John Clinton was born about 1470/71 in Folkestone, Kent.
He was invested as a Knight, Order of the Bath (K.B.)
His first wife was Elizabeth Morgan, daughter of Sir John Morgan of Tredegar, Monmouthshire, Wales, whom he married before 1490.
His second wife was Anne West,[3] daughter of Thomas West, 8th Baron de la Warr[4] (d. 1525), whom he married before 1501.
Sir John died on 4 June 1514.