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

Generation No. 10

18. WILLIAM DE¹¹ RADCLYFFE, "THE GREAT WILLIAM" (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, ĆLFTRED DE³ TAILLEBOIS, 2D BARON OF KENDAL, IVO DE², REINFRED¹) was born about 1280 in "Radclyffe Tower", Radclyffe, Lancashire, England ^51,⁵², and died 1333 in England. He married MARGARET DE PEASFURLONG ⁵³ 1303^53,⁵⁴, daughter of ADAM PEASFURLONG and ELIZABETH CULCHETH. She was born about 1285 in Lancashire, England, and died Unknown.

Notes for WILLIAM DE RADCLYFFE, "THE GREAT WILLIAM":
[The writer's twenty-first great grandfather.]
RADCLYFFE OF THE TOWER
The Radclyffe of the Tower branch of the family descended from William. William de Radclyffe of the Tower, the second son and heir of Richard de Radclyffe the Seneschal, was born about 1280, the eighth year of the reign of King EDWARD I. In 1309, apparently during his father's lifetime, William received from his father the manors of Radclyffe, Oswaldtwistle, and Quarlton. The annual value of his lands in 1323 was estimated as more than Ł15. William had his share of legal disputes. In 1324 his brother, John de Radclyffe, brought a tenement claim against him. Later, it was claimed that William and his brothers Richard and Adam had entered the royal park of Musbury where they had stolen the King's deer, to which the Radclyffes pled successfully that only once had their hounds trespassed on the King's Chace, "and that harmlessly". In 1323, it was claimed by Richard de Hulton that William's brothers Adam, John, and Roger, and William's son Richard, had broken into and vandalized Hulton's manors of Ordsall, Hulton, and Flixton, assaulted his servants, and hunted in his parks. Reportedly, later Adam, John, Roger, Richard, and William himself attacked the house of William de Butterwyck, assaulting him and stealing his property.[a]
William was the direct-line ancestor of the Radclyffes of the Tower, the Radclyffe Earls of Derwentwater, the Ratcliffe Earls of Sussex, and the Ratcliffes of Langley, Yorkshire.[b] The lines of descendancy of the Radclyffe Earls of Derwentwater and Newburgh are as follows:

1 WILLIAM de RADCLYFFE, "The Great William"      b: about 1280 in "Radclyffe Tower",
-----Radclyffe, Lancashire, England; d: 1333 in England.
--2 RICHARD de RADCLYFFE, of Winmarleigh, b: 1305 in Lancashire, England; 2nd Wife
------ISABEL de PLEASINGTON.
----3 Thomas de Radclyffe, of Winmarleigh, b: about 1334 in Lancashire, England.
-----4 Sir Nicholas de Radclyffe, b: about 1384; m: 1417 Elizabeth de Derwentwater.
-------5 Thomas Radclyffe, b: about 1440; m. Margaret Parr.
---------6 Edward Ratclyffe, b: about 1495 in England and lived in Corington,
-------------Co. Northumberland.
-----------7 Cuthbert Radclyffe b: about 1525 in England and lived in Corington,
----------------Co. Northumberland.
-------------8 Sir George Radclyffe, Knight b: about 1545 in England and lived in
------------------Derwentwater, Co. Cumberland; m. Catherine Mallory.
---------------9 Sir Francis Radclyffe, 1st Baronet of Derwentwater b: 1563 in England
---------------------and lived in Derwentwater, Co. Cumberland; d: 23 December 1622 in
---------------------Dilston, Co. Northumberland; m: 18 July 1576 in England; m. Isabel Grey.
-----------------10 Sir Edward Radclyffe, 2d Baronet of Derwentwater, b: about 1599 in
-----------------------England and lived in Derwentwater, Co. Cumberland, d: 13 December
-----------------------1663 in Dilston, County Northumberland, England; m. Elizabeth Barton.
--------------------11 Sir Francis Radclyffe, 1st Earl of Derwentwater, b: 1625 in England and
--------------------------lived in Derwentwater, County Cumberland; d: April 1696 in England;
--------------------------m. Catherine Fenwick, b: about 1630 in England and lived in Meldon,
--------------------------Northumberland.
----------------------12 Sir Edward Radclyffe, 2d Earl of Derwentwater, b: 9 December 1655
----------------------------and lived in Derwentwater, Co. Cumberland; d: 29 April 1705; m: 18
----------------------------August 1687 Mary Tudor, Princess, dau. of King CHARLES II.
------------------------13 Sir James Radclyffe, 3d Earl of Derwentwater; b: 1689 in London,
------------------------------England, and lived in Derwentwater, Co. Cumberland; d: (beheaded)
------------------------------24 February 1715/16 at Tower Hill, London, Middlesex County,
------------------------------England; m. Anna Maria Webb.
--------------------------14 Sir John Radclyffe, 4th Earl of Derwentwater, b: about 1714 in
--------------------------------England; d: 31 December 1731 in England.
-----------------------13 Sir Charles Radcliffe, 1st Earl of Newburgh, b: 3 September 1693 in
-----------------------------Little Parndon, Essex, England; d: 8 December 1746 at Tower Hill,
-----------------------------London, Middlesex, England; m: Aft. 1719 in (Kinnard, Perthshire,
-----------------------------Scotland?); m. Charlotte Maria Livingston, Countess of Newburgh.
--------------------------14 Sir James Bartholomew Radcliffe, 3d Earl of Newburgh; b: 23 August
--------------------------------1725 in Vincennes, Seine, France; d: 2 January 1786; m: 11
--------------------------------November 1749 in England Barbara Kempe, Countess of Newburgh.
----------------------------15 Anthony James Radcliffe, 4th Earl of Newburgh; b: 20 June 1757 in
----------------------------------Slindon, Sussex; d: 29 November 1814 and was buried in Slindon,
----------------------------------Sussex; m: Anne Webb 30 June 1789 in Shaftesbury House,
----------------------------------Kensington, London.

The above Sir Nicholas Radclyffe had acquired in 1417 the extensive Derwentwater estates through his marriage with Elizabeth, the heiress of John de Derwentwater.[c] Sir Francis Radclyffe, third Baronet of Derwentwater was created Viscount Radclyffe and 1st Earl of Derwentwater in 1688 by King JAMES II.[b] Sir Francis's grandson, Sir James Radclyffe, 5th Baronet, and 3d Earl, of Derwentwater (the writer's first cousin approximately twelve generations removed), was raised in France at the Court of the Stuart family to be a companion to Prince JAMES EDWARD, the "Old Pretender". Returning to England in 1710, he joined the Jacobite uprising. Upon their defeat at Preston, Sir James, Lord Derwentwater, surrendered and was taken to London where he pled guilty, his title was stripped from him, and he was beheaded on Tower Hill. On the scaffold, he declared his devotion to the Roman Catholic religion and to "King James III".[c]
Sir James's son, Sir John Radclyffe, Lord Derwentwater, inherited his father's estates, and, although the Crown had stripped his father of the title, Sir John claimed for himself the title of 4th Earl of Derwentwater. Following his death in 1731, his uncle Charles (son of the 2d Earl and brother of Sir James) inherited the estates and continued to use the title of 5th Earl of Derwentwater. Sir Charles's grandson, Anthony James Radclyffe (1757-1814), later inherited the estates and died without issue, at which time the title became extinct in fact as well as by law, and the title passed from our family.[c]
The Ratcliffe Barons Fitz-water and Earls of Sussex, also William's direct descendants, are shown as follows:

1 John Ratcliffe, Governor of Trounsak      b: about 1423 in England; m. Elizabeth Fitz-Walter,
----Baroness Fitz-Walter, b: about 1428 in England.
----2 The Rt. Hon. John Ratcliffe, 1st Baron Fitz-Walter, b: about 1453 in England.
--------3 The Rt. Hon. Robert Ratcliffe, 1st Earl of Sussex, b: about 1483 in England;
------------d: 1542 in England. In 1540 Robert was appointed Great Chamberlain of England.

The above Sir John Ratcliffe, Governor of Trounsak, in Acquitaine, France, married Elizabeth, the only daughter and heir of Walter, the last Baron Fitz-Walter. Sir John's grandson, Robert, second Baron Fitz-Walter, was created Viscount Fitz-Walter in 1525, and first Earl of Sussex in 1529. In 1540 he was appointed Great Chamberlain of England. The title of Earl of Sussex became extinct with the death of Robert's descendant, Edward Ratcliffe (c.1552-1643), sixth Earl of Sussex.[b]
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a. Charles B. Hampson, THE BOOK OF THE RADCLYFFES (privately printed Edinburgh: T. and A. Constable, Ltd., at the University Press, 1940) pp. 17-19.
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 ENCYCLOPĆDIA BRITANNICA (Chicago: Encyclopćdia Britannica, Inc., 1966) vol. 21, p. 617.
c. ENCYCLOPĆDIA BRITANNICA, op. cit., vol. 7, p. 279.

Children of WILLIAM RADCLYFFE and MARGARET PEASFURLONG are:

20.	i.	RICHARD DE¹² RADCLYFFE, OF WINMARLEIGH, b. 1305, Radclyffe Tower, Lancashire, England; d. 1375, England.
	ii.	ADAM DE RADCLYFFE, b. about 1307, Lancashire, England; d. Unknown.
	iii.	WILLIAM DE RADCLYFFE, OF TODMORDEN⁵⁵, b. about 1309, Lancashire, England; d. Unknown; m. ELLEN DE LANGFIELD⁵⁵; b. about 1314; d. Unknown.

Notes for WILLIAM DE RADCLYFFE, OF TODMORDEN:
[The writer's 20th great-granduncle.]
RADCLYFFE OF TODMORDEN
William was the founder of the Radclyffes of Todmorden. [Charles P. Hampson, THE BOOK OF THE RADCLYFFES (privately printed, Edinburgh: T. and A. Constable, Ltd., at the University Press, 1940) p. 19.]

	iv.		ALICE DE RADCLYFFE⁵⁵, b. about 1311, Lancashire, England; d. Unknown; m. HENRY DE WORSLEY, OF BOOTHS; b. about 1306; d. Unknown.
	v.		AGNES DE RADCLYFFE⁵⁵, b. about 1313, Lancashire, England; d. Unknown; m. LORD HENRY DE SHACKERLEY; b. about 1308; d. Unknown.

Notes for LORD HENRY DE SHACKERLEY:
Henry was lord of a tenant manor of the manor of Tyldesley. [Charles P. Hampson, THE BOOK OF THE RADCLYFFES (privately printed, Edinburgh: T. and A. Constable, Ltd., at the University Press, 1940) p. 19.]

	vi.		ELIZABETH DE RADCLYFFE, b. about 1315, Lancashire, England; d. Unknown; m. RICHARD DE INCE, OF INCE; b. about 1310; d. Unknown.
	vii.		MARGARET DE RADCLYFFE, b. about 1319, Lancashire, England; d. Unknown; m. JOHN DE BANASTRE, OF BANK; b. about 1314; d. Unknown.
	viii.		JOAN DE RADCLYFFE, b. about 1321, Lancashire, England; d. Unknown; m. RALPH DE LANGTON, OF WALTON; b. about 1316; d. Unknown.
	ix.		MAUD DE RADCLYFFE, b. about 1323, Lancashire, England; d. Unknown; m. JOHN DE HARRINGTON, OF CARTMEL; b. about 1318; d. Unknown.

19. SIR JOHN DE¹¹ RATCLYFFE, KNIGHT, OF ORDSALL (RICHARD DE¹⁰, ROBERT DE⁹ RADCLYFFE, ADAM DE⁸, WILLIAM DE⁷ RADECLIVE, SHERIFF OF LANCASHIRE, HENRY DE⁶, NICHOLAS FITZGILBERT DE⁵, GILBERT DE⁴ TAILBOIS, 3RD BARON OF KENDAL, ĆLFTRED DE³ TAILLEBOIS, 2D BARON OF KENDAL, IVO DE², REINFRED¹) was born 1288 in England, and lived at Ordsall, Salford, Lancashire (now the County of Greater Manchester)⁵⁶, and died 1362 in England of the "Black Plague"⁵⁷. He married LADY JOAN DE HOLLAND, daughter of SIR ROBERT DE HOLLAND. She was born about 1287 in England, and died Unknown.

Notes for SIR JOHN DE RATCLYFFE, KNIGHT, OF ORDSALL:
[The writer's 21st great-granduncle.]
RADCLYFFE OF ORDSALL
Sir John, of Ordsall, Lancashire, was the M.P. (i.e., Member of Parliament) for Lancashire in 14 EDWARD III (i.e., the 14th year of the reign of EDWARD III, or 1341). Sir John distinguished himself at the siege of Calais (1345-1348), and the motto on his coat of arms, "Caen, Cressie, Calais", commemorated his gallant services in France.[a] According to THE DICTIONARY OF HERALDRY, Sir John bore our family's coat of arms at the siege of Calais in 1345-8, the arms being described as "argent, a bend engrailed sable." This source states further that these arms were also borne by "RADCLIF of the Tower," and by "Sir JOHN, K.G. [Knight of the Garter], H. VI [Henry VI]." The latter Sir John was probably the writer's direct-line ancestor, John Radclyffe, b. 1429, d. 1485.[b]
Sir John rebuilt the manor house at Ordsall in about 1350, and the major portion of Ordsall Hall seen today is that built by him.[c]
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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. Joseph Foster, THE DICTIONARY OF HERALDRY: FEUDAL COATS OF ARMS AND PEDIGREES (1902; reprint London: Studio Editions, Ltd., 1994) p. 165.
c. Charles P. Hampson, THE BOOK OF THE RADCLYFFES (privately printed Edinburgh: T. and A. Constable, Ltd., at the University Press, 1940) p. 137.

Notes for LADY JOAN DE HOLLAND:
Lady Joan's brother was Sir Thomas Holland, a soldier of great repute, who married Joan, the daughter of Edmund, Earl of kent, and was summoned to Parliament as Lord Holland in 1353. Seven years later he was created Earl of Kent and died in Normandy on the 28th December in the same year (1360). His widow, the "Fair Maid of Kent", then married Edward, the Black Prince, and was the mother of Richard II. [Charles P. Hampson, THE BOOK OF THE RADCLYFFES (privately printed Edinburgh: T. and A. Constable, Ltd., 1940) p. 136.]

Child of JOHN RATCLYFFE and JOAN HOLLAND is:

21.

RICHARD DE¹² RATCLYFFE, OF ORDSALL, b. about 1312, England; d. July 1380.

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