RADCLIFFE, Sir Thomas (c.1391-1440), of Astley and Winmarleigh, Lancs.

Family and Education

b. c.1391, s. and h. of Sir Richard Radcliffe (d. 4 Sept. 1431) of Astley and Winmarleigh by his w. Margaret (fl. 1442), prob. bro. of Sir Nicholas. m. (1) Isabel, da. of Sir John Boteler (d.1404) of Rawcliffe, at least 5s. (1 d.v.p.) 2da.; (2) June 1411, Katherine (fl. 1464), yr. da. of John Booth I. Kntd. by Apr. 1419.Chetham Soc. xcix. 32-34, 53; Test. Ebor. iii. 320; DL42/17 (2), f. 71; C1/9/400; VCH Lancs. vi. 364; vii. 274; DKR, xxxiii. 32. The pedigree given by C.P. Hampson (Bk. of Radclyffes, 120-1) is completely unreliable, not least because it omits Sir Thomas’s father altogether.

Offices Held

Commr. of array, Lancs. Mar. 1430; inquiry Dec. 1433 (infringement of market rights at Nether Wyresdale);DKR, xl. 533. to distribute a tax rebate Dec. 1433, Feb. 1434; take oaths from local gentry to keep the peace May 1434.

Assessor of taxes, Lancs. Jan., Mar. 1436; collector Feb. 1438.Ibid. 533, 535.

J.p. Lancs. Dec. 1435, Mar., Aug. 1440.Ibid. 531, 535, 536.

Dep. steward of the wapentake of Clitheroe in the duchy of Lancaster, Lancs. 1440–d. Somerville, Duchy, i. 492.

Parlimentarian

RADCLIFFE, Sir Thomas

Main residences: Astley; Winmarleigh, Lancs.

Author

C.R.

Volume

Commons 1386-1421

Web Title

RADCLIFFE, Sir Thomas (c.1391-1440)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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