Philip Mainwaring (bef. 1516 - 1573)

Born before 1516 in Cheshire, England

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Died 11 Apr 1573 after age 57 in Cheshire, England

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Biography

Philip Mainwaring of Peover, Esq^[1]

Philip was born in 1530.

He was the seventh son of Sir John Mainwaring of Over Peover, knt, and his wife, Katherine, daughter of John Hondford of Hondford, Chester, Esq.^[1]

Philip was the brother of:

1. Sir Randle Mainwaring, knt, who died without having a son, and to whom Philip succeeded in 1557;^[1]
2. Margaret, married to Wilbrahm, died before 7 January 1572/3;^[1]
3. Henry Meynwaringe, died before 7 January 1572/3,^[1] father of:
   1. Mary;^[1]
4. George, living on 7 January 1572/3;^[1]
5. Edward, living on 7 January 1572/3;^[1]

He married Anne, daughter of Sir Ralph Leycester of Toft, Chester, Esq.^[1]

Philip was the father of:

1. Rondulph Meynwaringe, son and heir, married to Margaret before 7 January 1572/3;^[1]
2. Edmonde Meynwaringe, younger son;^[1]

Phillip Mainwaring of Peover in the county of Chester, Esq, made his will on 7 January 1572^[1] [now 1573]. Philip named in his will:^[1]

• his wife, Anne;
• his son and heir apparent, Rondulph;
• his daughter-in-law, Margaret Meynwaringe;
• Lawrence Leycester, son of Sir Raff Leycester Knight, deceased;
• his niece, Mary Meynwaringe, daughter of his brother Henry Meynwaringe;
• Sir Raffe Dutton, priest;
• Anne Wharmbye;
• Elen Birche, his day servant;
• Humfreye Alcocke;
• his brother, George;
• Phillippe Trafforde, under 21 years of age on 7 January 1572/3, son of William Trafforde, late of the Parish of Wilmslow, deceased;
• Frances Newton of Moberley,
• Richard Davenport; and
• Raffe Dutton;

His will proved in 1573.^[1]

Philip's widow, Anne, lived until 1587.^[1]

Research Notes

Supposedly the 7th son of Sir John Mainwaring-3, and heir male to his brother Randall. But we have a problem with the dates. RJH 2 February 2016

Philip's son is apparently the same "Edward Mainwaring of Cheshire" referred to in the excerpt below -- or possibly this refers to Philip's 1st cousin Edward, or to his son Edward:^[2]

• [Limerick mayor and MP] "Clement Fanning^[3] suffered heavy loss of property by the rebellion of the Earl of Desmond ... Lord Justice Sir William Pelham was ordered to visit [the Earl's] dominions. Pelham arrived in the City of Limerick in October 1579. Here he was waited on by Nicholas Stritch, the mayor, who presented him a thousand well-armed citizens. With this force Sir William marched to Fanningstown (then the property of Clement Fanning), where he encamped, using the castle as his headquarters."

• [After the defeat and death of the Earl of Desmond in 1583], "the vast territory of Desmond was thereupon confiscated and divided among the officers of the English army and certain persons called adventurers because they had adventured or advanced funds for the prosecution of the war. The confiscation of Fanningstown was contested by Clement Fanning, who took no part in the rebellion, on the plea that Fanningstown was entailed on him as heir-at-law and that it was not held directly from the Earl of Desmond."

• "His pleading was unsuccessful, the Court deciding that the rights of the Queen [Elizabeth] superseded and were paramount to any claim he could produce. On the 4th of March, 1589, Edward Mainwaring of Cheshire, England, was granted the Castle and 2,400 acres of the lands of Fanningstown manor. William Candish, of the same shire, was granted the townlands of Castle, Cloghtach and the rest in Pobblebrian amounting to 2000 acres."

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} John Parsons Earwaker, ed, "Lancashire and Chester Wills and Inventories at Chester, with an Appendix of Abstracts of Wills Now Lost or Destroyed, Transcribed by the Late Rev G J Piccope, MA". Remains Historical and Literary Connected with the Palatine Counties of Lancaster and Chester. Volume 3—New Series. (Manchester: The Chetham Society, 1884), 48-51, Digital Image Internet Archive (https://archive.org/stream/lancashireandch00earwgoog#page/n65/mode/2up : accessed: 14 March 2018.
2. ↑ Quoting W.F. Brooks, in his History of the Fanning Family, Vol.1, pp.22-24:
   • https://archive.org/details/historyfanningf00broogoog/page/n48/mode/2up
3. ↑ For more context on the Fanning family in Ireland from the 1200s to 1600s:
   • https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:Fanning_Name_Study