Everything about Richard Ratcliffe totally explained
Sir
Richard Ratcliffe (died
1485) was a close confidant of
Richard III of England. He came from a
gentry family in the
Lake District, and became a companion of Richard when the latter was still
Duke of Gloucester. He was one of Richard's trustees in the lordship of Richmond, and was named steward of
Barnard Castle. Richard, while Duke of Gloucester,
knighted Richard Ratcliffe during the Scottish campaigns, at the same time creating him a
knight banneret.
During the seizure of power by Richard III, Ratcliffe was chosen to return to the north and organize an army to help the Protector, as Richard III was then titled, deal with
Parliament. Some sources name Ratcliffe as the person that gave the orders to execute
Earl Rivers. The poem was interpolated into
Laurence Olivier's film
Richard III, a screen adaptation of
William Shakespeare's play.
Richard Ratcliffe was one of the two councilors (the other was William Catesby) who are reputed to have told the king that marrying
Elizabeth of York would cause rebellions in the north.
He died at the
Battle of Bosworth Field.
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