Material on William Radcliffe & Family

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Title

Material on William Radcliffe & Family

Description

Pouch containing material relating to William Radcliffe, 'improver of cotton machinery'. 

1. Two typed pages of biography  (1761 - 1826) and references to William Ratcliffe, author possibly Ann Hearle.
2. David Jeremy biography of William Radcliffe
3. Bankruptcy papers dated 1807 from Public Records Office
4. Flyer offering £200 reward after fire at Warehouse 1812
5. Extract from Higginbotthams Stockport : Ancient & Modern Biography of William Radcliffe
6. William Radcliffe ; Foundation of Good Spinning : 1829
7. Radclyffe of Mellor from 1430 : Pages 287-289 (including extra photocopy of family tree) from unknown publication with written family history.
8. Photocopies of hand-written family trees of Mellor Radcliffes from Sheffield Library
9. Typed transcription of marriage contract made in July 1506 between Ellen Green and Robert Radcliffe of Mellor, together with typed document of 'Interpretation'.
10. Handwritten transcription of will of William Radcliffe of Podnor, Mellor, from April 1664
11. Set of hand-written Radcliffe family trees covering period 1430 - 1778.
12.Typed lists of Ratcliffe, Radcliffe (& variants) records from 1540 - 1857.
13.Handwritten information / research notes on Radcliffe family and business : author unknown.
14. Further hand-written family trees and research notes, author unknown
15. National Archive information on fire in 1839 at James Radcliffe's mill, destroying building and machinery. 
16. Newspaper cuttings (1810, 1827, 1833) relating to Ratcliffe bankruptcies.
2 x Colour photographs of portrait of Ratcliffe and of silver teapot

Creator

Also see CD " Townscliffe : William Radcliffe's will 1597"  in the Audio Visual Collection

Date

Edited
SR Apr 2024

Identifier

PPL/06/04
Louiset

Files

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Collection

Citation

Also see CD " Townscliffe : William Radcliffe's will 1597" in the Audio Visual Collection , “Material on William Radcliffe & Family,” Marple Local History Society Archives, accessed December 22, 2024, https://mlhs.org.uk/archives/items/show/1328.

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