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| Keywords: people Foxdenton Estate was acquired by the Radclyffe's through marriage in 1367. In the early years the family continued with its tradition of serving the King in the French Wars and the grandson of the first owner was Knighted at the Battle of Agincourt in 1415. Throughout the fourteen hundreds the estate was as often run by wives as by husbands given their absence in the wars. Sir John Radclyffe and his son Richard were both killed at the Battle of Paris in 1431 leaving widows in charge. In the 1500s there were disputes over ownership between brothers due to one of them leading “an ungodly life”. Sir Richard in this portrait took over the estate in 1579 and was a soldier as well fighting at the Siege of Leith and against the Northern Rebellion of 1569. Foxdenton Estate was acquired by the Radclyffe's through marriage in 1367. In the early years the family continued with its tradition of serving the King in the French Wars and the grandson of the first owner was Knighted at the Battle of Agincourt in 1415. Throughout the fourteen hundreds the estate was as often run by wives as by husbands given their absence in the wars. Sir John Radclyffe and his son Richard were both killed at the Battle of Paris in 1431 leaving widows in charge. In the 1500s there were disputes over ownership between brothers due to one of them leading “an ungodly life”. Sir Richard in this portrait took over the estate in 1579 and was a soldier as well fighting at the Siege of Leith and against the Northern Rebellion of 1569. | ||||
