Wheeler/Ethridge/Zeller/Dunkin Family Tree » Roger II of Clifford (1299-1322)

Personal data Roger II of Clifford 

• He was born on January 21, 1299 in Appleby Castle, Westmoreland, England.
• He died on March 23, 1322 in York, Yorkshire, England, he was 23 years old.

  Executed for taking part in the rebellion of Thomas, Earl of Lancaster

• A child of Robert I of Clifford and Matilda of Clare

Household of Roger II of Clifford

He had a relationship with Julianne of Bower.

Child(ren):

1. Catherine of Clifford  ± 1317-± 1365 

Notes about Roger II of Clifford

Roger Clifford, 2nd Lord of Skipton (1300–1326) was a member of the Clifford family which held the seat of Skipton from 1310 to 1676. He inherited his title when his father died at the Battle of Bannockburn in 1314. He was also hereditary Sheriff of Westmoreland.

He was involved in a rebellion against King Edward II's favourite Huge Lord de Despencer, and ultimately against the King himself. He took part in the Siege of Tickhill. The rebel forces were then brought to battle by the King's forces in Boroughbridge in March 1322 at which Roger Clifford received severe wounds. Forced to surrender, he was condemned to death and held captive in York. Reprieved, probably because of his wounds, he survived until the beginning of 1327, when he was hanged and his estates forfeited, including Skipton castle. They were restored to Robert Clifford, 3rd Lord of Skipton in 1327.

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