William de Clinton was a boyhood companion of Edward III of England, and as one of the king's followers who secretly entered Nottingham Castle and captured Roger Mortimer, 1st Earl of March. The arrest and subsequent execution of Mortimer cleared the way for the adolescent Edward III to assume power
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No legitimate issue
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1325
Summoned to serve in Gascony
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1328
Owner of Elham Manor
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1330
Served in Parliament
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1333
Constituted Lord Admiral of the Seas
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1337
Edward III created William de Clinton Earl of Huntingdon
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1367
Death of wife Juliane
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