Family and Education
o.s. of John Ratcliffe of Chester, alderman and brewer and Margaret, da. of John Wringstead of London. m. (1) Elizabeth, da. of Thomas Werden of Chester, s.p.; (2) bef. 1607, Jane, da. of John Brerewood of Chester, 3s. (1 d.v.p.) 2da. suc. fa. 1610. d. 30 Mar. 1633. Harl. 2180, f. 85v; Cheshire and Lancs. Fun. Certs. ed. J.P. Rylands (Lancs. and Cheshire Rec. Soc. vi), 165-6. sig. John Ratclyffe.
Offices Held

Freeman, Chester 1596, Chester Freeman Rolls (Lancs. and Cheshire Rec. Soc. li), 76. common cllr. 1599, Cheshire Archives, AB/1, ff. 257v-8. alderman 1606 – d., auditor 1606 – 07, 1615, 1617, 1619 – 21, mayor 1611 – 12, 1628 – 29, j.p. 1611 – d., murenger 1617–22, Cal. Chester City Mins. ed. M.J. Groombridge (Lancs. and Cheshire Rec. Soc. cvi), 23, 27, 31, 79, 81, 82, 99, 116, 152; JRL, Eng. 202, f. 57; Cheshire Archives, MUB/3, unfol. commr. charitable uses 1630, 1631. C192/1, unfol.

Member, Beerbrewers’ Co., Chester bef. 1607, master 1611–d. Cheshire Archives, G3/2, ff. 5, 19.

Main residence: Northgate Street, St. Oswald's, Chester, Cheshire.
Author
Volume
Commons 1604-1629
Web Title

RATCLIFFE, John (-d.1633)

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Oxford 1644
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