314 CLINTON of Sir William Corbet, of Chaddesley Corbet, co. Worcester. He d. about I335.(') His widow was living May 1343. III. 1335? 3- John (de Clinton), Lord Clinton, s. and h. On the death, 25 Aug. 1354, of his paternal uncle, William (de Clinton), Earl of Huntingdon, he was found his h., and then aged 28, being b. not later than Mar. 132 5/6. C') Having previously been knighted, he served in 1355 in the French wars, and was at the battle of Poitiers 1356. He was sum. to Pari, from 15 Dec. (1357) 30 Edw. Ill to 5 Nov. (1397) 21 Ric. II. On 30 May 1377 he was ordered to go to his manor of f^olkestone to resist an apprehended in- vasion by the French. Q In 1380 he was again in the wars with France. Keeper of the lands of the attainted Earl of Warwick 1390, and Constable of Warwick Castle 1390 to Sep. 1397. He »?., istly, probably in 1350, Idoine,('*) da. (whose issue, in 1399, Ijecame coh.) of Geoffrey (de Say), Lord Say, by Maud, da. of Guy (de Beauchamp), Earl of Warwick. He is presumed (') to have ;»., 2ndly, ( — ). She d. before 26 June 1384.0 He m., probably 3rdly, Joan, widow of Sir Philip Limbury, who d. 6 July 1367. («) She d. 21 Feb. 1387/8. C") He w., probably 4thly, before 24 Oct. 1388, when he had pardon for m. without lie, Elizabeth, widow of Robert (Grey), Lord Grey (of Rotherfield), and before that of Sir John (s. of Fulk) DE Bermingham (whom she m. before 3 July 1356, when aged 9),(') posthumous da. and eventually sole h. of William de la Plaunche, of Haversham, Bucks, by Ehzabeth, coheir of her br. Sir Roger Hillary, being yr. of the 2 daughters of Sir Roger Hillary, Chief Justice of the Common Pleas, of Bescot, Staffs. He d. 6 Sep. 1398. His widow w., 4thly (^) His yr. br., William Clinton, sum. as Lord Clinton, 1330, was cr. Earl of Huntingdon, 1337, and d. (certainly) s.p.m. (probably j./>. legit), 1354, when his nephew, John Clinton, was his next heir as abovementioned. (•>) Grant by "John son and heir of Sir John de Clynton of Maxstoke, knight, in hh full age" dat. at Maxstoke on Wednesday after the Annunciation, 21 Edw. Ill, i.e. on Wednesday, 28 Mar. 1347. V.G. ("=) Close Roll. {^) For some discussion on English mediaeval names see Appendix C to this volume. (*) John, 3rd Lord Clinton left at his death, besides his grandson and heir, two sons surviving, namely Thomas, then aged 30, and Edward, then aged 24, who are not likely to have been brothers of the whole blood of his ist s., William. It is accord- ingly conjectured that they were the sons of a 2nd wife whose name is unknown. V.G. (') On this day John de Clinton and Joan his wife were enfeoffed of the manor of Shirstoke. V.G. (s) Writ of diem cl. ext. 15 Sep. (1367) 41 Edw. III. V.G. () Writ of diem cl. ext. 4 Mar. II Ric. 2. "Joan, late wife of John Clynton chivaler, ^c. The said Joan died Friday, 21 Feb. last past in the said year. Elizabeth wife of Thomas Trevet, chivaler, daughter of Philip Lymbery and of the said Joan is her next heir and is aged 28 years." V.G. (') %. at Enefeld [i.e. Enville], Staffi, 23 Edw, III. {ex inform. W. F. Carter). V.G.
