On 21st April 1792 [his father] Kemeys Radcliffe [aged 26] and Mary Magdalana Tealing of Putney were married at St Paul's Church, Covent Garden. His aunt Emilia Anne Pond was witness.
On or before 14th August 1797 Reverend Robert Behoe Radcliffe was born to Kemeys Radcliffe [aged 31]. His middle name from his maternal uncle Behoe Tealing, who rose to the rank of Chief Mate in the East India Company and who died around the time of Robert's birth.
On 14th August 1797 Reverend Robert Behoe Radcliffe was baptised at St Paul's Church, Covent Garden.
14th August 1808 Reverend Robert Behoe Radcliffe [aged 11] entered Eton College [Map] as a King's Scholar.
In 1816 Reverend Robert Behoe Radcliffe [aged 18] entered King's College, Cambridge University [Map] graduating BA in 1821 and MA in 1826.
Between 1819 and 1829 Reverend Robert Behoe Radcliffe [aged 21] was a Fellow of King's College, Cambridge University [Map].
In April 1822 Reverend Robert Behoe Radcliffe [aged 24] was ordained Priest by Bishop Bowyer Sparke [aged 62] at St George's Church, Hanover Square.
In March 1823 Reverend Robert Behoe Radcliffe [aged 25] was ordained Deacon by Bishop Bowyer Sparke [aged 63] at St George's Church, Hanover Square.
On 25th June 1828 Reverend Robert Behoe Radcliffe [aged 30] was instituted as Vicar of St Helen's Church Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Leicestershire [Map] which position he held until he died four years later in 1832. His appointment has been arranged by George Augustus Francis Rawdon-Hastings 2nd Marquess Hastings [aged 20] to whom he was formerley Tutor.
On 7th July 1828 [his father] Kemeys Radcliffe [aged 62] died. The same day and the same house as his daughter [his sister] Emilia Anne Radcliffe; possibly a cholera epidemic.
The History of William Marshal was commissioned by his son shortly after William’s death in 1219 to celebrate the Marshal’s remarkable life; it is an authentic, contemporary voice. The manuscript was discovered in 1861 by French historian Paul Meyer. Meyer published the manuscript in its original Anglo-French in 1891 in two books. This book is a line by line translation of the first of Meyer’s books; lines 1-10152. Book 1 of the History begins in 1139 and ends in 1194. It describes the events of the Anarchy, the role of William’s father John, John’s marriages, William’s childhood, his role as a hostage at the siege of Newbury, his injury and imprisonment in Poitou where he met Eleanor of Aquitaine and his life as a knight errant. It continues with the accusation against him of an improper relationship with Margaret, wife of Henry the Young King, his exile, and return, the death of Henry the Young King, the rebellion of Richard, the future King Richard I, war with France, the death of King Henry II, and the capture of King Richard, and the rebellion of John, the future King John. It ends with the release of King Richard and the death of John Marshal.
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On 7th July 1828 [his sister] Emilia Anne Radcliffe died. The same day and the same house as her father Kemeys Radcliffe [aged 62]; possibly a cholera epidemic.
On 26th August 1832 Reverend Robert Behoe Radcliffe [aged 35] died at Leamington Priors [Map]. He was buried at St Nicholas' Church, Kenilworth.
After 14th June 1918. Monument to Reverend Robert Behoe Radcliffe at St Helen's Church Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Leicestershire [Map]. This monument replacing one that fell on 14 Jun 1918.
