Lord Edward Radcliffe, 6th Earl of Sussex

6th earl of Sussex. Born after 1530 and before November 10 1559

Viscount Fitzwalter

Wikipedia: Edward Radclyffe, 6th Earl of Sussex (c. 1559 - August 1643) was a British peer and Member of Parliament for Bedfordshire 1588-1589, Petersfield and Portsmouth.

He inherited the earldom from Robert Radclyffe, 5th Earl of Sussex. He married Elizabeth Petre on 28 February 1581.

He was the grandson of the 1st Earl and Elizabeth Stafford. His father was Sir Humphrey Radclyffe and Isabel Harvey.

From WIKI Elstow

Two years after The Suppression of Religious Houses Act 1539, Elstow green and the Abbey were leased to Edmund Harvey, whose daughter, Isabel, subsequently married Sir Humphrey Radcliffe. In 1553, Edward VI gave the former Abbey's estate with all its manorial rights to Sir Humphrey. Radcliffe died 13 years later.
In 1616, Radcliffe's son Edward sold the Elstow estate to Sir Thomas Hillersden, who left £100 in his will so that his wife could convert part of the cloister building into a grand manor house, which was subsequently named Elstow Place. This magnificent building, its porch possibly designed by Inigo Jones, would have been seen every time the young John Bunyan walked into Elstow village and may have been the original inspiration for his 'House Beautiful' in "The Pilgrim's Progress".

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