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Sussex, Thomas Radcliffe, 3rd earl of
Sussex, Thomas Radcliffe, 3rd earl of (c.1525–83). Radcliffe was well connected. His mother was a daughter of the 2nd duke of Norfolk: his grandfather had married the niece of Elizabeth, Edward IV's queen. He fought with distinction in the French campaign of 1544 and at Pinkie in 1547. Though he signed the proclamation of Lady Jane Grey in 1553, his father was one of the first to declare for Mary and was in command of her forces at Framlingham. Radcliffe's wobble does not seem to have done him harm. He was summoned to Parliament in his father's barony of Fitzwalter, made captain of the gentlemen pensioners, and entrusted by Mary with the suppression of Wyatt's rising. He succeeded his father as earl in 1557 and was given the Garter. In 1556 he was sent by Mary to Ireland as lord keeper with instructions to promote the catholic cause. He was active against the O'Neills in Ulster and led a punitive expedition against their allies, the Scots of the Islands. Elizabeth reappointed him, making him lord-lieutenant, but his renewed campaign against the O'Neills made little progress. He resigned in 1565 and from 1568 to 1572 was lord president of the Council of the North, helping to put down the rising of the northern earls in 1569. From 1572 until his death he was lord chamberlain. At court he was a rival to Leicester, of whom he spoke scathingly.
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JOHN CANNON. "Sussex, Thomas Radcliffe, 3rd earl of." The Oxford Companion to British History. 2002. Encyclopedia.com. 12 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JOHN CANNON. "Sussex, Thomas Radcliffe, 3rd earl of." The Oxford Companion to British History. 2002. Encyclopedia.com. (February 12, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O110-SussexThomasRadclff3rdrlf.html JOHN CANNON. "Sussex, Thomas Radcliffe, 3rd earl of." The Oxford Companion to British History. 2002. Retrieved February 12, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O110-SussexThomasRadclff3rdrlf.html |
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Radcliffe
Radcliffe town (1991 pop. 27,664), Bury metropolitan district, N England, in the Greater Manchester metropolitan area. Industries include cotton and rayon mills and chemical, engineering, and paper plants. The parish church, founded in Norman times, has been restored. |
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"Radcliffe." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2008. Encyclopedia.com. 12 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Radcliffe." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2008. Encyclopedia.com. (February 12, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-Radclf.html "Radcliffe." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2008. Retrieved February 12, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-Radclf.html |
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Radcliffe
Radcliffe, Radclive, ‘the red cliff or bank’, OE rēad + clif: Radcliffe Bury. Radecliue 1086 (DB). Radcliffe on Trent Notts. Radeclive 1086 (DB). For the river-name Trent, see Newark. Radclive Bucks. Radeclive 1086 (DB).
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A. D. MILLS. "Radcliffe." A Dictionary of British Place-Names. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. 12 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. A. D. MILLS. "Radcliffe." A Dictionary of British Place-Names. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. (February 12, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O40-Radcliffe.html A. D. MILLS. "Radcliffe." A Dictionary of British Place-Names. 2003. Retrieved February 12, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O40-Radcliffe.html |
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Radcliffe
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•mischief • handkerchief
•neckerchief • kerchief • Cardiff
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•bailiff, calif, caliph
•Wyclif • Northcliffe • anaglyph
•hieroglyph • tariff
•serif, sheriff
•midriff • hippogriff • mastiff • caitiff
•plaintiff • pontiff • Joseph
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"Radcliffe." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. 12 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Radcliffe." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. (February 12, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-Radcliffe.html "Radcliffe." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Retrieved February 12, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-Radcliffe.html |
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