Family and Education
b. c. 1396, prob. yr. s. of Sir Richard Radcliffe (d.1431) of Astley and Winmarleigh, Lancs. by his w. Margaret (fl.1442), and bro. of Sir Thomas*. m. c.1417, Elizabeth (fl.1464), da. and h. of Sir John Derwentwater (d. by 1422), of Ormside, Westmld. and Castlerigg, 5s. at least 2da. One of these das. almost certainly married John Pennington*: J. Foster, Ped. of Sir Josslyn Pennington, 32, 37. Kntd. Agincourt 25 Oct. 1415.
Offices Held
Attestor, parlty. elections, Cumb. 1421 (Dec.), 1427, 1429, 1442, 1449 (Feb.), 1449 (Nov.), Westmld. 1429, 1432, 1433, 1437.
Commr. Cumb., Westmld. Apr. 1418 – Aug. 1450.
Sheriff, Cumb. 1 May 1422 – 14 Feb. 1423, 15 Jan. 1426 – 12 Jan. 1427.
J.p. Cumb. 7 July 1423 – d.
Main residence: Castlerigg, Cumb.
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Commons 1422-1461
Will
Estates
Oxford 1644
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