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Personal data Sir Ralph de Bostock of Bostock. Knight 

• He was born in the year 1438 in Cheshire, England.
• Profession: Sir Knight.
• (Alt. Birth) about 1430.Source 2
• (Alt. Birth) about 1440.Source 3
• He died on August 4, 1482, he was 44 years old.
• A child of Adam V de Bostock and Elizabeth de Venables
• This information was last updated on December 4, 2022.

Household of Sir Ralph de Bostock of Bostock. Knight

(1) He is married to Elizabeth de Dutton.

They got married in the year 1458, he was 20 years old.Source 3

Child(ren):

1. Anne Bostock  1479-< 1527 
2. William Bostock  1468-± 1489

(2) He is married to Nn Nn.

They got married at Not Married.

Child(ren):

1. John [illegitimate] de Bostock  

Notes about Sir Ralph de Bostock of Bostock. Knight

[Richard Hodgson]

Ralph's year of birth is not known for sure.  According to his father's 'Inquisition' it was circa 1445, but according to the 'inquisition' of Hugh Venables of Kinderton he was 20 years old in December 1460 - a five years discrepancy.  The earlier is the more likely.

In 1458 Ralph married Elizabeth Dutton, daughter and heiress of Sir Thomas de Dutton of Dutton: they had two children, William and Anne.

Ralph figured in the civil wars of the time.  As mentioned above he was bound over, with his father, to be loyal to King Edward in the sum of 500 marks.  He stuck to his allegiance and fought for the Yorkist cause at the battle of Hedgeley Moor (25 April 1464), serving in the retinue of Richard Neville, earl of Warwick.  On 14 April 1471, he fought at the battle of Barnet.  As a result of his loyalty to the Yorkist cause and in consideration of his services in the north of England "at his own cost", he received licence to enter his share of the barony of Kinderton.  The rights to the barony were in dispute between Ralph and his brother-in-law Richard Cotton.  As a result of Ralph's reward of the licence a number of feuds broke out.  Another branch of the Venables family also put forward a claim to the barony. On 10 February 1468, Ralph and his kinsman, Sir Wiliam de Brereton, were bound over in the sum of £1000 to keep the peace towards William Venables.  Ralph was bound over a further six times over the next two years; twice, in 1472 and 1473 it was in the sum of £1000.  On only one occasion was Venables bound over to keep the peace towards Bostock and Brereton.

In 1482, Ralph died from poisoning, whether by accident or design is open to speculation.  His inquisition post mortem was held that year and reveals that Ralph held the manor of Bostock from the earl of Chester and that it was valued at £10 3s (£10.15) per annum.  He also held the manor of Wigland, and lands in Newton (Middlewich), Huxley, Foulewiche, Bradley, Occlestone, Marsheton, Brereton, Legh and Newton (in Wirral).  Ralph's son and, heir is given as William, then aged 13 years.

Ralph had an illegitimate son, John, who campaigned in Scotland and fought at the battle of Flodden in 1513.  He fought in the retinue of the abbot of Vale Royal with Sir George Holford, and together they commanded 300 men. ; A record of his military activities is held in the British Library's Harleian Collection.  John's descendants continued to live in and around Bostock and Over.

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