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Malpas Barons in Cheshire

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After the Norman conquest of 1066, Malpas is mentioned in the Domesday book of 1086 as belonging to Robert FitzHugh, Baron of Malpas. This links to Richard (Avranches) d'Avranches (1022-aft.1082) not Robert FitzHugh, Baron of Malpa

ORIGINAL MATERIAL

Location

Malpas lies in the hundred of Broxton, in Cheshire, about 16 miles S. S. E. from Chester, and about 165 N. W. from London. The parish comprises twenty-five townships, one of which, Iscoyd, is in Flintshire; the others are, Malpas, Ogden, Bickerton, Bickley, Bradley, Broxton, Bulkeley, Chidclough, Cholmondelay, Chorlton, Cuddington, Duckington, Edge, Egerton, Hampton, larkton or Larton, macefen Newton, Oldcastle, Oveton, Stockton, Tushingham-cum-Gridley, Wichough or wichalgh, and Wigland. [1]

Robert FitzHugh had a castle here, of which the keep remains near the church. [1]

Malpas Baronial History

Ancient Name: Depebrooke, Depenbache

Ancient name - Depebrooke or Depenbache[2]

Origin of Name

After the Norman conquest of 1066, Malpas is mentioned in the Domesday book of 1086 as belonging to Robert FitzHugh, Baron of Malpas. [3]

Malpas Castle

A concentrated line of castles protected Cheshire's western border from the Welsh; these included motte-and-bailey castles at Shotwick, Dodleston, Aldford, Pulford, Shocklach, Oldcastle and Malpas. The earthworks of Malpas Castle are still to be found to the north of St. Oswald's Church. [3]

Castle Hill, Malpas

See also: Castle Hill, Malpas

Malpas and Earl Hugh "Lupus" d'Avranches

After the Norman conquest of 1066, Malpas is mentioned in the Domesday book of 1086 as belonging to Robert FitzHugh, Baron of Malpas. [3]

"About 1085, Earl Hugh settled the Lordship of Malpas (mostly a landlord's income stream, not actual possession of land) on his base son Robert FitzHugh. To mitigate this intrusion on the Baron of Malpas, Hugh gave one of his base daughters (Tanglust) as wife to William II, the eldest son of Sir William of Malpas. The two families (Robert fitz Hugh and the son of Sir William) continued their cordial relationship into the next generation, when a daughter (Mabel) of Robert married William III of Malpas."[4]

The Great Doomsday Book, which was started in 1086, says Robert fitzHugh held 38 distinct properties in Cheshire (one actually in Wales), as tenant in chief,[5] ie, of the king.

Its record for Malpas says,

"The same Robert holds Depenbech [Malpas]. (Earl interlined) Edwin held it. There [are] 8 hides that pay geld. The land is for 14 ploughs. In demesne are three [ploughs] and 1 bordar and ½ acre of meadow. Of this land 5 knights (milites) hold 5½ hides of Robert, and have there 3 ploughs, and 7 villeins with 2½ ploughs. There [are] 2 acres of meadow. T.R.E the whole was worth £11 4s. It was afterwards waste. Now, all included, it is worth 52s. It has 2 leagues in length and 1 in width."[6]

Robert de Malpas and Robert FitzHugh may be the same person.

The Welsh Malpas Lineage

Descent from Rhodri Mawr to Dan Dafydd le Clerc

From Rhodri Mawr to Gwilym Miles

  1. Merfyn Frych, the Freckled, born, say, 820, is said to have been slain in battle with Berthred, King of Mercia, about 838-844. [7]. Boyer states that Merfyn Frych is the earliest undisputed ancestor of this line; a pedigree shows him to be a descendant of Coel Hen (Old King Cole), but it is now believed Merfyn "grafted himself onto this tree." [7]
  2. Rhodri Mawr, the Great, King of Wales, died in 878. According to Bridgeman he was slain about 876-877 at the age of 89, while defending Wales against the Saxons. He married first Angharad ferch Meurig; Meurig has a long pedigree back to Cunedda Wledig. [7]
  3. Anarawd ap Rhodri Mawr [7], eldest son of Rhodri Mawr and his first wife Angharad ferch Meurig, died in 916. Founder of the Royal house of Gwynedd. Probably the leader of the victory in 881 against the English at the battle of the Conwy.
  4. Idwal Foel ab Anarawd ap Rhodri Mawr[7], born 883; married Merddon ferch Cadwr. In 916 he became ruler of Gwynedd, and later accepted the West Saxon monarchy as being his overlord, ruling until he died.
  5. Iago ab Idwal Foel ab Anarawd ap Rhodri Mawr[7], born 908. Wolcott notes that after the death of Idwal Foel, his sons and grandsons vied for power in Gwynedd. Wolcott states that Iago was expelled from Gwynedd in 974 by his nephew Hywell ap Ieuaf. Iago took his sons, Custinnen and Owain, and fled to Chester. They were received by Leofwine I, Earl of Mercia, to whom Iago gave his oath of fealty. [4]
  6. Owain ab Iago, lord of Bromfield and Holt. Boyer's chronology becomes conflicting, with his estimated at 930 in the Rhodri Mawr section, [7] but estimated at 970 in the Malpas section. [8] In 980 after Iago's death, Owain's older brother Custinnen had come of full age, and joined with viking Godfrey Haroldsson to ravage llyn and Anglesey. Custinnen's cousin, Gwyned king Hywel ap Ieuaf, met the raiders in battle and killed Custinnen. Young Owain, now orphaned, became a ward of the Earl of Mercia. When Leofine I died and was succeeded as Earl by Leofine II, Owain was about 30 and serving as a captain in his army. Owain was given a Saxon lady for his wife, together with a small manor in Holt. These were reward for being a good ward, and he and his descendants were known as "le belward." [4]
  7. Gruffudd. About 995, Owain ap Iago ap idwal Foel had a son he named Gruffudd. Nothing is known of his career, but his son William (Gwilym) born c. 1030 saw military service under Earl Aelfgar. [4]
  8. Miles of Holt, born, say, 1030. [8] His Welsh name would have been Gwilym ap Gruffydd ab Owain. In English he was known as Sir William de Malpas, or Sir William Belward. Miles, a Latin word for solider, pronounced "mill-es" would have indicated that he was widely known as a soldier or knight. Wilcott notes that the Domesday Book identifies a pre-Norman Conquest family in the Malpas tract where the man was named "Miles." This William saw military service under Earl Aelfgar and likely fought beside Aelfgar and his Welsh ally Gruffudd ap Llewelyn in their battles with the Godwin clan. About 1060 he was granted a tract of land called Malpas which was located about six miles southeast of Holt. Soon after this, Aelfgar died and the Norman Conquest resulted in the replacement of Anglo-Saxon earls with Norman. Wolcott suggests that William was able to transfer his allegiance to his new Norman lord, Hugh Lupus or Hugh the Fat, who became the new Earl of Chester in 1071. [4]

From William "Miles" to William ap Richard

  1. William I "Miles" of Holt or Gwilym ap Gruffydd Miles, or Sir William Belward de Malpas, was born, say 1030[8]
  2. William Malpas, or "William II," born 1060. Wolcott reports that in 1085, Hugh Lupus, Earl of Chester, gave Malpas to his base son Robert FitzHugh, born, say, 1072, but gave his base-born daughter, Tanglust, born, say, 1075, (which would be Tangwystl in Welsh) to William II, the eldest son of Sir William, le Belward, or Miles, of Malpas. [4] Neither Cawley nor Richardson name such a base-born daughter, though Hugh Lupus had a reputation for many illigetimate offspring.
  3. William III Malpas, born 1090, married Mabel, a daughter of Robert FitzHugh and granddaughter of Hugh Lupus, earl of Chester. [4]
  4. Richard Malpas, born 1120
  5. William ap Richard Malpas, born 1150, married Beannan de Malpas, born 1160

From William "Miles" to Beannan de Malpas

  1. Miles of Holt or Gwilym ap Gruffydd Miles, born , say 1030[8]
  2. Dafydd ap Miles or David ap William I, born, say, 1070[8]
  3. Einion ap Dafydd ap Miles or Einion de Malpas, baron of Malpas, born, say, 1100[8]
  4. Ralph ab Einion ap Dafydd ap Miles, born, say, 1130, married Beatrix of Chester, daughter of Ranulf and sister of hugh of Cyfeiliog, Earl of Chester. Parents of Dafydd and Beannan.[8] or born 1126. Beatrix' father Earl Ranulf II was the son of Earl Ranulf I, 3rd Earl of Chester (the second was Richard, son of Hugh the Fat) and Earl Ranulf I was the son of Margaret, the sister of Hugh the Fat, first earl of Chester. [4]
  5. Beannan de Malpas, born, say, 1160, married William le Belward, Baron of Malpas,

From William and Beannan to Dafydd (Dan David le Clerc)

  1. William ap Richard Malpas, born 1150, married Beannan de Malpas, born 1160
  2. Malpas-138David le Clerk or Dan David, born, say, 1200, Sheriff of Cheshire 1251. Wolcott asserts that Dan David had only daughters, no sons, and has been confused with an earlier David ap William and assigned the family belonging to Dafydd of 1090, son of William II.

Descent from Sir William, Miles, to Isabel de Sutton

  1. Sir William, Miles (Gwilym ap Gruffydd Miles, Sir William de Malpas, Sir William Belward, born , say 1030[8][4]
  2. William Malpas, or "William II," born 1060, married Tanglust, born say 1075,a base daughter of Earl Hugh the Fat, of Chester. [4]
  3. David, born, say, 1090, (married his first-cousin, Margaret ferch Ralph ap Sir William). Wolcott states that this David's children have been erroneously given to Dan David, who had only daughters. [4]
  4. William, born, say, 1120 [4]
  5. David, born, say, 1150 [4]
  6. William, born, say, 1180, ap David ap William ap David ap William II ap Sir William [4]had children with his mistress Beatrix, daughter of Robert de Montalt, seneschal to the Earl of Chester.[9] The earliest records of Robert de Mantalt do not name such a daughter.
  7. David, born, say, 1210 [4]
  8. Beatrice, born, say, 1245. (She held 1/4 of Malpas when, about 1260, she married William Petrie/Patric. He died c. 1275 and Beatrice remarried Rhodri ap Gruffudd, youngest brother of Llewelyn the Last of Gwynedd. When she died in 1290, her lands went to her daughter by her first marriage. Rhodri died landless before 1307)[4]
  9. Isabel, born, say, 1260, married Richard de Sutton and her sons received her lands) [4]

George Ormerod's Chart

Generation 1 [10]

Generation 2

Generation 3

  • 111. William Patric, descendant of Letitia, lord of a moiety of Malpas
  • 121. William Belward, lord of a moeity of Malpas, said to have married a daughter of Hugh Kevelioc, earl of Chester.

Generation 4

  • 111-1. William Patric, descendant of William, witness to a charter of John, constable of Chester, to Adam de Dutton, of lands in Halton, circ. 1178, qv. whether identical with the previous William.
  • 121-1. David de Malpas, alias le Clerc, eldest son and heir, married Catherine, daughter of Owain Vaughn, lord of Meilor.
  • 121-2. Robert de Cholmondeley, ancester of the Cholmondeleys of Cholmondeley, second son.
  • 121-3. Richard, third son.

Generation 5

  • 111-11 Robert Patric, descendant of William, witness to a chater of Ric. fitz Alpais, of lands in Guildea Sutton, circ. 1200.
  • 121-11. Sir William de Malpas, son and heir of David, died without legitimate issue. William married Margaret, daughter of Dadwgon de Lynton, o.s.p. William had a relationship with Beatrice, daughter of Robert de Montalt, senescahl of the earl of Chester.
  • 121-12. Philip Goch, second son and legitimate heir to his brother.
  • 121-13 David, seneschal of the Goilburnes of Golburne.
  • 121-14 Peter le Clerc, ancestor of the Le Roters of Thornton

Generation 6

  • 111-111 William Patric gives to Nicholas his brother, a burgage in Malpas, circ. 1230.
  • 121-111 Sir David de Malpas, alias the Bastard, son of William and Beatrice, alias le Clerc, intruder into his father's moeity of Malpas. Married Constance, daughter of Owain Kevelioc, prince of Powys.
  • 121-112 Roger de Malpas, son of William and Beatrice, ancestor of Malpas of Hampton.
  • 121-113 Nine daughters of William and Beatrice.
  • 121-121 David de Egerton, son and heir of Philip Goch.

Generation 7

  • 111-111-1 Robert Patric, lord of a Moeity of Malpas, witness to Richard de Alford's grant of Thornton. (Granted to David de Malpas a moeity of malpas, circ 1230-1240).
  • 121-111 Beatrice, daughter of Sir David the Bastard, had, on partition 44 Hen 3 a fourth of the barony of Malpas (living 17 Edward 1). married 111-111-11 William, son of Robert Patric, lord of a moiety of Malpas. Married (2) Roderic ap Gryffin ap Llelwelyn (living 17 Edward I).
  • 121-112 Idonea, had on partition 44 Hen 3 a fourth of the barony of Malpas. married Urian de St Pierre, son of John, son of William de St. Pierre or Seynpere, Inq. p. m. 28 Edw I) Urian married (2) Margaret, 2d wife, qv. who married secondly, Ralph Basset 24 Edw I).
  • 121-121-1 Philip de Egerton, son and heir, Sheriff of Cheshire, 20-24 Edw I.

Other Lineages

Egerton Descent

The most prominent Egerton line of Descent is presented by the author of Notes on Joyce Cerelton and Her Descendants. [11] Note however, that this source differs with Wolcott on the matter of Dan David le Clerc's children. [4][2]

  1. David Malpas, b. say 1185, m. Catherine Vaughan. Collins gives Dan David de malpas, sometimes le clerc four sons. Wolcott gives these four sons to a diffrent David. (a) William, baron of Malpas, who left no legitimate issue; (c) Peter, surnamed Thornton, and (d) David, lord of Golbourne. [2]
  2. Philip, high sheriff of Cheshire, tem[p Edw. i, who possessing the manor of Ergeton, near Malpas, had, according to the custom of that age, the surname of Egerton, from the place of his residence, which was derived to his posterity in lineal succession, which spread into many eminent and flourishng branches.
  3. David de malpas, alias de Egerton, son of Philip de Egerton, who died before his brother, William the baron, continued the chief line, as next heir to his said uncle, after his decedase, but being then very young, one David, bastard son to William, aforesain, taking advntage of his minority, intruded himself into the barony, and lands of Malpas, a great part wwhereof passed with his two daughterfs, and coheirs, by marriage to William patrick, and Sir urian St. peter, and by the heir female of patrick, his share, being transferred to the Suttons, afterwards lords Dudley, was by then, temp hen VII, sold to Sir Randal Brereton, KNight. David, the nephew and rightful heir, however, recovered, by a writ of recognizance, a moiety of that town or b arony. He married Cicely, daughter and heir of Randal de Thorneton. David Egerton, b. say 1228, m. Cecily Thornton
  4. Philip Egerton, b. say 1255, m. Margaret Wrenbury. Philip, his son and heir, was sheriff of Cheshire, 2 Edw. II and father of six sons; (1) David, (2) Uryan -- extensive additional detail of descendants at source (3) Sir Bryan de Malpas, alias Egerton, third son of Philip, before mentioned, was knight of the order of St. John of Jerusalem, temp Edw Ii. (4) John (5) Richard and (6) Philip.
  5. Catherine Egerton, born say 1310, m. David Malpas, Knt.

Other Lineage Charts by Wolcott

From Darrell Wolcott's "The Malpas Family of Cheshire" [4]

(Added to work out merges on Wikitree)

Chart 2
Lineage of Beannan, mother of Dan David "le clerc."

Maternal Lineage
1050 Margaret (Sister of Hugh the Fat, 1st Earl of Chester)

1070 Earl Ranulf I (3rd Earl of Chester; the 2nd Earl was Richard son of Hugh the Fat)
1099 Earl Ranulf II
1135 Beatrix de Gernon of Chester (sister of Earl Hugh Cyfeiliog, 5th Earl of Chester) m. Ralph ap Enion of Malpas 1125
1160 Beannan m. William IV of Malpas (William ap Richard ap William III ap William II ap Sir William ap Gruffydd) (1150)

Paternal Lineage
"Miles" (Sir William "le belward" son of Gruffudd ap Owain) 1030

1060 Dafydd (A younger brother of William II ap Sir William)
1090 Einion
1125 Ralph of Malpas m. Beatrix de Gernon of Chester
1160 Beannan m. William IV of Malpas (1150)
1185 Dan David the clerk (lv 1251/52)

Chart 4
1090 Enion

1125 Ralph
1150 David m Constance (1160) daughter of Owain Cyfeiliog (1125 )

Wikitee Descendant Chart

Baron William I ap Gruffydd of Malpas (1030 - 1099)

  1. David I Malpas (1060 - )
    1. Einion Malpas (1090 - )
      1. Ralph ap Eynion Malpas II (1120 - ) m. Beatrix Gernon
        1. Beannan Malpas (1150 - ) m. William V Malpas (1150 - )
        2. David II ap Ralph Malpas (1150 - )
  2. William II (Malpas) Belward (1060 - ) m. Tanglust FitzHugh
    1. David (Belward) Malpas (1090 - ) m. Marged verch Ralph of Malpas
    2. William III Malpas (1090 - ) m. Mabel FitzHugh
      1. Richard Malpas (1120 - )
        1. William V Malpas (1150 - ) m. Beannan Malpas (1150 - )
          1. David (Malpas) LeClerc (1188 - 1252)
  3. Rafe ap William Malpas I (1065 - )
    1. Marged verch Ralph of Malpas (1100 - ) m. David (Belward) Malpas (1090)
      1. William IV Malpas (1120 - )
        1. David III Malpas (1150 - )

Research Notes

Identifying Dan David le Clerc

Secretary to the Earl of Chester

David, son of William Belward and his wife Tanglust, was surnamed Le Clerc, from his being secretary to the Earl of Chester, who was knighted and made Justice of Chester. [12]

The Wikipedia list of High Sheriffs of Cheshire [13] shows David de Egerton of Malpas as the sheriff in 1292. The next sheriff (1295-1296) was Philip de Egerton of Malpas. Philip returns as sheriff in 1309 and David in 1312 and 1334.. These may not all be the same person.

No David appears in the list of sheriffs and Mayors of Chester recorded by British History Online. [14]

However, Collins[15]says: William de Belward married Beatrix, daughter of Hugh Keviliock, the fifth earl of Chester, and coheir to her brother Randal\, Earl of Chester, though it is said by some, that he had only half of the barony; but it is agreed by Sir William Dugdale, and other of our antiquaries, that he left issue three sons; David, Robert, and Richard. [15]

David, who from being Clerk (or Secretary) to the Earl of Chester, was sometimes wrote le Clerk, as also de Malpas, succeeded his father at Malpas, and after the earldom of Chester was annexed to the crown, was Sheriff of the county of Chester, in 36 Henry III (1252-1253), bearing the name of David de Malpas. He left issue Sir William de Malpas, who died without lawful issue; Philip, second son, who seating himself at Egerton, left that surname to his posterity, from whom the family of Egerton is descended, whereof the present Earls of of Bridgewater and Wilton are derived.[15]


Peter, another of the sons of the said David, took the name of Clerk, and his posterity, seated at Thornton, bore that surname, as was customary in those times. Which line terminated in the reign of Edward III in six daughters and coheirs of Sir Peter le Clerk. [15]

Camden in his Treatise on Surnames, stated, "Not long after the Conquest, William Belward, lord of the moiety of Malpas, had two sons, Dan David, of Malpas, surnamed Le Clerke, and richard. Dan David had William, his eledst son, surnamed de Malpas, his second son was named Philip Gogh, one of the issue of whose eldest sons took the name of Egerton; a third son took the name of David Golborne; and onee of his sons the name of Goodman. Richard, the other son of the aforesdiad William Belward, had three sons, who took also divers names; viz. Thomas de Catgrave; William de Overton, and Richarde Little, who had two sons; the one named Ken Clarke, and the other John Richardson." [16]

Disambiguation

There are a number of WikiTree profiles for men named Davids de Malpas which may be confused: Clean Slate List

  • ap Miles-1 Dafydd ap Miles, born 1060, Holt, Maelor, Mercia. Father of Einion.

There are a number of Davids de Malpas born between 1060 and 1315 who may become confused. Disambiguation from Dafydd ap Miles (1060-):

From; Dafydd ap Miles (1060-)

From Dafydd ap Rafe (abt.1150-)


From David Malpas (abt.1170-abt.1217)

David Le Clerk (abt.1200-) still has a disambiguation.

From David (Malpas) de Malpas (abt.1210-aft.1255)

From David (Egerton) de Egerton (abt.1228-abt.1317)

I had already commented out the disambiguation on David (Malpas) de Malpas (1310-1358)

From David (Malpas) de Malpas (1345-bef.1413)

There are a number of Davids de Malpas born between 1050 and 1450 who may become confused. Some may be duplicates of others, and need to be merged. They are shown below for clarity:

ACCORDING TO WOLCOTT, MALPAS-165 BORN 1090 IS THE TRUE FATHER OF THE CHILDREN COMMONLY ATTRIBUTED TO DAN DAVID, MALPAS-138, BORN 1185. THIS PUTS THE CHILDREN IN A GENERATION 100 YEARS EARLIER. [4]

  • DeMalpas-5 David de Malpas, born 1189, married Constance Kevelioc. No children RESEARCH -- THIS PROFILE HAS BEEN MERGED AWAY.
  • Malpas-97 Sir David de Malpas, born 1220, Malpas Cheshire, son of William ap David II and Beatrix Mohaut. Sheriff of Chesire. Married Constance de Powis. Parent of Idonea (married Urian St. Pierre) and Beatrice..
  • Malpas-45 David de Malpas, born 1310 Egerton, Cheshire, son of William Malpas (#56, born 1258, son of #112 Roger, b. 1225, son of William ap David II Malpas, b. 1188, son of David ap William II Malpas, b. 1150). Married Catherine Egerton. Parent of Hugh, David and Roger. #28 Grandfather of Agnes
  • Malpas-156 David de Malpas of Hampton, born Hampton in Bickerton, Cheshire, 1345. Son of David Malpas (Malpas-45?) and Cathering Egerton. Married Katherine Bickerton. Children Alice, John, Matilda, Isabella, Sheila, Katherine, Margaret.
  • Malpas-146 David de Malpas born 1425, married Agnes St. john, daughter of Sir Olyver St. John, County Bedford. No parents. No children. RESEARCH -- DELETE THIS -- NOT CONNECTED TO OTHER MALPAS IN THIS PERIOD.

Annotated List of Malpas Sources from the Earliest to the Latest

Contemporary

Very few, if any, contemporary sources for this family have been identified. The family appears in sources compiled several centuries later, and there are significant disagreements among these late sources.

Domesday; King's College, London. The Prosopography of Anglo-Saxon England, 2010. (http://domesday.pase.ac.uk)

Medieval

Visitation of Cheshire 1580

William Belward is shown in the Visitation of Cheshire as the father of David le Clerke, Baron of Malpas. [18]

David le Clerke, Baron of Malpas, is in turn shown by the Visitation as the husband of Margrett, daughter and heir of Raph, Baron of Malpas and his wife Beatrix, sister to Hugh Keveliock, Earle of Chester. [18]

David le Clerke and his wife Margrett are shown by the Visitation as the parents of Sir William de Malpas, who married Beatrix, base sister to Sir Roger Monhalt, and Philip de Malpas, alias Gogh, who married Katherine, sister to Rhiarc Halton. [18]

Camden's Remaines, 1639

Writing about surnames in 1639, Camden [19] refers to William Belward, a knight in Cheshire, "each of whose sons took different surnames, while their sons, in turn, also took different names from their father." Camden further observes that the descendants bearing these surnames "would not easily believe that they were all the descendants of one man, were it not for an ancient roll which Camden saw.".[19]

Holme, 1690

Randle Holme's account shows the Egerton family originating with William le Belward who "lived in ye tyme of William Rufus King of England (1087-1100) and had issue William le Belward of Malpass who lived 12 H 1 (1166) [20]

Holme shows additional generations which do not necessarily accord with the accounts of other sources:

  1. William le Belward of Malpas lived in tyme of King Stephen. (1135-1154) He was lord of ye Moity of Malpass and mar. Beatrix, dau to Hugh Bohun als Kivilock and coheir to her brother Randle Earl of Chester [20]
  2. David de Malpas called Dan David le Clerk was Justice of Chester 34 H 2 (1223) and lord of halfe ye Barony of Malpass in right of his wife Marg coheir to Rafe ap Einion Barfon of Malpass [20]
  3. Philip de Malpass second son and heir to his brother William he was called Philipp de Egerton and Philip Goch de Egerton. He lived 33 E. 3 (1340) and mar. Kathrine sister to Rich de Hulton or Hutton [20]
  4. David de Egerton son of Philipp de Malpass he lived 16 E 2. (1323) hee mar. Cisley dau to S Randle de Thornton by Avice his wife, dau and heir to Rich. De Kingsley. [20]

Late

  • Henry Colburn, 1835 - Heraldry.

Collins' Peerage 1812: How William got Malpas Barony

Collins Peerage' account is that Baron of Malpas Robert FitzHugh, dying without issue male, left an only daughter and heir, married to William le Belward, who thus became possessed of the Barony of Malpas. [1] This would make William le Belward the son in law of Baron Robert FitzHugh rather than of Earl Hugh of Chester.

He had issue by her, William le Belward, Baron of Malpas, who married Beatrix, daughter of Hugh Kevelioc, fifth earl of Chester, and sister and co-heir of Earl Ranulph. [1]

He left issue, David, ancestor of this family, Robert, who settled on the manor of Cholmondelay, and Richard. [1]

John Burke, 1833

Burke states that "Robert, the son of Hugh, Baron of Malpas, dying without male issue, the barony of Malpas, with the lordship of Cholmondeley, or Calmundelei...devolved on his only daughter and heir, Lettice, married to Richard le Belward, whose son (or grandson) William le Belward, married Beatrix, daughter of hugh Kiviliock, the fifth Earl of Chester. [21]

George Ormerod, 1818 and 1882

George Ormerod wrote his History of the County Palatine and City of Chester in 1819, and it was significantly revised by Helsby in the Second Edition of 1882, which is the version cited.

Ormerod shows numerous pedigrees descended from the initial Barons of Malpas.

On the pedigree entitled Barons of Malpas[22] the line begins with Robert Fitz-Hugh, baron of Malpas at the time of the Domesday Survey, witness to the foundation charter of the abbey of St. Werburg, 1093, and father of two daughters, Letitia and Mabella.

The second generation gives these two daughters husbands:

  • Letitia as the wife of Ricahrd Patric, lord of a moiety of Malpas, living in the time of Randle Meschines, earl of Chester [22]
  • Mabella, wife of William le Belward, lord of a moiety of Malpas. Mabella and her husband willing are parents of a son William Belward, said to have married a daughter of Hugh Kevelioc, earl of Chester. The younger William Belward is in turn the father of
    • David de Malpas, alias le Clerc, eldest son and heir, who married Catherine, daughter of Owain Vaghan, lord of Meilor[22]
    • Robert de Cholmondeley, ancestor of the Cholmondeleys of Cholmondeley, second son[22]
    • Richard, third son, father of Thomas de Colgrave, William de Overton and Richard de Little, who had Kenclarke and John Richardson. (citing Camden). [22]

On the pedigree entitled Egerton of Egerton [23] the line begins with John le Belward, "according to the pedigrees livingf in the reign of William Rufus, and who was, perhaps. one of the five knights mentioned in Domesday as holding of Robert Fitz-Hugh.

William le Belward of Malpas (lived 12 Hen 1), and married to Mabel, daughter and coheir of Robert fitz Hugh, baron of Malpas, is the second generation. [23]

The third generation is comprised of William Belward, lord of a moiety of the barony of Malpas, including Egerton, and married to Tanglust, natural daughter of Hugh Kevelioc, Palatine earl of Chester, (but according to the family roll, Beatrix, 6th daughter of Randall, earl of Chester.) [23]

Current Research

  • Carl Boyer, 3rd.
  • Darrell Wolcott, Ancient Wales Studies, The Malpas Family in Cheshire [4] Wolcott is a retired banker who, though not professionally trained, has devoted his later life to an examination of Welsh sources from the perspective of chronology.

Darrell Wolcott Pedigree and Moiety Analysis

Wolcott assembles the following pedigree: [4]

Generation 1: 960: Owain of Holt
Generation 2: 995: Gruffudd, son of Owain
Generation 3:1030: Sir William, miles, aka le Belward, son of Gruffudd
Generation 4:
  • 1065: Ralph, born 1065, son of Sir William
  • 1060: William II, born 1060. William II married a base daughter of Earl Hugh the Fat of Chester.
  • 1060: David, born 1060.
Generation 5:
  • 1100: Marged, daughter of Ralph married David, born 1090, son of William II; they were thus first cousins.
  • William III, born 1090, son of William and brother of David,
  • Einion born 1090, son of David born 1060.
Generation 6:
  • 1120: William, born 1120. Note a: Pedigrees identify him as holding a moiety of Malpas, or one half. He would have inherited 1/3 from his mother, beign Ralph's part, and1/6 from his father, being half of William II's part. His brother, William III held the other 1/6, which descended to Dan David. The final 1/3 of Malpas was held by the lien dewcended from David of 1060. The daughter of Ralph shown in our chart, was not an heiress; she had a borhter named David who inherited the final 1/3.
  • 1120 Richard, born 1120, son of William III,
  • 1125 Ralph, born 1125, son of Einion.
Generation 7:
  • 1150: William, born 1150, son of Richard, married a daughter of Ralph, born 1160. He married Beannan, daughter of Ralph ap Einion ap David ap Sir William by Beatrix daughter of Earl Ranulf II of Chester, sister of Hugh Cyfeiliog
Generation 8: 1185: Dan David, the clerk, living 1251-52. He was a base son called "the clerk", often misidentified as the 1150 David ap William ..."

William, son of Marged and David, held a moiety of Malpas, one half. He would have inherited 1/3 from his mother, being Ralph's part, and 1/6 from his father, being half of William Ii's part. His brother, William III held the other 1/6, which descended to Dan David. The final 1/3 of Malpas was held by the line descended from David of 1060. The daughter of Ralph shown in our chart was not an heiress; she ahad a brother named David who inherited the final 1/3. [4]

Robert Fitzhugh Source on Beatrice de Kevelioc

Beatrice de Kevelioc

Wolcott Theory: Marriage to Tanglust

Wolcott reports that about 1085, Earl Hugh settled the Lordship of Malpas (mostly a landlord's income stream, not actual possession of land) on his base son Robert-fitz-Hugh. [4]

Wolcott states that William married Tanglust born c. 1075, and that Tanglust (or Tangwystl) was a base daughter of Hugh the Fat, Earl of Chester. "To mitigate this intrusion on the Baron of Malpas, Hugh gave one of his base daughters (Tanglust) as wife to William II, the eldest son of Sir William of Malpas. The two families (Robert fitz Hugh and the son of Sir William) continued their cordial relationship into the next generation, when a daughter (Mabel) of Robert married William III of Malpas [4] This has the lineage: Sir William (1030), father of William II (1060), father of David (1090) and so forth. William (1060) also had a son William III (1090), father of Richard (1120).

Wolcott's theory fits the appropriate time frame. However, there is no other record of such a marriage, and the very existence of a woman named Tanglust or Tangwystl cannot be confirmed. While Cawley and Richardson report other illegitimate children of rulers, they do not report a Tanglust or Tangwystl as a base daughter of Earl Hugh. Therefore Tangwystl has been de-linked as a wife of William le Belward.

In addition, Wolcott confuses Hugh d'Avranches' base-born son Robert, who became a cleric and had no issue, with a Robert FitzHugh who would have been a fighting companion of Hugh's in his own generation and the more likely recipient of lands and favors.

Temporary: Material Brought from Malpas-127

Collins, 1812

Arthur Collins writes that Robert Fitzhugh, Baron of Malpas, one of the Barons of Hugh Lupus, Earl of Chester, at the time of the Conqueror, who had a castle in Malpas, of which the keep remains near the church, had an only daughter who married William le Belward, William thus becoming possessed of the Barony of Malpas. [24][25]

Collins reports the child of Fitzhugh's daughter and William le Belward was a second William le Belward, Baron of Malpas, married Beatrix, daughter of Hugh Kevelioc, fifth Earl of Chester, and sister and co-heir of Earl Ranulph. [24]

Ormerod, 1819

George Ormerod made this William le Belward part of a pedigree which began with a John le Belward, "according to the pedigrees living in the reign of William Rufus, and who was, perhaps. one of the five knights mentioned in Domesday as holding of Robert Fitz-Hugh." [23]

John le Belward as father

Many other pedigrees show the father of the William le Belward who lived in 12 H 1 as John le Belward.

George Ormerod, writing carefully in 1819, with edits by Helmsby in 1882, shows numerous pedigrees with William le Belward at the top. On the pedigree entitled Egerton of Egerton [23] the line begins with John le Belward, "according to the pedigrees living in the reign of William Rufus, and who was, perhaps. one of the five knights mentioned in Domesday as holding of Robert Fitz-Hugh.

Mabella as Wife

Ormerod states that William le Belward of Malpas who lived 12 Hen 1 was married to Mabel, daughter and coheir of Robert fitz Hugh, baron of Malpas. [23]

On the pedigree entitled Barons of Malpas[22] the line begins with Robert Fitz-Hugh, baron of Malpas at the time of the Domesday Survey, witness to the foundation charter of the abbey of St. Werburg, 1093, and father of two daughters, Letitia and Mabella.

The second generation of this pedigree gives these two daughters' husbands:

  • Letitia as the wife of Ricahrd Patric, lord of a moiety of Malpas, living in the time of Randle Meschines, earl of Chester [22]
  • Mabella, wife of William le Belward, lord of a moiety of Malpas. Mabella and her husband willing are parents of a son William Belward, said to have married a daughter of Hugh Kevelioc, earl of Chester. The younger William Belward is in turn the father of
    • David de Malpas, alias le Clerc, eldest son and heir, who married Catherine, daughter of Owain Vaghan, lord of Meilor[22]
    • Robert de Cholmondeley, ancestor of the Cholmondeleys of Cholmondeley, second son[22]
    • Richard, third son, father of Thomas de Colgrave, William de Overton and Richard de Little, who had Kenclarke and John Richardson. (citing Camden). [22]

The third generation is comprised of William Belward, lord of a moiety of the barony of Malpas, including Egerton, and married to Tanglust, natural daughter of Hugh Kevelioc, Palatine earl of Chester, (but according to the family roll, Beatrix, 6th daughter of Randall, earl of Chester.) [23]

George Ormerod's pedigree of the barons of Malpas [26] shows Mabella, one of two daughters of Robert FitzHugh, Baron of Malpas, married to William le Belward.

George Ormerod shows Mabella and William with a dotted line relationship to another William le Belward, making the younger William a son or perhaps other relation in the next generation. The younger William Belward, lord of a moiety of Malpas, is said, according to Ormerod's pedigree, to have married a daughter of Hugh Kevelioc, earl of Chester. Ormerod then shows the younger William as father of (1) David de Malpas, son of William Belward, alias le Clerc, eldest son and heir, who married Catherine, daughter of Owain Vaghan, lord of Meilor; (2) Robert de Chommondeley, ancestor of the Cholmondeleys of Cholmondeley, second son of William Belward, and (3) Richard, third son of William Belward.

Ormerod shows William le Belward, son of the William le Belward who was living 12 Henry I and his wife Mabel, daughter and co-heir of Robert FitzHugh, as holding a moiety of Malpas, including Egerton, and married to Tanglust, natural daughter of Hugh Kevelioc, 5th earl Chester, (but according to the family roll, Beatrice, daughter of the 6th earl. He shows the younger William and his wife Tanglust, in turn, as the parents of Sir John le Belward, le clerc, holder of 1/2 the barony of Malpas.

Suckling, 1846

Writing in 1846, Alfred Suckling [27] positions William as the son of John le Belward. Suckling states that it was John who became Lord of Malpas by marriage to Letitia, daughter and heiress of Robert Fitz-Hugh, Baron of Malpas. Suckling also states that the Belward family "came over with the Conqueror." This account appears quite confusing and contradictory and should be treated with great caution.

Howard, 1868

Consistent with Wolcott's pedigree, Joseph Howard's 1868 account shows the Egerton family originating with William le Belward who "lived in ye tyme of William Rufus King of England (1087-1100) and had issue William le Belward of Malpass who lived 12 H 1 (1112) [28]

Writing in 1868, Howard notes that the William le Belward of Malpass who lived in the time of 12 H. 1 had issue William le Belward of Malpass who lived in tyme of King Stephen (1135-1154) [28]

Howard, too, shows a William IV: William le Belward of Malpas lived in tyme of King Stephen. (1135-1154) He was lord of ye Moity of Malpass and mar. Beatrix, dau to Hugh Bohun als Kivilock and coheir to her brother Randle Earl of Chester [28] Howard shows William IV as father of David de Malpas called Dan David le Clerk was Justice of Chester 34 H 2 (1223) and lord of halfe ye Barony of Malpass in right of his wife Marg coheir to Rafe ap Einion Barfon of Malpass [28] as well as Philip de Malpass second son and heir to his brother William he was called Philipp de Egerton and Philip Goch de Egerton. He lived 33 E. 3 (1340) and mar. Kathrine sister to Rich de Hulton or Hutton [28] Philip in turn had a son David de Egerton son of Philipp de Malpass he lived 16 E 2. (1323) hee mar. Cisley dau to S Randlede Thornton by Avice his wife, dau and heir to Rich. De Kingsley. [28]

Croston, 1887

Croston [12] repeats the conventional understanding that William le Belward, son of William and Mabella, married Tanglust, natural daughter of Hugh Kevelioc -- or Beatrix, daughter of Randle, earl of Chester. [29]

It is increasingly well established that neither Mabella nor Tanglust actually existed.

Croston also concurs: "Robert FitzHugh, whose name appears as a witness to the foundation charter of St. Werburgh's Abbey at Chester in 1093, had two daughters, Letitia and Mabilla, who in course of time became his heirs, and the latter of whom afterwards married William le Belward, of Malpas, son of John le Belward, who was living in the time of William Rufus, and is believed to have been one of the five knights mentioned in the Domesday as holding their lands of the Norman baron." [12]

Croston adds, to this William the Lady Mabilla conveyed her moiety of the Malpas barony, and from this marriage...sprang the House of Egerton. [12]

William, married Tanglust, natural daughter of Hugh Kevelioc. "In due time a son, William Belward, was born, who at his father's death succeeded to the moiety of the Barony of Malpas, including the township of Egerton. He married Tanglust, a natural daughter of Hugh Kevelioc, Palatine Earl of Chester, or, according to some authorities, Beatrix, daughter of Randle, Earl of Chester, and had a son David, surnamed Le Clerc, from his being secretary to the Earl of Chester, who was knighted and made Justice of Chester. [12]

Burke

Burke notes that "It has been considered deserving of remark, that the two great Cheshire families of Cholmondeley and Egerton, are descended from the same common ancestor, William le Belward, who was Baron of Malpas, in that county, under / the Norman Earls Palatine." [30]

"Robert, the son of Hugh, Baron of Malpas, dying without male issue, the barony of Malpas, with the lordship of Cholmondeley, or Calmundelei -- the name of which lordship has been written twenty-five several ways -- devolved on his only daughter and heir, Lettice, married to Richard le Belward; whose son (or grandson) William le Belward, married Beatrix, daughter of Hugh Kiviliock, the fifth Earl of Chester. He was, in right of his mother, Baton of Malpas. He left three sons (1) David de Malpas, anceswtor of the Egertons, from whom the Earls of Bridgwaer and Wilton descended; (2) Robert, who, having by gift of his father, the lordship of Cholmondeley, settled there, and assumed the local name, which has been continued in his descendants, (3) Richard. The eleventh in descent from Robert, the second son of of William le Belward, was Sir Hugh Cholmondeley, of Cholmondeley, who was knighted in 1588, the memorable year of the Spanish Armada. [30]

Sharpe

Sharpe's history gives the Cholmondeley descent from William. [31]

Boyer, 2004

Following Ormerod, Boyer begins his account of the Egerton family by noting that "John le Belward was living during the reign of William Rufus, perhaps one of five knights holding land of Robert FitzHugh, baron of Malpas in Domesday. [32][33]

Malpas

Carl Boyer [32] identifies a John le Belward living during the reign of William Rufus (1087-1100) and states that he was perhaps one of five knights holding land of Robert FitzHugh, baron of Malpas in Domesday. [32]

Boyer shows William III and Mabella with a son William, who perhaps married Tanglust, natural daughter of Hugh Kevelioc.[33]


Wolcott

Darrell Wolcott shows William as born about 1090, the third of several Williams le Belward. [4]

Darrell Wolcott in his analysis of The Malpas Family of Cheshire[4] has reviewed these pedigrees and attempted to rationalize them in order to make the various dates and relationships coherent. Wolcott presents the following timeline pedigree which these Malpas biographies follow:

  1. Generation 1: 960 Owain of Holt
  2. Generation 2: 995 [[ab Owain-6|Gruffudd]. Boyer also shows him as Gruffudd ab Owain ab Iago, Arglwydd Maelor o'r Malpas, born say 1000. [8]
  3. Generation 3: 1030 Sir William, Miles aka le Belward. He is also shown by Boyer, who then shows Miles as the father of Daydd, grandfather of Einion and great-grandfather of Ralph, who was the father of Beannan and David.[8] Sir William (I) , born say 1030, born as Gwilym ap Gruffydd and also known as Miles and le Belward
  4. Generation 4: 1060 [[Malpas-135|William II and brothers 1060 David and 1065 Ralph. William (II) le Belward, born, say, 1060, and brother of Ralph and David
  5. Generation 5: 1090 William III and brother 1090 David, who married Marged, daughter of 1065 Ralph, as well as cousin 1090 Einion, son of 1060 David. William (III) le Belward, born, say, 1090, and brother of David.
  6. Generation 6: 1120 Richard, son of William III; 1120 William, so of Marged and David; 1125 Ralph, son of 1090 Einion
  7. Generation 7: 1150 William, son of 1120 Richard, who married an unnamed daughter of Ralph
  8. Generation 8: 1185 Dan David, the clerk, living in 1251-1252, who was the son of 1150 William and the daughter of Ralph.

Regrettably, Wolcott's scheme requires connections which have been disproven, and the insertion of fictional persons to fit missing generations, and therefore cannot be relied upon.

Wolcott also shows Mabel daughter of Robert fitz Hugh, married to William. [4] Boyer shows the same, citing Ormerod, and noting that Mabilia has become "Lettice" in in T. C. Banks' Domant and Extinguished Baronetages, 1:203), while Robert's other daughter "Letitia" married Richard Patric. (Ormerod 2:598) [33][34]

Richard

Wolcott is concerned primarily with showing a line of descent and mentions only Richard (born, say, 1120) as a son of William III.

NEW MATERIAL TO INTEGRATE

Research Notes: Chronology of Sources

Because of conflicting accounts, it is useful to look at the various sources in terms of which may be earliest.

Very few, if any, contemporary sources for this family have been identified. The family appears in sources compiled several centuries later, and there are significant disagreements among these late sources.

Cotgreave observes that the mistaken connection with Robert FitzHugh resulted in a gap of several generations which later authors endeavored unnecessarily to fill.

Ancient Roll Reported by Camden

Peter Cotgreave states, "The earliest evidence for the name Belward comes from the late 16th century when William Camden reported seeing an "ancient roll" belonging to the Brereton family, which referred to William Bellward lord of the moietie of Malpas." Camden referred to William as "pater originalis" -- founding father. [35]

Visitation of Cheshire 1580

From Robert FitzHugh?

William Belward is shown in the Visitation of Cheshire as the father of David le Clerke, Baron of Malpas. [18]

David le Clerke, Baron of Malpas, is in turn shown by the Visitation as the husband of Margrett, daughter and heir of Raph, Baron of Malpas and his wife Beatrix, sister to Hugh Keveliock, Earle of Chester. [18]

David le Clerke and his wife Margrett are shown by the Visitation as the parents of Sir William de Malpas, who married Beatrix, base sister to Sir Roger Monhalt, and Philip de Malpas, alias Gogh, who married Katherine, sister to Rhiarc Halton. [18]

Camden's Remaines, 1639

Writing about surnames in 1639, Camden [19] refers to William Belward, a knight in Cheshire, "each of whose sons took different surnames, while their sons, in turn, also took different names from their father." Camden further observes that the descendants bearing these surnames "would not easily believe that they were all the descendants of one man, were it not for an ancient roll which Camden saw.".[19]

Holme, 1690

Randle Holme's account shows the Egerton family originating with William le Belward who "lived in ye tyme of William Rufus King of England (1087-1100) and had issue William le Belward of Malpass who lived 12 H 1 (1166) [20]

Holme introduces Beatrix and multiple Williams. He shows additional generations which do not necessarily accord with the accounts of other sources:

  1. William le Belward of Malpas lived in tyme of King Stephen. (1135-1154) He was lord of ye Moity of Malpass and mar. Beatrix, dau to Hugh Bohun als Kivilock and coheir to her brother Randle Earl of Chester [20]
  2. David de Malpas called Dan David le Clerk was Justice of Chester 34 H 2 (1223) and lord of halfe ye Barony of Malpass in right of his wife Marg coheir to Rafe ap Einion Barfon of Malpass [20]
  3. Philip de Malpass second son and heir to his brother William he was called Philipp de Egerton and Philip Goch de Egerton. He lived 33 E. 3 (1340) and mar. Kathrine sister to Rich de Hulton or Hutton [20]
  4. David de Egerton son of Philipp de Malpass he lived 16 E 2. (1323) hee mar. Cisley dau to S Randle de Thornton by Avice his wife, dau and heir to Rich. De Kingsley. [20]

Writing in 1690, Holme shows William le Belward of Malpass lived in tyme of King Stephen (1135-1154) he was lord of ye Moity of Malpass and mar. Beatrix dau to hugh Bohum al’s Kivilock and coheir to her Brother Randle Earl of Chester and had issue. [20]

  1. William de Belward lived in ye tme of William Rufus, King of England [20]
  2. William le Belwad of Malpass lived 12 H. 1 [20]
  3. William le Belward of Malpas lived in tyme of King Stephen. He was lord of ye Moity of Malpass and mar. Beatrix, dau to Hugh Bohun als Kivilock and coheir to her brother Randle Earl of Chester [20]
  4. David de Malpas called Dan David le Clerk was Justice of Chester 34 H 2 and lord of halfe ye Barony of Malpass in right of his wife Marg coheir to Rafe ap Einion Baron of Malpass [20]
  5. Philip de Malpass second son and heir to his brother William he was called Philipp de Egerton and Philip goch de Egerton. He lived 33 E. 3 and mar. Kathrine sister to Rich de Hulton or Hutton [20]
  6. David de Egerton son of Philipp de Malpass he lived 16 E 2. hee mar. Cisley dau to S Randlede Thornton by Avice his wife, dau and heir to Rich. De Kingsley. [20]

Joseph Howard: Miscellanea Genealogica, 1690

Howard shows William le Belward of Malpass living "in tyme of King Stephen (1135-1154) he was lord of ye Moity of Malpass and mar. Beatrix dau to hugh Bohum al’s Kivilock and coheir to her Brother Randle Earl of Chester and had issue." [36]

  1. William de Belward lived in ye tme of William Rufus, King of England [36]
  2. William le Belwad of Malpass lived 12 H. 1 (1100+12 = 1112) [36]
  3. William le Belward of Malpas lived in tyme of King Stephen (1135-1147). He was lord of ye Moity of Malpass and mar. Beatrix, dau to Hugh Bohun als Kivilock and coheir to her brother Randle Earl of Chester [36]
  4. David de Malpas called Dan David le Clerk was Justice of Chester 34 H 2 (1154 + 34 = 1188) and lord of halfe ye Barony of Malpass in right of his wife Marg coheir to Rafe ap Einion Barfon of Malpass [36]
  5. Philip de Malpass second son and heir to his brother William he was called Philipp de Egerton and Philip goch de Egerton. He lived 33 E. 3 and mar. Kathrine sister to Rich de Hulton or Hutton [36]
  6. David de Egerton son of Philipp de Malpass he lived 16 E 2. hee mar. Cisley dau to S Randlede Thornton by Avice his wife, dau and heir to Rich. De Kingsley. [36]

T. C. Banks, 1806

T. C. Banks [37] writing in 1806 follows Ormerod';s error in the generations before William le Belward:

  • Banks traces the family (and property) relationships through (1) Robert Fitz Hugh, First Baron of Malpas as of Domesday, with the interests devolving to his only daughter Lettice, who then married William son of John le Belward, who lived in the time of William Rufus. (1087-1100).
  • Lettice was the mother of William (who was living 12th Henry I (ca 1112) who became possessed in her right of half the barony of Malpas.
  • William le Belward married Beatrix, a natural daughter, as presumed, of Hugh Kivilioc, the fifth earl of Chester, and by her had three sons, David, Robert and Richard.
  • David was styled Dan David, and from being clerk, or secretary, to the earl of Chester, sometimes was written le Clerk, and sometimes de Malpas, where he succeeded his father. [37]

Collins' Peerage 1812: How William got Malpas Barony

Collins Peerage' account is that Baron of Malpas Robert FitzHugh, dying without issue male, left an only daughter and heir, married to William le Belward, who thus became possessed of the Barony of Malpas. [24]

He had issue by her, William le Belward, Baron of Malpas, who married Beatrix, daughter of Hugh Kevelioc, fifth earl of Chester, and sister and co-heir of Earl Ranulph. [24]

He left issue, David, ancestor of this family, Robert, who settled on the manor of Cholmondelay, and Richard. [24]

https://www.google.com/books/edition/Collins_s_Peerage_of_England_Genealogica/HtMxAQAAMAAJ?q=beatrice+de+kevelioc+malpas&gbpv=1&bsq=%22beatrice%20de%20kevelioc%22%20malpas#f=false

George Ormerod, 1819 and 1882

George Ormerod wrote his History of the County Palatine and City of Chester in 1819, and it was significantly revised by Helsby in the Second Edition of 1882, which is the version cited.

Ormerod shows numerous pedigrees descended from the initial Barons of Malpas.

On the pedigree entitled Barons of Malpas[22] the line begins with Robert Fitz-Hugh, baron of Malpas at the time of the Domesday Survey, witness to the foundation charter of the abbey of St. Werburg, 1093, and father of two daughters, Letitia and Mabella.

The second generation gives these two daughters husbands:

  • Letitia as the wife of Ricahrd Patric, lord of a moiety of Malpas, living in the time of Randle Meschines, earl of Chester [22]
  • Mabella, wife of William le Belward, lord of a moiety of Malpas. Mabella and her husband willing are parents of a son William Belward, said to have married a daughter of Hugh Kevelioc, earl of Chester. The younger William Belward is in turn the father of
    • David de Malpas, alias le Clerc, eldest son and heir, who married Catherine, daughter of Owain Vaghan, lord of Meilor[22]
    • Robert de Cholmondeley, ancestor of the Cholmondeleys of Cholmondeley, second son[22]
    • Richard, third son, father of Thomas de Colgrave, William de Overton and Richard de Little, who had Kenclarke and John Richardson. (citing Camden). [22]

On the pedigree entitled Egerton of Egerton [23] the line begins with John le Belward, "according to the pedigrees livingf in the reign of William Rufus, and who was, perhaps. one of the five knights mentioned in Domesday as holding of Robert Fitz-Hugh.

John Burke, 1833

Burke states that "Robert, the son of Hugh, Baron of Malpas, dying without male issue, the barony of Malpas, with the lordship of Cholmondeley, or Calmundelei...devolved on his only daughter and heir, Lettice, married to Richard le Belward, whose son (or grandson) William le Belward, married Beatrix, daughter of hugh Kiviliock, the fifth Earl of Chester. [21]

[38]

Carl Boyer, 2004

Carl Boyer shows William died after 1112. [34]

Wolcott, Ancient Wales Studies

Wolcott has multiple Williams le Belward, numbered from I through IV.

Wolcott asserts that this William Belward (1) is a composite man. When combined with David (4), William (6), Beatrix (7), David (8) and Beatrix (10), he was born c. 1120, the son of David ap William II ap Sir William of 1030. But when combined with David (4) who married Margaret (5) daughter of Ralph (2) and Beatrix (3), he was born c. 1060 and is William II ap Sir William. [4]

Wolcott adds that David (4) who married Margaret (5) was not "le clerk" but the son of William II and father of William born c. 1120 whose son David of c. 1150 was the father of William (6) who married Beatrix (7).

Citing the Visitation of Cheshire, Wolcott notes that the marriages of first cousins David (1090) ap William II (1060) ap Sir William le Belward (1030), and margaret (1100) ferch Ralph of Malpas (1065) ap Sir William le Belward (1030), prole Bduced William, born, say, 1120. [39]

Wolcott refers to him as the earlieste of the "William ap David ap William" men in the family. [40]

Wolcott gives him a birth year of, say, 1120 [4]

Darrell Wolcott presents this William as William II, born, say 1060, son of William I, born, say, 1030, who was variously known as Sir William le Belward (the good ward), Gwilym ap Gruffudd, and Miles of Holt. [4] This William would therefore have the Welsh name of Gwilym ap Gwilym ap Gruffudd.

This William II would appear to be the William le Belward who, in the 1690 account of Randle Holme, ""lived in ye tyme of William Rufus King of England (1087-1100) and had issue William (III) le Belward of Malpass who lived 12 H 1 (1112) [20]

Wolcott observes that "At the time Earl Hugh was made Baron of Malpas in 1071, Sir William (I) was then about 40 years old and had 3 sons yet minors." Wolcott lists these three sons as William II, David, and Ralph. [4] Some sources, identified with each son, mention fewer. Carl Boyer presents the father, William (I), and son David, but not the brothers William or Ralph. [8]Wolcott presents William II as the brother of David and Ralph. [4]

  1. William (III) de Malpas
  2. Dafydd or David, born about 1060[4] Dafydd ap Miles is named by Bartrum and born, say, 1070 [8] Boyer traces his Malpas line descent via Dafydd.
  3. Rafe or Ralph, born bout 1065[4]

Wikipedia in its article on Malpas reports that, in about the year 1060, Sir William le Belward, father of William II, was granted a tract of land called Malpas [3] located some 6 miles southeast of Holt. Wolcott observes that it would have been Earl Aelfgar of Mercia who conferred the Malpas barony on Sir William, and that Earl Aelfgar died shortly thereafter, leaving his realm to his eldest son Edwin, a man scarcely 20 years old.[4] Edwin was earl at the time of the Norman conquest and, after resisting the Norman invaders, was defeated.

Wolcott reports that about 1085, Earl Hugh settled the Lordship of Malpas (mostly a landlord's income stream, not actual possession of land) on Robert-fitz-Hugh. [4]

Robert Fitzhugh would have functioned as overlord to William I le Belward and his family. Robert Fitzhugh, Baron of Malpas was one of the Barons of Hugh Lupus, Earl of Chester, at the time of the Conqueror. Robert Fitzhugh had a castle in Malpas, of which the keep remains near the church. [24]

Malpas was located in the Maelor area of Wales, which became part of Mercia under the Saxons and Cheshire under the Normans. While William le Belward's family appear to have retained their Welsh identity for some time, upon being awarded the manor of Malpas, Malpas functioned for many as their surname.

ORIGINAL MATERIAL

Detached Children

Because no other evidence has been found for the William who lived in 12 Henry I, including parents, spouse and children, the following children, previously connected, have been detached:

  1. Richard, born 1120, named by Wolcott [4]
  2. William, who married a daughter of Hugh Keviliock, named by Ormerod and Howard [23] Boyer also names this William and identifies the daughter of Hugh Keviliock as Tanglust. [33] William, is in turn the father of three brothers, Richard, David and Robert.

Research Notes

Geoffrey Barraclough. The Charters of the Anglo-Norman Earls of Chester c. 1071-1237, Volume 126. Record Society of Lancashire awnd Cheshire, 1988. https://archive.org/details/Chartersoftheearlsofchester/mode/2up. Accessed 4 December 2020 {[Day-1904|jhd]] </ref>

William de Malpas

  1. 232 Spurious charter regarding tithes from Rhuddlan to St. Werberg. Witnesssed by Roberto Patrik, Petro clerico domini comitis, David de Malo Passu, Willelmo filio suo. Pretends to be period 1208-1211 but probably compclk nosed close to 1285.
  2. 340. Ratification of a property exchange. 1205-1214. Witnessed Petro clerico, David de Malo Passu, Willelmo eius filio
  3. 385. Grant to Dieulacres abbey. 1220-1222 Witness Willelmo de Malopassu.
  4. 402 Hugh Cholmondeley law suit. Witness Willelmo de Malopassu.
  5. 407 Grant to Robert son of Thurstan. 1225-1230 Witness Willelmo de Malopassu, petro clerico domini comitis
  6. 434 Philip of Orreby to receive two pigs, etc. ca 1230. Witness Willelmo de Malo Passu
  7. 447 Protection to Diculacres Abbey. 1233-1237 Witness Willelmo de Malo Passu
  8. 448 Confirmation of Liberties of Chester. 1233-1237. Witness Willelmo de Malopassu
  9. 449 Confirmation to St. Werberg's abbey. 1233-1237. Witness Willelmo de Malopassu
  10. 450 Grant to St. Werberg's abbey. 1233-1237. Witness Willelmo de Malopassu
  11. 451 Grant to Richard Fitton, 1233-1237. Witness Willelmo de Malo Passu. Plus Petro, Hugone Ricardo de Coldrea clericis...
  12. 452 Grant to Richard Fitton 1233-1237 Witness Willelmo de Malo Passu
  13. 453 Quittance for Richard Fitton 1233-1237. Witness Willelmo de Malo Passu . Petro et Ricardo clericus.
  14. 454 Grant to Hugh Fitton. Witness Willelmo de Malo Passu.
  15. 462 Confirmation of a Grant. 1234-1237. Witness Willelmo de Malo Passu
  16. 463 Grant to monks of Combermere of pasture. (Spurious) Chester, April 1234. Witness Willelmo de Malo Passu

Richard and Letitia

  1. 13 Gift to St. Werberg's abbey . (Spurious) 1121-1129. Letitia de Malpas dedit deo et sancte Werburge unam mansuram versus portam Clippe, teste et concedene Ricardo domino suo et fratre suo Ricardo Mailard.
  2. 28. Ranulf II's great charter confirming gifts made to St. Werberg's abbey. 1151-1152. Leticia de Malpas dedit deo et sancte Werburge Parvam Cristentonam et Bechiam et unam mansuram in ivitate, teste et concedente domino suo Ricardo et fratre suo Richardo Mailardo, Rodberto Grefesac, Nigello Chaldei, et aliis multis.
  1. 12 Richard FitzNigel. confirmation of earl hugh's gift to St. Werburgh's abbey of a three-days' fair and the revenues acccruing from it.  !121-1129. Witness: Ricardo filio Nigelli.

Malpas, David de 231-2 258 266 276' 282-4 340-1 353-4 357 372 378

See also:

  1. Pedigrees of the County Families of Yorkshire Family History Library (FHL) : FHL book Q 942.74 D2f; FHL microfilm 924,024
  2. The English Baronetage: Containing a Genealogical and Historical Account of All the English Baronets, Now Existing; Their Descents, Marriages, and Issues; Memorable Actions, Both in War and Peace; Religious an Charitable Donations; Deaths, Places of Burial Family History Library (FHL) : FHL microfilm 990,427 items 2-6

Sources

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Arthur Collins. Collins's Peerage of England: Genealogical, Biographical and Historical. Greatly Augmented, and continued to the Present Time, by Sir Egerton Brydges, K. J. In Nine Volumes. London: 1812.Egerton, Earl of Wilton], Volume 5. page 528 ff Accessed November 6, 2018 jhd
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Arthur Collins, Tho. Wotton, 1741, The English Baronetage: Containing a Genealogical and Historical Account of All the English Baronets, Now Existing: Their Descents, Marriages, and Issues; Memorable Actions, Both in War, and Peace; Religious and Charitable Donations; Deaths, Places of Burial and Monumental Iiscriptions [sic], Volume 1 (Google eBook) Section 30. Egerton, of Egerton, Cheshire. Page 272 through page 280. Accessed July 9, 2018. jhd
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Wikipedia: Malpas, Cheshire, England
  4. ↑ 4.00 4.01 4.02 4.03 4.04 4.05 4.06 4.07 4.08 4.09 4.10 4.11 4.12 4.13 4.14 4.15 4.16 4.17 4.18 4.19 4.20 4.21 4.22 4.23 4.24 4.25 4.26 4.27 4.28 4.29 4.30 4.31 4.32 4.33 4.34 4.35 4.36 4.37 4.38 Darrell Wolcott, Ancient Wales Studies. The Malpas Family of Cheshire Accessed July 8, 2018 jhd
  5. ↑ King's College, London. Domesday: The Prosopography of Anglo-Saxon England (PASE). Robert Fitzhugh (Robert 74) 2010. Accessed 4 October 2018 jhd
  6. ↑ Nick Kennard, "History of Malpas - the village that industry forgot", Malpas, Cheshire, ( 2014), http://www.malpascheshire.co.uk/historyofmalpas.html .
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 7.5 7.6 Carl Boyer 3rd. Medieval Welsh Ancestors of Certain Americans. Generally follows Bartrum. By the author; Santa Clarita, California, 2004. "Rhodri Mawr Section", beginning page 281
  8. ↑ 8.00 8.01 8.02 8.03 8.04 8.05 8.06 8.07 8.08 8.09 8.10 8.11 Carl Boyer 3rd. Medieval Welsh Ancestors of Certain Americans. Generally follows Bartrum. By the author; Santa Clarita, California, 2004. "Malpas Section", page 246
  9. ↑ John Burke A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Commoners of Great Britain and Ireland, Enjoying Territorial Possessions Or High Official Rank: But Uninvested with Heritable Honours, Volume 2, p. 84.
  10. ↑ George Ormerod. The History of the County Palatine and City of Chester; Volume II, page 598. Online at Google books.
  11. ↑ Archaeologia Cambrensis: Notes on Joyce Cherelton and Her Descendants, p. 61. (Google eBook). Cambrian Archaeological Association, 1880 - Wales.
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 12.3 12.4 James Croston. County Families of Lancashire and Cheshire Chapter II, The Egertons page 119 and following. Accessed 5/9/2019 jhd
  13. ↑ Wikipedia High Sheriff of Cheshire Accessed 6/19/2019 jhd
  14. ↑ British History Online. Sheriffs and Mayors of Chester Accessed 6/19/2019 jhd
  15. ↑ 15.0 15.1 15.2 15.3 Arthur Collins, Sir Egerton Brydges. Collins's peerage of England; genealogical, biographical, and Historical. In Nine Volumes. Volume 4. London, 1812. Colmondeley, Earl of Cholmondeley, pages16-36 page 17. Accessed 6/20/2019 jhd
  16. ↑ Camden, Treatise on surnames, Rem. 1637, p. 141. Cited by Arthur Collins, Sir Egerton Brydges. Collins's peerage of England; genealogical, biographical, and Historical. In Nine Volumes. Volume 4. London, 1812. Colmondeley, Earl of Cholmondeley, pages16-36 page 17, footnote. Accessed 6/20/2019 jhd
  17. ↑
  18. ↑ 18.0 18.1 18.2 18.3 18.4 18.5 Robert Glover, et al. Visitation of Cheshire, 1580. "Egerton of Egerton and of Olton" citing Harl. 1424, fol 59th and Harl. 1505, fol 61st. Published 1882 Accessed December 7, 2018 jhd
  19. ↑ 19.0 19.1 19.2 19.3 Camden's Remaines, ed of 1639, page 141, cited by John Gough Nichols, The Herald and Genealogist, London: John Bowyer Nichols and sons, 1863; Volume 1, page 347 Camden gave the same account in his "Treatise on Surnames" in which he quotes from "an ancient roll belonging to Sir William Brereton" Accessed December 7, 2018 jhd
  20. ↑ 20.00 20.01 20.02 20.03 20.04 20.05 20.06 20.07 20.08 20.09 20.10 20.11 20.12 20.13 20.14 20.15 20.16 20.17 Randle Holme of ye Citty of Chester, Herauld Painter, Ano Dmi 1690. The Genealogie or Pedigree of ye Right Worshipfull Familey of Egerton of Ridley in ye County Palatyne of Chester, Being Extracted out of ye Ancient Records, Deeds and other Authentick Testimonies Pertaining to those Famileys of egertons, and drawne down to these tymes by Randle Holme of ye Citty of Chester, Herauld Painter, Ano Dmi 1690. Copied from the original roll in the possession of Sir Philip de Malpas Grey Egerton, Bart., M. P., of Oulton Park, Tarporley by Joseph J. Howard. Miscellanea Genealogical Et Heraldica, Volume 1. P. 293. Egerton of Ridley, London: Hamilton, Adams and Company, Paternoster Row, 1868. Accessed November 14, 2017 jhd
  21. ↑ 21.0 21.1 John Burke. "The Portrait Gallery of Distinguished Females.""The Right Honourable Lady William-Henry Cholmondeley, page 73 Accessed December 7, 2018 jhd
  22. ↑ 22.00 22.01 22.02 22.03 22.04 22.05 22.06 22.07 22.08 22.09 22.10 22.11 22.12 22.13 22.14 George Ormerod. The History of the County Palatine and City of Chester; compiled from Original Evidences in Public Offices, the Harleian and Cottonian Mss, Parochial Register, private Muniments, Unpublished Ms. Collections of Successive Cheshire Antiquaries, and a personal survey of every township in the county...Second edition, revised and enlarged by Thomas Helsby, Esq. London: George Routledge and Sons, 1882. Volume II, page 598 Barons of Malpas Compiled from Evidences in the Exchequer of Chester. Accessed December 8, 2018 jhd
  23. ↑ 23.0 23.1 23.2 23.3 23.4 23.5 23.6 23.7 23.8 George Ormerod. The History of the County Palatine and City of Chester; compiled from Evidences in Public Offices, the Harleian and Cottonian Mss, Parochial Register, private Muniments, Unpublished Ms. Collections of Successive Cheshire Antiquaries, and a personal survey of every township in the county...Second edition, revised and enlarged by Thomas Helsby, Esq. London: George Routledge and Sons, 1882. Volume II, page 628 Egertons of Egerton Compiled from Evidences in the Exchequer of Chester. Accessed June 13, 2019 jhd
  24. ↑ 24.0 24.1 24.2 24.3 24.4 24.5 Arthur Collins. Collins's Peerage of England: Genealogical, Biographical and Historical. Greatly Augmented and Continued to the present Time by R. Egerton Brydges, K., J, in Nine Volumes. Volume 5. London, 1812. Egerton, Earl of Wilton page 528. Accessed 26 Jan 2020 jhd
  25. ↑ Collins, page 528, does not name the daughter, but discusses Lysons, p. 350 and 676, which makes her only a co-heir, with a sister who married a Patrick; Collins concludes that Patrick's alliance "came by a subsequent marriage in the illigitimate line."
  26. ↑ George Ormerod. Second Edition, Thomas Helsby, ed. The History of the County Palatine and City of Chester. Volume II. London: George routledge and sons, 1882. Pages 598- Accessed November 29, 2018 jhd
  27. ↑ Alfred Suckling, The History and Antiquities of the County of Suffolk, Volume 1 (1846, p. 180)
  28. ↑ 28.0 28.1 28.2 28.3 28.4 28.5
  29. ↑ Croston, page 119
  30. ↑ 30.0 30.1 John Burke. The Portrait Gallery of Distinguished Females, Volume I The Right Honourable Lady William-Henry Cholmondeley page 72] Accessed 2/16/2019 jhd
  31. ↑ John Sharpe, Sharpe's Peerage of the British Empire. Cholmondeley
  32. ↑ 32.0 32.1 32.2 Carl Boyer, 3rd. Medieval English Ancestors of Certain Americans. Egerton. By the author, Santa Clarita, California, 2001. John Le Belward is #1 on page 70.
  33. ↑ 33.0 33.1 33.2 33.3
  34. ↑ 34.0 34.1
  35. ↑ Cotgreave, 13, citing William Camden. Remains of a greater worke, concerening Britain {London, 1605), p. 123
  36. ↑ 36.0 36.1 36.2 36.3 36.4 36.5 36.6 Joseph J. Howard. Miscellanea Genealogical Et Heraldica, Volume 1. P. 293. Egerton of Ridley, The Genealogie or Pedigree of ye Right Worshipfull Familey of Egerton of Ridley in ye County Palatyne of Chester, Being Extracted out of ye Ancient Records, Deeds and other Authentick Testimonies Pertaining to those Famileys of egertons, and drawne down to these tymes by Randle Holme of ye Citty of Chester, Herauld Painter, Ano Dmi 1690. Copied from the original roll in the possession of Sir Philip de Malpas Grey Egerton, Bart., M. P., of Oulton Park, Tarporley London: Hamilton, Adams and Company, Paternoster Row, 1868. Accessed November 14, 2017 jhd
  37. ↑ 37.0 37.1 T. C. Banks, Esq. The Dormant and Extinct Baronage of England…who have flourished from the Norman Conquest to the Year 1806 Section 5, Malpas, pages 203-205 Vol I. London: J. White: Horace’s Head, Fleet-Street, 1807. Accessed July 6, 2018 jhd
  38. ↑ Sir Bernard Burke, A Genealogical History of the Dormant: Abeyant, Forfeited, and Extinct
  39. ↑ Wolcott, Malpas, citing the Visitation of Cheshire.
  40. ↑ Wolcott, Malpas, Chart 3




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Thompson-14289 Maryann (Thompson) Hurt
There is an error in "Origin of Name"

After the Norman conquest of 1066, Malpas is mentioned in the Domesday book of 1086 as belonging to Robert FitzHugh, Baron of Malpas. This links to Richard (Avranches) d'Avranches (1022-aft.1082) not Robert FitzHugh, Baron of Malpas.

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Day-1904 Jack Day
Thanks Maryann! I can see I started a major re-write of this and clearly got distracted. It's time!
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Thompson-14289 Maryann (Thompson) Hurt
It happens.

I've sent you a request to add me to the trusted list of Space: Mallpas,_Barons_of_Mallpas,_English_Pedigrees.

I'm hoping that you'll add me as Manager because the info on that space is the info that I added to Category: Mallpas, Barons of Mallpas, English Pedigrees, which I created, as you can see from it's change history.

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Thompson-14289 Maryann (Thompson) Hurt
Thanks for that immediate response.
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Lancaster-1279 Andrew Lancaster
Since Keats-Rohan there has been this article. Please review:
  • Peter Cotgreave (2008) "The barony of Malpas in the twelfth century", Transactions Historic Society of Lancashire and Cheshire, 157, pp. 1-32, DOI: 10.3828/transactions.157.2 [1]
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