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3. John Badcliffe of Corbridge, who married Isabel, dau. of Richard Gibson, and relict of Ralph Hindhaugh, yeoman, of Corbridge,
Anthony had also three daughters.
John, the third son, was buried at Corbridge 11 Nov., 1669 (Parish Register of Corbridge). His children were:—
(1) John, (2) Francis; (3) William, buried at Medomsley 24 Jan., 1729/30; (4) Edward, buried at Corbridge 12 June, 1674 (Parish Register); (5) Thomas of Dilston, buried at Corbridge 22 Nov., 1737 (Parish Register).
William Radcliffe, the third son, by his wife Elizabeth had a son William Radcliffe of Corbridge, and a daughter Mary. William (the son) was buried at Corbridge 25 April, 1770 (Corbridge Parish Register). By his wife Ann he had:—
1. Thomas Radcliffe (or Ratcliffe), buried at Corbridge 3 July, 1757 (Corbridge Parish Register).
2. Dorothy, buried at Corbridge 13 June, 1767 (do.).
3. Robert (or John?) Radcliffe, described as of Corbridge, and at one time of Chestergarth House, Stanhope, and at another of Broad house, Stanhope, co. Durham. He married Elizabeth Bainbridge, 1 June, 1776 (Stanhope Parish Register), and the issue by this marriage was:—
1. Charles Radcliffe, bapt. at Stanhope 22 April, 1784 (Stanhope Parish Register); d. at Sunderland about 1820.
2. Robert Radcliffe, bapt. 19 Jan., 1786 (Stanhope Parish Register); d. at Sunderland 15 March, 1864.
3. William Radcliffe, bapt. 16 Feb., 1794 (Stanhope Parish Register).
4. Thomas, bapt. 21 Aug., 1796 (do).
There were also five daughters (vide Stanhope and Corbridge Registers).
Robert Radcliffe (or Ratcliffe), second son, married first Sarah Bewick, second Frances Rogerson of Sunderland, and had issue Anne Radcliffe and James Rogerson Ratcliffe. The latter, a well-known ship-builder and owner of Millfield, Sunderland, d. 1870, leaving a daughter Hannah Ratcliffe, who is still living.
Most probably collateral descendants of other sons still exist.
Thomas Radcliffe of Dilston, who d. 1737 (see above), married Agnes Thornborough, a member of an old Catholic family, the Thornboroughs of Selside, Westmorland. He had a son Thomas and a daughter. I do not know if there are any of their descendants still in existence.
There is a tradition that Thomas Radcliffe, his brother William, and his wife's cousin, young Francis Thornborough, heir of Francis Thornborough of Selside, all joined the Earl of Derwentwater's troop in the Jacobite insurrection of 1715, and, after fighting at Preston, escaped before the town was finally invested. (See also 11 S. ix. 478.)
The person calling herself Amelia Radcliffe, who appeared in Northumberland in 1868, and claimed to be descended from John, son of the third Earl, died at Consett, Durham, a few years afterwards. John Timbs, the antiquary, states that her real name was Burke.
Epitaph: Christchurch, Hampshire (11 S. x. 171, 213).—In an anonymous article on 'Mysterious Monuments,' published in The Guardian of 24 March, 1910, this epitaph is recorded with the following comment:—
"The favourite story explaining the mystery appears to be that Rogers was drawn, executed, and quartered for aiding the escape of a Jesuit priest. The execution is further said to have taken place at Wareham, and the body to have been then cut into ten pieces and buried. Some years afterwards the relatives of Rogers exhumed the remains and conveyed them to Christchurch, where they were reinterred near the graves of his kindred. The present writer has not, however, seen the evidence upon which this story is based."
See also 7 S. iv. 388, 512; 8 S. iii. 428.
Lawyers in Literature (11 S. x. 171, 216, 237).—See also 'The Lawyer in History, Literature, and Humour,' edited by William Andrews (1896). John T. Page.
Descendants of Catherine Parr (11 S. x. 170, 215, 232).—My attention has been called to Kingston's inquiry at the first reference, and as my family also claims descent from Catherine Parr by her marriage with Thomas Seymour (Lord Seymour of Sudeley and Lord High Admiral of England), the information shown on my "tree" may be of interest. The pedigree in my possession shows the marriage of Mary Bushel with Silas Johnson, grandson of Sir William Heyman, Bt., of Canterbury, and one of my sons was elected to one of the Heyman Exhibitions, though he never took it up.
A. C. C., ante p. 215, quotes the 'Annals of Wincheombe and Sudeley' (1877), by the late Mrs. Dent, to show that a daughter of Silas Johnson married the Rev. Francis Drayton. The name of this daughter is not stated, but there must have been more
