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Excerpt from The Life and Original Correspondence of Sir George Radcliffe, the Friend of the Earl of Strafford The town of Radcliffe, or Red Cliffe, in the county of Lancaster, so called from a rock of that colour which there overhangs the river Irwell, gave name to a family, who, having been lords of the manor and patrons of the advowson beyond the period to which records extend, rose almost to the summit of English Nobility under the title of Earls of Sussex. The magnificent remains of their mansion have been noticed in another work. The branches from this antient stock were numerous and fortune: in the county of Lancaster alone the name of Radciffe long flourished in wealth and honour; at Wimmersley and Clitheroe (the immediate ancestors of the House of Derwentwater), at Ordsall, Edgworth, Chadderton, Foxdenton, and Todmorden. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.