Sir Alexander of Ordsall Radcliffe Knight [43838] ²⁵

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had received from his father a moiety of Flixton on his marriage to Agnes Harrington, the daughter of Sir William Harrington of Hornby Castle; and Shoresworth.
In 1455 Sir Alexander was a knight of the shire. The Booths of Barton, a powerful landed family, the bounds of whose estates ran partly with the Radcliffe lands. On the Monday after Low Sunday in the year 1444 John Radcliffe, his brother Hugh, and a party of their friends, including their uncle, Peter Radcliffe, were hunting in the Wheaste, which was part of the royal forest adjacent to their estates. As they approached the manor house of Little Bolton, their way was challenged by William Gawen, the lord of the manor, who had summoned to his support Sir Thomas Booth of Barton, with his sons, Nicholas and Henry, and a strong force of armed retainers. In the fracas that ensued John Radcliffe was slain by one of the Booths, Hugh Radcliffe died at the hands of Lawrence Hyde, of the Barton faction, and the two others of the Radcliffe party, Ralph Oldham and Nicholas Johnson, were also killed. Peter Radcliffe was responsible for the death of Peter Cowapp of Barton. All the delinquents were brought to trial but were acquitted. Subsequently, Sir Alexander again proceeded against the Booths at a later assize, when Henry and Nicholas Booth received sentence of outlawry. In 1455 the Wars of the Roses began with the first Battle of St. Albans, and the Radcliffes were prominent in their support of the Lancastrian cause. At the battle of Wakefield in 1640 Lady Agnes Radcliffe lost her brother, Sir Thomas Harrington of Hornby, and her nephew, Sir John Harrington, who both fell fighting on the King's side. Sir Alexander himself died in 1475. Lady Agnes survived him fifteen years.

Alexander married Agnes Harrington [43839] [MRIN: 551610003].