Sir Gervase Clifton, father of George, had by his first marriage five daughter, who all but one died un married; by his second wife he had George, who being of a consumptive habit, was prevailed upon to marry when only nineteen, and died in the lifetime of his father, leaving a widow Winifred, daughter of Sir Anthony Thorold, pregnant with a son, Gervase, who was the first baronet of the family, and only four months old when he succeeded to the estates of his grandfather; his monument and effigy are in the chancel, over the entrance to the vault."
Sir Gervase Clifton, father of George, had by his first marriage five daughter, who all but one died un married; by his second wife he had George, who being of a consumptive habit, was prevailed upon to marry when only nineteen, and died in the lifetime of his father, leaving a widow Winifred, daughter of Sir Anthony Thorold, pregnant with a son, Gervase, who was the first baronet of the family, and only four months old when he succeeded to the estates of his grandfather; his monument and effigy are in the chancel, over the entrance to the vault."
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