RADCLYFFE (Francis, 1st Earl of Derwentwater, 1625-1697, of Dilston Castle. Peer)

Clerk Written Document Signed appointing "Dame Mary Longuevile to bee my true & lawfull Attorney ..." to receive an unspecified amount of money which has come "out of ye lands of Katherine Radcliffe my nowe wife formerly named Katherine Lawson by virtue of some proceedings against her for infamy * which by vertue of a Writ ... out of his Maties Court of Exchequer have been ordered to bee ... repaid to her ye said Katherine & I doe hereby authrise ye said Dame Mary Longuevile upon receipt thereof to give an Acquittance for ye same in my name in Witness whereof I have hereunto sett my hand & seale this 26th day of July 1663 in ye 15th year of ye reigne of our Sovereige Lord Kinge Charles ye Seconde ...", witnessed by Ra. Blackeston, John Rowe and Thomas Bradley,1 side folio, no place, 26th July

Francis Radclyffe was a supporter of the Royalist cause during the Civil War and his estates including Dilston Hall were sequestrated by the Commonwealth. The property was reverted to the family at the Restoration.

Item Date:  1663

Stock No:  40049      £475

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