SALFORD HUNDRED 



RADCLIFFE 



Richard son of William succeeded, and in 1346 

 held Radcliffe by the half and tenth part of a knight's 

 fee, the service of zs. 6d. a year, and puture. 28 He 

 occurs in various ways down to I37i,* 9 and appears to 

 have been followed by his grandson 80 James, who in 

 1403 received the king's licence to rebuild the manor- 

 house at Radcliffe, erecting a hall and two towers of 

 stone, and fortifying them with crenellation and battle- 

 ments. 81 He died in 1409, holding the manor of 

 Radcliffe, the fourth part of Culcheth, and other 

 lands ; Richard his son and heir was thirty years of 

 age. 31 Livery was at once granted to the heir," who 

 was knight of the shire in 1425." He died in or 

 before 1442," and was succeeded by his son James, 86 

 whose son John followed and died in 1485, holding 

 the manor of Radcliffe and the advowson of the church, 

 and various other manors and lands ; the heir, his 

 son Richard, was thirty-one years of age." 



Richard Radcliffe died 8 June 1502, holding the 

 manors of Radcliffe, Oswaldtwistle, and Moston, the 

 moiety of Crumpsall, the fourth part of Culcheth, 

 and the advowson of Radcliffe Church, with houses, 

 mills, lands, and rents in those places, and in Low- 

 ton, Bolton, and Manchester. In 1500 he made a 

 feoffment of his estates, with reversion after his male 

 issue to his brothers John and Roger. The manor of 

 Radcliffe was held of the king as Duke of Lancaster 

 by the fourth part of a knight's fee and the yearly 

 rent of 8/. 6</., and its clear annual value was 10. 

 John his brother and next heir was forty years of age. 89 

 John Radcliffe, who thus succeeded, died 4 April 

 I5l3,leaving two daughters, and the manor passed to 

 his nephew John son of Roger Radcliffe, fourteen 

 years of age. 83 The wardship of the heir was early 

 in the next year given to Queen Katherine, 40 but he 

 died in 1517, before attaining his majority." There- 



MSS. it is stated that Ralph, the eldest 

 son of Robert, elder brother of William, 

 dying childless, left Radcliffe to his uncle 

 William. It appears, however, that in 

 1309 the family manors of Radcliffe, Os- 

 waldtwistle, and Quarlton were settled on 

 William son of Richard de Radcliffe by 

 Richard son of Robert de Radcliffe, with 

 remainder to Richard son of William ; 

 Final Cane, ii, 5. 



In 1323 William son of Richard de 

 Radcliffe was defendant in a claim by John 

 son of Richard de Radcliffe regarding a 

 tenement in Radcliffe ; Assize R. 425, 

 m. i. He was returned by the sheriff 

 in 1324 as one of those having lands over 

 15 annual value ; Palgrave, Part. Writs, 

 ii, 1319. As appears by a previous note, 

 he died before 1333. 



"8 Add. MS. 32103, fol. 146. 



In 1344 it appears that Richard de Rad- 

 cliffe was the husband of Isabel daughter 

 and co-heir of John son of Michael de 

 Harcla ; De Banco R. 340, m. 400. 



In 1347 William son of Robert de 

 Radcliffe and Richard de Reddish com- 

 plained that Richard son of William de 

 Radcliffe and his feoffees had disseised 

 them of the manors of Radcliffe and 

 Prestwich, and various lands there and in 

 Edgeworth and Oswaldtwistle. It appeared 

 that the plaintiffs had been enfcoffed by 

 Richard in 1342, and that he had recently 

 made a new feoffment ; Assize R. 1435, 

 i8d. See farther under Prestwich. 



29 About 1355 livery was granted to 

 Richard de Radcliffe of a messuage and 

 12 acres in Radcliffe seized into the 

 duke's hands, because Adam de Radcliffe, 

 who had held them of Richard, was 

 hanged for felony, the duke having had 

 his year and day and waste therein ; Dtp. 

 Keeper" i Rep. xxxii, App. 344. In 1365 

 licence was granted by the bishop for the 

 oratories of Richard de Radcliffe at Rad- 

 cliffe and elsewhere ; Lich. Epis. Reg. v, 

 fol. lib. In 1369 Richard son of William 

 de Radcliffe and Isabel his wife were 

 concerned in a settlement of Prestwich 

 manor ; Final Cone, ii, 176. 



80 So in the pedigree referred to above. 

 Whitaker gives the descent as follows, 

 from a deed in the church chest at Black- 

 bum, written about 1514 : Richard de 

 Radcliffe the old s. William s. 

 Richard s. William s. James s. 

 Richard s. James s. John s. 

 Roger s. John (then under age) ; 

 Wballey, ii, 290. A William de Rad- 

 cliffe, perhaps the father of James, was 

 sheriff in 1357-8; Duchy of Lane. 

 Assize R. 6, m. 3. 



81 Cal. Pat. 1401-3, p. 255 ; it is 

 printed in full by Whitaker ; ffhalley, ii, 

 291. The hall is the alleged scene of 

 the events related in ' Lady Isabel's 

 Tragedy, or the Stepmother's Cruelty,' a 

 ballad in Percy's Reliquet ; the stepmother 

 is said to have made the cook kill her hus- 

 band's only daughter (Ellen or Isabel) and 

 serve her up in a pie, which was ready on 

 his return. A scullion boy, who had 

 offered himself as a substitute, revealed 

 the iniquity and was made heir ; Lanes, 

 and Ches. Antiq. Soc. vii, 282. 



83 Lanes. Inq. p.m. (Chet. Soc.), i, 94. 

 The service for Radcliffe was the half and 

 tenth part of a knight's fee, and 81. 8</. a 

 year. Lands in Harwood went to Henry 

 de Radcliffe. From a later inquisition it 

 appears that Henry was the son of James, 

 and ancestor of the Radcliffes of Frams- 

 den in Suffolk, who became extinct in 

 the male line in 1527. The heir male 

 was then Robert Radcliffe, Lord Fitz 

 Walter, who also inherited Radcliffe, his 

 pedigree being given as son of John Lord 

 Fitz Walter, son of Sir John Radcliffe, 

 son of John Radcliffe, son of James and 

 brother of Henry; ibid, ii, 152. In 

 another version of inquisition the grant 

 to Henry de Radcliffe is recited ; the re- 

 mainders, after Henry son of James, were 

 to Richard, John, Peter, William, and 

 Roger, brothers of Henry, and then to 

 Richard son of Thomas de Radcliffe of 

 Winmarleigh ; Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. 

 vi, 45. 



48 Dep. Keeper's Rep. xxxiii, App. 8. 



84 Pink and Beaven, Part. Repre. of 

 Lanes. 52. This seems to have been about 

 the only service of the kind rendered 

 by this family. 



85 The inquisition, taken in 1441-2, 

 shows him to have held the manors of 

 Radcliffe, Oswaldtwistle and Culcheth 

 (part), and the advowson of Radcliffe ; 

 Harl. MS. 2085, fol. 446 b. 



86 In 1445-6 James son of Richard 

 de Radcliffe held the half and the twen- 

 tieth part of a knight's fee, viz. the manor 

 of Radcliffe ; Duchy of Lane. Knights' 

 Fees, 2/20. 



87 Lanes. Inq. p.m. (Chet. Soc.), ii, 

 1 20-2. The manor of Radcliffe was said 

 to be held of the king as duke by knight's 

 service and a rent of icu. Robert Rad- 

 cliffe and others held lands of Richard 

 Radcliffe by a rent of 1 3*., and Richard 

 held of the crown by knight's service and 

 id. rent. The other manors were Os- 

 waldtwistle and part of Culcheth. 



Shortly afterwards Isabel widow of 

 John Radcliffe, and John Radcliffe her 



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son, and Henry Radcliffe, another son of 

 the deceased, as executors, complained 

 that George Ainsworth and others had cut 

 down and carried off 200 thraves of oats 

 at Oswaldtwistle ; Pal. of Lane. Plea R. 

 63, m. 4. 



Richard Radcliffe was in 1498 called 

 upon to show by what warrant he claimed 

 waifs and strays, &c., and free warren on 

 his manors of Radcliffe and Oswaldtwistle ; 

 Pal. of Lane. Writs Proton. 1 3 Hen. VII. 



A feoffment of the manors was made 

 by Richard Radcliffe in 1500; Final 

 Cone, iii, 149. For some reason a special 

 licence of entry on all his lands was given 

 him in 1501 ; Dep. Keeper's Rep. xxxix, 

 App. 558. 



88 Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. iii, 98. 

 His will is given. Bequests were made 

 to his wife Alice and his brothers ; an 

 honest chaplain was to be provided to 

 celebrate divine service in the church of 

 Radcliffe for seven years next after his 

 death. The widow received as dower 

 lands in Culcheth, Crumpsall, Moston, and 

 Lowton of the yearly value of 40 3*. 



89 Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. iv, 7. 

 In 1505-6 he made a settlement of his 

 manors and lands, and in 1511 pro- 

 vided for the jointure of his wife Anne. 

 His will, dated 24 November 1512, is 

 given in full ; by it he set apart 6 J marks 

 a year for ' a sad, discreet and well-dis- 

 posed ' priest to pray in Radcliffe Church 

 for the souls of the testator, his parents 

 and brothers, &c., during the nonage of 

 the heir male. He provided for his bas- 

 tard son John, and his two daughters 

 Ellen and Agnes ; also for the four 

 daughters of his brother Roger Ellen, 

 Isabel, Agnes, and Elizabeth. Should his 

 nephew John die without male issue, the 

 manors, &c., were to descend in succession 

 to the male heirs of Robert Radcliffe 

 (son of) the late Lord Fitz Walter, which 

 deceased at Calais ' having been attainted 

 for participating in the Perkin Warbeck 

 attempt, and beheaded in 1496 ; of 

 Thomas Radcliffe, lately lord of Frams- 

 den ; of Thomas Radcliffe, sometime 

 lord of Winmarleigh ; and of William 

 Radcliffe, sometime lord of OrdsalL The 

 clear annual value of Radcliffe Manor was 

 40 ; the tenure is stated as in previous 

 inquisitions. 



It appears from the inquisitions that 

 the Radcliffes of Ordsall held a few acres 

 in Radcliffe, but the tenure is not stated. 



40 On I Feb. 1513-14 ; Dep. Keeper's 

 Rep. xxxix, App. 558. 



41 Writ of Diem clausit extr. issued 

 3 Sept. 1517; Towneley MS. CC. no. 



