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Clifton Campville is a village, former manor and
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in
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, about east of the
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, west of
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and north of Tamworth. The village lies close to Staffordshire's borders with
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. The parish, which includes
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village, had a population of 912 at the 2011 census. There is a fine gothic church, dedicated to St Andrew, and listed
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. The village pub, ''The Green Man'', is also a historic building.


Etymology

The first part of the name is
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''clif tun'', that is ''cliff farm''; the family de Camvill held the land in the early 13th century. The name has also been recorded as Clistone.


Descent of the manor

There is some evidence of pre-
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, or even
pre-historic Prehistory, also known as pre-literary history, is the period of human history between the use of the first stone tools by hominins 3.3 million years ago and the beginning of recorded history with the invention of writing systems. The use of ...
settlement in the area. After the
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of 1066 the manor was in the royal
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. The manor of ''Clistone'' is listed in the
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of 1086 as having 33 villagers, a priest, 11 ploughs and 2 mills. One of the mills was possibly at Mill Farm.


de Camville

From 1200 it was
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by the ''de Camville'' (or ''de Canville'') family, at least until 1338, which originated probably at the Normandy manor of ''
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'', in La Manche (not at ''
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'' in the Pays de Caux).G. E. Cokayne, ''
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The arms of the de Camville family were: ''Azure, three lions passant argent''. The descent in the de Camville family was as follows: *William de Camville I, who married Auberée Marmion (fl.1233), daughter and heiress of Geoffrey Marmion of Clifton and of Arrow, Warwickshire. (Dugdale and others erroneously state William and Auberée to have been the parents of the 1st Baron, rather than the great-grandparents, as noted in ''
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''). *Geoffrey de Camville I (d.1219) of Clifton, who married twice: firstly to Felice de Worcester, a daughter of Philip de Worcester, from whom he was divorced due to
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, having had a son Richard de Camville; Secondly he married Leuca de Braiose (d.1236), a grand-daughter of William de Braiose, of the
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family. *William de Camville II (d.1260), 2nd son and heir (by his father's second wife Leuca de Braiose), of Clifton and of
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in Carmarthen, Wales and of Fedamore, County Limerick and Caher, County Tipperary, both in Ireland. He was awarded possession of the manor of Clifton following a legal dispute with his elder half-brother Richard de Camville. He married a certain Lucy (d.post-1284);G. E. Cokayne, ''
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'', n.s., vol.III, pp.3–5
*Geoffrey de Camville II, 1st Baron Camville (d.1308), son and heir, of Clifton, who having been summoned to Parliament on 24 June 1295 and subsequently, by writs directed to ''Galfrido de Caunvilla, Caumvilla, Canvilla'' or ''Camvilla'', was deemed thereby to have been created Baron Camville (or Baron Canville). He was knighted after 1272. In 1282 he was serving in the army of West Wales and was summoned for
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from 1276 to 1308, and to attend the king from 1294 to 1297. He married twice, firstly to Maud de Brian (1242 – d.pre-1279), widow of Nicholas Martin (son and
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of Nicholas FitzMartin of Kemes/Cemais in Pembrokeshire and
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of
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Sanders, I.J. English Baronies: A Study of their Origin and Descent 1086–1327, Oxford, 1960, p.15 in Somerset), a daughter of Guy de Brian of
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, Carmarthenshire, Wales, by his wife Eve de Tracy, daughter and heiress of Henry de Tracy, feudal baron of Barnstaple in Devon. On 24 September 1274 Geoffrey de Camville II gave homage to the king and received livery of the lands of Henry de Tracy, his first wife's maternal grandfather. Secondly he married a certain Joan. *William de Camville III, 2nd Baron Camville (1268–1338), of Clifton, son and heir, who died without male issue leaving five daughters and co-heiresses, between the descendants of whom the barony is deemed to be in abeyance: **Maud de Camville, who married Richard de Vernon (d.1323), whom she survived into widowhood, son and
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of Richard de Vernon of
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in Derbyshire, who predeceased his father. Her descendants remained connected with the manor of Clifton Campville, as evidenced by the fine effigies of Sir John Vernon (d.1545) and his wife in St Andrew's Church. Her daughter Isabel de Vernon (d.1356) married Richard Stafford, 1st Baron Stafford (born post 1301-d.1381) "of Clifton" (the second son of
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(1272/3_1308) of
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in
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and the younger brother of Ralph Stafford, 1st Earl of Stafford, 2nd Baron Stafford (1301–1372) of Stafford Castle)."Baron Stafford of Clifton" not mentioned in ''
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''. George Oliver, Lives of the Bishops of Exeter, 1861, re Edmund Stafford (1344–1419), Bishop of Exeter: "His parents, as is evident from the ordinatio or foundation-deed of his chantry, dated 1st October, 1408, were Sir Richard de Stafford, knight (who was summoned to parliament among the barons of the realm from 44th Edward III. to 3rd Richard II.), and Isabella, daughter of Sir Richard Vernon of Haddon, knight, by Hand (sic, Maud?) his wife, eldest daughter and co-heir of William Lord Camville."
The church at Clifton Campville: lordship and community
/ref> **Alianore de Camville, died unmarried; **Isabel de Camville, who married Gilbert de Bermingham; **Nicole de Camville, who married John de Saint Clere; **Katherine de Camville, who married Robert de Greseleye.


Stafford

* Richard Stafford, 1st Baron Stafford (born post 1301 – d.1381) "of Clifton" married Isabel de Vernon (d.1356), heiress of Clifton Campville. He was the second son of
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(1272/3 – 1308) of
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and the younger brother of Ralph Stafford, 1st Earl of Stafford, 2nd Baron Stafford (1301–1372) of Stafford Castle. By his wife Isabel de Vernon he had two sons: **Richard Stafford, eldest son and
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, who predeceased his father. **
Edmund Stafford Edmund Stafford (1344 – 3 September 1419) was Bishop of Exeter from 1395 to his death in 1419. Origins He was the second son of Sir Richard Stafford (born post 1301-d.1381) "of Clifton Campville" in Staffordshire (the second son ...
(1344–1419),
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from 1395 to his death in 1419, heir to his father. Pre-Reformation bishops being unmarried, on his death without issue the manor appears to have reverted to the Vernon family.


Other

By 1700 it was in possession of the Coventry family, who sold it in that year to Sir Charles Pye, Baronet, whose descendant Henry John Pye owned the manor in 1851.


Governance

In 1848 the parish included both
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and Harlaston, and also
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in Derbyshire. Clifton itself then had a population of 341, while the population of the whole parish was 921 on . The core parish of Clifton and Haunton covered around in 1851. It became part of Tamworth Poor Law Union in
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; in 1866 Harlaston became a
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in its own right. In 1894 Clifton with Haunton became a civil parish within the newly constituted
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. The civil parish became part of
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during the boundary changes of 1934. In 1974 it became part of the new
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of
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. The parish council meets jointly with
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. Electorally the parish is part of the Mease and Tame ward of Lichfield District, and lies within the parliamentary constituency of Tamworth.


Landmarks

Clifton contains a number of listed buildings, including the
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Church of St Andrew, Clifton Hall, Manor Farm, the old Post Office and the village pub, the Green Man. There are also several historic buildings in
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.


Church of St Andrew

The parish church, dedicated to St Andrew, is a
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. Though nothing remains of the building mentioned in Domesday, some parts of the south wall date back to the year 1200, with traces of 13th century wall paintings. The church was enlarged into the shape of a cross in the first half of the 13th century. It was enlarged again in the 14th century. The tower was built in the first half of the 14th century, with a spire, reaching to a height of about 210 feet (65 m), added at some time during the century. The interior includes 14th century screens carved from oak; the
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is from the 15th century, as is some stained glass in one of the north windows. The church was
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in the second half of the 19th century, and again by
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in the early 20th century. In 1984 the spire was struck by lightning, with much damage to the church. Repairs were completed in 1987. The adjoining cemetery also dates back to mediaeval days. The Church of England parish includes Haunton and Chilcote, and also Statfold. The Old Rectory is in origin a 15th-century building, though the history of the rectory can be traced further back, to the mid 14th century. The building was altered in 1694, and again in 1778, and restored in around 1980. It is listed Grade II.


Education

The village school is St Andrew's Church of England Controlled
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. In 2009 it had 63 pupils, and was rated as 'outstanding' by
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.


See also

*
Listed buildings in Clifton Campville Clifton Campville is a civil parish in the district of Lichfield, Staffordshire, England. It contains 17 listed buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England. Of these, one is at Grade I, the highest of the three gr ...


References


External links


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