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- [source07034] Michael Neuman, http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=clcaldwell&id=I027206 @ RootsWeb
Caldwell and related families, (Publication Date: 21 JAN 2009
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ID: I027206
Name: William de Radclyffe , High Sheriff of Lancaster 1
Sex: M
Birth: 1164 in Radcliffe, Lancashire, England 1
Death: 1220 in Radcliffe, Lancashire, England 1
Father: Henry de Radclyffe b: ABT 1144 in Radcliffe, Lancashire, England
Marriage 1 Cecilia de Montbegon b: ABT 1165 in Hornby Castle, Lancaster, Lancashire, England
Children
Adam de Radclyffe b: 1188 in Radcliffe, Lancashire, England
Geoffrey de Radclyffe b: ABT 1190 in Radcliffe, Lancashire, England
Hugh de Radclyffe b: ABT 1192 in Radcliffe, Lancashire, England
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- [source4071148807] GENi - Sir William Radcliffe, High Sheriff of Lancaster, (Publication Date: 29 SEP 2023
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Also Known As: "De Radeclive"
Birthdate: 1164
Birthplace: Radcliffe Tower, Bury, Lancashire, England
Death: 1220 (55-56)
Radcliffe Tower, Bury, Lancahsire, England
Immediate Family:
Son of Sir Henry de Radcliffe, Knight and Lady Jane Margaret de Booth
Husband of Cecilia de Montbegon, Lady of Kirkland and Eugenia de Radcliffe
Father of Adam de Radclyffe; Hugh de Radcliffe; Geoffrey de Radcliffe and Robert de Radcliffe
Brother of Richard Radcliffe; Daughter Radcliffe and John Radcliffe
Occupation: sheriff of Lancaster
Managed by: Private User
Last Updated: April 27, 2022
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William DE REDCLYFFEWilliam DE REDCLYFFE (b. Abt. 1160, d. date unknown) William DE REDCLYFFE (son of Henry DE RADECLIVE) was born Abt. 1160 in Radcliffe Tower, Lancashire, England, and died date unknown.He married Cecilia de Montbegon on Bef. 1195.
Includes NotesNotes for William DE REDCLYFFE: William DE RADECLIVE Sex: M Birth: Abt 1160 in Radcliffe Tower,Lancashire,England Death: 1220 OCCUPATION: High Sheriff of Lancashire William (died in 1220, five years after the Magna Carta) (he succeeded his father) (he began his inheritance some time prior to 1190, by that time the family had greatly extended their original manor) (he was appointed High Sheriff of Lancashire) (Married Lady Cecilia de Montbegon of Kirkland, daughter of one of the most powerful barons in the north) (after Lady Cecilia died, William remarried to Eugenia, who was the daughter of Alexander, who was the son of Uvieth) (had three sons Adam, Geoffrey, and Hugh de Redclyffe)MARRIAGE: After Lady Cecilia died, william remarried to Eugenia, who was the daughter of Alexander, who was the son of Uvieth. THey had 3 sons: Adam, Geoffrey and Hugh de Redclyffe.BIOGRAPHY: In 6 Richard I. (1194-5), William de Radeclive, who married Cecilia de Montbegon, lady of Kirkland, a daughter of the great feudal family of Montbegon, barons of Hornby, was deputy to Theobald Walter, high-sheriff of the county of Lancaster; but it appears that before this time Simon de Radeclive, brother of Henry named in the foundation charter of Burseough, and supposed to be the uncle of William, demised lands in this place for a term of years to Henry de Oswaldtwissel. The connection of William de Radeclive with Theobald Walter, who, as lord of Amounderness,(3) possessed Routheclive, now Rawcliffe, has led to the supposition that the manor of Radcliffe was formerly a portion of the barony of Kendal,(4) but this, on investigation, is found to be erroneous. The parish of Radcliffe, in Salford hundred, doubtless gave name to the family of Radcliffe before that place was in the possession of the Earls of Chester. In the record of fees held in the reigns of John and Henry III., as exhibited in the Testa de Nevill, William de Radeclive occurs in the Inquisicio Cornitatus Lancastr', fol. 401-405, where he is said to hold by 6s. a carucate of land of the fee of Ranulf Fitz-Roger's heir, a ward in the custody of Eustace Fitz-Moreton, for the king, besides twelve bovates of land in Edgworth. In 30 Henry III. (1246) Adam, son of the William de Radeclive above named, petitioned against Roger de Oswaldtwisel for the lands demised in Radclive, for a term of years, by his grandfather, of whom he was the heir. In 4 Edward I. (1276) Richard, son of Robert and great grandson of William de Radclyve had a writ of novel disseisin, and held lands, &c., in Tottington, of the fee of Roger de Montebegon; this Richard accompanied the king in his wars in Scotland, and obtained from him a charter for free warren in his manors of Radcliffe and Querndone, dated from Strevelin, 32 Edward I.(5) (1304). Sir John Radclyve of Ordsal, a younger son of this Sir Richard, who married Johanna, daughter of Sir Robert, and sister to Thomas de Holland, Earl of Kent, accompanied Edward III. in his wars in France; he introduced the honour of knighthood into the family in 1347, and was founder of the line of Radcliffe of Ordsal and of Foxdenton. The Radcliffes enjoyed the privilege of free warren and free chase in the territories of the duchy, and held at various times the offices of seneschal and minister of the forests of Bowland and Blackburnshire; and the stewardship of Rossendale also devolved upon them. The chiefs of the family, as well as several collateral branches, filled the station of high-sheriff in the county in successive reigns; a rank which, in the early period of our history, was equal to that of lord-lieutenant. Ralph de Radclyffe, grandson of Richard above named, dying without issue before 5 Edward III. (1331), bequeathed his manors of Radcliffe, &c., to his uncle William, son of Richard de Radclyffe, of Radcliffe Tower, and brother of John, the founder of the line of Ordsal, called the Great William, lord of Edgeworth and Oswaldtwistle, who became seised of Culcheth in 20 Edward I. (1292), in right of his wife Margaret, one of the two daughters and co-heirs of Gilbert de Culcheth.(6) From this "Great William" ennobled successively by the titles of Baron Fitzwalter and Earl of Sussex, now extinct, descended the Radcliffes, Earls of Derwentwater who suffered such a fatal eclipse on the execution of the unfortunate James, Earl of Derwentwater, for his share in the rebellion of 1715, and his no less unfortunate brother Charles who had assumed the title, and who was father of another Charles who became Earl of Newburgh. Robert Radcliffe, the eldest brother of the "Great William," was the father of William, the founder of the line of Smithells; and also of William, rector of Bury, 16 Edward III. (1342), who became lord of Chadderton and from whom descended the Radcliffes of Chadderton.William de Radcliffe-the "Great William "-was succeeded by his son Richard, the grandfather of James Radclyffe, of Radcliffe Tower, who had letters patent, dated at Pontefract Castle, 15th August, 4 Henry IV. (1403), conveying a licence to enclose his manor-house of Radcliffe held in chief of the king as of the Duchy of Lancaster, with walls of stone and mortar, and likewise to rebuild within the same walls a certain hall with two towers, and to kernel and embattle the walls, hall, and towers, and to hold the same as a fortalice to himself and his heirs for ever.(7) He died on Saturday before the feast of St. Martin, in winter, 11 Henry IV. (November 9th, 1409), and on the 28th February following his inquisition p.m. was taken at Middleton, when his son Richard de Radcliffe, then of the age of thirty years, was found to be the next heir.(8) Richard de Radclyffe, the third in descent from this Richard, in 15 Henry VII. (1499-1500), being childless, suffered a recovery of his manors of Radcliffe, Oswaldtwistle, and Moston, and settled the same upon his brothers John and Roger, and their male issue, with remainder over to Robert, son of John Baron Fitzwalter, and his heirs; with remainder to Thomas de Radcliffe, lord of the manor of Framsden, in the county of Suffolk. The Radcliffes, Barons Fitzwalter, descended from Sir John, the second Son of James above mentioned; and the Framsden branch from Henry de Radcliffe, the eighth son; John de Radcliffe died without legitimate male issue April 4th, 5 Henry VII. (1514); his brother, Roger de Radcliffe, left another John, who died a minor August 28th, 1518, when Robert, son of John, Baron Fitzwalter, K.G., his cousin and next heir, succeeded by virtue of entail to the manor of Radcliffe at the age of thirty. In 1529 Robert was created Earl of Sussex; in 1538 he presented Robert Assheton, acolyte, to the church of Radcliffe; he was a Knight of the Garter, held the office of lord high chamberlain of England for life, and died October 22nd, 1542. The grandson of Robert, Thomas, the third Earl of Sussex, K.G., lord president of the north, captain-general and commander-in-chief, and lord high chamberlain of the Household, sold Radcliffe to Andrew Barton, of Smithells Hall; he died June 9th, 1583. This earl was succeeded by his brother Henry, K.G., whose son Robert, also K.G., the fifth earl, surviving all his legitimate issue, settled the manors of Attleborough, Henham, and Debden upon his natural daughter Jane, then married to Sir Alexander Radcliffe, of Ordsal, son of Sir Alexander, who was one of the knights created by Queen Elizabeth on the destruction of the Spanish Armada.The name of Radcliffe is Saxon, derived from a cliff of red rock(9) on the south side of the Irwell, below the confluence of the Roch, and opposite to the village of Red, or Radcliffe. The oldest form of the name was Rade-clive. The Norman Conquest introduced much of the French language; hence the appellation de Rougemont was often given to this village, and used also as the surname of several members of the Radcliffe family in the early periods of English history. This cliff still exists, after having a thousand years ago given name to the parish, and subsequently to one of the most ancient and noble families of Lancashire. The Roman vicinal road from Manchester to Ribchester passes through this parish at the ford of the Irwell, near the junction with the Roch, a portion of which yet retains the name of "Blackburn Street."Radcliffe Tower, now in ruins, was anciently one of the most considerable manorial residences in the county of Lancaster. Of the antiquity of this tower we have no precise information, but it appears that Richard Radcliffe, high sheriff of the county in 32 Edward III. (1358), was of "Radcliffe Tower," as was also his predecessor William de Radecliue, one of the knights of the Grand Inquest, 13 John (1211-12). In 4 Henry IV. (1403), the king's licence, already noticed, shows that this mansion was rebuilt and embattled. The tower was built with stone, strongly grouted, with a door communicating with the house. On the top tower, beneath the castellated rampart, at a depth of about four feet, was a covering of lead, which has long since disappeared, and its place was long occupied by a sycamore tree, glowing out of the ruins. Over the great entrance-door of the tower, from each of the three storeys, was a funnel, resembling an ancient chimney, with which these manorial fortresses were furnished, in order that the domestic garrison might resist the entrance of an enemy by pouring upon him boiling pitch, or casting down offensive missiles. Generally these strongholds of the border counties were enclosed by a moat, but there are no remaining traces of such external protection at Radcliffe Tower, and it is probable that none existed. So late as 1818, Dr. Whitaker says of this place-"The old hall (adjoining the tower) is 42 feet 2 inches in length, and in one part 26 feet and in another 28 feet in width. The two massive principals, which support the roof, are the most curious specimens of carved woodwork I have ever seen. The broadest piece of timber is 2 feet 7 inches by 10 inches. A wall-plate on the outside of one beam, from end to end, measures 2 feet by 10 inches. The walls are finished at the squares with a moulded cornice of oak. The pillar at the right has neither capital nor moulding, and appears to have been inserted at a later period, when the hall undet went a repair. On the left side of the hall are the remains of a very curious window frame of oak, wrought in Gothic tracery, but square at the top. Near the top of the hall, on the right, are the remains of a doorway, opening into what was once a staircase, and leading to a large chamber above the kitchen, the approach to which was by a door of massy oak, pointed at the top."In one of his manuscript memorandum books, Mr. Thomas Barritt (who died in 1820) sketched the remains of the tower and hall as they stood in his time. The hall buildings seem to have then formed two sides of a quadrangle, the tower standing at the corner or commencement of a third side. Its ruins were then as high as the roof of the hall; and both show dilapidation and modern repairs.This "hall" in 1833 was used as a hayloft and cowshed. Nothing now remains of the moulded cornice of oak, the massy principals, ornamented pillars, the pointed doorway, or the curious oak window-frame mentioned by the learned doctor. The principal part of the edifice, which stood within a few yards of the church, near a cluster of cottages, has disappeared, and the remains of what may be properly called the tower partake of the general dilapidation, though every care is now taken by the Messrs. Bealey to protect it from further wanton injury. All the fabric except the tower was of brick, enclosed in squares of wood; and the large chamber above the kitchen, originally 18 feet by 18 feet 2 inches, had been converted into two rooms, to render it more suitable to the accommodation of its later inmates. The west and south sides of the quadrangle were supported by substantial buttresses; but where these supports were wanting the walls had fallen; and part of the materials, from the east and the north sides of the building, as well as of the tower, were used in the erection of a neighbouring cornmill. Since 1835 the tower has been almost entirely demolished. Mr. Samuel Bamford thus treats of the old hall and tower in 1844:-(37)"This interesting relic of old English domestic architecture was taken down many years ago, to make room for a row of cottages for the workpeople of Messrs. Bealey and Sons, bleachers. It is understood that the Earl of Wilton, to whom the place belonged, sold the materials to the firm, and let the land to them. . . . This venerable pile was highly Interesting to all who loved to gaze on the relics of other days; and it was probably calculated to convey a more correct idea of the rude but strongly-built habitations of our forefathers than any other object to which the curious in this neighbourhood had access. . . . The materials were chiefly beams and planks of solid black oak, which together with the simplicity of the construction and the rudeness of the workmanship testified to the great age of the edifice. . . . The square tower, or fortified part of the ancient residence, still remains, but tottering with decay. The vaulted roof of the lower room almost hangs by a single stone, and unless it be protected from further wanton outrage, it must soon share the fate of the hall, and leave only its name in the remembrance of things that have been."The ground to the south is called "The Park," which extended, in the pristine glory of Radcliffe Tower, far along the majestic vale of the Irwell, which forms the south-eastern boundary of the parish, separating it from the parishes of Prestwich and Bury.(4) Rawcliffe was called Routheclive and Roucheclive in the " Testa de Nevill." fo. 398, 401, 403b, and 411; and Roucelive in 20 Edward I., "Placita de Quo Warranto," Rot. 4 d. Lanc.; and Raudclif by Leland, in the reign of Henry VII., "Itin.," vol. v., fo. 84, p. 92. He also speaks of the Raudcliffs of Wimmerlow, but the orthography of ancient names is no guide to the situation of places(SALFORD HUNDRED; ANCESTRY, ANNALS AND HISTORY)http://www.mancuniensis.info/RadcliffeFPXX.htm CHILDREN Adam (heir of his father) (he was a member of the jury at Lancaster Assizes in 1248) (married a daughter of Alan de Curwen)Geoffrey (married a daughter of Adam de Bury, from whom he received lands in Bury as well as holdings in Redclyffe under the will of his father)Hugh (he was given the manor of Hartshead by his father) (Married Margery de Pennington)MISCELLANEOUS: Henry de Radeclive, of Radeclive Tower, was a witness to the charter of Burscough Priory.(Bury and Radcliffe Annual, 1910; Radcliffe Library.)BIRTH: William de Radcliffe/Radeclive (1164 or 1189 to 1220). He was appointed High Sheriff of Lancaster in 1194 by Richard the Lionhearted and was one of twelve trust knights of the shire. Married Cecilia de Montbegon. Children included Adam, Geoffrey, and Hugh.(ANCESTORS OF RICHARD RATCLIFF OF LANCASHIRE, ENGLAND AND TALBOT COUNTY, MARYLAND; Addendum to Clarence Ratcliff's genealogy by Donald Ratcliff) Change Date: 15 MAY 2004 at 18:24:03Father: Henry DE RADECLIVEb: Abt 1138Marriage 1 Cecilia DE MONTBEGON b: Abt 1164 in Hornby Castle,Lancashie,Eng. Children Adam DE REDCLYFFEb: Abt 1195 in Radcliffe Tower,Lancashire,England More About William DE REDCLYFFE: Baptism (LDS): Submitted Endowment (LDS): Submitted Record Change: 10 May 2005 Sealed to parents (LDS): Submitted More About William DE REDCLYFFE and Cecilia de Montbegon: Marriage: Bef. 1195 Children of William DE REDCLYFFE and Cecilia de Montbegon are:
Geoffrey DE REDCLYFFE, b. Abt. 1195, d. date unknown.
Hugh DE REDCLYFFE, b. Abt. 1195, d. date unknown.
+Adam DE REDCLYFFE, b. Abt. 1195, Radcliffe Tower, Lancashire, England, d. Aft. 1248.
https://www.geni.com/people/Sir-William-Radcliffe-High-Sheriff-of-Lancaster/334376055060014505
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Media: Website / URL).
William Radcliff, Sheriff of Lancashire
Last Edited 4 Apr 2020
M, #144689, d. between 1211 and 1220
Father Henry de Radcliff d. 1189
Mother (Miss) Booth b. c 1115
William Radcliff, Sheriff of Lancashire married Cecilia Montbigon. William Radcliff, Sheriff of Lancashire died between 1211 and 1220.
Family: Cecilia Montbigon
Child: Sir Adam Radcliff+
https://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/p4819.htm#i144689
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FamilySearch.org, (Publication Date: 29 SEP 2023
Media: Website / URL).
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