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 Abt 1476 - 1548 (~ 72 years)
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| Name |
Alexander of Ordsall Radcliffe |
| Prefix |
Sir |
| Suffix |
Knight |
| Birth |
Abt 1476 |
| Gender |
Male |
| Death |
5 Feb 1548 |
| Notes |
- http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/RADCLIFFE3.htm#Alexander%20RADCLIFFE%20of%20Ordsall%20(Sir%20Knight)2
Grandson and heir of «b»Sir William«/b», was twenty two years old at the age of his succession. He married «b»Alice«/b», daughter of «b»Sir John Booth of Barton«/b», the same family with which three generations before his family had been in fierce feud. «b»Alexander«/b» was eight years the senior of his kinsmen, «b»Robert, Lord FitzWalter«/b», with whom he as on terms of intimate friendship, the two cousins serving their military appreticeship together. At the Battle of the Spurs «b»Alexander«/b» conducted himself with distinction and was knighted by «u»«b»Henry VIII <http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/aboutHenryVIII.htm>«/u»«/b» at Lille. Returning to Lancashire, after peace with France had been arranged, «b»Alexander«/b» applied himself to official duties wish so much zeal and ability that he rapidly rose to be one of the great figures in the county. He served the office of High Sheriff on four occasions, in 1523-4, 1528-9, 1538-9 and 1547-8. This was the high tide of the Reformation, and though his family were afterwards persecuted for recusancy it would appear that the sympathies of «b»Sir Alexander«/b» with the new order were strong enough to provide proof of his loyalty. He was Serjeant of Salford when «u»«b»Henry VIII <http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/aboutHenryVIII.htm>«/u»«/b», deceived by his nephew, «b»James V of Scotland«/b», at the instigation of the wily «b»Cardinal Beaton«/b», determined to invade the kingdom of the Scots, and «b»Sir Alexander«/b» gathered a great muster of his townsmen from the neighbourhood of Salford to take part in the expedition. «b»Alexander«/b» died on the 5 Feb 1548 in his seventy-third year and was buried in the Collegiate Church at Manchester. At his death he was holding, besides his chief manor of Ordsall, lands in Salford, Flixton, Hope, Tockholes, and Livesey, tenements in Shoresworth, Pendleton, and Moston, and three parts of the manor of Newcroft in Urmston.
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| Person ID |
I43848 |
Glenn Cook Family |
| Last Modified |
21 Jun 2007 |
| Family |
Alice Booth d. Yes, date unknown |
| Children |
| | 1. Sir William of Ordsall Radcliffe, b. 1502, Ordsall, Lancashire, England  d. 12 Oct 1568, Ordsall, Lancashire, England (Age 66 years) |
| | 2. Alexander Radcliffe d. Yes, date unknown |
| | 3. John Radcliffe d. Yes, date unknown |
| | 4. Edmund Radcliffe d. Yes, date unknown |
| | 5. Anne Radcliffe d. Yes, date unknown |
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| Family ID |
F551610009 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
21 Jun 2007 |
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