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bap. 23 June 1611, 2nd but 1st surv. s. of John Ratcliffe†, brewer and alderman of Chester, and 2nd w. Jane (d. 17 Aug. 1639), da. of John Brerewood of Chester.St Oswald, Chester par. reg.; Vis. Cheshire (Harl. Soc. lix), 202; J. Ley, A Pattern of Pietie (1640), 161. educ. Queen’s, Oxf. 21 Nov. 1628;Al. Ox. M. Temple 28 Oct. 1629.M Temple Admiss. i. 123. m. Dorothy (d. aft. 1676), da. of ?, at least 5ch. inc. at least 4s.St Peter, Chester par. reg.; Cheshire RO, ZAB/2, ff. 178, 190; ZAB/3, f. 43v; ZSD/2/6. suc. fa. 30 Mar. 1633;Cheshire and Lancs. Fun. Certs. ed. J.P. Rylands (Lancs. and Cheshire Rec. Soc. vi), 166. d. 13 Jan. 1673.CSP Dom. 1672-3, p. 424.
Offices Held

Civic: freeman, Chester c.1628–?d.;Rolls of the Freemen of Chester ed. J.H.E. Bennett (Lancs. and Cheshire Rec. Soc. li), 115. common cllr. 6 Sept. 1639–17 Nov. 1646;Cheshire RO, ZAF/21/14. city counsel, 6 Sept. 1639 – 17 Nov. 1646, 15 June 1652 – 4 Feb. 1657, 8 Oct. 1662–?d.;Cheshire RO, ZAB/2, ff. 79v, 99, 113v, 139; Cal. Chester City Mins. ed. M.J. Groombridge (Lancs. and Cheshire Rec. Soc. cvi), 202. alderman, 17 Nov. 1646–26 Aug. 1662;Cheshire RO, ZAB/2, ff. 79v, 135. recorder, 17 Nov. 1646 – 5 Sept. 1651, 4 Feb. 1657 – Sept. 1659, by Mar. 1660–26 Aug. 1662.SP23/263, ff. 98, 118; Cheshire RO, ZAB/2, ff. 79v, 97, 113, 135; CJ vii. 12b.

Legal: called, M. Temple, 19 May 1637; bencher, 18 May 1660–27 Nov. 1663.MTR ii. 855; iii. 1145, 1191. Att. and sjt. duchy of Lancaster, Lancs. 5 Dec. 1658–31 July 1660.Duchy of Lancaster Office-Holders ed. Somerville, 101. Dep. c.j. Chester 1659; c.j. Anglesey, Caern. and Merion. 16 June – 29 Sept. 1659; second justice, Brec., Glam. and Rad. 14 Mar.-July 1660.Williams, Hist. Gt. Sessions in Wales, 101; CJ vii. 788b, 876b.

Local: commr. inquiry, Flint 29 Aug. 1638. 17 Nov. 1646 – 5 Sept. 1651C181/5, f. 117v. J.p. Chester, 4 Feb. 1657–26 Aug. 1662;Cal. Chester City Mins. ed. Groombridge, p. xiii. Cheshire by c.Mar. 1657-Mar. 1660;C193/13/6. Mont. 18 Mar. 1659-Mar. 1660;C231/6, p. 428. Lancs. c.May 1660-bef. Aug. 1664.Lancs. RO, QSC/62. Commr. assessment, Chester 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 9 June 1657, 1 June 1660, 1661, 1664;A. and O.; An Ordinance...for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6); SR. militia, 2 Dec. 1648, 26 July 1659, 12 Mar. 1660; Cheshire 26 July 1659; ejecting scandalous ministers, 28 Aug. 1654;A. and O. dividing parishes, Cheshire and Chester 10 Mar. 1656;Mins. of the Cttee. of Plundered Ministers rel. to Lancs. and Cheshire ed. W.A. Shaw (Lancs. and Cheshire Rec. Soc. xxxiv), 115. poll tax, Chester 1660.SR.

Central: member, cttee. for plundered ministers, 27 Dec. 1647.CJ v. 407a.

Mercantile: master, Chester Brewers Co. by Sept. 1670–?Cheshire RO, ZCL/122/(c)/30.

Parlimentarian
RATCLIFFE, John (c.1611-73), of Chester and the Middle Temple.
: St Oswald, of Northgate Street, Chester and London., the Middle Temple.
Volume
Commons 1640-1660
Web Title

RATCLIFFE, John (1611-73), of Northgate Street, St Oswald, Chester, Cheshire, and the Middle Temple, London.

Will
not found.Cheshire RO, ZAB/2, f. 177v.
Estates
in 1625, his fa. was assessed at £10 for the privy seal loan.Cheshire RO, DLT/B11, p. 11. In 1632, his fa. was assessed at £10 for distraint of knighthood.‘Obligatory knighthood temp. Charles I’ ed. J.P. Earwaker (Lancs. and Cheshire Rec. Soc. xii), 208. In 1633, he inherited an estate that inc. a messuage and lands in Barrow, near Chester.Cheshire RO, WS 1633, will of Alderman John Ratcliffe. From about 1648 until at least 1671, he was part-owner of chambers in the Middle Temple.MTR ii. 959; iii. 1260. His house in Chester was assessed at 10 hearths in 1664-5.Chester Hearth Tax Returns ed. F. C. Beazley (Lancs. and Cheshire Rec. Soc. lii), 54. At his death, estate inc. a house on Northgate Street, Chester.Cheshire RO, ZCHD/6/14.
Oxford 1644
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