Family and Education
b. c. 1536, 2nd but 1st surv. s. of Sir William Ratcliffe of Ordsall by Margaret, da. of Sir Edmund Trafford of Trafford. m. Anne, da. of Thomas Asshawe of Hall-on-the-Hill, Chorley, 5s. 4da. suc. fa. 1568. Kntd. 1578.VCH Lancs. iv. 212.
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J.p. Lancs., dep. lt. by 1574; dep. bailiff of Salford hundred, duchy of Lancaster 1580 – 81; feoffee of Manchester g.s. 1581.Stanley Pprs. (Chetham Soc. xxxi), 172; Somerville, Duchy, i. 503.

Main residence: Ordsall, Lancs.
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Commons 1558-1603
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RATCLIFFE, John (c.1536-90)

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Oxford 1644
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