Robert Radcliffe

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• Background Information. ⁷⁴⁵
Robert de Radcliffe, heir of his father, succeeded to Oswaldtwistle, Hartshead, and Tottington in addition to the capital manor. The Tottington lands were later seized by Henry de Lacy, Earl of Lincoln, as part of the Montbegon fee when the Montbegon lands were alienated at death of Sir Robert de Montbegon. Robert married Amabil, daughter of Sir Richard de Trafford, and she bore him three sons and a daughter. Robert died in 1290.

His children were:

Richard, eldest son and heir.

Roger, second son, married a daughter of Robert Bradshaw of Harwood about 1291, and to him Sir Robert granted certain lands in Bradshaw. He is referred to as Roger "Senior" in a deed of 1326.

Adam, third son, married Avice, daughter of Hugh de Birchwood, by whom he had a duaghter and heiress, Alice who married to John, son of Henry de Hulton. To Adam, Sir John la Warre granted, in 1326, 24 acres of land and wood called Harpurhey, lying next to the pale of his park of Blackley, with remained to Alice, daughter of Adam. The estate descended in the family of the Hultons of Farnworth.

Margaret, only daughter of Robert was married to Richard de Hulton of Hulton Park, the heir of David de Hulton. Richard was a nortable figure in the Scottish wars, wherein he served as Captain, together with Margaret's brother Richard de Radclyffe. In 1304, Edward I, granted to Hulton free warren and free chace in his demesne lands of Hulton, Ordsall and Flixton, and a similar grant was made at the same time to Richard de Radclyffe. Richard de Hulton died in 1312 leaving a son and heir of the same name. In 1315, Margaret was married a second time to Geoffrey de Chadderton, and from this marriage the Radclyffes of Chadderton descended. Geoffrey de Chadderton died in 1320 and Margaret outlived both her husbands.

~The Book of the Radclyffes, page 9

Robert married Amibil de Trafford, daughter of Richard de Trafford and Margaret de Mascy, in 1233 in Radcliffe, Lancashire, England. (Amibil de Trafford was born in 1212 in Trafford, Lancashire, England.)