Radbourne
| Radbourne | |
| Derbyshire | |
|---|---|
 St Andrew's Church, Radbourne | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SK283362 |
| Location: | 52°55’23"N, 1°34’48"W |
| Data | |
| Post town: | Ashbourne |
| Postcode: | DE6 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | South Derbyshire |
Radbourne is a small village in Derbyshire, a few miles west of Derby. The population of the parish taken at the 2011 census was less than 100.
The parish church is St Andrew's. The main house of the village is Radbourne Hall: it has been said that Bonnie Prince Charlie stayed one night at the hall in 1745 on his march south when his army halted at Swarkestone Bridge just south of Derby.
History
It would appear that Radbourne was part of the lands of the Ferrers, earls of Derby, forfeited to the Crown in the 1260s after the Baronial War, which were ultimately used to endow Edmund of Lancaster, second son of Henry III, and younger brother of Edward I.
In the main, the entries in The National Archives that relate to Radbourne are rather mundane, so that in the earliest one, in 1377,[1] records that John del Enese and Roger Harwode, the men who answered at the court (?tithingmen), reported that Robert Jort and William Brewode had brewed [against the assise], and were in mercy. Jort was fined 7 d., and Brewode, 3d. Further entries in the reigns of Richard II, and Henry IV and V report similar offences. In 1426[2]
The Sir John Chandos, a close friend of Edward, the Black Prince, hailed from Radbourne in the 14th century.
Outside links
- Radbourne on DerbyshireUK