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Roger de Mainwaring, I



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Father: Rafe De Mainwaring, b. 1155 in Warmingham, Northwich, Cheshire, England   d. ABT 1200 in Warmingham, Cheshire, England
Mother: Amicia de Kevelice, b. 16 AUG 1167 in Merionethshire, Wales   d. 2 NOV 1247 in Cheshire, England

Family 1: Christian de Buron,    b. ABT 1190 in England   
  1. William de Mainwaring I, b. 1205 in Warmingham, Cheshire, England     d. 1248 in Over Peover, Middlewich, Cheshire, England
Sources:
  1. Title: The Baronetage of England: Containing a Genealogical and Historical Account of All the English Baronets Now Existing: Vol. 2 by William Betham
    Author: Google Books, page 110-118
    Publication: Name: http://google.cat/books?id=z6W35JBfgQAC&pg=PA110&vq=relict&dq=editions:UOM39015009157747&lr=&output=html_text&source=gbs_toc_r&cad=4;
    Note: 165. MAINWARING, of Over-Peaver, Cheshire. Created BARONET, Nov. 22, 1660. 19 Hen. I. THIS family is of great antiquity, being descended from , Conqueror, on the Norman invasion. 165. MAINWARING, of Over-Peaver, Cheshire. Created BARONET, Nov. 22, 1660. Which Ranulphus was one of those thirty-two persons, to whom the Conqueror gave all, or most part of Chefhire, and had given hin, for his part, fifteen lordships there, amongk which was, Peure, (now Over-Peover) the continued seat of the family, Richard de Mesnilwaren, or Mainwaring, fon of Ranulphus, had issue, Roger, who gave Plumley to the abby of St. Werburge in Chefter, when he made his son, Wido, a monk there ; William and Randle, his fons, being witnesses, which grant, with many others, Richard, earl of Chester, confirmed, 1119, William, his son and heir, had iffue, Roger, whose fon, Sir Raufe Mainwaring, Knt. was justice of Chester, temp. Rich. I. He married Amicia, daughter of Hugh Kyvelioks earl of Chefter. Roger Manwaring, of Warmincham in Cheshire, was son of Sir Raufe. William Manwaring, son of the above Rogers, having Over-Pever, by gift of his father, temp. Hen. III. fixed his habitation there, where his succeeding heirs have ever since continued. He was father of William, Thomas, to whom his father gave Fodon in Over-Peover, Benedict, Guy, Roger, whole lon, William, married Margaret, daughter of Roger Toft, of Toft. William Manwaring, of Over-Peover, fon and heir of Wildiam, married and had issue, Roger, William, whose daughter, Ellen, married Adam Glasebrook; Reginald, and Maud, a daughter, to whom her father gave a meffuage in Over-Peover, which Hammond, of Radbrooke, formerly held. This William, lord of Over-Peover, lived 1286, 14. Ed. I. Roger, his son and heir, married Christian de Birtles, and had iffue, William, his fon and heir; and Joan married to Robert de Fallybrome; this Roger died in the life-tiine of his father, and Christian, his widow, afterwards married John de Byrun, and lastly, the married Robert de Varnon, living William Manwaring, of Over-Peover, son and heir of Roger, married Mary, daughter of Henry Davenport, living 19 Ed. II. and 8 Ed. III. 1334 and had issue, William, his son and heir, Roger, Margery, and Millicent, all living 8 Ed. III. 1334 ; this William died about the 12 or 13 Ed. III. William Manwaring, of Over-Peover, fon and heir, had twowives ; 1. Joan, daughter and coheir of William Praers, of Baddiley, near Nantwich, and had iffue, William, his son and heir ; he married, secondly, Elizabeth, daughter of Nicholas Leycester, and friter of John Leycester, of Nether-Tabley, by whom he had issue, John Manwaring, Randle Manwaring, both afterwards, lords of Over-Peover, fucceffively, Thomas, Alan, and Richard, living 38 Ed. III. also three daughters; Emme, married to Richard Winnington, fon and heir of Sir Richard Winnington, near Northwich ; Ellen, married to Raufe, fon of Richard Vernon, of Shibrook in Cheshire; and Joan, marmied to William Legh, of Baggiley. This William Manwaring, was ftiled, William Manwaring, the elder, 33 Edw. HI. He died 38 Ed. III. 1364; Elizabeth, his widow, furvived, and was living, 1405, 6 Hen. IV. William Manwaring, of Over-Pever, son and heir, had two wives; first, Catherine, daughter of John Belgrave, of Belgrave, in the township of Ecclefton in Cheshire, whom he married, 40 Ed. III. 1366; his second wife was, Clementia Cotton, but he had not any issue by either wife. This William fettles his estate, upon his departure out of England towards Guyen, 17 Rich. II . 1393, and afterwards made his will, 1394His seal, 17 Rich. II, had the impreffion of his coat and creft, to wit, in an escocheon, two Bars only, and corner-ways, on the dexter angle, on a helmet, an Ass-head, couped, inscribed about-S. Willielmi Maynwaringe. For now, the elder house of Warmincham, was extinct, and devolved to a daughter and heit; wherefore, he bears their coat without distinction, as next heir male, which his heirs have ever since continued, to wit, Argent, two Bars, gules; the Creft, an Afs-head, couped, proper. This William died without issue, 1399, 22 Rich. II. and was buried at Aghton church, leaving John Manwaring, his halfbrother, to succeed in his inheritance. John Manwaring, of Over-Pever, half-brother and heir to the last William, and son to William Manwaring, the elder, by Elizabeth, his second wife, married Margaret, the widow of Sir John Warren, of Pointon in Cheshire, and daughter and heir of Sir John Stafford, of Wigham, about 13 Rich. II. for Sir John Warren died the tenth of Rich. II. This John Manwaring waited on the prince, afterwards King Henry V. and he was made fheriff of Cheshire, (quamdia placuerit) 18 Septembris, 4 Hen. IV. and continued sheriff, 5 Hen. IV. and 6 Hen. IV. in which writ, the earl of Chefter calls him, Armigerum fuum. He, with Matthew Del Mere, and Thomas Meyshawe, were constituted judges of the goal-delivery at Chester, hâc vice, rono die Aprilis, 5 Hen. IV. This John Manwaring died without lawful issue, ri Hen. IV... 1410, leaving his brother, Randle, to succeed in his inheritance: Margaret, his widow, survived, and was living 4 Hen. V. He. had a bastard son, by Margery Winnington, calied Peter Manwaring: Randle Manwaring, of Over-Pever, Efq; brother and heir, married Margery, the widow of Richard Buckley, of Chedill in Cheshire, and daughter of Hugh Venables, Baron of Kinderton: he petitioned the King for enjoying the dower of Margery, his wife, because he had married her without the King's licence, 16 Rich. II. by whom he had issue, John Manwaring, eldest fon; William Manwaring, fecond son, from whom defcended the Manwarings of Ightfield in Shropshire. Mr. Walker, in his Sufferings of the Clergy, says, - A descendant of this branch, (though a younger son) :I take it, was Dr. Roger Manwaring, who was born at Stretton in Shropshire, and educated in the university of Oxford. He was some time « vicar of St. Giles's in the Fields, and chaplain to King Charles I. before whom, preaching those sermons, entitled, Religion ' and Allegiance, he was called in queftion for it by the parlia "ment, charged with endeavouring to destroy the King and ? kingdom, by his divinity, and censured to be imprisoned, was: fined 1000l, and ordered to make his fubmiffion, and was disabled to have or enjoy any preferment, or office. However, the King soon after pardoned him, and gave him the rich living of Stanford-Rivers in Eflex; in 1633, made him dean : of Worcester, and two years after, nominated him to the bi shoprick of St. Davids ; in 1640, his troubles were revived in 4 parliament; and though the old grudge lay still at the bottom of the prosecution, yet the new crimes of popish innovations, conversing with papists, and being sociable and jovial, were. 4 trumped up against him, upon which he was, (as Lloyd, in « his Memoirs, p. 274, expresses it) apprehended suddenly, • confined severely, fined heavily, plundered violently, and. ' persecuted from place to place continually, insomuch, that ! for the two last years of his life, not a week passed over his • head, without a messenger, or an injury; which he desired God not to remember against his adversaries, and abjured all his friends to forget. Under these his troubles, he had no ļ thing left but a small temporal estate to support him, and died at Carmarthen, July 16, 1653. He was of a pious life and con [ocr errors] [ocr errors] [ocr errors] [ocr errors] [ocr errors] [ocr errors] conversation, and very charitable; as appears particularly, by one of the three great designs which he had in pursuit, namely, the redeeming of captives; and though he laboured under a very severe character with the Puritans, (and not without reason, if the accusation against him was true, of straining the prerogative, in the matter of raising money, without the consent of parliament) yet, by the Royalists, he was esteemed worthy of the great function which he bore; being a person. of great zeal for the church of England.' But to return : the third son of Randle Manwaring, Esq; was Randle Manwaring, from whom the Manwarings, of Karincham in Cheshire : Elizabeth, eldest daughter, married Raufe Egerton, of Wrynehill in Staffordfhire, Esq; Cicely, to Thomas Fowlehurst, of Crew in Cheshire; Joan, married John Davenport, son and heir of Raufe Davenport, of Davenport in Cheshire, 1411; Ellen, married Thomas Fitton, of Gawseworth in Cheshire; Agnes, another daughter, was affianced to William Bromley, of Badington in Cheshire, son of Sir John Bromley; but the died before marriage ; whereupon he married Margaret, fister to Agnes, 4 Hen. VI. 1426. This Margaret was widow, 15 Hen. VI. 1436, and afterwards married Sir John Nedhain, of Crannach, Justiciarius de banco, and judge of Chester, 1 Ed. IV. This Randle was also a courtier, stiled, Armiger regis, the King's servant, and Sagittarius de corona, 2i Rich. II. and went into Ireland with his brother John, in the King's service, 22 Rich. II. He had a bastard son, by Emme Farrington, called Hugh Manwäring, from whom, the Manwarings, of Croxton, nigh Middlewich; also, Thomas Manwaring, of North-rode, another bastard son, 12 Rich. II. and Randle, another bastard son; and also three bastard daughters. This Randle Manwaring, of Over-Pever, ftiled commonly, Honkyn Manwaring, in the language of those times, died 35 Hen. VI. 1456, buried at Over-Pever, in the ftone chapel, on the south side of the church; which chapel, Margery, his wife, surviving, erected, with the two monuments therein, for herself, and hufband, 1456. Sir John Manwaring, of Over-Pever, Knt. fon and heir of Randle, married Margaret, daughter of John Delves, of Dodington in Cheshire, the elder, Efq; 13 Hen. IV. 1411, and had iffue, William Manwaring, fon and heir; Elizabeth, married Piers Warburton, son and heir of Sir Geffrey de Warburton, lord of Arley, 1436, 14. Hen. VI. Margaret, married Hamnet, son and heir of
    Page: History, lineage and descendants of Mainwaring family.
  2. Title: Legacy NFS Source: Roger Manwaring -
    Author: The Visitation of Chester 1580, Rylands, John Paul, ed., Publications of the Harleian Society vol. 18, London: John Whitehead and Son Limited, 1935., Brigham Young University, Harold B. Lee Library, Provo, UT 84604, Page number: p. 165
    Page: Migrated from user-supplied source citation: urn:familysearch:source:2332820712
  3. Title: Book - Genealogical & Heraldric History of the Extinct & Dormant Baronetages
    Author: Google Books
  4. Title: Book - Families of Counties of Cheshire & Lancashire
    Author: Google Books
  5. Title: Book - Baronetage of England
    Author: Google Books
  6. Title: Book - Medieval English Ancestors
  7. Title: Book - Short History of Mainwarings
    Author: Google Books
  8. Title: Legacy NFS Source: Roger Manwaring -
    Author: The History of Cheshire, Ormerod, George Esq., LL.D., F.S.A., 2nd Edition by Thomas Helsby, Esq, London: George Routledge & Sons, 1882, Brigham Young University, Harold B. Lee Library, Provo, UT 84604, Page number: vol. 1, pp. 477-484
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  9. Title: Mainwarings, earliest origins: Mainwarings of Whitmore and Biddulph in the County of Stafford, by J. G. Cavenagh
    Author: “Mainwarings of Whitmore and Biddulph in the County of Stafford: an account of the family, and ... the manor of Whitmore”, compiled by J. G.[James Gordon] Cavenagh-Mainwaring, 1934, [Place of publication and publisher not identified] (Above link goes to pages 58, left-hand page, with pedigree of earliest Mainwarings beginning in 959 in Coutance, France, and being in Norfolk & Cheshire, England by about 1050.)
    Publication: Name: https://archive.org/details/mainwaringsofwhi00main/page/58/mode/2up;
    Note: See Pedigree of Manwaring of Norfolk and Cheshire, England on pages 58-59 at the link under the URL heading above.
    Page: (Link under the URL heading above goes to page 58, with pedigree the of earliest Mainwarings beginning at the bottom of the left hand page, beginning in about 959 in Coutance, France, and being in Norfolk & Cheshire, England by about 1050): Roger [de Mainwaring], born 1182, Lord of Warmingham and Wayfore, is in the pedigree in the 4th entry down on the right-hand page, the son of Rafe [Ralph de Mainwaring] born about 1155 who is the 3rd entry down on the right-hand page.

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