Thomas Clinton (MP)
Sir Thomas Clinton (died 1415) was an English soldier and member of parliament.
Private life
Clinton was a younger son of John de Clinton, 3rd Baron Clinton[1] of Maxstoke, Warwickshire.
Clinton married twice: firstly Alice and secondly Joan, the daughter and coheiress of Sir Ralph Meynell (d. 1388), of
On the death of his father in 1398 he inherited the manors of Hunton and Bensted in Kent, where he established the family home.
Career
He was knighted before 1386.
He saw military service in Scotland and on John of Gaunt's expedition to Spain. He then transferred his allegiance to Thomas Mowbray, the Earl Marshal, following him to Ireland in 1394.
He was elected
He died of disease in mid-1415 at the siege of Harfleur when campaigning in the service of the Duke of Gloucester. There is a memorial to him in the chancel of Hunton church.