Richard Wilbraham (1525 - 1612)

Born 13 Aug 1525 in Woodhey, Faddiley, Cheshire, England

Ancestors

Husband of Margaret Elcock — married 6 Aug 1591 in Nantwich

Descendants

Died 2 Feb 1612 at age 86 in Nantwich, Cheshire, England

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Biography

Richard Wilbraham was born on 13 August 1525 in Woodhey, Faddiley, Cheshire, England, a son of Ralph Wilbraham (-1552) and Lady Elizabeth Sandford. (FindaGrave.com Index and Ormerod say he was of Nantwich, not Woodhey)

Family & Children

Richard married Elizabeth (Maisterson) Wilbraham (1532-1590), daughter of Thomas Maisterton 20 October 1550 in Nantwich, Cheshire.

They had four sons:

1. Richard Wilbraham (1552-1601) born January 10 1551, he became Common Sergeant for London.
2. Sir Roger Wilbraham (1553-1616) born 4 November 1553 became a judge and Solicitor-General for Ireland.
3. Thomas Wilbraham born 20 September 1555
4. Raphe Wilbraham (1564-1628) born 20 March 1557 Feudary of Cheshire and Flint.

Richard subsequently remarried Margaret Elcock (abt.1538-) on 7 August 1591.

Life Story

Richard purchased part of Bechton Manor, Cheshire from Sir Hugh Beeston on 4 May 1609. Richard Wilbraham also bought the paramount rights over the whole of Betchton, from George Cotton, of Combermere on 20 March 1610, there followed a long and tedious lawsuit over rents this was not successfully settled until 1655, by his grandson. ^[1] Townsend House in Nantwich was built by Richard Wilbraham. Richard began the Wilbraham Diary, which subsequent generations of the family would continue for 400 years. He recorded, often poignantly, births, marriages and deaths in the family and also significant events in Nantwich – a flood in 1574, the Great Fire in 1583, a famine in 1585 and a great plague in 1604. His eldest son died in London in 1601 and Thomas Wilbraham, his grandson, became his heir. ^[2]

His family pedigree is published in Ormerod's History of the County Palatine and City of Chester and confirms his wife and children. ^[3]

Death

Richard died on 2 February 1612 in Nantwich, Cheshire, England aged 88 years and was buried in St Mary's Church. ^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ Twemlow DSO FSA BA, Francis Randle (of Peatswood, Co. Stafford). The Twemlowes their Wives and their Homes. 1910. Wolverhampton, Whitehead Brothers, St. John's Square.[1] accessed 28.6.2022
2. ↑ Nantwich Museum [2]
3. ↑ Ormerod LLD FRS, George. The History of the County Palatine and City of Chester pg 65 [3]
4. ↑ UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index, 1300s-Current. Richard Wilbraham Birth 13 Aug 1523 Birth Nantwich, Cheshire, England Death Date 2 Feb 1612 Nantwich, Cheshire, England Cemetery St Mary's Church, Nantwich, Cheshire, England Has Bio? N Father Ralph Wilbraham Children Roger Wilbraham [4]

• Hall, James. A History of The Town and Parish of Nantwich, or Wich-Malbank, In The County Palatine of Chester (Nantwich, 1883)

• Page 320: Wilbraham Monuments
• Page 424-5: Inquestion Post Mortem, taken at Wich Malbank 23 Oct. 11th Jac. I. [1614]

• Ancestry Family Tree http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=61121755&pid=530