Mar 1660. ::He married 1st Bridget, daughter of Sir George Heneage of Hainton, in Lincolnshire. Their children all died young except for Mary Clifton who m. Thomas, 6th Lord Petre.::He married 2nd Bridget, daughter of Sir Edward Hussey, knt. of Honington and had by her one son and one daughter: Thomas, b. 1668 and d. issueless in 1688; Bridget, m. Sir Francis Andrews of Denton. Anne Halsall & Sir Thomas Clifton's son Sir Thomas Clifton (b.1628) and Lord Molyneux with several other Catholic gentlemen of rank, were accused of high treason in 1689 but all were acquitted. He died 13 November 1694 when the Baronetcy expired but the family estates devolved onhis nephew Thoma Clifton, esq. ancestor of the present Thomas Clifton, esq. of Clifton and Lytham.<ref>A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Extinct and Dormant Baronetcies of England, Ireland, and Scotland; by John Burke, Esq, and John Bernard Burke, Esq. Online Pub. Google Books: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com OperationsInc, 2002.Original data - Rev. F. O. Morris, ed. A Series of Picturesque Views of Seats of the Noblemen and Gentlemen of Great Britain and Ireland. London, England: William Mackenzie, 1866?-1880?</ref>