RATCLIFFE, John (c.1611-73), of Chester and the Middle Temple.

Freeman, Chester 1628, counsel 1639 – 45, 1652 – 57, 1662–?7, alderman 1646 – 62, recorder 1646 – 51, 1657 – 62, commr. for assessment 1649 – 50, Aug. 1660–3, 1664 – 69, scandalous ministers 1654; j.p. Cheshire 1656 – 59, Mont. 1659; attorney and serjeant of the duchy, Lancs. 1658 – July 1660; dep. c.j. Chester 1659; c.j. Anglesey, Caern. and Merion. June – Sept. 1659; second justice, Brec., Glam. and Rad. Mar. – July 1660; commr. for militia, Chester Mar. 1660; bencher, I. Temple 1660–3.Freemen of Chester (Lancs. and Cheshire Rec. Soc. li), 115; Chester corp. assembly bk. 2, ff. 79, 79v, 97, 99, 113, 135–6v, 139, 503; mayors’ letters 3, nos. 412, 466; R. Somerville, Duchy of Lancaster Official Lists, 101; W. R. Williams, Great Sessions in Wales, 100–1.