RATCLIFF, (Nottinghamshire) upon the Soar, near its conflux with the Trent, bel. for a while to the Sacheverels, till one
of them settled it on Sir Thomas Hutchinson, his nephew, and his heirs; one of whom sold it to admiral Ireton of London.
The tithes of the manor bel. formerly to the priory of Norton in Cheshire, and then to that of Burscough in Lancashire.