Ralph Wycliffe (abt. 1460 - 1535)

Born about 1460 in Yorkshire, England

Ancestors

Descendants

Died 10 Nov 1535 at about age 75 in Yorkshire, England

Biography

Ralph was born about 1460, probably in Yorkshire where his parents lived. He was the son of Robert Wycliffe and Margery Conyers.^[1][2]

Ralph married Anne Bowes, daughter of William Bowes of Streatlam, Yorkshire.^[1][2] They had the following children:

• Elizabeth, born in about 1501 (she was said to be 38 at her father's 1539 Inquisition Post Mortem), who married George Carr^[1][2]
• Anne, born in about 1502 (37 at her father's Inquisition Post Mortem), who married James Mauleverer^[1][2]
• Agnes, who married Anthony Brackenbury^[1][2]
• Alice, who married Thomas Middleton^[1][2]

In the period 1504-15 Ralph (described as of Wycliffe [in Yorkshire]) sued Margaret Carr, wife of George Carr deceased of Newcastle and administrator of George's estate, over property promised to Ralph's daughter Elizabeth on her marriage to Margaret's son George.^[3]

Ralph died on 10 November 1535. An Inquisition Post Mortem was held on 25 October 1539.^[1][4]

After his death, his daughter Agnes, Agnes's husband Anthony Brackenbury, and Ralph’s grandson Ralph Carr filed a lawsuit against Robert Colt, clerk, about the alleged forgery of Ralph's will, "disposing of the manors of Ellerton and Ordbrough, with their appurtenances in Downholme and 'Seynt John Kyrke'."^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6} J W Clay. Dugdale's Visitation of Yorkshire, with additions, Vol. II, William Pollard, 1903, p. 353, Internet Archive
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5} Charles Best Norcliffe (ed.). The Visitation of Yorkshire in the Years 1563 and 1564, made by William Flower, Harleian Society, 1881, p. 352, Internet Archive
3. ↑ The National Archives, ref. C 1/375/22, Wyclyff v Carre, Discovery Centre catalogue entry
4. ↑ The National Archives, ref. C 142/61/105, IPM for Ralph Wycliff, York, Discovery Centre catalogue entry
5. ↑ The National Archives, ref. C 1/739/3, Discovery Centre catalogue entry

• Wycliffe Pedigree in Seigniory of Holderness