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Richard Molyneux (1396 - abt. 1460)

Sir Richard Molyneux aka Molineux
Born in Sefton, Lancashire, Englandmap
Ancestors ancestors
Husband of — married 1415 in Sefton, Lancashire, Englandmap
Husband of — married after 16 Jun 1422 in Bradley, Lancashire, Englandmap
Descendants descendants
Died about at about age 63 in Staffordshire, Englandmap
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Biography

Sir Richard Molyneux of Sefton, knight, was born on 5 October 1396 at Sefton, Lancashire, England.

He was the son of Sir Richard Molineux of Sefton, knight, and Elen Urswick. His maternal grandfather was Sir Thomas Urswicke, knight.[1] His father was the sheriff of the county of Lancaster for life.[1]

Sir Richard had two younger brothers:

  1. Adam, Bishop of Chichester and keeper of the privy seal (d. 1450)[1][2]
  2. Robert m. [. . .], dau. of Sir Baldwin Strange, knight.[1]

Marriage

Richard married twice.

Radcliffe

Sir Richard married in 1415 at Sefton, Lancashire, Ellen Radcliffe, the daughter of — Radcliffe of the Tower, but not the widow of — Harington,[1] because it was her mother-in-law, Ellen, daughter of Robert Urswick, of Tatham, Lancashire, who married Sir James Harington, Knight, of Fishwick (and/or of Blackrod[3]), Lancashire, Knight of the Shire for Lancashire, constable of Liverpool castle.[4]

children

Sir Richard and Ellen Radcliffe had two daughters:[5]:

  1. Anne m. Richard Nevell of Leversedge,[1] and
  2. Margaret m. Sir Peter Leigh, knight.[1][6]

Haydock

Richard remarried to Joan Haydock. She was the daughter and heir of Sir Gilbert Haydock, knight.[1] Joan had eight sons and three daughters with her previous husband, Peter Leigh.[5]

children

Sir Richard and Joan Haydock are the parents of:

  1. Sir Richard of Sefton, (d. battle of Bloreheath) m.Elizabeth, sis. of Thomas Stanley, earl of Derby;[1]
  2. Thomas of Haughton - ancestor of Molyneux of Haughton.[1]
  3. Sir Robert[1], taken prisoner by the Turks in 1448;[5]
  4. Edmund m. the Lady of Cheneys co Bucks.[1]
  5. John, rector of Sefton;[1]
  1. Joan m. Robert Preston, Viscount Gormeston in Ireland;[1]
  2. Katherine m.1 Sir Robert Radcliffe, kt., m.2 John Stanhope.[1] and
  3. Elizabeth m. Sir Richard Southworth, kt.[1]

Occupation

At Brandun, on 28 July, 1446, Henry VI granted to Sir Richard Molyneux, and Richard his son and their heirs male, the offices of Master Forester of Westderbishir, steward of Westderbishir and Salfordshir, and Constable of Lyverpoll Castle. After cancellation of grants for life made 10 Feb. 1441.[7]

Death

Sir Richard Molineux of Sefton knight, died in 1460 in Staffordshire, England.

Sources

  1. 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 1.15 Rev F R Raines, MA, FSA, ed, "The Visitation of the County Palatine of Lancaster, made in the year 1664-5, by Sir William Dugdale, Knight, Norroy King of Arms, Part II", Remains Historical & Literary connected with the Palatine Counties of Lancaster and Chester, LXXXV, (Manchester: The Chetham Society, 1872), 205-6Internet Archive (https://archive.org/stream/visitationcount02raingoog#page/n118/mode/2up : accessed 29 June 2016).
  2. Wikipedia: Adam Moleyns
  3. Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America before 1700, 34:34, 160
  4. Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, 480 and 821.
  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 Sydney Lee, ed., Dictionary of national biography, Vol. XXXVIII Milman-More, (London: Smith, Elder, & co., 1894), https://archive.org/stream/dictionaryofnati38stepuoft#page/134/mode/2up pp.134.
  6. Leigh of Lyme, (Vis. of Chesh, 1580). WikiTree.com. Pedigree.
  7. DDM/3/1 Molyneux, Earls of Sefton; Appointments and Royal Grants, Henry VI to Sir Richard Molyneux, and Richard his son and their heirs male, Lancashire Archives, Lancashire County Council, http://archivecat.lancashire.gov.uk/CalmView/Record.aspx?src=CalmView.Catalog&id=DDM%2f46%2f3, 15 August 2014

See also:

  • Samuel G Webber, A Genealogy of the Southworths (Southards), (Boston, MA: The Fort Hill Press, 1905).
  • Ancestry Trees.[1][2][3][4]




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The Dictionary of National Biography gives his death date as 1439 -- (the article is about his son, who died in 1459). It repeats this information in the article about his brother Adam.

https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Dictionary_of_National_Biography,_1885-1900/Molyneux,_Richard_(d.1459)

posted by Ryan Torchia
What is the source of his death date, and place? I'm concerned to confirm he isn't being confused for his son of the same name who died at the battle of Blore Heath the year before.

Cheers,

posted by Isaac Taylor
If Edmund Molyneux-166 was born in 1418, then he would be the son of Ellen Radcliffe-50, not Joane Haydock-2 as her marriage to Richard Molyneux-30 was not until 1422.

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