Sir Mark, m. secondly, Faith, daughter of Thomas Acclom, esq. of Bonwick, in Yorkshire, but by her had no issue. He died in June, 1680, and was buried in the parish church of Croft. His fourth son, JOHN MILBANK, esq. of Thorp Perrow, m. Mary, daughter and heir of Timothy Robson, esq. of Newcastle-on-Tyne, and had issue, JOHN and Elizabeth. He died 13th March, 1713, and was s. by his son, JOHN MILBANK, esq. of Thorp Perrow, who wedded his cousin Dorothy, daughter of Sir Mark Milbanke, bart. of Halnaby, and had by her, who died in 1741, one son and three daughters, namely, MARK, his heir. Elizabeth. Mr. Milbank, died 22nd August, 1759, and was s. by his son, RADCLIFFE, OF FOXDENTON. RADCLIFFE, ROBERT, esq. of Foxdenton Hall, in the county of Lancaster, b. 14th December, 1773, m. at Walcot Church, Bath, 14th April, 1796, Mary, fifth daughter of Thomas Patten, esq. of Bank, near Warrington, and has issue, 1. ROBERT, b. 23rd October, 1798; m. 16th February, 1837, Agnes, second daughter of the late Rev. Henry Sill, of Burton, Westmoreland. II. Charles-James, of the 5th Dragoon Guards, m. 1st July, 1835, Anna-Maria, only child of the late R. Lillington, esq. of Stockley, in Dorsetshire. III. Frederick-William, in holy orders. 1. Mary, m. 1827, to William Hallett, esq. jun. of Philliols, Dorsetshire, son of William Hallett, esq. of Candys, Hants, and has issue. II. Dorothea. III. Frances. Mr. Radclyffe s. his father in 1783, and was high sheriff of Dorsetshire in 1813. Lineage. The family of Radcliffe took its name from the village of Radcliffe, near Bury, in Lancashire, one of decidedly Saxon origin.* * EDWARD the Confessor held Radcliffe for a manor, with two hides of land, one belonging to Salford. It is one of the four places mentioned in Domesday Book. The village was so called from a cliff of red rock on the east side of the Irwell, opposite to the village of Red or Radcliffe. The Norman Conquest introduced much of the French language; hence the appellation of Rugemont was often given to this village, and used also as the surname of several members of the Radcliffe fa RICHARD DE RADCLYFFE, of Radclyffe Tower, in the county of Lancaster, seneschal and minister of the forests of Blackburn mily, in the early periods of English History. This parish, doubtless, gave name to the family of Radcliffe before it was in possession of the Earls of Chester. The pedigree of the family assumes a de Radclive anterior to the reign of HENRY II. and the name of Henry de Radclive appears among the witnesses to the charter of Robert de Lathom, on the foundation of Burscough Priory, in the reign of RICHARD I. shire, accompanied King EDWARD I. in his wars in Scotland, and received from that prince, in the 32nd year of his reign, a grant of a charter of free warren and free chace in all his demesne lands of Radclyffe, &c. He m. a daughter of Boteler, of Bewsey, baron of Warrington, and had issue, J. ROBERT, of Radclyffe Tower, who m. first, Mary de Bury, by whom he had a son, RALPH, who d. s. p. He m. secondly, Margery, Lady of the Booths, and had by her two sons, viz. William, of Smithills, in Lancashire, living 4 EDWARD III. m. Katherine, dau. of Sir Thurstan Morley, knt. and was ancestor of the Radclyffes of Smithills, Tingrave, &c. John, in holy orders, rector of Bury, living 16 EDWARD III. His illegitimate son, John Radclyffe, marrying Mary, daughter of William de Catherton, of Catherton, in Lancashire, acquired that estate, and was father of JOHN RADCLIFFE, of Catherton, whose son, SIR JOHN RADCLIFFE, knt. of Catherton, married twice: by his second wife, Elizabeth, daughter of John Knyvett, of Thirling, he had a son, EDMUND, ancestor of the Radclyffes of Broad Clist, in Devonshire; and by his first wife, Mary, daughter of Sir Thomas Tunstal, knt. of Tunstal, he had a son, JOHN, who m. Katherine, daughter of Richard Molyneux, of Sefton, and left three daughters his co-heirs, namely, JOAN, m. to Edmund Ashton, esq. second son of Sir Thomas Ashton, knt. of Ashtonunder-Line; MARGARET, m. to Ralph Standish, esq. of Standish; and ELIZABETH, m. to Robert Radclyffe, second son of Alexander Radclyffe, esq. of Ordsall. 11. WILLIAM, of Culceth and Edgworth, and afterwards of Radclyffe Tower: usually stiled the "Great William." He m. Margaret de Culceth, and was ancestor of the RADCLYFFES, of Radclyffe Tower; and of the Radclyffes, Barons Fitz-Walter and Earls of Sussex. (See BURKE'S Extinct and Dormant Peerage.) III. JOHN (Sir), of whom immediately. 1. Amabil, wife of Jordan Tetlaw, of Tetlaw, in Lancashire. II. Magota, mother of Alice, wife of Sir Roger Pilkington; of Magota, wife of James Lever, and another daughter. 11., wife of - Hesketh: The third son, SIR JOHN RADCLYFFE, knt. of Ordshall, in Lancashire, represented that county in parliament 14 EDWARD III. and served under the same monarch in his French wars, participating in the sieges of Caen, Cressie, and Calais. He m. Joan, sister of Sir Thomas Holland, Earl of Kent, and relict of Sir Hugh Dutton, knt. of Dutton, in Cheshire, and by her, who wedded, thirdly, Sir Edmund Talbot, knt. of Bashall, had issue, 1. JOHN, who m. Margaret, cousin and 11. JULIA, m.to Oliver Cromwelbotham. III. Amabil, m. to Robert Nevile, esq. Sir John d. in 1357, and was s. by his only of Hornby Castle, in Lancashire. surviving son, Le Puigné, steward of Blackburnshire from RICHARD RADCLYFFE, of Ordshall, called the 28 to 49 EDWARD III. He m. Matilda, Booths, in Cheshire, by Maud, his wife, daughter and sole heir of John Legh, of daughter and heir of Sir John Arderne, knt. his heir; and a daughter, Joan, wife of of Moberleigh, and had a son, JOHN (Sir), James Bosville, esq. of Chevet, in Yorkshire. Richard Radclyffe was drowned in Rosendale, in the 4th Richard II. and was s. by his son, SIR JOHN RADCLYFFE, knt. of Ordshall, aged twenty-four years at the death of his Henry Trafford, knt. of Trafford, and by father. He m. Margaret, daughter of Sir her, who wedded, secondly, Robert Orrell, of Turton, in Lancashire, had issue, 1. JOHN (SIR), his heir. 1. Edmund, of Salford Hall, Lanca- IV. Alured. 1. Elizabeth, m. to Sir Richard Venables, baron, of Kinderton. 11. Joan, m. to Robert Smethwick, of Smethwick, in Cheshire. Sir John d. in 1421, and was s. by his son, SIR JOHN RADCLYFFE, knt. of Ordshall, who married twice, but had issue only by his first wife, Clementina, daughter of Hugh Standish, esq. of Duxbury, in Lancashire, three sons, viz. 1. ALEXANDER, his heir. II. John, whose daughter, Alice, m. III. Robert, of Mellor, in Derbyshire, Sir John d. 20 HENRY VI. and was s. by his son, ALEXANDER RADCLYFFE, esq. of Ordshall, who m. Agnes, daughter of Sir William Harrington, knt. of Hornby Castle, in Lancashire, and by her, who died in 1490, had issue, 1. WILLIAM, his heir. 11. Robert, who m. Elizabeth, third daughter and co-heir of John Radclyffe, esq. of Catherton, and acquired with her the estate of FoXDENTON, in Lancashire. He left, at his decease, inter alios, a daughter, Anne, m. to Ralph Leycester, of Toft, in Cheshire, and a son, WILLIAM, of Tillesleys and Fox denton, who m. Margaret Kirke, and d. 23 HENRY VII. leaving a son, THOMAS, of Foxdenton and Tillesleys, whom. a daughter of Standish, of Park Brook, and had two sons and one daughter, namely, WILLIAM, of Foxdenton, d. without surviving issue in 1590. JOHN, of Gisborne, in Yorkshire, whom. Margaret Catherton, of Nuthurst, and had an only daughter and heir, MARGARET, of Foxdenton, m. to RICHARD RADCLYFFE, esq. of Newcroft, in Lancashire. III. Alexander, living 4 HENRY VII. m. Anne Travers, and was ancestor of the Radclyffes, of Bucks, Middlesex, &c. He d. in 1470. IV. Thomas. v. John. 1. Isabel, m. to Sir James Harrington, knt. of Wolfege, in Northamptonshire, and had, with other issue, Margaret, seventh daughter and coheir, wife of Christopher Hulton, esq. and mother of an only daughter and heir, Jane Hulton, who m. Roger Ashawe, esq. of the Hall-on-the-Hill, and had a son, Thomas Ashawe, of Hall-on-the-Hill, who m. Mary, dau. of James Anderton, of Guxton, and left an only daughter and heir, Anne, the wife of Sir John Radclyffe, knt. of Ordshall. 11. Katherine, m. to Thomas Davenport, esq. of Henbury, in Cheshire. III. Anne, m. to John Talbot, esq. of Salesbury, in Lancashire. Alexander Radclyffe d. in 1476, and was s. by his eldest son, WILLIAM RADCLYFFE, esq. of Ordshall, m. to Sir Richard Aston, knt. of Middleton. 1. Elizabeth, m. to John Domvile, esq. of Lyme, in Cheshire. II. Anne, m. first, to Sir Thomas Tildesley, of Wardley, and, secondly, to Sir Henry Farrington, kut. of Wednacre, in Lancashire. III. Eleanor, m. to Robert, son and heir IV. Clemence, m. to James Holme, of v. A daughter, m. to Alexander Hep worth, of Hollingworth, in Cheshire. William Radclyffe, d. 15th May, 13 HENRY VII. and was s. by his grandson, SIR ALEXANDER RADCLYFFE, of Ordshall, knt. high sheriff of Lancashire in 1547, who m. Alice, daughter of Sir John Booth, knt. of Barton, in Lancashire, and had issue, 1. WILLIAM (Sir), his heir. II. Alexander. 111. John, in holy orders. IV. Edmund, living in 1578: died at 1. Anne, m. to Sir Edmund Trafford, 11. Elizabeth, m. to John Atherton, esq. of Atherton, in Lancashire. III. Eleanor, m. to Sir Richard Molineux, knt. of Sefton. Sir Alexander d. in 1548, aged seventy-two, and was s. by his son, SIR WILLIAM RADCLYFFE, knt. of Ordshall, on whom and the heirs male of his body, &c. were settled the Fitz-Walter estates, on failure of divers remainders mentioned in the will of Henry Radclyffe, second Earl of Sussex. Sir William m. first, Margaret, daughter of Sir Edmund Trafford, knt. of Trafford; secondly, Anne, daughter of Ralph Catherall, and widow of Sir John Townley, kut. of Townley; and, thirdly, Anne, youngest daughter and co-heir of Sir Robert Bellingham, knt. of Burnshide, in Westmoreland, and widow of Sir Richard Ashton, of Middleton. He left issue only by his first wife, 1. ALEXANDER (Sir), knt. of Ordshall, who m. Frances, daughter and coheir of Christopher Wymbish, esq. of Nocton, in Lincolnshire, and widow of Sir Richard Townley, knt. of Townley, in Lincolnshire, but d. s. p. 26th September, 1568. 11. JOHN (Sir), successor to his father. III. Richard, of Newcroft, in Lancashire, who m. Bridget, daughter of Thomas Carrell, esq. of Warnam, in Sussex, and widow of William Molineux, esq. by whom he had issue, Alexander, of Newcroft, died in 1628 s. p. Francis, of London, died unmarried in 1635. Richard, of London, died unmar ried in 1602. He m. secondly, Margaret, daughter and heir of John Radclyffe, esq. of Gisborne, and niece and heir of William Radclyffe, esq. of Foxdenton; by this lady, he left at his decease, in 1601, a son, WILLIAM, of Foxdenton, who m. ROBERT, living 1642, d. unm. d. s. p. Byrom, esq. of Salford. Susan, m. about 1651, to Alexander Potter, esq. of Man chester. 1 Alice, m. to Francis Tunstal, esq. of Sir William d. 12th October, 1568, aged sixty-six, and was s. by his son, SIR JOHN RADCLYFFE, knt. of Ordshall, aged thirty-two at the death of his father. He m. Anne, only daughter and heir of Thomas Ashawe, esq. of the Hall-on-theHill, in High Charnock, Lancashire, and had issue, 1. ALEXANDER (Sir), his heir. 11. William, baptized at Manchester, 28th June, 1577; slain at Blackwater, in Ireland, unmarried in 1598, fighting against Hugh, Earl of Tyrone. 111. JOHN (Sir), successor to his brother. IV. Edmund, v. Thomas, both slain in battle in French Flanders in 1599. 1. Margaret, baptized at Manchester, 6th March, 1573; favourite maid of honour to Queen ELIZABETH; died at Richmond of grief for the loss of her brothers, 10th November, 1599; buried as a lady, by the queen's command in St. Margaret's, Westminster, 22nd November. II. Jane, baptized at Manchester, 14th June, 1575; some time an attendant on Alice, Countess, of Derby; afterwards wife of Sir Ralph Constable, knt. III. Anna, IV. Alice, } both died unmarried. Sir John died at Ordshall, and was buried with his ancestors in the choir of the collegiate church at Manchester, 11th February, 1589. His eldest son and successor, SIR ALEXANDER RADCLYFFE, knt. of Ordshall, baptized at Manchester, 26th January, 1573, was slain in Ireland, unm. in 1599, when he was s. by his brother, SIR JOHN RADCLYFFE, knt. of Ordshall, baptized at Manchester, 24th February, 1581, who m. Alice, eldest daughter of Sir John Byron, knt. of Newstead, in Notts, and had issue, 1. ALEXANDER (Sir), his heir. 1. Mary, m. first, to Sir John Stanhope, knt. of Elvaston, in Derbyshire; and, secondly, to Sir John Gell, bart. of Hopton, in the same county. II. Alicia. III. Anna, b. in 1665. Sir John was slain in the Isle of Rhee, 29th October, 1627, and was s. by his son, SIR ALEXANDER RADCLYFFE, of Ordshall, knight of the Bath, b. 27th April, 1608, who m. Jane Radclyffe, illegitimate daughter of Robert Radclyffe, fifth Earl of Sussex, K.G. by whom he acquired the manor of Attilborough, in Norfolk, and had issue, 1. JOHN, of Ordshall and Attilborough, Jane, born at Attilborough, 13th Elizabeth, born at Attilborough in 1653. II. Alexander, captain in the army. III. Sussex, died unmarried. IV. Humphrey, living unm. 9th December, 1651; m. subsequently, Margaret, sister to Stephen Radley, and died at Oldfield in 1663, leaving a daughter, Margaret, died in 1665. v. Charles, living unm. 9th December, 1651. VI. ROBERT, of whom presently. 1. Frances, m. to . Wentworth. 11. Jane, living unm. 9th December, 1651. III. Anne, living unm. 9th December, 1651. iv. Mary. v. Margaret. The sixth and youngest son, ROBERT RADCLYFFE, esq. of Withenshaw, born at Attilborough in 1650, captain in the Duke of Monmouth's regiment, in the service of the king of Spain; m. 27th February, 1676, Anne, only surviving daughter and heir of Rowland Eyre, esq. of Bradway, in Derbyshire, and widow of William Tatton, esq. of Withenshaw, in Cheshire, by whom he had issue, I. ALEXANDER, his heir. 11. Edward, fellow of All Souls' Col- 11. Mary, d. unm. in 1762. Mr. Radclyffe was killed in a duel, 20th February, 1685, and buried the following day, in Tatton Chapel, in Northenden Church, Cheshire. His elder son, ALEXANDER RADCLYFFE, esq. of Foxdenton, baptized at Withenshaw, 17th January, 1677, became seized of the Foxdenton Estates, by virtue of the wills of his cousins, Mrs. Mary Byrom and Mrs. Susan Potter, and rebuilt the family mansion. He m. Elizabeth, daughter of John Bagshawe, esq. of Litton and Hicklow, in Derbyshire, and by her, who died in 1735, had issue to survive infancy, 1. ROBERT, his heir. 11. Alexander, d. unm. in 1740. 1. Anne, d. at Stockport unm. in 1759. II. Frances, d. unm. 1. Margaret, d. unm. 14th February, 1795. IV. Mary, m. to the Rev. Samuel Sidebottom, M.A. rector of Middleton, in Lancashire, and d. in 1784, leaving issue, Radclyffe Sidebottom, of Sutton in Kent; by both marriages he had issue. Frances Sidebottom, m. to Robert Radclyffe, esq. of Foxdenton. Mr. Radclyffe died at Newton Heath, and was buried at Manchester, 2nd February, 1735. His son and successor, ROBERT RADCLYFFE, esq. of Foxdenton, baptized at Oldham, 31st March, 1708, m. 20th May, 1731, Margaret, only daughter and heir of Adam Bagshawe, esq. of Wormhill, in Derbyshire, and by her, who d. 16th November, 1786, had issue, 1. ROBERT, his heir. II. Thomas, d. young. 1. Eleanor, m. to Bazerial Burges, esq. II. Betty, d. unm. 18th November, 1788. v. Margaret, d. in 1826. VI. Frances, d. young. Mr. Radclyffe d. 12th April, 1749, was buried at Oldham, and s. by his son, ROBERT RADCLYFFE, esq. of Foxdenton, baptized at Oldham, 25th May, 1737, who m. 11th August, 1772, Frances, third dau. of the Rev. Samuel Sidebottom, M.A. rector of Middleton, in Lancashire, and had by her, who d. in 1819, one son and two daughters, viz. 1. ROBERT, his heir. 1. Frances, d. young in 1780. 11. Margaret, m. 3rd December, 1805, to the Rev. Peter Richard Rideout, of Hookswood, in Dorsetshire, and has issue. III. Mary, m. to Captain Tremlett, R.N. and has one daughter. Mr. Radclyffe d. at Bath, 18th December, 1783, and was s. by his son, the present ROBERT RADCLYFFE, esq. of Foxdenton. Arms-Arg. two bends engr. sa. a label of three points gu. quartering Radclyffe, of Radclyffe; Legh, of Booths; Venables; Lege; Leigh, of Leigh; Baguley; Corona; Ardern; Sandbach; Ashaw; Elston; Aughton; Hulton; Bowden; Harrington; Cansfield; Flemyng; English; Urswick; Bradshaw; Verdon; Pilkington; Eyre; Padley; Blakewell; Stafford; and Nuthall. Crest-A bull's head erased sa. ducally gorged and chained az. Motto-Caen, Cressie, Calais. Seat-Foxdenton Hall, Lancashire. |
