Dorothy Radcliffe

By his wife Katharine, daughter of William, Lord Conyers, Francis Bigod left a son, Ralph, who was restored in blood by act of parliament, 3 Edward VI, but died without issue, and a daughter, Dorothy, through whom the estates passed to the family of Radclyffe.

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Miles Harker's wife was named Dorothy but she was not Dorothy Bigod,
the daughter of Sir Francis Bigod. There is no evidence that
Dorothy Bigod married anyone other than Roger Radcliffe. She was
apparently dead by 11/18/1566, when her mother's will was proved and
Roger Radcliffe was granted administration of her goods until the
Radcliffe children should attain majority. Both Roger Radcliffe and
Miles Harker were alive at that time and she could neither have
married first one and then the other nor would she have been married
to both at the same time.

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Origins

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Bigo

By his wife Katharine he left a son, Ralph, who was restored in blood by Act of Parliament in 1549/50, but died without issue, and a daughter, Dorothy, his eventual heir, through whom the estates came, through her marriage, into the hands of the Radcliffe family.[4]

4. Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900, Volume 05. Bigod, Francis, by Robert Henry Brodie.

• Hugh, Kendall P. History of the Old Castle of Mulgrave. A. Brown & Sons, Ltd., Hull. 1948. pp.89.
• http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/GEN-MEDIEVAL/1997-05/...
• 1. Eggleston, R.J., "The Eggleston Family in Yorkshire," in Burton W. Spear (ed.), "The Search for the Passengers of the "Mary & John" 1630", vol. 15, pp. 53-57.
• 2. Eggleston, R. and McBroom, L.E.. "The Mother of Bygod Eggleston of Windsor Connecticut" TAG, Vol. 69, pp.193-201.

9/3/2020 see the profile of Dorothy's daughter named Dorothy Radcliffe for new evidence for who actually did marry Miles Harker.