On John's early death in 1731 they were claimed by his uncle, Charles Radclyffe, titular 5th Earl.
Near the town's All Saints' Parish Church stands the doorway and site of the seventeenth century Three Half Moons Inn, where the Earl of Derwentwater stayed with his followers in 1715 prior to marching into a heavy defeat at the Battle of Preston.
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Lady Mary Tudor (1673–1726), illegitimate daughter of Charles II and wife of Edward Radclyffe, 2nd Earl of Derwentwater