Deaths on May 22

Thomas Clifford, 8th Baron de Clifford

Died on May 22, 1455

Thomas Clifford, 8th Baron de Clifford, Lancastrian commander (b. 1414)

Thomas Clifford, 8th Baron de Clifford, also 8th Lord of Skipton (25 March 1414 – 22 May 1455), was the elder son of John, 7th Baron de Clifford, and Elizabeth Percy, daughter of Henry "Hotspur" Percy and Elizabeth Mortimer.

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Events on 1455

22 May

First Battle of St Albans
Start of the Wars of the Roses: At the First Battle of St Albans, Richard, Duke of York, defeats and captures King Henry VI of England.