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Descendants of IVO de TAILLEBOIS, The Earl of Holland (Ratcliffe/Crossgrove Family Line)

Generation No. 9

17. LORD RICHARD DE¹⁰ RATCLYFFE, ESQ., OF RADCLIFFE TOWER (ROBERT DE⁹ RADCLYFFE, ADAM DE⁸, WILLIAM DE⁷ RADECLIVE, SHERIFF OF LANCASHIRE, HENRY DE⁶, NICHOLAS FITZGILBERT DE⁵, GILBERT DE⁴ TAILBOIS, 3RD BARON OF KENDAL, ÆLFTRED DE³ TAILLEBOIS, 2D BARON OF KENDAL, IVO DE², REINFRED¹) was born about 1255 in Lancashire, England ⁴¹, and died 1326 in England^41,⁴². He married [MARGARET?] LE BOTELER ^43,⁴⁴, daughter of LORD WILLIAM LE BOTELER, BARON OF WARRINGTON. She was born about 1260 in Lancashire, England, and died Unknown.

Notes for LORD RICHARD DE RATCLYFFE, ESQ., OF RADCLIFFE TOWER:
[The writer's twenty-second great grandfather.]
Richard de Ratclyffe, the eldest son and heir of Robert de Radclyffe, was a gallant soldier of the Scottish wars, gave public service freely, and received many honours from King EDWARD I.[a] Amongst these was a royal charter, given at Stirling on 11 August 1304 by EDWARD, granting Richard free warren and chase in all the King's demesne lands at Radcliffe.[b] Lord Richard's name is mentioned often in the Charter Deeds of Whalley, and as a juror at the Hundred Court of Salford, and in The Trafford Evidences. On 12 July 1291 at a Privy Council held at Stirling, a grant was issued to Richard, as lord of the Lancashire border, to levy custom on goods for sale brought across the causeway of Blakesteynegge (Blackstone Edge) from Yorkshire. Lord Richard was also appointed Seneschal and Minister of the King's Forests of Blackburnshire.[c]
According to one family historian, "Richard was the fountain-head from whom the greater glory of the Radclyffe name sprang, and his well-lived and usefully employed life came to an end in 1326."[c] Richard is documented in the years 1276 and 1304.[d]
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a. Clarence Earl Ratcliff, B.S., M.A., RICHARD RATCLIFF OF LANCASHIRE, ENGLAND, AND TALBOT COUNTY, MARYLAND, AND HIS ANCESTORS AND DESCENDANTS, 1066-1988 (1963; reprint Toccoa, Ga.: privately published Clarence Earl Ratcliff, 1988); published on the Internet at http://don.ratcliff.net/tree.
b. Sir Bernard Burke, C.B., LL.D., Ulster King of Arms, THE GENERAL ARMORY OF ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, IRELAND AND WALES (1884; reprint Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1967) pp. 834-835, 839-840. Also see Charles P. Hampson, THE BOOK OF THE RADCLYFFES (privately printed, Edinburgh: T. and A. Constable, Ltd., at the University Press, 1940) p. 10.
c. THE BOOK OF THE RADCLYFFES, op cit., pp. 10-11.
d. Yorkshire P.; living 4 Edward I, 1276 and 32 Edward I, 1304; as cited by Jorge H. Castelli, "Radcliffe Family" in WELCOME TO MY TUDOR COURT; Website of Jorge H. Castelli, Argentina (jcastell@tudorplace.com.ar); URL: http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/RADCLIFFE1.htm.

Children of RICHARD RATCLYFFE and [MARGARET?] BOTELER are:

RICHARD DE¹¹ RADCLYFFE, PRIEST⁴⁵, b. about 1276, Lancashire, England; d. 1324, Bury, Lancashire, England.

Notes for RICHARD DE RADCLYFFE, PRIEST:
Richard entered Holy Orders and in 1307 became Rector of Radclyffe. In 1308 Richard, described as "the lord Richard, Rector of the Church of Radclyffe", was witness to a marriage agreement for the espousal of Agnes, daughter of William de Radclyffe, to Henry, son and heir of Henry de Shackerley. Richard's appointment as Rector of Radclyffe was again confirmed in 1310, and in 1318 his sister Margaret de Radclyffe appointed him Rector of Bury, where he died in 1324. [Charles P. Hampson, THE BOOK OF THE RADCLYFFES (privately printed, Edinburgh: T. and A. Constable, Ltd., at the University Press, 1940) p. 11.]

	ii.	ELIZABETH DE RADCLYFFE⁴⁶, b. about 1278; d. Unknown; m. NICHOLAS DE TOWNSEND; b. about 1273; d. Unknown.
18.	iii.	WILLIAM DE RADCLYFFE, "THE GREAT WILLIAM", b. about 1280, "Radclyffe Tower", Radclyffe, Lancashire, England; d. 1333, England.
	iv.	AMABEL DE RADCLYFFE⁴⁶, b. about 1282; d. Unknown; m. ADAM DE TETLOW; b. about 1277; d. Unknown.
	v.	ROBERT DE RADCLYFFE, OF SMITHILLS, b. about 1284, Lancashire, England ^47,⁴⁸; d. Unknown; m. (1) MARY DE BURY⁴⁸, about 1303; b. about 1289; d. Unknown; m. (2) MARGARET DE SHORESWORTH, LADY OF THE BOOTHS⁴⁸, 1305; b. about 1289; d. Unknown.

Notes for ROBERT DE RADCLYFFE, OF SMITHILLS:
[The writer's 21st great-granduncle.]
RADCLYFFE OF SMITHILLS
Robert, the third son of Richard de Radclyffe, was the founder of the line Radclyffe of Smithills and Tingrave.[a] Robert's first wife, Mary, bore him a son, Ralph, who died without issue. His second wife, Margaret, the widow of Henry de Worsley, bore him two sons, William de Radclyffe of Smithills, and John, Rector of Bury. Following Robert's death, Margaret married Robert's cousin, Robert, son of Roger de Radclyffe of Ordsall.[b]
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a. Sir Bernard Burke, C.B., LL.D., Ulster King of Arms, THE GENERAL ARMORY OF ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, IRELAND AND WALES (1884; reprint Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1967) pp. 834-835, 839-840.
b. Charles B. Hampson, THE BOOK OF THE RADCLYFFES (privately printed Edinburgh: T. and A. Constable, Ltd., at the University Press, 1940) pp. 11.

vi.

ADAM DE RADCLYFFE, PRIEST⁴⁹, b. about 1286, Lancashire, England; d. 1331⁴⁹.

Notes for ADAM DE RADCLYFFE, PRIEST:
Adam took Holy Orders and was nominated to the position of Rector of Bury, Lancashire, on 23 December 1323 while still in minor orders. He was ordained sub-deacon in September 1325, and ordained a priest one year later. [Charles P. Hampson, THE BOOK OF THE RADCLYFFES (privately printed, Edinburgh: T. and A. Constable, Ltd., at the University Press, 1940) pp. 11-12.]

19.	vii.		SIR JOHN DE RATCLYFFE, KNIGHT, OF ORDSALL, b. 1288, England, and lived at Ordsall, Salford, Lancashire (now the County of Greater Manchester); d. 1362, England of the "Black Plague".
	viii.		LADY MARGARET DE RADCLYFFE⁵⁰, b. about 1290; d. Unknown; m. HENRY DE BURY; b. about 1285; d. 1315, Bury, Lancashire, England.

Notes for LADY MARGARET DE RADCLYFFE:
Lady Margaret, following her husband's slaying in 1315, became the ruler of Bury Town and was known as"Great Dame Margery, Lady of Bury". In that year she appointed her brother Richard as Rector of Bury. The Lancashire County Rolls of 1323 record that "Margt. de Burie held Manor of Burie, and renders Socage 8s. and the same Margery holds the town and renders for ward of the castle 10s." Born to Margaret and her husband were two sons, Henry and Adam, and three daughters, Alice, Agnes, Isabel. [Charles P. Hampson, THE BOOK OF THE RADCLYFFES (privately printed, Edinburgh: T. and A. Constable, Ltd., at the University Press, 1940) p. 12.]

ix.

ALICIA DE RADCLYFFE⁵⁰, b. about 1292; d. Unknown; m. [----?----] HESKETH, OF HESKETH; b. about 1287; d. Unknown.

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