RADCLIFFE, Sir Ralph (d.1406), of Blackburn and Smithills, Lancs.

Family and Education

s. and h. of William Radcliffe (d.c.1369) of Blackburn and Smithills by Katherine, da. and coh. of Adam Norleigh of Pemberton. m. (1) prob. 3s. inc. Ralph, 1da.; (2) by 1389, Margery (d. Jan. 1417), da. of Robert Ince, wid. of Sir Henry Trafford (d.c.1386) of Trafford. Kntd. by 1382.Chetham Soc. xcv. 96-97, 127-8; xcix. 34-36; DKR, xxxiii. 13-14; VCH Lancs. iv. 127, 253; v. 46-47; Reg. Gaunt 1379-83, p. 9; J. Foster, Lancs. Peds. sub Trafford; C.P. Hampson, Bk. of Radclyffes, 212.

Offices Held

Commr. to make arrests, Lancs. May 1376, Dec. 1381,Reg. Gaunt 1379–83, no. 631. Aug. 1396,Chetham Soc. n.s. xcvi. 84. Feb. 1399; of oyer and terminer Feb. 1382,DKR, xliii. 370. Mar. 1384 (trespasses on John of Gaunt’s estates);DKR, xl. 526. array Feb. 1384, Aug. 1402, July, Sept. 1403, May, June 1405; to raise and lead men to serve under Gaunt at Newcastle-upon-Tyne Mar. 1385, in Spain Mar. 1386,Ibid. 522, 525. to serve against the northern rebels Aug. 1405; of inquiry, Derbys., Staffs. May 1399 (illicit use of hunting dogs).

Sheriff, Lancs. 14 Mar. 1384 – 23 July 1387, 10 Oct. 1398 – 30 Sept. 1399, 20 Sept. 1404–d.Ibid. 522, 532; PRO List ‘Sheriffs’, 72; Somerville, Duchy, i. 461; Chetham Soc. n.s. lxxxvii. 67.

J.p. Lancs. Mar. 1385, July 1394, Feb. 1404.DKR, xl. 523, 532; Chetham Soc. n.s. xcvi. 84.

Receiver of the Lancs. and Cheshire estates of the duchy of Lancaster 13 Aug. 1403–27 Feb. 1405.Somerville, i. 493.

Parlimentarian

RADCLIFFE, Sir Ralph (d.1406), of Blackburn and Smithills, Lancs.

Main residences: Blackburn; Smithills, Lancs.

Author

C.R.

Volume

Commons 1386-1421

Web Title

RADCLIFFE, Sir Ralph (-d.1406)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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