SALFORD HUNDRED 



MANCHESTER 



appears to have prospered, as his son Richard, 683 who 



died in 1380, held not only the manor of Ordsall and 



a portion of Flixton, but also 



the adjacent estates of Hope 



and Shoresworth, together with 



lands in Salford and Tock- 



holes. 69 



John de Radcliffe, the son 

 and heir of Richard,was twenty- 

 seven years of age on succeed- 

 ing. 70 In 1385 he had the 

 king's protection on his de- 

 parture for Normandy in the 

 retinue of Thomas de Holand, 

 Earl of Kent and Captain of 

 Cherbourg." His title to 

 Ordsall seems to have been 



called in question in 1399. He was afterwards 

 made a knight, 73 and died in 1422 holding the manor 

 of Ordsall and the rest of the patrimonial estate, 

 except Shoresworth and Hope, which he had in I 396 



RADCLIFFE of Ordsall. 

 Argent fwo bendlets en- 

 grailed sable and a label 

 gules. 



granted to his son John on his marriage with Clemency 

 daughter of Hugh de Standish. 74 



Sir John Radcliffe, who was forty-four years old on 

 succeeding, 75 died on 26 July 1442, holding Ordsall 

 by the ancient services. He had given his moiety of 

 Flixton to his son and heir Alexander on marrying 

 Agnes daughter of Sir William Harrington. He left 

 a widow Joan. 76 Of Alexander, then thirty years of 

 age, little is recorded, though he was knight of the 

 shire in 1455 ; 77 he died in 1475-6, leaving a son 

 and heir William, forty years of age. 78 William died 

 in August 1498, holding Ordsall and the other 

 manors ; his son John having died shortly before him, 

 the heir was his grandson Alexander the son of John, 

 of full age. 79 Alexander, who was made a knight at 

 Lille in 1513, 80 was one of the most prominent men 

 in the county, being high sheriff four times. 81 He 

 died on 5 February 15489, holding Ordsall and the 

 other hereditary manors with some additional lands ; 

 Sir William Radcliffe his son and heir was forty-six 

 years of age. 8 * 



leased to Robert son of Roger de Rad- 

 cliffe all their right in the manors of 

 Ordsall and Flixton, whereby their claim 

 against John de Radcliffe and Joan his wife 

 should be barred, John having Robert's 

 estate ; Duchy of Lane. Assize R. 5, m. 

 25 d. ; see also 6, m. i (Mich.). The 

 suits went on with varying fortune, until 

 in 1359 Robert and Maud released their 

 claim, in return for an annuity of 33.1. \d. 

 for Maud's life ; Final Cone. (Rec. Soc. 

 Lanes, and Ches.), ii, 162. 



In July 1356 John de Radcliffe made a 

 claim against Richard de Langley, Joan 

 his wife, and others, respecting lands in 

 Salford and Pendleton ; Duchy of Lane. 

 Assize R. 5, m. 17. 



Thomas de Goosnargh in 1358 proved 

 his right to an annuity of 131. ^d. granted 

 from Ordsall by Richard de Hulton ; the 

 defendants were John de Radcliffe the 

 elder, Sir Henry de Trafford, John de 

 Bold of Whittleswick and Katherine his 

 wife; Assize R. 438, m. 18. In the 

 same year Henry son of Richard de Bolton 

 claimed a tenement in Ordsall against 

 John de Radcliffe the elder ; ibid. m. 9. 



In the following year John son of 

 Richard de Radcliffe (or John de Radcliffe 

 the elder) was plaintiff; though he did not 

 proceed against Henry del Wood and Joan 

 his wife, and against Henry de Trafford 

 and others, regarding lands in Salford ; 

 his pledges were : (i) John son of John 

 de Radcliffe, Richard son of John de Rad- 

 cliffe ; (2) Richard de Windle, John de 

 Radcliffe the younger ; (3) John de Rad- 

 cliffe the younger and Richard his brother ; 

 Duchy of Lane. Assize R. 7, m. 7 (Lent, 

 beginning 9 D.H.) ; m. 2 (Mich.) ; m. 4. 

 (Lent). 



68a John de Radcliffe died in or before 

 1362, in which year his son and heir 

 Richard claimed part of his inheritance in 

 Ordsall, Livesey, and Tockholes, formerly 

 in the possession of Robert de Radcliffe 

 and Cecily his wife ; L.T.R. Memo. R. 

 127, m. 8. 



69 Lanes. Inq. p.m. (Chet. Soc.), i, 8. 

 Ordsall was held by knight's service and 

 a rent of 6s. %d. ; there were there a hall 

 with five chambers, kitchen, chapel, two 

 stables, three granges, two shippons, 

 garner (worth nothing), dovecote (worth 

 2s. a year), orchard (i2</.), windmill 

 (6s. 8</.), 80 acres of arable land (4), 

 and 6 acres of meadow (6s.). In Salford 



Richard held, by knight's service and zoi. 

 rent, 40 acres of arable land (201.). He 

 was also bailiff of Rochdale. 



He married Maud daughter and heir of 

 John son of John de Legh, lord (in right 

 of his mother Maud daughter of Sir John 

 de Arderne) of a moiety of Mobberley ; 

 the marriage brought the manor of Sand- 

 bach and other lands in the county. The 

 Cheshire inquisitions of the Radcliffes are 

 printed in Ormerod's Ches. (ed. Helsby), 

 1,415, 416; see also Dep. Keeper's Rep. 

 xxxvii, App. 603-9. Hi 8 second wife 

 was Sibyl daughter and heir of Robert de 

 Clitheroe of Salesbury ; Lanes. Inq. p.m. 

 (Chet. Soc.), i, 149. 



70 The escheator was ordered in Sept. 

 1380 to deliver the manor of Ordsall and 

 other lands to John son and heir of 

 Richard son of John de Radcliffe ; Dep. 

 Keeper's Rep. xxxii, App. 353. 



71 Dep. Keeper's Rep. xxix, App. 56. 

 He did not go, and the protection was 

 withdrawn ; Cal. Pat. 1385-9, p. 117. 



72 Dep. Keeper's Rep. xl, App. 528. 



78 In 1413 Sir John de Radcliffe be- 

 came bound to abide the award of Ralph 

 son of Ralph de Radcliffe on the matters 

 in dispute between Sir John and his sons 

 John, ' Averey,' Edmund, and Peter ; 

 Dep. Keeper's Rep, xxxvii, App. 174. 



74 Lanes. Inq. p.m. (Chet. Soc.), i, 147- 

 9 ; Dep. Keeper's Rep. xxxiii, App. 21. 

 Ordsall was held by the sixth part of a 

 knight's fee and 6s. 8,/. rent ; and 50 

 acres in Salford were held by knight's 

 service and 541. rent ; the clear values 

 were 10 and 501. respectively. 



From the Cheshire inquisitions it ap- 

 pears that he left a widow Margaret (who 

 quickly married Robert de Orrell) and 

 three younger sons Alured, who died in 

 1462 ; Edmund, who died in 1446, leav- 

 ing a son of the same name, aged eigh- 

 teen ; and Peter, who died in 1468. 



76 He held Ordsall by the sixth part of 

 a knight's fee in 1431 ; Feud. Aids, iii, 

 96. For some quarrels among the Rad- 

 cliffes of Ordsall in 1428-9 John de 

 Radcliffe being summoned for an offence 

 against the sumptuary laws by Alured de 

 Radcliffe see Pal. of Lane. Plea R. 2, 

 m. 26, and Lanes, and Ches. Antiq. Notes, 

 ii, 130. 



76 Towneley's MS. DD, no. 1480 ; Joan 

 the widow had had settled upon her lands, 

 &c., in Flixton, Shoresworth, and Tock- 



211 



holes. It may be noted that according to 

 the inquisitions after the deaths of his 

 father and uncles, Alexander was thirty in 

 1442, forty-five in 1446, forty in 1462, 

 and fifty in 1468. 



77 Pink and Beaven, op. cit. 56. Alex- 

 ander son of Sir John de Radcliffe in 

 1445-6 held the sixth part of a fee in 

 Ordsall, paying i6j. 8</. as relief ; he held 

 Shoresworth and Flixton jointly with his 

 wife ; Duchy of Lane. Knights' Fees,2/2o. 

 Alexander Radcliffe in 1451 charged Law- 

 rence Hyde of Barton and others with the 

 death of Hugh Radcliffe his brother ; 

 Coram Rege, Mich. 30 Hen. VI, m. 

 92. 



There are some pleas respecting the 

 Radcliffe family about 1446 in Pal. of 

 Lane. Plea R. 8, m. 5 b, 38. Peter son 

 of Sir John Radcliffe was charged with 

 the death of Peter Cowopp ; ibid. m. 

 2 2 b. 



78 Ormerod, Cbes. i, 415. 



79 Lanes. Inq. p.m. (Chet. Soc.), ii, 1 24. 

 The value of the 50 acres in Salford had 

 increased to 50*. a year. The bailiwick 

 of Rochdale and the lands in Tockholes 

 and Livesey are not named. 



80 Metcalfe, Bk. of Knights, 55. 



81 In 1523-4, 1528-9, 1538-9, and 

 1547 ; P.R.O. List, 72. 



Sir Alexander was steward of the town 

 of Salford in 1 543, and arranged a muster 

 in view of the expedition into Scotland ; 

 Duchy Plead, ii, 191. 



82 Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. ix, 26. 

 In addition to Ordsall (where there were 

 a water-mill, a windmill, &c.), Flix- 

 ton, Hope, Tockholes, and Livesey, Sir 

 Alexander held lands, &c., in Pendleton 

 and Monton, and three parts of the manor 

 of Newcroft in Urmston, with lands there. 

 The inquisition recites the provision 

 made for his wife Alice, his younger sons 

 Edmund, Alexander, John, and his brother 

 William ; all of them were living at Ord- 

 sall in 1 549. 



A portion of the monumental brass of 

 Sir Alexander and Alice his wife remains 

 in Manchester Cathedral. The family 

 burial-place was in the choir ; see E. F. 

 Letts in Lanes, and Cbes. Antiq. Soc. ix, 

 90-100. 



The trustworthy part of the 1567 

 pedigree begins with Sir Alexander ; Visit. 

 (Chet. Soc.), i. See also Visit, of 1533 

 (Chet. Soc.), 64. 



