RADCLIFFE, Sir Humphrey (1508/9-66), of Elstow, Beds. and Beddington, Surr.

Family and Education

b. 1508 /9, 3rd s. of Robert Radcliffe, 1st Earl of Sussex, by 1st w. Elizabeth, da. of Henry Stafford, 2nd Duke of Buckingham; half-bro. of Sir John Radcliffe. m. Elizabeth or Isabel, da. and h. of Edmund Harvey of Elstow, 2s. Edward and Thomas at least 3da. Kntd. by June 1536.Aged 57 at death according to MI, Beds. N. and Q. i. 126-7. Doyle, Baronetage, iii. 481; Vis. Beds. (Harl. Soc. xix), 48, 65; CPR, 1558-60, p. 2; Beds. N. and Q. i. 90; LP Hen. VIII, xv.

Offices Held

Gent. pens. 1540 – 52, lt. 1552–5 or later; j.p. Beds. 1554, q. 1561 – d.; sheriff, Beds. and Bucks. 1558 – 59; steward, manor of Elstow 1563–d.LP Hen. VIII, iv, x, xiv(2) 783; LC2/2, f. 41v; Rep. R. Comm. of 1552 (Archs. of Brit. Hist. and Culture iii), 94; Chron. Q. Jane and Q. Mary (Cam. Soc. xlviii), 128; Narr. Ref. (ibid. lxxvii), 161, 168; CPR, 1553–4, p. 17; 1560–3, p. 518; information from W. J. Tighe.

Parlimentarian

RADCLIFFE, Sir Humphrey (1508/9-66), of Elstow, Beds. and Beddington, Surr.

Main residences: Elstow, Beds.; Beddington, Surr.

Author

N.M.F.

Volume

Commons 1509-1558

Web Title

RADCLIFFE, Sir Humphrey (1508/9-66)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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