RADCLIFFE, Sir John (1582-1627), of Ordsall, Lancs. and Westminster

Family and Education

b. 22 Feb. 1582,DL7/17/35. 3rd s. of (Sir) John Ratcliffe† (d.1590) of Ordsall and Anne, da. and h. of Thomas Asshawe of Chorley, Lancs.Lancs. and Cheshire Wills (Chetham Soc. li), 68. educ. embassy, France 1598;HMC Hatfield, xxiii. 22. travelled abroad (Low Countries, France) 1606-10. m. by 1607, Alice (d.1657), da. of Sir John Byron† of Clayton and Newstead Abbey, Notts., 1s. 3da.C.P. Hampson, Bk. of the Radclyffes, 163-4. suc. bro. Sir Alexander 1599; Kntd. 24 Sept. 1599.Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 98. d. 5 Nov. 1627.DL7/25/6.

Offices Held

Vol. [I] 1599; capt. horse, Dutch army 1606–15;F.J.G. ten Raa and F. de Bas, Het Staatsche Leger, ii. 125; iii. 154. capt. ft. by 1624,CSP Dom. 1623–5, p. 272. lt.-col. 1625, col. 8 Sept. 1627–d.APC, 1627, p. 189; 1627–8, p. 15.

Member, Virg. Co. 1609.Recs. Virg. Co. ed. S.M. Kingsbury, iii. 13, 43, 332.

Commr. inquiry, safety of buildings near Tower of London 1615;APC, 1615–16, p. 54. j.p. Lancs. 1626–d.;Lancs. RO, QSC5. commr. Forced Loan, Lancs. 1627.C193/12/2, f. 29v.

Parlimentarian

RADCLIFFE, Sir John (1582-1627), of Ordsall, Lancs. and Westminster

Main residences: Ordsall, Lancs.; Westminster.

Author

J.P.F.

R.C.L.S.

Volume

Commons 1604-1629

Web Title

RADCLIFFE, Sir John (1582-1627)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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