Amicia (Meschines) Mainwaring (abt. 1167 - 1247)

Born about 1167 in England [uncertain]

Ancestors

Descendants

Died 2 Nov 1247 at about age 80 in Cheshire, England [uncertain]

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Biography

This profile is part of the Mainwaring Name Study.

Amicia or Amice, is named as the daughter of Hugh II de Kevelioc, Earl of Chester in a charter which grants to Ralph Mainwaring (Radulfo de Meinilwarin), in marriage with Amicia, the service of Gilbert, son of Roger held for the service of two knights fees.^[1]. The charter is dated to about 1180 or perhaps a few years earlier,^[1] but definitely before 30 June 1181 when Hugh II died.

Amicia is mostly accepted as an illegitimate daughter of Hugh II, Earl of Chester^{[1] [2]} His only known wife, Bertrade of Montfort, was married in 1169,^[3] and if legitimate Amicia is thought to be too young to have married about 1180. Also she or her descendants aren't named amongst the heirs of her half-brother Ranulph de Blundeville, Earl of Chester, when he died without issue in 1232.^[2][4]

Although not necessarily proof, Bertrade (Bertraya comitisse Cestrie) is a witness to the charter mentioned earlier without any indication that she is Amicia's mother.^[1]

Children

With Ralph Mainwaring, Amicia had four children;

1. Sir Roger Mainwaring, eldest son and heir;
2. Randall Mainwaring of Great Warford;
3. Bertred, wife of Henry de Audley (Alditelegh)^[5]
4. William Mainwaring

Research Notes

Death

The 2 November 1247 as the date she died was originally on this profile, but unsourced, and so far has not been confirmed. Nor has Chester in Cheshire, England as the place of death.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3} Barraclough, Geoffrey, (ed.), Charters of the Anglo-Norman Earls of Chester, c. 1071-1237, The Record Society of Lancashire and Cheshire, vol. 126, 1988. p. 198 (charter no. 193). Digital image, Internet Archive https://archive.org/details/Chartersoftheearlsofchester : accessed 11 June 2021.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Ormerod, George, The History of the County Palatine and City of Chester, vol. 1, London: Lackington, Hughes, Harding, Mavor and Jones, 1819. pp. 28-29. Digital image, Internet Archive, https://archive.org/details/historyofcountyp00orme/page/28/mode/1up : accessed 11 June 2021.
3. ↑ Annales Cestrienses, p. 25)The Complete Peerage
4. ↑ The Complete Peerage, pp. 168-169.
5. ↑ Ormerod, George, The History of the County Palatine and City of Chester, vol. 3, London: Lackington, Hughes, Harding, Mavor and Jones, 1819. p. 122. Digital image, Internet Archive, https://archive.org/details/historyofcountyp03orme/page/122/mode/1up : accessed 11 June 2021.

See also:

• Richardson, Douglas, Royal Ancestry, (2013) I:199, 493, and 566.
• Richardson, Douglas, Royal Ancestry, (2013), II:150-1, 154.
• Tracts written in the controversy respecting the legitimacy of Amicia, daughter of Hugh Cyveliok, earl of Chester, A.D. 1673-1679 Twenty-sixth report of the Council of the Chetham society, 1868/69 retrieved through archive.org
  • introduction pages ix - xciii gives context [1]
  • Table of contents [2]