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Sir John Mainwaring

Also Known As: "Jenkin Mainwaring", "John Manwaring"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Over Peover, Cheshire, England (United Kingdom)
Death: July 08, 1495 (49-50)
Over Peover, Cheshire, England (United Kingdom)
Place of Burial: Over-Peover, Cheshire, England
Immediate Family:

Son of William Mainwaring, III and Ellen Boteler
Husband of Maud Mainwaring
Father of Robert Mainwaring; Joan Ashton; Sir John Mainwaring; Lady Maud Mainwaring; Agnes Needham and 1 other

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About Sir John Mainwaring

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4th cousin once removed? (and more) of his wife

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Surname has also been reported to be Manwaring.

Given name has also been reported to be Jenkin.

  • FamilySearch AFN HNJL-3J

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  • John Manwaring, Esq.1,2,3
  • M, #11589, b. circa 1448, d. 8 July 1495
  • Father William Manwaring, Esq.2,3 b. c 1420, d. b 1476
  • Mother Ellen Boteler2,3 b. c 1423
  • John Manwaring, Esq. married Maud Legh, daughter of Robert Legh, Esq. and Isabella Stanley; They had 2 sons (Sir John; & Robert) & 3 daughters (Maud, wife of Thomas Starkey, Esq; Joan, wife of Thomas Ashton; & Agnes, wife of Robert Needham, Esq.).2 John Manwaring, Esq. was born circa 1448 at of Over Peover, Cheshire, England. He died on 8 July 1495.2,3
  • Family Maud Legh d. a 1512
  • Children
    • Robert Manwaring d. b 1495
    • Maud Manwaring
    • Joan Manwaring
    • Sir John Manwaring, Sheriff of Flintshire+4,2,3 b. c 1470
    • Agnes Manwaring+5,2,6,3 b. c 1478, d. 2 May 1560
  • Citations
  • 1.[S3214] Unknown author, The History of the County Palatine and City of Chester, by George Ormerod, 1819, p. 371; Plantagenet Ancestry of 17th Century Colonists, by David Faris, p. 208; Wallop Family, Vol. 4, line 650.
  • 2.[S16] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. III, p. 278.
  • 3.[S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. IV, p. 282.
  • 4.[S5] Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, p. 557.
  • 5.[S5] Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, p. 707.
  • 6.[S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. IV, p. 206.
  • From: http://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/p386.htm#i... _________________________
  • Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 2nd Edition ... By Douglas Richardson
  • http://books.google.com/books?id=8JcbV309c5UC&printsec=frontcover&d...
  • Pg.278
  • JOHN BOTELER, Knt., of Warrington, Lancashire, married ISABEL HARINGTON [see BOTELER 8].
  • 9. ELLEN BOTELER, born about 1423. She married 21 Jan. 1443/4 WILLIAM MAINWARING, Esq., of Over Peover, Cheshire, son and heir apparent of John Mainwaring, Knt., of Over Peover, Cheshire, by his 1st wife, Margaret, daughter of John Delves. They had one son, John Esq. WILLIAM MAINWARING, Esq. died before 1476. ....
  • 10. JOHN MAINWARING, Esq., of Over Peover, Cheshire, son and heir. He married MAUD LEGH, daughter of Robert Legh, Esq., of Adlington, Cheshire, by Isabel, daughter of William Stanley, Knt. They had two sons, John, Knt., and Robert, and three daughters, Maud (wife of Thomas Starkey, Esq.), Joan (wife of Thomas Ashton), and Agnes. By an unknown mistress, he also had an illegitimate son, Charles. JOHN MAINWARING, Esq., died 8 July 1495. ...
  • Children of John Mainwaring, Esq., by Maud Legh:
    • i. JOHN MAINWARING, Knt. [see next].
    • ii. AGNES MAINWARING, married ROBERT NEEDHAM, Esq., of Shavington (in Adderley), Shroshire [see NEEDHAM 11].
  • 11. JOHN MAINWARING, Knt., of Over Peover, Cheshire, Sheriff of Flintshire, son and heir, born about 1471. He married KATHERINE HONFORD, daughter of John Honford, Esq., of Honford, Cheshire, by Margaret, daughter of John Savage, K.G. [see TRAFFORD 12 for her ancestry]. They had thirteen sons, Randall, Knt., Edmund, John, Peter, Philip, Edward, Robert, Thomas, George, Henry, Nicholas, William, and William (2nd of name), and two daughters, Margaret and Katherine (wife of William Newton). He was knighted in France in 1513. SIR JOHN MAINWARING left a will dated 4 March 1515/6, proved 18 Nov. 1516 (P.C.C. 1 Maynwaryng). He was buried at Over Peover, Cheshire, His widow, Katherine, was mentioned in the 1527 will of John Stanley, Knt. She died in 1529. .... ______________________________
  • The visitation of Cheshire in the year 1580 (1882)
  • http://www.archive.org/details/visitationchesh00fellgoog
  • http://www.archive.org/stream/visitationchesh00fellgoog#page/n167/m...
  • Pg.151
    • Leigh of Adlington. - CHART
  • Robinett Leigh of Adlington. = Maud.; ch: Rob't (m. Isabel Savage & Isabell Stanley), James (a Preist.), William, Peter, Ellin (m. Roger Leigh) Leigh.
  • Rob't Leigh of Adlington. = 1. Isabel d. to Jno Savage s.p.; = 2. Isabel d. to Sr Wm Stanley married by consent of the Pope because shee was of the blood of his first wife.; ch: Rob't (m. Ellin Booth), Maud (m. Jno Manwaring), Agnes (m. Sr Andrew Brereton), .... (m. _ Picott), Margaret (m. Thos Mere), Isabel (m. Sr Lawrence Warren & Sr George Holford), Margrett (m. Wm Damport) Leigh
  • http://www.archive.org/stream/visitationchesh00fellgoog#page/n181/m...
  • Pg.165
    • Meinilwarin. Manwaringe of Peever. - CHART
  • Sr John Manwaring of Peever. = Margrett d. to . . . . Tuchett Lord Audley.; ch: Wm (m. Mary Delves & Ellin Butler) Mainwaring.
  • Wm Mainwaring of Peever 22 H. 6 Maried = 1. Mary d. to Sr Jno Delves.; = 2. Ellin d. to Sr Jno Butler of Bewsy.; ch: John (m. Maud Leigh) Manwaring.
  • John Manwaring of Peever. = Maud d. to Rob't Leigh of Adlington.; ch: Sr John (m. Katherin Hanford) Manwaring.
  • Sr John Manwaring of Peever. = Katherin d. to Wm Hanford of Hanford.; ch: Edmund, John, Piers, Wm, Richard, (Pg.166 Randoll, (m. Elizab. Brereton), Phillip (m. Anne Lecester), Edward (m. Alice Boghey), Rob't (m. _ Glegg), Thomas, George, Richard, Henry) Mainwaring. ___________________
  • A genealogical and heraldic history of the commoners of Great ..., Volume 3 By John Burke Pg.453-457
  • http://books.google.com/books?id=yshsAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA454&lpg=PA454&dq...
  • Pg. 454
  • ROBERT LEGH, esq. of Adlington, wedded, first, Isabella, daughter of John Savage, of Clifton, by whom he had no issue; and, secondly, Isabella, daughter of Sir William Stanley, knt. of Hooton; by whom he had,
    • I. ROBERT, his heir.
    • I. Margaret, m. first to Thomas Mere, of Mere; and secondly to Robert Reddish, of Catteral.
    • II. Margery, m. to William Davenport, esq. of Bramall.
    • III. Isabel, m. first, to Laurence Warren, esq. of Poynton; and, secondly, to Sir George Holford, of Holford.
    • IV. Matilda, m. to John Mainwaring, esq. of Peover.
    • V. Agnes, m. to Sir Andrew Brereton, of Brereton.
    • VI. ___ m. to ___ Pigott, esq. of Chetwynd, Salop.

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  • Plantagenet ancestry: a study in colonial and medieval families By Douglas Richardson, Kimball G. Everingham
  • http://books.google.com/books?id=p_yzpuWi4sgC&pg=PP1&lpg=PP1&dq=Pla...
  • Pg.331
  • 16. ANNE TALBOT, married (as his 1st wife THOMAS NEEDHAM, Esq., of Cranage, Cheshire, and Shavington (in Adderley), Shropshire, son and heir of Robert Needham, Knt., of Cranage, Cheshire and Shavington (in Adderley), Shropshire, Sheriff of Shropshire, 1528-9, 1535-6, 1540=1, Sheriff of Cheshire, 1538-9, by Agnes, daughter of John Manwaring, Esq., of Over Peover, Cheshire, He was born in 1510. ....
  • Pg. 557
  • 14. KATHERINE HONFORD, married JOHN MAINWARING, Knt., of Over Peover, Cheshire, Sheriff of Flintshire, son and heir of John Mainwaring, Esq., of Over Peover, Cheshire, by Maud, daughter of Robert Legh, Esq., of Adlington, Cheshire. He was born about 1471. They had thirteen sons, Randall, Knt., Edmund, John Peter Phlip, Edward, Robert, Thomas, George, and Henry, Nicholas, William, William (again), and two daughters, Margaret and Katherine (wife of William Newton). He was knighted in France in 1513. SIR JOHN MAINWARING left a will dated 4 March 1515/6, proved 18 Nov. 1516 (P.C.C. 1 Maynwaryng). He was buried at Over Peover, Cheshire. His widow, Katherine, was mentioned in the 1527 will of John Stanley, Knt. She died in 1529. ____________________________
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Sir John Mainwaring's Timeline

1445
1445
Over Peover, Cheshire, England (United Kingdom)
1448
1448
1452
1452
1470
1470
Honford, Cheshire, England (United Kingdom)
1472
1472
Ightfield, Shropshire, England (United Kingdom)
1478
1478
Sheinton, Shropshire, England (United Kingdom)
1480
1480
1495
July 8, 1495
Age 50
Over Peover, Cheshire, England (United Kingdom)
August 1495
Age 50
St Lawrence Churchyard, Over-Peover, Cheshire, England (United Kingdom)