Francis Mansell (abt. 1560 - abt. 1628)

Born about 1560 in Muddlescome, Carmarthenshire

Ancestors

Died about 1628 at about age 68 in Muddlescombe, Carmarthenshire

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Biography

Mansel family, of Muddlescombe (NLW)

The Mansel family came to Muddlescwm in the parish of Kidwelly, Carmarthenshire, when Anthony and Francis (d. 1628), two sons of Sir Edward Mansel, married Mary and Catherine, the co-heirs of Muddlescwm. Anthony and Mary died without issue, so the estate devolved on Sir Francis Mansel, first baronet, and Catherine his wife. As part of the Muddlescwm estate, Sir Francis also inherited Llandeilo Abercywyn, which was sold off along with other properties in 1660. The family remained at Muddlescwm until the death without issue of Sir Edward Mansel, fourth baronet in 1670, when the estate was partitioned between his two sisters, Barbara and Anne. The Muddlescwm estate appears to have been acquired by the Owen family of Orielton, Pembrokeshire, during the 18th century. The depositor is descended from this Owen family.

Red Dragon Magazine Dec 1885 : ^[1]

—The Carmarthenshire Mansels seated at Trimsaran and Motlyscwm, or Muddlescombe, were cadet branches of Oxwich and Margam Abbey, being derived respectively from Anthony, third son, and Francis Mansel, of Trimsaran, fourth son of Sir Edward (son of Sir Rice Mansel and his second wife, Cecil Dabridgecourt), of Margam Abbey, in county Glamorgan, and the Lady Jane his wife, daughter of Henry Somerset, Earl of Worcester—and thus younger brother by full blood to Sir Thomas Mansel, of Margam, the father of Sir Lewis Mansel, of Margam.

The said Francis Mansel, the fourth son, became seated at Muddlescombe, near Cydweli, or Kidwelly, county Carmarthen, through his marriage with Catherine Morgan, heiress of that estate, whose ancestors were a cadet branch of Morgan, of Longston and Penycoed, county Monmouth, the Tredegar sept. By this marriage the said Francis of Muddlescombe left issue four sons : (1) Sir Walter, (2) Sir Anthony, (3) Dr. Francis Mansel, Principal of Jesus College, Oxford, (4) Richard, who became seated at Iscoed through marriage with Katherine Morgan, the heiress of Rees Morgan, Esq., of the same family as that of Muddlescombe. This Richard, on failure of the elder brother's lines, succeeded to the old Baronetcy of Mansel of Muddlescombe, from whom descended the late Sir John Wm. Bell Mansel, Bart.

After the death of his first wife the aforesaid Francis Mansel, of Muddlescombe, married Dorothy, daughter of Allan Stepney, Esq., of Prendergast, county Pembroke. The eldest son of this second marriage, viz., John Mansel, Esq., married Mary, daughter of Sir Henry Vaughan, of Dervvydd, a branch of Golden Grove, county Carmarthen (see the line of the old Earls of Carbery, extinct), and their son, Henry Mansel, married his kinswoman, Frances, daughter and heiress to Sir John Stepney, of Prendergast, second Bart., and by her became progenitor to the Mansels of Trimsaran and Stradey, Barts., extinct. Carmarthen. W. G. S. T. P.S.—The issue of Anthony Mansel, the first mentioned, at Trimsaran, brother of Francis, appear to have soon died out in the male line.

Sir Francis Mansel, created a baronet by James I in 1621, married Catherine, daughter of Henry Morgan, Muddlescwm.^{[2] [3] [4] [5] [6]}

Sources

1. ↑ NOTES AND QUERIES. p 623 Mansel (viii.—507)
2. ↑ DNB - Mansel of Muddlescwm
3. ↑ History of the Family Maunsell Mansell Mansel - (The DerIviation & Descent of the Welsh Mansels) by C A Maunsel l/ E P Statham 1917
4. ↑ Geni Tree
5. ↑ Court of Chivalry Case 1639 widow Dorothy was a witness
6. ↑

   1665 Memorial: Dr Francis Mansell, Principal of Jesus College. and his mother Lady Catherine (Morgan) first wife of Sir Francis Mansell