Richard de Radcliffe of Radcliffe Tower

Events

Date of Birth: unknown.

Place of Birth: unknown.

Date of Death: 1326.

Place of Death: unknown.

The date is given by Hampson.

Relationships

Father: Robert de Radcliffe.

This relationship is given by Baines and by Hampson.

Mother: Amabil de Trafford.

This relationship is given by Hampson.

Spouse: a daughter of William le Boteler.

This relationship is given by Hampson.

Children:

(Complete source citations for facts about the children on this page are currently outside of the scope of this project.)

Robert de Radcliffe of Ordsall (illegitimate).

Robert de Radcliffe of Radcliffe Tower married (1) Mary de Bury; married (2) Margaret de Shoresworth.

Richard Radcliffe (died 1324 at Bury), rector of Radcliffe, rector of Bury.

William Radcliffe of Radcliffe Tower married Margaret de Culcheth.

Adam Radcliffe (died 1331), rector of Bury.

Sir John Radcliffe married Joan Holland.

Elizabeth Radcliffe married Nicholas Townsend.

Annabella Radcliffe married Adam de Tetlow of Tetlow.

Margaret married Henry de Bury.

Alice married ? Hesketh.

References

Baines, Edward. The History of the County Palatine and Duchy of Lancaster. (Volume II, 1889)

Hampson, Charles P. The Book of the Radclyffes: Being an Account of the Main Descents of this Illustrious Family from its Origin to the Present Day (privately printed, 1940).

“The parish of Radcliffe” in A History of the County of Lancaster: Volume 5 (Victoria County History, London, 1911).

Whitaker, Thomas Dunham. An History of the Original Parish of Whalley and Honor of Clitheroe. v. 2 (4th ed., 1876).