Person:Richard De Radcliffe (1)

Richard DE REDCLYFFE Sex: M Birth: Abt 1246 in Radcliffe Tower,Lancashire,England Death: 1326

Children Richard (died in 1324, in Bury) (he entered Holy Orders)William (born about 1280, at the Redclyffe Tower-died in 1333) (succeeded his father at the Tower of Redclyffe)Robert (he came into possession of the manor of Pilsworth) (Married Mary de Bury, daughter of Adam de Bury) (Robert and Mary had son Ralph, who died without issue) (remarried to Margaret, Lady of the Booths, in 1305) (Margaret was the daughter of Robert de Shoresworth and widow of Henry de Worsley) (Robert and Margaret had two sons William de Redclyffe of Smithills and John, Rector of Bury) (after Robert died, Margaret remarried to his cousin Robert, son of Roger de Redclyffe who was in possession of Ordsall)Adam (died in 1331) (he entered Holy Orders)John (he was the founder of the line of Redclyffes of Ordsall)Elizabeth (Married Nicholas de Townsend)Amabel (Married Adam de Tetlow) (had daughter Joan who married Richard de Langely of Agecroft)Margaret (Married Henry de Bury) (she became ruler of Bury Town when her husband was slain at Bury in 1315 by patisans of Adam de Banastre) (she was known as Great Dame Margery, Lady of Bury).Alicia (married a Hesketh of Hesketh)BIOGRAPHY: Richard de Radcliffe/Radclyffe (1240 or 1266 to 1326). He was a gallant soldier of the Scottish wars and was given many honors by King Edward I. Married a daughter of William le Boteler Change Date: 15 MAY 2004 at 18:20:51Father: Robert DE REDCLYFFE b: Abt 1218 in Radcliffe Tower,Lancashire,England Mother: Amabil DE TRAFFORD Marriage 1 Joan? DE BOTELER

Children William Magnus RADCLYFFE b: Abt 1282 in Edgeworth and Radcliffe,Lancashire,England Marriage 2 Spouse Unknown

Richard (heir of his father) (shortly after entering his inheritance, he recovered the lands of Tottington by a writ of novel disseizin) (he was a brilliant and gallant soldier serving his King in the Scottish wars) (at a Privy Council held at Stirling on July 12, 1291, to Richard a grant was taken across the causeway of Blakesteynegge to be used to repair said causeway) (later Richard received the appointment of Seneschal and Minister of the King's Forests of Blackburnshire)

1. ↑ ^1.0 1.1 Beamont, William. Annals of the Lords of Warrington for the first five centuries after the conquest: with historical notices of the place and neighbourhood. (Bishops Stortford, England: Chadwyck-Healey, 1974)
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