Helen Radcliffe

Ellen MASSEY (d. BEF 1436) (dau. of John Massey and Dau. Worsley) married Ralph Radcliffe (b abt 1403 - d 1465); his 1st wife. No issue.

http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1386-1421/member/ra...

It was, no doubt, at the behest of his father, Sir Ralph, that Ralph Radcliffe the younger agreed, in December 1400, to the drawing up of a marriage contract between his infant son and Helen, a daughter of Sir John Massey of Tatton. Because the couple were related, it proved necessary to obtain a papal indult permitting their betrothal, which took place soon afterwards. Notwithstanding the disloyalty shown by Sir John towards the Lancastrian regime (he was soon to perish as a rebel at the battle of Shrewsbury in 1403), both Ralph and his father consistently supported Henry IV, who proved suitably grateful. ....

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• http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=jweber&id...
• http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/RADCLIFFE4.htm#Ralph%20RADCLIFFE4 Smithhills line