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| Keywords: people In the 1600s the Radclyffe family was involved with founding the Oldham Grammar School in 1611 and was later swept up in the Civil War. William Radclyffe and his oldest son Robert fought and died at the Battle of Edgehill in 1642. It fell to his third son William, seen here in armour, to continue the estate. He too fought for the King in the Civil War and was knighted on the field at the Battle of Lostwithiel in 1644 and became a Colonel under Lord Hopton. The family was nearly ruined by the fines on the estate once the Parliamentarians won the civil war. In the 1600s the Radclyffe family was involved with founding the Oldham Grammar School in 1611 and was later swept up in the Civil War. William Radclyffe and his oldest son Robert fought and died at the Battle of Edgehill in 1642. It fell to his third son William, seen here in armour, to continue the estate. He too fought for the King in the Civil War and was knighted on the field at the Battle of Lostwithiel in 1644 and became a Colonel under Lord Hopton. The family was nearly ruined by the fines on the estate once the Parliamentarians won the civil war. | ||||
