Joanna Radcliffe
- Born: Abt 1379, Lancashire, England
- Marriage: Sir Henry Houghton Knight 688
 Another name for Joanna was Jane Radcliffe.
Noted events in her life were:
• Background Information. 167
Sir Richard de Hoghton, son of Sir Adam de Houghton returned as knight of the shire for Lancaster in 1383, 1403. He died in 1415. His wife was Joanna Radcliff*, daughter of Sir Richard de Radcliff. Their daughter married Sir John Southworth, son of Gilbert de Southworth.
~ Genalogy of the Southworths, p. 2
* All the other Sources, including A History of Lancaster, V. 6 and The Houghton Genealogy, name Joanna Radcliff to be the wife of Richard's brother Henry, and Richard's wife to be a woman named Jane or Joan or Jane.
• Background Information. 688
Sir Henry, was one of the Knights of the Shire for the County of Lancaster in 1408. He married Jeanette, daughter and heir of Sybil Clitherow (daughter of Sir Robert Clitherow), by Richard Radcliff, Esq., or Ordsall.
~The Houghton Genealogy, p. 24
• Background Information. 827
Joan de Radcliffe, who was heir to the manor after her mother's death in 1414, married Henry de Hoghton of Leagram, kt., second son of Adam de Hoghton of Hoghton, kt. He joined with his wife in 1422 in vesting the manors of Salesbury and Clayton-le-Dale in trustees for settlement upon their issue with remainder to the heirs male of Richard de Hoghton, natural son of Sir Henry, frustrating the intent of the settlement of 1340 and disinheriting the right heirs of Robert de Clitheroe the elder [Lancs. Inq. p.m. (Chet. Soc.), i, 104; Towneley MS. DD, no. 2024, 2037; Final Conc. (Rec. Soc. Lancs. and Ches.), 82. A settlement made by the trustees in 1424 included successive remainders to Peter and Giles the sons of Richard Talbot (of Slaidburn) in default of issue of Richard de Hoghton; Towneley MS. BB, no. 538 (Add. MS. 32104); Visit. (Chet. Soc. xcviii), 36\endash 7 n.], represented by John Talbot, whom Dodsworth has identified as son of William younger brother of Thomas Talbot of Bashall.
~A History of the County of Lancaster, Volume VI, pp. 252-257
Joanna married Sir Henry Houghton Knight, son of Sir Adam de Houghton Knight and Ellen.688 (Sir Henry Houghton Knight was born in Lancashire, England and died in 1385 in Lancashire, England.)
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