Ralph Prestwich

Biography

Ralph Prestwich was born in 1455 in Lancashire, England, United Kingdom. His parents were Ellis Prestwicke and Isabella Prestwicke.

Ralph married Agnes Prestwich circa 1493. Together they had the following children: Edmund Prestwich; Alice Reddiche.

He died in 1490 in Lancashire, England, United Kingdom.

Biography

Ralph De de Prestwich, Sr. was born circa 1477 in Prestwich Hulme Hall, Manchester, Lancashire, England. His parents were John de Prestwych and Cecily De de Rossendale.

Ralph married Agnes Langley in 1495 in Egcroft, Prestwich, Lancashire, England. Together they had the following children:

• Ellis De Prestwich;
• Edmund De Prestwich;
• Alice Prestwich;
• Eleanor Prestwich;
• Ralph De Prestwich, II;
• Anne Hannah Prestwich.

He died circa 1526 in Prestwich Hulme Hall, Manchester, Lancashire, England.

Reference: [https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/111701831/person/4... Ancestr Genealogy] - [http://www.geni.com/projects/SmartCopy/18783 SmartCopy]: ''Jan 3 2021, 16:56:16 UTC''

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From 'The parish of Prestwich with Oldham: Chadderton', in A History of the County of Lancaster: Volume 5, ed. William Farrer and J Brownbill (London, 1911), pp. 115-121. British History Online http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/lancs/vol5/pp115-121 [accessed 13 July 2019].

"Edmund Ashton married Janet, one of the daughters and co-heirs of Sir James Harrington, (fn. 27) and died on 5 March 1542–3, leaving a son and heir James, then forty-eight years of age. In addition to the third part of Chadderton, he held the manor of Shuttleworth, and lands in Chadderton, Shuttleworth, Oldham, and Rochdale. (fn. 28) James Ashton died 25 August 1549; his son Edmund, married in his grandfather's lifetime to Anne daughter of Ralph Prestwich, was over twenty-eight years of age. (fn. 29) This son Edmund left the family estate unaltered at his death in August 1584, and was succeeded by his son James, forty-nine years old. (fn. 30) A pedigree was recorded in 1567"