Thursday, April 26, 2012

HENRY DAVENPORT 1256-1295

[Ancestral Link: Marguerite Anderson (Miller), daughter of Hannah Anderson (Anderson), daughter of Mary Margaret Edmiston (Anderson), daughter of Matha Jane Snow (Edmiston), daughter of Sarah Sawyer Hastings (Snow), daughter of Jonathan Hastings, son of Elizabeth Wright (Hastings), daughter of Elizabeth Mellows (Wright), daughter of Oliver Mellowes, son of Martha Bulkeley (Mellowes), daughter of Edward Bulkeley, son of Elizabeth Grosvenor (Bulkeley), daughter of Anne Charlton (Grosvenor), daughter of Anne Mainwaring (Charlton), daughter of William Mainwaring, son of Randle Mainwaring, son of William Mainwaring, son of Margery Davenport (Mainwaring), daughter of Henry Davenport.]

[Ancestral Link: Harold William Miller, son of Edward Emerson Miller, son of Anna Hull (Miller), daughter of William Hull, son of Anna Hyde (Hull), daughter of Uriah Hyde, son of Elizabeth Leffingwell (Hyde), daughter of Sarah Abell (Leffingwell), daughter of Joshua Abell, son of Robert Abell, son of Frances Cotton (Abell), daughter of Mary Mainwaring (Cotton), daughter of Arthur Mainwaring, son of Richard Mainwaring, son of John Mainwaring, son of Thomas Mainwaring, son of William Mainwaring, son of Randle Mainwaring, son of William Mainwaring, son of Margery Davenport (Mainwaring), daughter of Henry Davenport.]
[Ancestral Link: Harold William Miller, son of Edward Emerson Miller, son of Anna Hull (Miller), daughter of William Hull, son of Anna Hyde (Hull), daughter of Uriah Hyde, son of Elizabeth Leffingwell (Hyde), daughter of Sarah Abell (Leffingwell), daughter of Joshua Abell, son of Robert Abell, son of Frances Cotton (Abell), daughter of Richard Cotton, son of George Cotton, son of Cicely Mainwaring (Cotton), daughter of Thomas Mainwaring, son of William Mainwaring, son of Randle Mainwaring, son of William Mainwaring, son of Margery Davenport (Mainwaring), daughter of Henry Davenport.]

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St. Peter's Church Cheshire, England, United Kingdom
Henry Davenport
Birth 1256 in Chester, Cheshire, England
http://histfam.familysearch.org/getperson.php?personID=I41761&tree=EuropeRoyalNobleHous

Henry Davenport
Died  date unknown
Person ID I41761
Europe: Royal and Noble Houses with Colonial American Connections
Children 1. Mary Davenport, died after 1325/1326
Family ID F19696 Group Sheet

Sources [ S21] #798 The Wallop Family and Their Ancestry, Watney, Vernon James, (4 volumes. Oxford: John Johnson, 1928), FHL book Q 929.242 W159w; FHL microfilm 1696491 it., vol. 2 p. 525.

[ S364] #7319 The Mainwaring Family, Finley, R. Mainwaring, (London, Griffith, Farran, Okeden and Welsh, Newberry House, Charing Cross Road and Sydney. Facsimile reprint 1976 The Research Publication Company, 52 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London), FHL Book 929.242 M285f., p. 30.
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St. Peter's Church Burial place of Henry Davenport,
Prestbury, Cheshire, England
Henry Davenport
George Ormerod's The History of County Palatine and City of Chester, Vol III, p. 68, Henry 4th son, of Marton, had lands in Macclesfield, 20 Edward I; had issue, Roger, Mary who married William Mainwaring de Peover, and Margery who married Thomas de Swettenham
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HUGH DE VENABLES 1296-1368

[Ancestral Link: Marguerite Anderson (Miller), daughter of Hannah Anderson (Anderson), daughter of Mary Margaret Edmiston (Anderson), daughter of Martha Jane Snow (Edmiston), daughter of Sarah Sawyer Hastings (Snow), daughter of Jonathan Hastings, son of Mary Hartwell (Hastings), daughter of Jonathan Hartwell, son of Elizabeth Wright (Hartwell), daughter of Elizabeth Mellows (Wright), daughter of Oliver Mellowes, son of Martha Bulkeley (Mellowes), daughter of Edward Bulkeley, son of Elizabeth Grosvenor (Bulkeley), daughter of Randall Grosvenor, son of Randall Grosvenor, son of Joan Venables (Grosvenor), daughter of Richard Venables, son of Hugh de Venables, son of Hugh de Venables.]

[Ancestral Link: Marguerite Anderson (Miller), daughter of Hannah Anderson (Anderson), daughter of Mary Margaret Edmiston (Anderson), daughter of Martha Jane Snow (Edmiston), daughter of Sarah Sawyer Hastings (Snow), daughter of Jonathan Hastings, son of Mary Hartwell (Hastings), daughter of Jonathan Hartwell, son of Elizabeth Wright (Hartwell), daughter of Elizabeth Mellows (Wright), daughter of Oliver Mellowes, son of Martha Bulkeley (Mellowes), daughter of Edward Bulkeley, son of Elizabeth Grosvenor (Bulkeley), daughter of Randall Grosvenor, son of Randall Grosvenor, son of Thomas Grosvenor, son of Joan Venables (Grosvenor), daughter of Richard Venables, son of Hugh de Venables, son of Hugh de Venables.]
[Ancestral Link: Marguerite Anderson (Miller), daughter of Hannah Anderson (Anderson), daughter of Mary Margaret Edmiston (Anderson), daughter of Martha Jane Snow (Edmiston), daughter of Sarah Sawyer Hastings (Snow), daughter of Jonathan Hastings, son of Mary Hartwell (Hastings), daughter of Jonathan Hartwell, son of Elizabeth Wright (Hartwell), daughter of Elizabeth Mellows (Wright), daughter of Oliver Mellowes, son of Martha Bulkeley (Mellowes), daughter of Edward Bulkeley, son of Elizabeth Grosvenor (Bulkeley), daughter of Anne Charlton (Grosvenor), daughter of Anne Mainwaring (Charlton), daughter of William Mainwaring, son of Margery Venables (Mainwaring), daughter of Hugh de Venables, son of Hugh de Venables.]
[Ancestral Link: Harold William Miller, son of Edward Emerson Miller, son of Anna Hull (Miller), daughter of William Hull, son of Anna Hyde (Hull), daughter of Uriah Hyde, son of Elizabeth Leffingwell (Hyde), daughter of Sarah Abell (Leffingwell), daughter of Joshua Abell, son of Robert Abell, son of Frances Cotton (Abell), daughter of Mary Mainwaring (Cotton), daughter of Margaret Mainwaring, daughter of Elizabeth Brereton (Mainwaring), daughter of Eleanor Dutton (Brereton), daughter of Peter Dutton, son of Elizabeth Grosvenor (Dutton), daughter of Robert Grosvenor, son of Joan Venables (Grosvenor), daughter of Richard Venables, son of Hugh de Venables, son of Hugh de Venables.]

[Ancestral Link: Harold William Miller, son of Edward Emerson Miller, son of Anna Hull (Miller), daughter of William Hull, son of Anna Hyde (Hull), daughter of Uriah Hyde, son of Elizabeth Leffingwell (Hyde), daughter of Sarah Abell (Leffingwell), daughter of Joshua Abell, son of Robert Abell, son of Frances Cotton (Abell), daughter of Mary Mainwaring (Cotton), daughter of Arthur Mainwaring, son of Richard Mainwaring, son of John Mainwaring, son of Thomas Mainwaring, son of William Mainwaring, son of Margery Venables (Mainwaring), daughter of Hugh de Venables, son of Hugh de Venables.]
[Ancestral Link: Harold William Miller, son of Edward Emerson Miller, son of Anna Hull (Miller), daughter of William Hull, son of Anna Hyde (Hull), daughter of Uriah Hyde, son of Elizabeth Leffingwell (Hyde), daughter of Sarah Abell (Leffingwell), daughter of Joshua Abell, son of Robert Abell, son of Frances Cotton (Abell), daughter of Richard Cotton, son of George Cotton, son of Cicely Mainwaring (Cotton), daughter of Thomas Mainwaring, son of William Mainwaring, son of Margery Venables (Mainwaring), daughter of Hugh de Venables, son of Hugh de Venables.]

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Hugh de Venables, Sir Knight
7th Baron of Kinderton
de Venables Lineage
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1. Gilbert de Venables, born 1050
2. Gilbert de Venables, born 1099
3. Gilbert de Venables
4. Gilbert de Venables, married Margery de Halton
5. William de Venables, died 1228
6. Hugh de Venables, married Alice de Oxton, daughter of Ranulph de Oxton
7. Roger de Venables, born 1220, died 1261, married Alice Peninton
8. William de Venables, born 1245, married Margaret Dutton
9. Hugh de Venables, born 1296, died 1340, married Agatha de Vernon
10. Hugh de Venables, married Katherine de Houghton, daughter of Richard de Houghton
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Hugh de Venables 1296 - 1368
Birth 1296
Died 1367/1368 of, Kinderton, Cheshire, England
Person ID I54705 Europe: Royal and Noble Houses (predominantly England and France)
Father Hugh de Venables, Baron of Kinderton, born about 1270, died 1311, of, Kinderton, Cheshire, England
Mother Agatha Vernon, born about 1278, died date unknown
Family ID F26463 Group Sheet
Family 1
Elizabeth Mobberly, died date unknown
Children
1. William Venables, died 1350
Family ID F25128 Group Sheet
Family 2
Katherine de Houghton, born about 1310, died date unknown
Children
1. Joan de Venables, born about 1328, died Yes, date unknown
2. Hugh de Venables, baron of Kinderton, born about 1330, of, Kinderton, Cheshire, England, died 1379/1380, of, Kinderton, Cheshire, England
3. Richard Venables, born about 1345, died Yes, date unknown
4. Thomas Venables, died date unknown
5. Roger Venables, died date unknown
Family ID F26461 Group Sheet

Notes
AFN: Alternate> HF3N-NW.

Sources
[S21] #798 The Wallop Family and Their Ancestry, Watney, Vernon James, (4 volumes. Oxford: John Johnson, 1928), FHL book Q 929.242 W159w; FHL microfilm 1696491 it., vol. 1 p. 136.

[ S21] #798 The Wallop Family and Their Ancestry, Watney, Vernon James, (4 volumes. Oxford: John Johnson, 1928), FHL book Q 929.242 W159w; FHL microfilm 1696491 it., vol. 2 p. 479, vol. 3 p. 792.

[ S286] #560 [1819] The History of the County Palatine and City of Chester: Compiled from Original Evidences in Public Offices, the Harleian and Cottonian Mss., Parochial Registers, Private Muniments, Unpublished Ms. Collections of Successive Cheshire, Ormerod, George, (3 volumes. London: Lackington, Hughes, Mavor and Jones, 1819), FHL microfilm 824313 Item 2., vol. 1 p. 400, vol. 3 p. 106.

[ S21] #798 The Wallop Family and Their Ancestry, Watney, Vernon James, (4 volumes. Oxford: John Johnson, 1928), FHL book Q 929.242 W159w; FHL microfilm 1696491 it., vol. 3 p. 792.

 S286] #560 [1819] The History of the County Palatine and City of Chester: Compiled from Original Evidences in Public Offices, the Harleian and Cottonian Mss., Parochial Registers, Private Muniments, Unpublished Ms. Collections of Successive Cheshire, Ormerod, George, (3 volumes. London: Lackington, Hughes, Mavor and Jones, 1819), FHL microfilm 824313 Item 2., vol. 3 p. 106.
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Royal Lineage
Hugh De Venables, 7th Baron of Kinderton is Prince Charles's 19-Great Grandfather, and Lady Diana's 16-Great Grandfather.
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Hugh de Venables
Hugh de Venables - http://www.thepeerage.com
http://www.thepeerage.com/p39088.htm#i390880
Hugh de Venables is the son of Hugh de Venables and Agatha de Vernon. 1
He married Katherine de Houghton, daughter of Richard de Houghton and Sybil de Lee.
1 Child of Hugh de Venables and Katherine de Houghton
Hugh de Venables 1 born 1330, died 1383
Citations

[S1916] Tim Boyle, "re: Boyle Family," e-mail message to Darryl Roger Lundy, 16 September 2006. Hereinafter cited as "re: Boyle Family."
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two children, two branches
Hugh and Katherine's children started two branches that re-connect later.
Hugh 1330 through Mainwaring and Margaret 1330 through Davenport.
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History of Commoners of GB...
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. History of the Commoners of Great Britain and Ireland. O'Shee, of Gardenmorres. Shee, of Cloran. Sir Richard Masterson, who died in 1627 was the son of Sir Thomas Masterson, of Fernes, seneschal of the county of Wexford, by Catherine, daughter of - Clere, of Kilkenny. Thomas Masterson, of Cheshire, (the father of Sir Thomas) was taken prisoner at the memorable battle of Flodden Field, where his father was slain; he married Margery, daughter and heir of Roger Manwaring, appointed by King Henry VII. escheator of Cheshire, A.D. 1495, and afterwards for life. He was a younger son of Manwaring, of Caringham, son of Randle, third son of Randle Manwaring, of Over Peover, and of Margery, daughter of Hugh Venables, Baron of Kinderton, (vide Burke's Extinct and Dormant Peerage, and Ormerod's Cheshire). Sir Richard Masterson, of Fernes, left by his said wife, Mabel, daughter of Sir Christopher Barnewall, four daughters his coheirs, viz.
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Northwich Cheshire Town Bridge

Farndon, Cheshire bridge built 1345 
The Venables
The Venables Family (sometimes 'de Venables') hail originally from the town of Venables near Evreux in Normandy, and it was Gilbert de Venables, (also known as Gilbert Hunter), huntsman to the Dukes of Normandy, who first held the Barony of Kinderton in Cheshire for Hugh Lupus after the Norman Invasion of 1066. Other family members became Barons of Chester and of Warrington, and over time Venables became a prominent Cheshire and Lancashire surname, as did the anglicised version of 'Hunter'. The Domesday Book of 1086 shows Gilbert 'Hunter' holding Brereton, Davenport, Kinderton and Witton (Northwich) and Ralph Hunter holding Stapleford in Cheshire and Soughton in Wales. Later the family became Lords of the Manor of Middlewich.

Wincham Hall, recorded as 'Winundersham' in the Domesday Book, was given to Gilbert de Venables following the Norman Conquest, but it successively passed in and out of the Venables family's ownership through inheritance, married and sale over the following centuries. It survived until bombing in the Second World War destroyed it, after which it was finally demolished.

The family's influence and power throughout medieval Cheshire is evidenced by the wreath on the Coat of Arms of the Borough of Congleton, which are the heraldic colours of the Venables family, as do the Arms of Northwich where the ship shown above the shield shows on its mainsail the wyvern of the Venables family.

They held many other lands throughout Britain including Woodcote near Winchester, when, in 1677, the manor had been purchased by the Venables. The Venables family also purchased Antrobus Hall in Great Budworth sometime during the reign of King Henry IV - they resided here for many generations.

The Venables Family have a worldwide website and there are regular Venables family conventions held in England and in France. The Middlewich Festival, held in September each year, also acts as a gathering of the Venables family members from around the world.
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Sir Hugh de Venables of Kinderton
Sir Hugh de Venables was a minor in 4 Edward II, was the heir of his elder brother William, the inquisition after his death took place in 41 Edward III. He first married Elizabeth, daughter of William and sister and co heiress of Sir Roger de Modburlegh, lord of Mobberley. With Elizabeth, he his children were:

William de Venables, who died before his father, and married first to Agnes, daughter of sir Peter de Dutton of Warburyton, and second Maud, daughter of Richard de Vernon of Shipbrook, 16 Edward III, widow 24 Edward III.

John de Venables married Isabel daughter of Philip de Eggerton, and had issue, William, who, with his father, died in the lifetime of Sir Hugh.

Sir Hugh de Venables married Katherine, daughter of Richard de Houghton. Their children were:

Hugh de Venables, who succeeded his father as Baron of Kinderton

Roger de Venables, married Elizabeth, widow of Sir Randle le Roter and daughter and heiress of Sir William Golborne.

Joane de Venables wife of Thomas Lathom, lord of Lathom, Lancashire, and mother of Isabell, wife of Sir John de Stanley of Lathom.
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Thursday, April 19, 2012

WILLIAM MAINWARING 1316-1364

[Ancestral Link: Marguerite Anderson (Miller), daughter of Hannah Anderson (Anderson), daughter of Mary Margaret Edmiston (Anderson), daughter of Martha Jane Snow (Edmiston), daughter of Sarah Sawyer Hastings (Snow), daughter of Jonathan Hastings, son of Mary Hartwell (Hastings), daughter of Jonathan Hartwell, son of Elizabeth Wright (Hartwell), daughter of Elizabeth Mellows (Wright), daughter of Oliver Mellowes, son of Martha Bulkeley (Mellowes), daughter of Edward Bulkeley, son of Elizabeth Grosvenor (Bulkeley), daughter of Anne Charlton (Grosvenor), daughter of Anne Mainwaring (Charlton), daughter of William Mainwaring, son of Randle Mainwaring, son of William Mainwaring.]

[Ancestral Link: Harold William Miller, son of Edward Emerson Miller, son of Anna Hull (Miller), daughter of William Hull, son of Anna Hyde (Hull), daughter of Uriah Hyde, son of Elizabeth Leffingwell (Hyde), daughter of Sarah Abell (Leffingwell), daughter of Joshua Abell, son of Robert Abell, son of Frances Cotton (Abell), daughter of Mary Mainwaring (Cotton), daughter of Arthur Mainwairing, son of Richard Mainwaring, son of John Mainwaring, son of Thomas Mainwaring, son of William Mainwaring, son of Randle Mainwaring, son of William Mainwaring.]

[Ancestral Link: Harold William Miller, son of Edward Emerson Miller, son of Anna Hull (Miller), daughter of William Hull, son of Anna Hyde (Hull), daughter of Uriah Hyde, son of Elizabeth Leffingwell (Hyde), daughter of Sarah Abell (Leffingwell), daughter of Joshua Abell, son of Robert Abell, son of Frances Cotton (Abell), daughter of Richard Cotton, son of George Cotton, son of Cicely Mainwaring (Cotton), daughter of Thomas Mainwaring, son of William Mainwaring, son of Randle Mainwaring, son of William Mainwaring.]

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MainWaring Family
1.Ranulphus de Mesnil Warin - (Mainwaring)  

These will need to be checked to see if we follow the same line as the author. In many cases we do but...  Arnold

Ranulphus - was one of the thirty-two persons to whom William the Conqueror gave the most part of Cheshire, and had given him fifteen lordships there, among which was Peure, now callled Over Peover, and which was the seat of the family for many generations.

The Mainwarings (pronounced "Mannering") held the manor at Peover Hall from the time of the Norman Conquest. Ranulphus, believed to be the family's ancestor came to live in Over Peover (pronounced "pee-ver"). The present Hall was built by Sir Randle Mainwaring in 1585 and had a Georgian extension built by Sir Henry Mainwaring, the last male heir of the family. In 1797 the house was purchased by Thomas Wettenhall, who took the name of Mainwaring guaranteeing that the house would continue in the family name until 1919 after which it was owned by several other unrelated families. (Papillon Graphics' Virtual Encyclopaedia of Greater Manchester) (Sources: - 1 - 2) Children: (Quick Family Chart)i. Richard de Mesnil Warin See #2. below.
Peover Church
built in 1585 by Sir Randle Mainwaring.

----- Second Generation -----2.Richard de Mesnil Warin - He is the son of Ranulphus de Mesnil Warin.
Children: (Quick Family Chart)i. Roger de Mesnil Warin See #3. below.
----- Third Generation -----3.Roger de Mesnil Warin - He is the son of Richard de Mesnil Warin.
Roger - had three sons - William, Wildo and Randle. (Sources: - 1) Children: (Quick Family Chart)i. William de Mesnil Warin See #4. below.
----- Fourth Generation -----4.William de Mesnil Warin - He is the son of Roger de Mesnil Warin.
Children: (Quick Family Chart)i. Roger de Mesnil Warin was born about 1130. See #5. below.
----- Fifth Generation -----5.Roger de Mesnil Warin - was born about 1130. He is the son of William de Mesnil Warin.
Roger married Ellen (of England). Children: (Quick Family Chart)i. Sir Raufe Mainwaring was born about 1155 in Warmingham, Cheshire County, England. See #6. below.
----- Sixth Generation -----6.Sir Raufe Mainwaring - was born about 1155 in Warmingham, Cheshire County, England. He is the son of Roger de Mesnil Warin and Ellen (of England).
Sir Raufe married Amicia Kyveliock in 1179 in Warmingham, Cheshire County, England. She is the daughter of Hugh Kyveliock.
Sir Raufe - was knighted. (Sources: - 3) Children: (Quick Family Chart)i. Roger Mainwaring See #7. below.
----- Seventh Generation -----7.Roger Mainwaring - He is the son of Sir Raufe Mainwaring and Amicia Kyveliock.
Children: (Quick Family Chart)i. William Mainwaring See #8. below.
----- Eighth Generation -----8.William Mainwaring - He is the son of Roger Mainwaring.
William - had Over Peover given him by his father and was the first of the family who settled there. (Sources: - 1) Children: (Quick Family Chart)i. William Mainwaring was born about 1286. See #9. below.
----- Ninth Generation -----9.William Mainwaring - was born about 1286. He is the son of William Mainwaring.
Children: (Quick Family Chart)i. Roger Mainwaring See #10. below.
 ----- Tenth Generation -----10.Roger Mainwaring - He is the son of William Mainwaring.
Roger married Chrstian de Birtles.
Chrstian - later married John de Byrun, and lastly, in 1334, Robert de Varnon. (Sources: - 1) Children: (Quick Family Chart)i. William Mainwaring died about 1338. See #11. below. ii. Joan Mainwaring
Joan married Robert de Fallybrome. (Sources: - 1)
----- Eleventh Generation -----11.William Mainwaring - died about 1338. He was the son of Roger Mainwaring and Chrstian de Birtles.
William married Mary Davenport in 1325.
William - had issue William, Roger, Margery, and Millicent - all living in 1334. Children: (Quick Family Chart)i. William Mainwaring was born in 1316 in Over-Peover, Cheshire, England and died in 1364. See #12. below.
----- Twelth Generation -----12.William Mainwaring - was born in 1316 in Over-Peover, Cheshire, England and died in 1364. He was the son of William Mainwaring and Mary Davenport.
William married Joan Praers. Joan was born of Bradiley, near Natwich.
Joan - Willaim and Joan, had a son WIlliam who died in 1410.
Then William married Elizabeth Leycester.
Elizabeth - - William and Elizabeth had 5 sons - John, Randle, Thomas, Alan and Richard. Also, three daughters, Emma, wife of RIchard Wnnungton; Ellen, wife of Raufe Vernon; and Joan, wife of William Leigh of Baggiley. John died in 1399. (Sources: - 1) Children with Elizabeth Leycester (Quick Family Chart)i. Randle Mainwaring was born about 1367 in Over-Peover, Cheshire, England and died in 1456 and was buried in Peover. See #13. below.
----- Thirteenth Generation -----13.Randle Mainwaring - was born about 1367 in Over-Peover, Cheshire, England and died in 1456 and was buried in Peover. He was the son of William Mainwaring and Elizabeth Leycester.
Randle married Margery Venables in 1391. She is the daughter of Hugh Venables.
Margery - was the Widow of Richard Buckley of Chedill, in Cheshire (Sources: - 1)
Randle - succeeded to the family estates after the death of his brother John, entered the service of King Henry IV, and, as a result of an attachment to the court of the Earl of Chester, was in 1405 granted for life the office of Equitator of the Forest of Mara and Mondrem, which then included much of the Hundred of Nantwich and all of Edisbury. Then, when the Earl succeeded as King Henry V, Randle was granted two parts of the serjeanty of Macclesfield during the minority of John Davenport, whose family held the hereditary serjeanty. Children: (Quick Family Chart)i. William Mainwaring was born in 1396 in Over-Peover, Cheshire, England and died in 1499. See #14. below.
----- Fourteenth Generation -----14.William Mainwaring - was born in 1396 in Over-Peover, Cheshire, England and died in 1499. He was the son of Randle Mainwaring and Margery Venables.
William married Margaret Warren. Margaret was born about 1400, lived in Ightfield, Shropshire, England. She is the daughter of John Warren and Matilda Cheney. Children: (Quick Family Chart)i. Thomas Mainwaring was born about 1450 in Ightfield, SW of Whitchurch, Shropshire, England and died in 1508. See #15. below.
----- Fifteenth Generation -----15.Thomas Mainwaring - was born about 1450 in Ightfield, SW of Whitchurch, Shropshire, England and died in 1508. He was the son of William Mainwaring and Margaret Warren.
Thomas married Jane Sutton. Jane was born about 1434, lived in Dudley Castle, Staffordshire, England. She is the daughter of Sir John de Sutton VI and Elizabeth Berkeley.
Thomas - was tenant of two copyhold estates in Edstaston and Cotton (in Wem parish), county Salop.
We descend from both his daughter Cicely and his son Sir John. Children: (Quick Family Chart)i. Cicely Mainwaring was born about 1469 and died before 1516 in Cotton, Shropshire, England.
Cicely married John Cotton. John was born about 1465 in Cotton, Shropshire, England. He is the son of William de Coton and Agnes Younge.
See de Coton family for children.
ii. Sir John Mainwaring was born about 1478. See #16. below. ----- Sixteenth Generation -----16.Sir John Mainwaring - was born about 1478. He is the son of Thomas Mainwaring and Jane Sutton.

Sir John married Joan Lacon. She is the daughter of Sir Richard Lacon and Margery Horde.
Sir John - was among those who entered France on June 16, 1513; he was captain in the army of King Henry VIII and was knighted at Lille. He was the heir of his uncle George Mainwaring. Children: (Quick Family Chart)i. Sir Richard Mainwaring died on 30 Sep 1558 in St. Albans, Hertfordshire, England. See #17. below.
----- Seventeenth Generation -----17.Sir Richard Mainwaring - died on 30 Sep 1558 in St. Albans, Hertfordshire, England. He was the son of Sir John Mainwaring and Joan Lacon.

Sir Richard married Dorothy Corbet. Dorothy was born about 1511. She is the daughter of Sir Robert Corbet and Elizabeth Vernon. Children: (Quick Family Chart)i. Sir Arthur Mainwaring was born about 1520 in Ightfield, SW of Whitchurch, Shropshire, England and died on 4 Sep 1590 in England. See #18. below.
----- Eighteenth Generation -----18.Sir Arthur Mainwaring - was born about 1520 in Ightfield, SW of Whitchurch, Shropshire, England and died on 4 Sep 1590 in England. He was the son of Sir Richard Mainwaring and Dorothy Corbet.
Sir Arthur married Margaret Mainwaring in 1540 in England. Margaret was born about 1521 in Over Peover, Cheshire, England. She was the daughter of Randall Mainwaring and Elizabeth Brereton. She died before 1591 in Over Peover, Cheshire, England.
Sir Arthur - - of Ightfield Children: (Quick Family Chart)i. Mary Mainwaring was born about 1541 in Lightfield, Stropshire, England and died before 2 Jun 1578.
Mary married Richard Cotton. Richard was born in 1539 in Stoke, Warwick, England. He was the son of Sir George Cotton and Mary Onley. He died on 14 Jun 1602 in Stoke, Warwick, England.
See de Coton family for children.
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Another version of the above... Arnold
Mainwaring Ancestors

The following information on my early Mainwaring ancestors is summarized from the book "Medieval English Ancestors of Robert Abell" by Carl Boyer, 3rd.

01. Randulfus was lord of various towns in Cheshire and Norfolk, England, at the time of the Domesday survey in 1086.
02. Roger Mesnilwarin, son of Randulfus, gave Plumley to Chester Abbey, England before 1119.
03. William Mesnilwaren, son of Roger, was a witness to his father's grant of Plumley to Chester Abbey in 1119, with his brother Randle, who was listed in William's place in the pedigree in Rylands' edition of the Visitation of Cheshire.
04. Roger Le Mesnilwarin, son of William gave one third of Nether Tabley to Chester Abbey in the time of Henry II. He married Ellen.
05. Sir Ralph Le Mesnilwarin, son of Roger married Amicia De Meschines
06. Sir Roger Mainwaring, son of Ralph. His spouse is unknown. He was knight, Lord of Warmincham, Cheshire, ENgland and flourished during the reign of King Henry III, which was from 1216 to 1272.
07. Sir William Mainwaring, son of Roger received Over Peover, Cheshire by gift from his father during the reign of King Henry III, which was from 1216 to 1272, as appeared by a charter transcribed by Sir Thomas Mainwaring in 1666. He died in 1248. His spouse is unknown.
08. William Mainwaring, son of William was living in 1285. He married Agnes De Aderne.
09. Roger Mainwaring, son of William and Agnes died before his father. He married Christian De Birtles.
10. William Mainwaring, son of Roger and Christian married Mary Davenport daughter of Henry Davenport. He died between 1338-1350.
11. William Mainwaring, "The Elder", son of William and Mary was living in 1326. He married (1) Joan by whom he had William who succeeded him; (2) Elizabeth Leycester in 1350, the daughter of Nicholas Leycester and Mary Mobberly. He died in 1364.
12. Randle Mainwaring, son of William and Elizabeth was born abt. 1367 in Over-Peover, Cheshire, England. He married Margery Venables in 1391, the daughter of Hugh and Margery Cotton. He succeeded to the family estates after the death of his brother John, entered the service of King henry IV, and, as a result of an attachment to the court of the Earl of Chester, was in 1405 granted for life the office of Equitator of the Forest of Mara and Mondrem, which tne included much of the Hundred of Nantwich and all of Edisbury. Then, when the Earl succeeded as King Henry V, Randle was granted two parts of the serjeanty of Macclesfield during the minority of John Davenport, whose family held the hereditary serjeanty. Randle died in 1456.

This is the Over Peover line, descending from Randle :

13. Sir John Mainwaring, son of Randle married Margaret Delves. King Henry VI sent him a letter commanding him to deliver to Lord Stanley (his second wife's uncle), persons in custody at the castle at Chester, including Thomas and John Nevill (sons of the Earl of Salisbury), Sir Thomas Harrington of Hornby, his son James Harrington of Brierly, Raufe Rokeby, Thomas Ashton and Robert Evereus, esquires.
14. William Mainwaring, son of John married Ellen Butler, a sister to John Butler of Bewsey night Warrington in Lancashire, and daughter of Sir John Butler. William died in the lifetime of his father.
15. John Mainwaring, of Over Peover, Cheshire, England, son of William and Ellen married Maud Legh, a widow and daughter of Robert Legh and Isabel Stanley. He died on July 8, 1495.
16. Sir John Mainwaring, Knight, of Over Peover, Cheshire, son of John and Maud was born abt 1471. He Married Katherine Honford. John died in March of 1515/16. His alabaster monument is a representation of a knight in plate armor, with his wife by his side, and over their legs and knees is a scroll depicting their fivteen children.
17. Sir Randall Mainwaring, son of John and Katherine was born abt 1495 and died September 6, 1557. He married (1) Elizabeth Brereton
18. Margaret Mainwaring, son of Randall and Elizabeth married Authur Mainwaring of Ightfield (#17 below).

This is the Ightfield line, descending from Randle :
13. William Mainwaring, "the Good", of Ightfield, Shropshire, England, son of Randle and Margery was born abt. 1396 in Over-Peover, Cheshire, England. He married Margaret Warren, daughter of John Warren and Matilda Cheney. William died in 1499.
14. Thomas Mainwaring, son of William and Margaret was born abt. 1450 in Ightfield, Shropshire, England. He married Jane De Sutton, daughter of Sir John De Sutton and Elizabeth Berkeley. He was tenant of two copyhold estates in Edstaston and Cotton (in Wem parish), county Salop. Thomas died in 1508. I also descend from their daughter Cicely Mainwaring who married John Cotton.
15. Sir John Mainwaring, son of Thomas and Jane was born abt. 1478. He married Joan Lacon, daughter of Sir Richard Lacon and Margery Horde. He was among those who entered France on June 16, 1513; he was captain in the army of King Henry VIII and was knighted at Lille. He was the heir of his uncle George Mainwaring.
16. Sir Richard Mainwaring, Knight, of Ightfield, Shropshire, son of John and Joan married Dorothy Corbet, daughter of Sir Robert Corbet and Elizabeth Vernon. He was knighted by September 28, 1536, when he took a lease from John, late Abbott, and the convent of St. Mary, Combermere, Chester. He served as Commissioner of Peace in May 1538, was among the knights who welcomed Anne of Cleves to England on January 3, 1539/40, and served as Sheriff of Shropshire in 1544 and at other times. He died on September 30, 1558 in St. Albans, Hertfordshire.
17. Sir Arthur Mainwaring, son of Richard and Dorothy married (#18 above) Margaret Mainwaring, daughter of Randall and Elizabeth Brereton. Knighted at Berwick by John, Earl of Warwick, Lieutenant of the King's Army, in 1547 he was probably engaged in the campaign which led to the battle of Pinkie. He was Member of Parliament for Shropshire in 1558, Commissioner of Peace in 1561/2, and Sheriff in 1563 and 1577. In 1577 he was a member of the Royal Commission of Musters, responsible for seeing that all the men of Shropshire aged between 16 and 60 were "armed, trained and inspected."
18. Mary Mainwaring, daughter of Arthur and Margaret was born abt. 1541 in Ightfield, Shropshire, England. She married Richard Cotton on January 6, 1559/60. I descend from their daughter Frances Cotton who married George Abell.

Surnames that married into my Mainwaring family
BRERETON
BUTLER
CORBET
COTTON
DAVENPORT
DE ADERNEDE BIRTLESDELVES
DE MESCHINES
DE SUTTONHONFORDLACONLEGH LEYCESTER
VENABLES
WARREN
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Over Peover- the Mainwarings  St. Lawrence, Over Peover




Over Peover is sometimes called Peover Superior. Sir Peter Leicester in his Historical Antiquities of 1673, states that the church was a daughter chapel to Rostherne. He believed that it was built in the reign of Edward III (1327-1377) but did not find any monuments earlier than the reign of Henry VI (1422-1461). The tower was built of brick in 1739 and the nave and chancel were rebuilt in brick by William Turner in 1811. The two Mainwaring chapels, built of stone, were preserved. In the South Chapel there are alabaster effigies of Randle Mainwaring and his wife, Margery. He died in 1456 and it is possible that the chapel was built either by Randle or by his widow. Margery was the daughter of Hugh Venables, Baron of Kinderton. The North Chapel was built in 1648 by Ellen the widow of Philip Mainwaring to house his monument. Ellen, who was the daughter of Edward Minshull of Stoke near Nantwich lived until 1656. The incumbents of St. Lawrence have been recorded since 1556.


To the left of the path leading to the church door is a sad gravestone in the form of a cross that records the murder of a young man aged 19 in 1873. He was said to be killed during the course of his duty and may have been a gamekeeper. The memorial reads as follows and beneath is a twelve line verse that appears to have been written specifically for the occasion.

"Sacred to the Memory of Arthur Barnard who died January 13 1873, aged 19 years from a gunshot wound by an unmerciful hand whilst in the execution of his duty in higher Peover Woods."



Near the entrance to the church is an unusual sun-dial which records in an inscription above the clock faces the latitude and longitude of a shipwreck in December 1717.

Peover Hall

Peover Hall was open to the public on Monday afternoons from May to September in 2001, except for Bank Holidays. There is a small pamphlet available for visitors to the house and a reprint of an article from The Field magazine of 1985 by Hugh Montgomery-Massingberd.

The Mainwarings held this manor from the time of the Norman Conquest. The current house was built by Sir Randle Mainwaring in 1585 and had a Georgian extension built by Sir Henry Mainwaring, the last male heir. Following the change of ownership to Thomas Wettenhall, who took the name of Mainwaring in 1797, the house continued in that family until 1919. It was then sold to John Peel, the son of a Manchester cotton merchant who sold it in 1940 to Mr. Harry Brooks, a furniture manufacturer. During the war it was requisitioned for army use and became the headquarters for General Patton prior to D-Day. It was not released again to its owner until 1950 by which time it was in a poor condition. The 18th century wing was demolished in 1964 and a new facade erected to match the Elizabethan brickwork. This is shown at the extreme right of my picture from the East.

There is a well-known picture by Van Dyck of Thomas Wentworth, Earl of Strafford, with Sir Philip Mainwaring, painted about 1639/40. Sir Philip (1589 - 1661) was a younger brother of Sir Randle (the younger) at Peover. Sir Randle died in 1632 and his eldest son, also a Philip, died in 1647. The original picture was on display at the Van Dyck Exhibition at the Royal Academy in the late 1990s; it was loaned by the trustees of the Rt. Hon. Olive, Countess Fitzwilliam. A copy can be seen at Weston Park, the former home of the Earls of Bradford, and a further copy is at Peover Hall. It was commissioned by the sitter, Thomas Wentworth, created Baron Wentworth of Wentworth Woodhouse in July 1628, Viscount Wentworth in December 1628, Baron Raby and Earl of Strafford in 1640. He was beheaded in 1641, sacrificed by Charles I to his enemies despite loyal service to the King. Sir Philip Mainwaring described as being Strafford's private secretary, was in effect Strafford's Secretary of State for Ireland. He was knighted in 1636.
Sources:

Arthur Mee's Cheshire, published by Hodder and Stoughton, London, 1938; fourth impression 1950.
The Buildings of England, Cheshire, by Nikolaus Pevsner and Edward Hubbard, Yale University Press, 2003, ISBN 0 300 09588 0

Stuart Raymond, in Cheshire: A Genealogical Bibliography, Vol. 2 includes the following sources on the Mainwarings:

1. The Mainwarings of Over Peover, a Cheshire Family in the fifteenth and early sixteenth centuries, by J. T. Driver in Journal of the Chester Archaeological and Historical Society, 57, 1974, 27-40
2. A Short History of the Mainwaring Family, by R. Mainwaring Finley, first published by Grifftith, Farran, Okeden and Welsh in 1890, reprinted by Research Publishing in 1976.
3. A Cheshire Feud, by Edward M. Kandel in Coat of Arms, N.S. 37 (109), 1979, 129-33.
4. Mainwaring families of Kermincham, Nantwich, Newton and Peover are covered in a series of short articles in Cheshire Sheaf, 3rd Series, 12, 1917, pp. 79, 27-28, 87 and 44 respectively.

The Mainwarings of Peover

Sir Peter Leicester, in his Historical Antiquities of 1673 tells us that at the time of the Norman Conquest, Ranulphus the supposed ancestor of the Mainwarings occupied Over Peover. Ormerod in his The History of the County Palatine and City of Chester, gives an extensive pedigree of the family from which the following has been taken from the middle of the 17th century onwards. The last male heir was Sir Henry Mainwaring who inherited at birth in 1726 as both his uncle and father had died earlier that year. Sir Henry was responsible for the Georgian extension to the house.

1. Sir Randolph Mainwaring of Pever, Knight died 1632.
  Jane daughter of Sir Thomas Smith of Hough, Knight. Children were Philip, George, Elizabeth and Anne Margaret.
2. Philip Mainwaring, died 10 December 1647
 Ellen daughter of Edward Minshull of Stoke in Cheshire. Children were Randle and Philip who died in infancy then Sir Thomas see below, Edmund, George and Philip, who all died in infancy, and Edward (who married Frances daughter of Sir Peter Holford of Newbrooke in Cheshire), and Jane who died infancy. It was Ellen who built the stables for her son, Thomas, around 1653 to 1656. She died in 1656.
3. Sir Thomas Mainwaring of Peover Bart., aged 40 by 10 September 1663. Thomas was Sheriff of Chester in 1657, towards the end of the Protectorate, and got his baronetcy in November 1660 which was after the Restoration.
 Mary daughter of Sir Henry Delves of Duddington in Cheshire. Married 26 May 1642, died 1 March 1670, buried Over Peover. They had six sons and six daughters of whom we follow only John. Children noted in 1663 and recorded in the Ashmolean manuscript were Philip, Thomas, Randle and Henry who all died young, John son and heir who was 7 in 1663, William aged 5, Mary and Ellen who died young, Eliz aged 11, Anne aged 9 and Katherine aged 1
4. Sir John Mainwaring, Bart., of Over Peover, 4th son and heir, born 8 May 1656, became an MP, died 4 November 1702 and buried at Over Peover.
 Elizabeth, eldest daughter of Roger Whitley of Peel in Cheshire, married 28 September 1676. She died 4 November 1719 and was buried at Over Peover. They had five sons, four of whom died young or without issue, and two daughters.
5. Sir Thomas Mainwaring of Baddiley, Bart., born Peel 7 August 1681 and died without issue on 20 September 1726. The estate then passed via his late brother Henry to his son.
5. Henry Mainwaring of Over Peover, born 3 August 1686, married 26 July 1725 and died 1 July 1726.
 Diana daughter of William Blackett, Esq., died 2 May 1737.
6. Sir Henry Mainwaring of Over Peover, Bart., posthumous son, born 7 November 1726. He died unmarried on 6 April 1797 and was buried at Over Peover. He was responsible for the Georgian wing of the house, which has now been demolished.
Henry was the last of the male line of the Mainwarings. The estate then passed to his uterine half brother as his mother had married a second time as shown below. This family is not descended from Sir Thomas Mainwaring but is shown with matching generation numbers.
5. Diana, daughter of William Blackett, Esq., died 2 May 1737, 1st husband Henry Mainwaring.+ 2nd husband, Thomas Wettenhall, clerk, rector of Walthamstow, born 1708, died 1776. This union led to one son, Thomas, and a daughter, who died young.
6.Thomas Wettenhall, born 26 November 1736, assumed the name and arms of Mainwaring by the will of his uterine half-brother. He died 4 July 1798 and was buried at Over Peover.
 Catherine, the daughter of William Watkis, Esq. of Nantwich on 21 June 1781. They had three sons and three daughters. We follow the eldest son.
7. Sir Henry Mainwaring Mainwaring of Over Peover, Bart., born 25 April 1782. The baronetcy was re-created for him on 26 May 1804. He was Sheriff of Cheshire in 1806 and died 11 January 1860. The baronetcy died out in 1934. + Sophia, the daughter of Sir Richard Cotton of Combermere, baptised 29 December 1803 and died 1838.

Notes on Some Branches of the Mainwaring Family in the 17th Century

The following notes are taken from a series of short articles in Cheshire Sheaf, 3rd Series, 12, 1915, pages 27, 44, 79 and 87. They deal with the Mainwaring family and come from manuscripts in the Ashmolean Collection at the Bodleian Library. They are believed to have been taken from the Visitation of the Heralds in 1663-4, carried out in Cheshire by Dugdale. The dates given for ages do not indicate birthdays; they are presumed to be the date on which the information was collected by the herald. The information on the Mainwarings of Peover (MS Ashmole 836 page 701) in this series of articles has been incorporated into the tree shown above.

1. Mainwaring of Nantwich. (In MS Ashmole 836 p. 699 and Ormerod iii 440.

According to Ormerod, two branches of the Mainwaring family settled in Nantwich, one being descended from William Mainwaring the fifth son of Ralph Mainwaring of Carincham (Kermincham). However, this source does not give the family tree, only a reference to Harlean Manuscript 1535.

Note that Carincham is the old form of Kermincham, where there was formerly Kermincham Hall, now demolished. The property currently named Kermincham Hall is actually on the site of the old Lodge. The document in the Ashmolean collection was signed by George Mainwaring, who must have been the informant. In some documents the surname is given as Manwaring and in others as Mainwaring.
1. Randall Manwaring of Carincham Esqr.
2. Hugh was the 7th son of Randall.
3. John Manwaring of Namptwich
4. Hugh Manwaring of Namptwich died 1621 who married Margery Wilks of Namptwich first wife by whom he had Ann, wife of John Delves of Namptwich, who died 1636. Hugh then married Jone Broughton of Marquewheele in Derbyshire, by whom he had George. He married thirdly Elizabeth Davenport.
5. George Mainwaring of Namptwich aged 56 on 11 September 1663. He married Margaret, daughter of Edw: Owen of Plasitha in Denbigh.
6. Hugh Mainwaring son and heir aged 31 on 11 September 1663.
The article also mentions that on a tablet fixed to the rood loft of Nantwich is the following inscription, which most family historians can only dream of finding.
Here lyeth the body of Anne late wife to John Delves, gentleman by whom she had issue 3 sons and 3 daughters, wich Anne was daughter of Hugh Manwaring, the son of John Manwaring, who immediately descended from Hugh the 7th son of Randle Manwaring of Calingham Esq., She finished her mortal course 13 February 1636 aged 41.

2. Mainwaring of Kermincham (In MS Ashmole 846, folio 42b and 43. and Omerod iii, page 80)
The Mainwaring of Kermincham line derives from that of Peover. Ralphe le Maynwarynge of Kermincham was the third son of Randle Maynwarynge of Over Peover in the time of Henry VI and purchased Kermincham in 1444. We pick up the family tree in the early 17th century to show those living in the period of the English Civil War.
The male line died out with Roger Mainwaring in generation 7 in 1783 and his uncle, John, in generation 6, who died the following year. Subsequently, the third son of John's niece, Catherine Uniacke, and her husband, John Robert Parker, assumed the name of Mainwaring. In Ormerod the surname is given as Manwaring.

1. Henry Mainwaring of Carincham in Cheshire, Esq., died 1637. (Ormerod says 1639) He was the eldest of four sons of Henry Mainwaring (buried 2 April 1617 at Swettenham) and his wife Elizabeth daughter of Kenelme Dygby of Stoke in County Rutland. Elizabeth was buried at Swettenham in 1624.
 1st wife, Mary daughter to Anth: Kinnardsley of Loxley in Staffs, Esq.
2. Henry Mainwaring of Carincham, Esq. aged 56 on 14 September 1663. This is the Henry who was a Colonel in the Parliamentary army and who signed the Peace of Bunbury.
 Frances sister and co-heiress of Sir Edward Fitton of Gawsworth, Baronet of Gawsworth.
3. Roger Mainwaring died in the lifetime of his father in 1660,
 Sarah dau of Randall Ashenhurst of Ashenhurst in Staffs. She was buried at Goosetry, February 15, 1653. Children mentioned in 1663, were Roger and four daughters, Frances, Elizab, Anne and Sarah.
4. Roger aged 14 in 1663, Deputy Lieutenant of Cheshire in 1695.
 Mary Weyman or Wileman of Nottingham.
5. Roger Mainwaring of Kermincham, baptised Swettenham, 19 June 1673, Deputy Lieutenant of Cheshire in 1714/15, died 22 July 1752 and buried at Swettenham.
 1st wife, Elizabeth, daughter of Joshua Ratcliffe of Todmorden, buried 24 August 1730 at Swettenham.
6. Radcliffe Mainwaring, born 14 July and baptised 3 August 1692 at Swettenham, died without issue.
6. James Mainwaring, second son, baptised 27 September 1694, died before his father.
 Margaret Swettenham of Swettenham.
7. Roger Mainwaring, only son, the grandson and heir expectant of Roger in 1743, died without issue on 6 May 1783. He had married Mary Elizabeth, only daughter of Sir Wm. Dudley of Clapton in Northamptonshire. With him the male line ended.
6. George Mainwaring, baptised 22 March 1695/6 at Swettenham, died unmarried and buried Swettenham, 13 March 1729/30
6. Edward Mainwaring, baptised 29 September 1699 at Swettenham and died unmarried.
6. Henry Mainwaring, died unmarried and buried at Swettenham 8 March 1731/2
6. Robert Mainwaring, died unmarried and buried at Swettenham on 30 January 1733/4.
6. Randle Mainwaring died unmarried.
6. Catherine (1691)
6. Mary (1697)
6. Elizabeth, (1701)
 2nd wife of Roger, Frances Potts of Moston Cheshire, died 11 December 1774, buried at Warmincham and removed to Swettenham.
6. John Mainwaring of Kermincham, only surviving son in 1743, baptised 1 December 1734 at Swettenham and buried there on 3 June 1784.
 Sarah Oakes of Woodhill in Shropshire
7. Elizabeth Mainwaring who married John Furnival of Sandbach and had issue.
6. Frances Mainwaring (1733-1786)
 John Uniacke of Cottage, Youghall in County Cork.
7. John Mainwaring Uniacke of Kermincham, only son and heir, born 6 January 1762, baptised at Goosetrey on 6 January 1775 aged 13 and living in Chester in 1817.
 Mary, daughter of Rev. Dixie Blundell, DD, Dean of St. Patrick's in Dublin. They had two children, John aged 14 in 1809 and Mary aged 13 in that year.
7. Frances, wife of Henry Turner of Kensington, still living in 1809
7. Catherine eldest daughter of John Uniacke, married 15 July 1779 and living in 1809.
 John Robert Parker of Green Park in Youghall. They had children John, Henry, Roger, Elizabeth, Penelope, Katherine, Mary, Sarah, Richard, Thomas and Frances. The third son Roger Mainwaring Parker, became Roger Mainwaring Mainwaring, born 1794 and assumed the name Mainwaring by sign manual on 6 January 1809.
6. Mary Mainwaring, died 1808
6. Catherine Mainwaring.
5. Charles Mainwaring, second son, baptised Swettenham, 30 June 1675 and died without issue.
5. Anne
4. Also daughters Frances, Elizabeth, Anne and Sarah.
3. Peter, died 1664 without issue.
3. Edward, vicar of Widdenbury (Wibunbury), living 1666, married Elizabeth, daughter of Henry Hertstongue of Westmorland.
3. Mary, Anne and Jane died young.
2. Anthony Mainwaring of Cotton in Staffs, died 1657.
 1st wife, Anne daughter and heir of Thomas Venables of Coton near Tamworth.
3. Mary
 2nd wife of Anthony, Anne daughter of Peter Mainwaring of Smalewood in Cheshire
3. Henry aged 22 on 14 September 1663.
2. Arthur, died without issue (not mentioned in Ormerod)
2. Roger, died without issue.
2. Philip Mainwaring (not mentioned in Ormerod)
 Mary daughter of Sir John Millard of Islington in Middlesex, Knight
3. Philip Mainwaring aged 21 on 4 September 1663 and Frances.
2. Mary, who became wife of Henry Hardware of Peele near Tarvin in Cheshire.
 2nd wife of Henry was Felilcia daughter of Thomas Baskerville of Withington.
2. Elizabeth died as a child.
2. Peter Mainwaring, Barester of Grayes Inn (sic). and living in 1666.
2. Samuel Mainwaring, illegitimate son, died in infancy.
2. Philemon Mainwaring, illegitimate son of Henry Mainwaring, who married the daughter of Tho: Parsons of Macclesfield and had a son Philemon.
2. Hugh Mainwaring, illegitimate son of Henry Mainwaring, who died in his youth.
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William Mainwaring
William Mainwaring, son and heir of William, was married twice. His first wife was Joan, daughter and coheir of William Praers of Baddiley, near Nantwhich, by whom he had a son named William.

His second wife, was Elizabeth daughter of Nicholas Leycester, and sister of John Leycester of Nether Tabley. Their sons were John, Randle, both who became lords of Over-Peover, Thomas, Alan and Richard, all living in Edward III when their father died. Their daughters were Emme, married to Richard Wynnington, son and heir of a father by the same name; Ellen, married Raufe son and heir to Raufe, son of Richard de Vernon of Shibrok, Cheshire; and Joan, who married William Legh of Baggiley, Edward (1359). She was only five years old at the time, and died before they could have issue.

~George Ormerod's The History of County Palatine and City of Chester, Vol I, p. 478
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MARGERY VENABLES (MAINWARING) 1369-1459

[Ancestral Link: Marguerite Anderson (Miller), daughter of Hannah Anderson (Anderson), daughter of Mary Margaret Edmiston (Anderson), daughter of Martha Jane Snow (Edmiston), daughter of Sarah Sawyer Hastings (Snow), daughter of Jonathan Hastings, son of Mary Hartwell (Hastings), daughter of Jonathan Hartwell, son of Elizabeth Wright (Hartwell), daughter of Elizabeth Mellows (Wright), daughter of Oliver Mellowes, son of Martha Bulkeley (Mellowes), daughter of Edward Bulkeley, son of Elizabeth Grosvenor (Bulkeley), daughter of Anne Charlton (Grosvenor), daughter of Anne Mainwaring (Charlton), daughter of William Mainwaring, son of Margery Venables (Mainwaring).]

[Ancestral Link: Harold William Miller, son of Edward Emerson Miller, son of Anna Hull (Miller), daughter of William Hull, son of Anna Hyde (Hull), daughter of Uriah Hyde, son of Elizabeth Leffingwell (Hyde), daughter of Sarah Abell (Leffingwell), daughter of Joshua Abell, son of Robert Abell, son of Frances Cotton (Abell), daughter of Mary Mainwaring (Cotton), daughter of Arthur Mainwairing, son of Richard Mainwaring, son of John Mainwaring, son of Thomas Mainwaring, son of William Mainwaring, son of Margery Venables (Mainwaring).]

[Ancestral Link: Harold William Miller, son of Edward Emerson Miller, son of Anna Hull (Miller), daughter of William Hull, son of Anna Hyde (Hull), daughter of Uriah Hyde, son of Elizabeth Leffingwell (Hyde), daughter of Sarah Abell (Leffingwell), daughter of Joshua Abell, son of Robert Abell, son of Frances Cotton (Abell), daughter of Richard Cotton, son of George Cotton, son of Cicely Mainwaring (Cotton), daughter of Thomas Mainwaring, son of William Mainwaring, son of Margery Venables (Mainwaring).]

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Margery Venables[ 1, 2]
Cal 1369 - 1459
Birth Cal 1369 Gender Female Died 1459 [3]
Person ID I41774
Europe: Royal and Noble Houses (predominantly England and France)
Father Hugh de Venables, baron of Kinderton, born about 1330, of, Kinderton, Cheshire, England, died 1379/1380, of, Kinderton, Cheshire, England
Mother Margery Cotton, died date unknown
Family ID F19713 Group Sheet
Family 1 Richard de Bulkley, born 22 February 1369, of, Cheadle, Cheshire, England, died 11 November 1391 Married 11 November 1387 [3] Children 1. Margery Bulkeley, born Cal 1389, died date unknown
Family 2 Randle Mainwaring, born about 1363, of, Over Peover, Cheshire, England, died 1456, Over Peover, Cheshire, England Married 1393 [4] Children
1. Sir John Mainwaring, born about 1394, Over Peover, Cheshire, England, died September 1480
2. Cicely Mainwaring, born about 1396, Over Peover, Cheshire, England, died Yes, date unknown
3. Margaret Mainwaring, born about 1398, died Yes, date unknown
4. Randle Mainwaring, born about 1400, Over Peover, Cheshire, England, died Yes, date unknown
5. Elizabeth Mainwaring, born about 1402, Over Peover, Cheshire, England, died Yes, date unknown
6. Joan Mainwaring, born about 1406, Over Peover, Cheshire, England, died Yes, date unknown
7. Ellen Mainwaring, died 25 February 1480-1481
8. William Mainwaring, born about 1410, of, Over Peover, Cheshire, England, died 1499, of, Ightfield, Shropshire, England
9. Agnes Mainwaring, died Yes, date unknown

Notes AFN: Alternate> 18GW-LN0.
BIRTH: Calculate year and aged 90 in 1459.

Sources [S3358] #798 The Wallop Family and Their Ancestry, Watney, Vernon James, (4 volumes. Oxford: John Johnson, 1928), FHL book Q 929.242 W159w; FHL microfilm 1696491 it., vol. 1 p. 152, vol. 2 p. 525, vol. 3 p. 792.

[ S582] #1843 The Visitation of Shropshire, Taken in the Year 1623 (1889), Treswell, Robert (main author), (Publications of the Harleian Society: Visitations, volumes 28, 29. London: [Harleian Society], 1889), FHL book 942 B4h volumes 28-29; FHL microfilm 162,., vol. 29 pt. 2 p. 348.

[ S3358] #798 The Wallop Family and Their Ancestry, Watney, Vernon James, (4 volumes. Oxford: John Johnson, 1928), FHL book Q 929.242 W159w; FHL microfilm 1696491 it., vol. 1 p. 152.

[ S3145] #7319 The Mainwaring Family, Finley, R. Mainwaring, (London, Griffith, Farran, Okeden and Welsh, Newberry House, Charing Cross Road and Sydney. Facsimile reprint 1976 The Research Publication Company, 52 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London), FHL Book 929.242 M285f., p. 31.
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Middlewich
There has been a church on this site since the middle of the 12th century. The only evidence remaining from this period are four pillars in the nave. The chancel and most of the nave were rebuilt in the 14th century. The tower, the Lady Chapel at the East end of the South aisle were added in the 15th century and the Kinderton Chapel, also known as the Bostock Chapel, was built in the 16th century. Gilbert de Venables was the first Baron Kinderton, holding his land under Hugh Lupus, Earl of Chester in the reign of William I. The oldest monument in the church is a brass plaque dating from 1591 which commemorates Elizabeth Venables, the wife of the then Baron of Kinderton. The chancel roof was provided by Sir William Brereton of nearby Brereton Hall in 1621. There are stained glass windows in the South Wall commemorating members of the Vaudrey family.

The church was at the centre of a Civil War skirmish in 1643. Colonel Sir Thomas Aston and Royalist forces took refuge in the church tower but the town was later captured by Sir William Brereton of Handforth, the Parliamentary commander. His relative, Sir William Brereton of Brereton was a Royalist. The church was damaged by cannon fire. At the time of the action, Sir Edward Mosley was captured. He had estates at Rolleston in Staffordshire and in Manchester. He had been made a baronet in 1640. He was released on condition that he took no further part in the war. His estates were sequestered and recovered on payment of £4,874. In other payments and loans he provided the Royalists with about £20,000. He died aged 41 in 1657 and is buried at Didsbury in the Mosley Chapel.

In 1809 the roof of the nave of the church at Middlewich was destroyed. It was replaced at the time but in the late 19th century was replaced again with an oak roof. There was a major restoration in the period 1857-8 during which alterations were made to the north aisle and Kinderton Chapel. The whitewash covered plaster on the interior walls was removed and the exterior walls were refaced.

In Lewins Street is the Victoria Technical Schools and Free Library in red brick and terracotta. It was provided for the town in 1897 by the Brunner family whose enterprise, Brunner Mond, became one of the founding firms of ICI in 1929. It has a series of tableaux showing the youth of Middlewich in 1897 studying arts, science and technology overlooked by an owl representing wisdom.
Sources:
St. Michael and All Angels Parish Church, Middlewich, A Brief History and Guide to the Architecture. Pamphlet available in the church, anonymous, price 40 pence in 2001
County Families of Lancashire and Cheshire, by James Croston, M.A., published by John Heywood, Manchester and London, 1887.

Cheshire Antiquities
© Craig Thornber, Cheshire, England, UK. Main Site Address: http://www.thornber.net/
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SOME ADDED NOTES AND SOURCESGeorge Ormerod's The History of County Palatine and City of Chester, Vol III, pg. 199. called the only daughter of Hugh de Cotton, and sister of Hugh de Coton of Rudheth, and a widow by 11 Richard II (1398)

~Boyer's Ancestors of Robert Abell, pg. 255, calls her Sir Hugh Venerable's second wife. The line continues with the children of Margery de Cotton.

Margery Venables, daughter of Sir Hugh Venables of Kinderton, Sheriff of Cheshire and Margery Cotton Baroness Kinderton, in 1392-1393 in Chestershire, England. Margey married Randel Mainwaring in 1391, in Kinderton, Cheshire, England.
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Marriage to Randle Mainwaring
Randle Mainwaring, son of William and Elizabeth was born abt. 1367 in Over-Peover, Cheshire, England. He married Margery Venables in 1391, the daughter of Hugh and Margery Cotton. He succeeded to the family estates after the death of his brother John, entered the service of King henry IV, and, as a result of an attachment to the court of the Earl of Chester, was in 1405 granted for life the office of Equitator of the Forest of Mara and Mondrem, which tne included much of the Hundred of Nantwich and all of Edisbury. Then, when the Earl succeeded as King Henry V, Randle was granted two parts of the serjeanty of Macclesfield during the minority of John Davenport, whose family held the hereditary serjeanty. Randle died in 1456.

Source: Medieval English Ancestors of Robert Abell
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Brass Screen used by the Venables in St Michaels and All the Angels Church, Middlewich
This is a photo of the screen that was used by the Veneables during services. One of the oldest monuments in the church is a brass screen dated 1591 in memory of Elizabeth Venables, wife of Baron Kinderton. A Jacobean screen with the carved arms of the Venables family was originally at the entrance to the Kinderton chapel but is now inside the tower. source:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Michael_and_All_Angels,_Middlewich
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St Michaels and All the Angels Church

Poor Box in St Michaels and All the Angels Church


Astbury Church
In the churchyard are 51 gravestones dating from the 17th century.[1] The most important monument is the canopied tomb of a member of the Venables family which dates from the late 13th century and which was formerly inside the church. It contains two figures, male and female, with their hands clasped in prayer. On the canopy are crocketed pinnacles which date from the 17th century. It is listed Grade II*[15] and is the only one of its kind in Cheshire.[1] Four other structures around the church are listed as Grade II. These are tombstones with weathered effigies to the north and to the south of the Venables tomb,[16] [17] an 18th century octagonal pillar standing on a two steps which were formerly the base of a cross dating from the 16th century,[18] and the yellow sandstone gateway to the churchyard dating from the 17th century which consists of an arch with crocketed pinnacles.[19] A yew tree in the churchyard is believed to be over 1,000 years old.[20] Saxon church was on the site at the time of the Domesday Book and it was replaced by a Norman church. It was originally the mother church of Congleton. The Norman church was almost entirely replaced by a building in the Early English style and this was in turn largely replaced in the 15th century.[2] It was restored in 1862 by Sir George Gilbert Scott.[1] During the civil war while Biddulph Hall was under siege, Sir William Brereton's Roundheads stabled their horses in the church. They damaged the medieval glass windows and removed some of the church furniture, including the organ source:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Mary%27s_Church,_Astbury
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Thursday, April 12, 2012

RANDLE MAINWARING 1367-1456

[Ancestral Link:  Marguerite Anderson (Miller), daughter of Hannah Anderson (Anderson), daughter of Mary Margaret Edmiston (Anderson), daughter of Martha Jane Snow (Edmiston), daughter of Sarah Sawyer Hastings (Snow), daughter of Jonathan Hastings, son of Mary Hartwell (Hastings), daughter of Jonathan Hartwell, son of Elizabeth Wright (Hartwell), daughter of Elizabeth Mellows (Wright), daughter of Oliver Mellowes, son of Martha Bulkeley (Mellowes), daughter of Edward Bulkeley, son of Elizabeth Grosvenor (Bulkeley), daughter of Anne Charlton (Grosvenor), daughter of Anne Mainwaring (Charlton), daughter of William Mainwaring, son of Randle Mainwaring.]

[Ancestral Link: Harold William Miller, son of Edward Emerson Miller, son of Anna Hull (Miller), daughter of William Hull, son of Anna Hyde (Hull), daughter of Uriah Hyde, son of Elizabeth Leffingwell (Hyde), daughter of Sarah Abell (Leffingwell), daughter of Joshua Abell, son of Robert Abell, son of Frances Cotton (Abell), daughter of Mary Mainwaring (Cotton), daughter of Arthur Mainwairing, son of Richard Mainwaring, son of John Mainwaring, son of Thomas Mainwaring, son of William Mainwaring, son of Randle Mainwaring.]

[Ancestral Link: Harold William Miller, son of Edward Emerson Miller, son of Anna Hull (Miller), daughter of William Hull, son of Anna Hyde (Hull), daughter of Uriah Hyde, son of Elizabeth Leffingwell (Hyde), daughter of Sarah Abell (Leffingwell), daughter of Joshua Abell, son of Robert Abell, son of Frances Cotton (Abell), daughter of Richard Cotton, son of George Cotton, son of Cicely Mainwaring (Cotton), daughter of Thomas Mainwaring, son of William Mainwaring, son of Randle Mainwaring.]

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Randall Mainwaring
Randall Mainwaring, of Over Peover, county Chester, heir to his elder brother John (died 1410). He was born no later than 1363, and died 1456-57 [35 Hen. VI]. According to Ormerod.

He petitioned the king for enjoying the dower of Margery his wife, because he had married her without the king’s licence…. This Randle was also a courtier, stiled armiger regis, the king’s servant, et sagittarius de coronâ [royal archer], 21 Rich. II [1397-98]. He had the office of equitator forestæ de Marâ et Mondrum granted unto him for his life, 6 Hen. IV [1404-05] and two parts of the serjeanty of Maxfield Hundred, which were Raufe Davenport’s, till John Davenport came to age; dated 3 Hen. V [1401-02]. And he had also (with others) the custody of the manor of Kerincham in Cheshire, 13 Hen. IV [1411-12]. This Randle Manwaring of Over-Pever [sic], stiled commonly Honkyn Manwaring in the language of those times, died 35 Hen. VI…. [He was] buried at Over-Pever, in the stone chappel on the south side of the church

Randle Mainwaring, son of William Mainwaring and Elizabeth Leycester, was the heir to his brother John, as John had been the heir to their older brother William, who was the heir to their father. Randle married Margery, who was the widow of Richard Buckley of Chedill in Cheshire, and the daughter of Hugh Venables, Baron of Kinderton. Randle and Margery had been married without the king's licence, and petitioned the king to allow them to enjoy her dower in Richard II. Randle died in 1456, Henry VI, and was buried in the stone chapel on the south side of the church which his wife Margery had build. There are two monuments inside she had made for herself and her husband.

Randle was a courtier, styled armiger regis, the king's servant, et sagittarius de coronâ, and he went to Ireland along with his brother John in the King's service on Richard II. He was given the office of equitator forestæ et Mondrum granted to him for his life on Henry IV, and two parts of the serjeanty of Maxfield (Macclesfield) Hundred, which Had belonged to Raufe Davenport, until John Davenport came to age. He had, along with others, the custody of the manor of Derincham in Cheshire, Henry VI.

Childredn of Randle and Margery were:
• John Mainwaring, eldest son
• William Mainwaring, second son, from whom the Manwarings of Ightfield in Shropshire descend.
• Randle (or Ralph) Mainwaring, third son, from whom the Mainwarings of Carincham descend, married to Margaret, daughter of Sir John Savage of Clifton.
• Elizabeth Mainwaring, who married Raufe Egerton of Wyne-hill in Staffordshire
• Cicecly Mainwaring, married Thomas Fowleshurst of Crew in Cheshire
• Joan Mainwaring, married John Davenport, son and heir of Raufe Davenport, of Davenport in Cheshire, in 1411.
• Ellen Mainwaring married Thomas Fitton of Goweworth in cheshire
• Agnes Mainwaring, was to marry William Bromely, but died before they coudl marry
• Margaret Mainwaring, married William, who was to marry her sister. William Bromley was of Badington in chehsire and was the son of Sir John Bromely. Margaret was a widow in 1436, and later married John Nedham of Crannach, "justiciarius de branco, and judge of Cheshire.

Randle also had two illegitamate sons:
• Hugh Mainwaring, whose mother was Emme Farrington. He married Margaret, sister and eventually heir of Ralph Croxton, of Croxton, and from Hugh the Mainwarings of Croxton nigh Middlewich descend.
• Thomas Mainwaring of North-Rode

There was also one other son and three daughters not named by Ormerod. County Families of Lancashire and Cheshire give this unnamed son as Randle.

~George Ormerod's The History of County Palatine and City of Chester, Vol I, p. 480
~County Families of Lancashire and Cheshire, p. 374
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Mainwaring Hall, Over peover, Cheshire, Ebngland

Randle Mainwaring service to the Crown 
Randle - succeeded to the family estates after the death of his brother John, entered the service of King Henry IV, and, as a result of an attachment to the court of the Earl of Chester, was in 1405 granted for life the office of Equitator of the Forest of Mara and Mondrem, which then included much of the Hundred of Nantwich and all of Edisbury. Then, when the Earl succeeded as King Henry V, Randle was granted two parts of the serjeanty of Macclesfield during the minority of John Davenport, whose family held the hereditary serjeanty.
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Illigitimate Children
1. Lord of Over Peover. He inherited the title from his brother John, who died without issue in 1410. In turn, John had inherited from their older half brother, William, who died without issue in 1399. Randle was a courtier, styled "armiger regis," the King's servant. He went into Ireland with his brother John in the King's service in 1398 and 1399. He was known as Honkyn Manwaring. He had several illegitimate children. His wife, Margery, had a monument erected in the south chapel of the church at Over Peover in 1456. Randle "is habited in a complete suit of plate armor, with peaked shoes and spurs, the feet resting on a lion, the joints of the arm or inlaid with jewels and foliage. The sword belt is richly ornamented with jewels, and the clasp emblazoned with the arms of Mainwaring. A chain of SS is suspended round his neck: round the helmet is a fillet ornamented with trefoils, in front of which is inscribed I.H.C. NAZAREN, and over it is a wreath richly decorated with rosettes and foliage. The family crest is placed under his head."

2. Sir Randle Mainwaring married Margery, widow of Richard Buckley and daughter of Hugh Venables, Baron of Kinderton. He had issue: John, William, Randle, Elizabeth, Joan, Ellen, Agnes and Margaret. He was not succeeded in Over-Peover by John, his eldest son, but by his son Sir William.

3. Margery survived her husband, Sir Randle, who died in 1456. He was buried at Over-Pever in the stone chapel on the south side of the Church, which chapel Margery, his wife surviving erected, with the two monuments therein, for herself and her husband in 1456.

4. He succeeded to the family estates after the death of his brother John, entered the service of King Henry IV, and, as a result of an attachment to the court of the Earl of Chester, was in 1405 granted for life the office of Equitator of the Forest of Mara and Mondrem, which included much of the Hundred of Nantwich and all of Edisbury. Then, when the Earl succeeded as King Henry V, Randle was granted two parts of the serjeanty of Macclesfield during the minority of John Davenport, whose family held the hereditary serjeanty. In the Church of St. Lawrence, Over Peover, there are two Mainwaring Chapels. In the South Chapel there are alabaster effigies of Randle Mainwaring and his wife, Margery. He died in 1456 and it is possible that the chapel was built either by Randle or by his widow.

5. Randle Mainwaring of Over Peover was a direct descendant of Ranulphus, one of the companions in arms of the Conqueror, who obtained fifteen lordships in that county [Cheshire], including Puero (now Peover), and was the founder of the family of Mainwaring in Cheshire. Randle married Margery, daughter of Hugh Venables, Baron of Kinderton, and widow of Richard Bukley, and left issue, with several daughters, three sons, John, William, and Ralph. Besides his legitimate children, he had a bastard son by Emma Farrington, called Hugh Manwaring, from whom the Manwarings of Croxton, near Middlewich are descended. He also had another bastard son, Thomas Manwaring of North Road, and Randle, another, along with three bastard daughters. This Randle, commonly called Honkyn Manwaring, in the language of those times, died in 1546 [sic], and was by his eldest son, Sir John Manwaring.

Randle Mainwaring of Over-Peover was a direct descendant of Ranulphus, one of the companions in arms of the Conqueror, who obtaned fifteen lordships in that county [Cheshire], including Puero (now Peover), and was the founder of the family of Mainwaring in Cheshire. Randle married Margery, dau. of Hugh Venables, Baron of Kinderton, and widow of Richard Bukley, and left issue, with several daus., three sons, John, William, and Ralph. Besides his legitimate children, he had a bastard son by Emma Farrington, called Hugh Manwaring, from whom the Manwarings of Croxton, near Middlewich; also Thomas Manwaring of North Road, another bastard son; and Randle, a nother; with three bastard daughters. This Randle, commonly called Honkyn Manwaring, in the language of those times, died in 1546 [sic], and was s. by his eldest son, Sir John Manwaring. [Ashworth P. Burke, Family Records, Clearfield Company, Inc., Albany, NY, 1897, p. 412-

Father: William MAINWARING born about 1325 in Over-Peover By Middlewich, Cheshire, England
Mother: Elizabeth LEYCESTER born August 1331 in Nether Tabley, Bucklow, Cheshire, England
Marriage 1 Emma FARRINGTON born about 1370 in Cheshire, England
Married: in Peover, Cheshire, England
Children
Hugh MAINWARING born in Peover, Cheshire, England
Randle MAINWARING born in Peover, Cheshire, England
Thomas MAINWARING born about 1395 in Peover, Cheshire, England

Marriage 2 Margery DE VENABLES born about 1369 in Kinderton cum Hulme, Northwich, Cheshire, England
Married: After 1391 in Over-Peover, Cheshire, England
Children
John MAINWARING born about 1392 in Over-Peover, Cheshire, England
Ralph MAINWARING born about 1393 in Over-Peover, Cheshire, England
Randle MAINWARING born about 1394 in Over-Peover, Cheshire, England
William MAINWARING born 1396 in Over-Peover, Cheshire, England
Cecily MAINWARING born about 1400 in Over-Peover, Cheshire, England
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Peover Hall, Over-Peover, Cheshire, Ebngland 

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Peover Hall
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Peover Hall is a country house in the civil parish of Peover Superior, commonly known as Over Peover, Cheshire, England (grid reference SJ772735). It is a Grade II* listed building.[1]
History
The house was refaced in 1585 and was built for Sir Ralph Mainwaring.[2] There have been alterations and additions to the house in around 1653–56, around 1764, around 1944 and in 1966. It was originally planned as an E- or H- shaped house but this plan was abandoned around 1590.[1] In 1654 a stable block was built. The alterations in the 1760s included a wing at a right-angle to the house, making it a T-shape, and a new stable block and coach house. In 1919 the Mainwaring family sold the house to John Graham Peel and it was sold again to Harry Brooks in 1940. During the Second World War the house was requisitioned and used by General George Patton and his staff.[3] The hall was also used as a prisoner of war camp, and as a resettlement home for allied prisoners of war and for English people repatriated after the partition of India.[4] It was returned to the Brooks family in 1950. The 1760s wing was in poor condition and was demolished in 1964, when other modifications were made, including a new entrance.[3]
Architecture and contents
The house is built in red brick with stone dressings and a tile roof.[1] The early parts of the house are partly two-storeyed with gables and partly three-storeyed with flat roofs. The windows are mullioned and transomed.[2] The house is roughly rectangular in shape with an entrance corridor which runs across its depth. On the left of the corridor is a small sitting room which contains woodwork and furniture from the 16th century. At the centre of the ground floor is the dining room which includes wooden pilasters which were formerly in Horsley Hall, Clwyd, and paintings and furniture from the 18th century. Also on the ground floor is the morning room in which is a set of bookcases from Oteley, a former seat of the Mainwaring family in Shropshire. On the first floor are the drawing room and bedrooms. The drawing room is in the centre of the building and contains early 18th century panelling, 17th and 18th century furniture, and another set of bookcases from Oteley. On the top floor is the long gallery which contains antique furniture and toys. The kitchen in the basement has two large fireplaces and it also contains arms and armour.[3]



Peover Hall Stables
Plaque above Stable door. Thomas was the Younger Brother of Randle Mainwaring

Surrounding buildings and gardens
Main article: Peover Hall Stable Block
The stable block is dated 1654 and is listed Grade I. It contains Tuscan style columns at the end of each stall and a decorated panelled ceiling.[5] The coach house is dated 1764.[2] It is built in red brick on a stone plinth, with stone dressings and a slate roof. It is in two storey and has nine bays. On its roof is a cupola with a clock face. The coach house is listed Grade II.[6] Also listed Grade II are ashlar gatepiers and wrought iron gates which came from Alderley Park,[7] and a mounting block dating from the mid 18th century.[8]

The hall has a formal garden and stands in a landscape park. The landscape park was probably landscaped by William Emes after the alterations to the house in 1764. The formal gardens were laid out between 1890 and 1905 for Sir Philip Tatton Mainwaring. They were remodelled by Hubert Worthington during the 1920s and were further developed from the 1960s by the Brooks.[9] The gardens are listed as Grade II on the English Heritage Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in England.[10] The gardens are open to the public at advertised times and tours of the house are available.[11]
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origins of MAINWARING surname
(from http://www.renderplus.com/hartgen/htm/mainwaring.htm):
 
The Mainwarings (pronounced "Mannering") held the manor at Peover Hall from the time of the Norman Conquest. Ranulphus, believed to be the family's ancestor came to live in Over Peover (pronounced "pee-ver"). The present Hall was built by Sir Randle Mainwaring in 1585 and had a Georgian extension built by Sir Henry Mainwaring, the last male heir of the family. In 1797 the house was purchased by Thomas Wettenhall, who took the name of Mainwaring guaranteeing that the house would continue in the family name until 1919 after which it was owned by several other unrelated families. (Papillon Graphics' Virtual Encyclopaedia of Greater Manchester)
(from http://www.4crests.com/mainwaring-coat-of-arms.html):

The surname of MAINWARING was a locational name 'the dweller at the manor of Waring'. This family, so long established in County Cheshire claim to have come to England with William the Conqueror in the person of Ranulf de Meinilwarin during the Norman Conquest of 1066. Many of the early names recorded in medieval documents denote noble families but many also indicate migration from the continent during, and in the wake of, the Norman invasion of 1066. There was a constant stream of merchants, workmen and others arriving in England during this time. In 1086 the Record of Great Inquisition of lands of England, their extent, value, ownership and liabilities was made by order of William The Conquerer. It is known as the Domesday Book. Sir Ralph de Mesnilwarin was the justice of Chester in the 12th century, and married a daughter of the Earl of Chester. His descendants, bearing this name, can be traced to the present day.
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Randall Manwaring of Peover, Esq
Father: Raufe Manwaringe of Marton born circa 1364?
Mother: Margery Venables born say 1380
Randall Manwaring of Peover, Esq. was ancestor of the Mainwarings of Carringham and of Nantwich.
1 Arms: Argent, 2 bars Gules, in chief a mascle Sable.2 Arms: Arms (same as of Mainwaring of Over Peover): Argent, two bars gules. Also called Randle Mainwaring of Kirmincham.
He was born circa 1400?. He was the son of Raufe Manwaringe of Marton and Margery Venables.
Randall Manwaring of Peover, Esq. married Margaret Savage, daughter of Sir John Savage of Clifton and Elizabeth de Brereton; Her 2nd (widow).
Randall Manwaring of Peover, Esq. died in 1456 Family Margaret Savage
Child  Randolph Mainwaring Esq., of Carincham+ born circa 1435
Citations
[S1190] Ashworth P. Burke, BFR, pg. 413.
[S1412] Richard St. George and Henry St. George, Visitation Cheshire, 1613, pg. 159.
[S1419] Over Peover, online http://www.thornber.org/
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Randle Mainwaring of Over-Pever, 6th in descent from Sir William Mainwaring, who had Over-Pever as a gift from his father, Sir Roger Mainwaring of Warminchen, who, in turn, was 6th in descent from Ranulfus, who, in the time of William the Conqueror, was Lord of various towns in Cheshire and Norfolk. 
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Randle Mainwaring - 1367
Randle Mainwaring
About 1363 - 1456 Birth About 1363 of, Over Peover, Cheshire, England
Gender Male
Name AKA Ranulphus Manwaring
Died 1456 Over Peover, Cheshire, England
Person ID I41773
Europe: Royal and Noble Houses (predominantly England and France)
Last Modified 15 June 2011
Father William Mainwaring, born about 1325, of, Over Peover, Cheshire, England, died 1364 Mother Elizabeth Leycester, born about 1326, died after 1405 Married About 1346
Family ID F19700 Group Sheet
Family
Margery Venables, born Cal 1369, die. 1459 Married 1393
Children
1. Sir John Mainwaring, born about 1394, Over Peover, Cheshire, England, died September 1480
2. Cicely Mainwaring, born about 1396, Over Peover, Cheshire, England, died Yes, date unknown
3. Margaret Mainwaring, born about 1398, died Yes, date unknown
4. Randle Mainwaring, born about 1400, Over Peover, Cheshire, England, died Yes, date unknown
5. Elizabeth Mainwaring, born about 1402, Over Peover, Cheshire, England, died Yes, date unknown
6. Joan Mainwaring, born about 1406, Over Peover, Cheshire, England, died Yes, date unknown
7. Ellen Mainwaring, died 25 February 1480-1481
8. William Mainwaring, born about 1410, of, Over Peover, Cheshire, England, died 1499, of, Ightfield, Shropshire, England
9. Agnes Mainwaring, died Yes, date unknown
Last Modified 22 May 2011
Family ID F19702 Group Sheet
Sources [S21] #798 The Wallop Family and Their Ancestry, Watney, Vernon James, (4 volumes. Oxford: John Johnson, 1928), FHL book Q 929.242 W159w; FHL microfilm 1696491 it., vol. 1 p. 143, 152, vol. 2 p. 347, 525, vol. 3 p. 792.
[ S352] The history of the ancient parish of Sandbach Co., Chester : from original records, Earwaker, J. P. (John Parsons), (London : Hansard Publishing Union, 1890), 942.71 K2ear., p. 198.
[ S80] #1843 The Visitation of Shropshire, Taken in the Year 1623 (1889), Treswell, Robert (main author), (Publications of the Harleian Society: Visitations, volumes 28, 29. London: [Harleian Society], 1889), FHL book 942 B4h volumes 28-29; FHL microfilm 162,., vol. 29 pt. 2 p. 348.
[ S80] #1843 The Visitation of Shropshire, Taken in the Year 1623 (1889), Treswell, Robert (main author), (Publications of the Harleian Society: Visitations, volumes 28, 29. London: [Harleian Society], 1889), FHL book 942 B4h volumes 28-29; FHL microfilm 162,., vol. 28 p. 74.
[ S21] #798 The Wallop Family and Their Ancestry, Watney, Vernon James, (4 volumes. Oxford: John Johnson, 1928), FHL book Q 929.242 W159w; FHL microfilm 1696491 it., vol. 2 p. 525.
[ S363] #7319 The Mainwaring Family, Finley, R. Mainwaring, (London, Griffith, Farran, Okeden and Welsh, Newberry House, Charing Cross Road and Sydney. Facsimile reprint 1976 The Research Publication Company, 52 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London), FHL Book 929.242 M285f., p. 31.
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Randle Mainwaring and his descendants
Randle Mainwaring, son of William and Elizabeth was born about 1367 in Over-Peover, Cheshire, England. He married Margery Venables in 1391, the daughter of Hugh and Margery Cotton. He succeeded to the family estates after the death of his brother John, entered the service of King henry IV, and, as a result of an attachment to the court of the Earl of Chester, was in 1405 granted for life the office of Equitator of the Forest of Mara and Mondrem, which tne included much of the Hundred of Nantwich and all of Edisbury. Then, when the Earl succeeded as King Henry V, Randle was granted two parts of the serjeanty of Macclesfield during the minority of John Davenport, whose family held the hereditary serjeanty. Randle died in 1456.
This is the Over Peover line, descending from Randle :
13. Sir John Mainwaring, son of Randle married Margaret Delves. King Henry VI sent him a letter commanding him to deliver to Lord Stanley (his second wife's uncle), persons in custody at the castle at Chester, including Thomas and John Nevill (sons of the Earl of Salisbury), Sir Thomas Harrington of Hornby, his son James Harrington of Brierly, Raufe Rokeby, Thomas Ashton and Robert Evereus, esquires.
14. William Mainwaring, son of John married Ellen Butler, a sister to John Butler of Bewsey night Warrington in Lancashire, and daughter of Sir John Butler. William died in the lifetime of his father.
15. John Mainwaring, of Over Peover, Cheshire, England, son of William and Ellen married Maud Legh, a widow and daughter of Robert Legh and Isabel Stanley. He died on July 8, 1495.
16. Sir John Mainwaring, Knight, of Over Peover, Cheshire, son of John and Maud was born abt 1471. He Married Katherine Honford. John died in March of 1515/16. His alabaster monument is a representation of a knight in plate armor, with his wife by his side, and over their legs and knees is a scroll depicting their fivteen children.
17. Sir Randall Mainwaring, son of John and Katherine was born abt 1495 and died September 6, 1557. He married (1) Elizabeth Brereton
18. Margaret Mainwaring, son of Randall and Elizabeth married Authur Mainwaring of Ightfield (#17 below).
This is the Ightfield line, descending from Randle (see William Mainwaring 1396-1499 for reminder):
13. William Mainwaring, "the Good", of Ightfield, Shropshire, England, son of Randle and Margery was born abt. 1396 in Over-Peover, Cheshire, England. He married Margaret Warren, daughter of John Warren and Matilda Cheney. William died in 1499.
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Gargoyle Detail
 St. Lawrence Church, Over Peover

Over Peover is sometimes called Peover Superior. Sir Peter Leicester in his Historical Antiquities of 1673, states that the church was a daughter chapel to Rostherne. He believed that it was built in the reign of Edward III (1327-1377) but did not find any monuments earlier than the reign of Henry VI (1422-1461). The tower was built of brick in 1739 and the nave and chancel were rebuilt in brick by William Turner in 1811. The two Mainwaring chapels, built of stone, were preserved. In the South Chapel there are alabaster effigies of Randle Mainwaring and his wife, Margery. He died in 1456 and it is possible that the chapel was built either by Randle or by his widow. Margery was the daughter of Hugh Venables, Baron of Kinderton. The North Chapel was built in 1648 by Ellen the widow of Philip Mainwaring to house his monument. Ellen, who was the daughter of Edward Minshull of Stoke near Nantwich lived until 1656. The incumbents of St. Lawrence have been recorded since 1556.
To the left of the path leading to the church door is a sad gravestone in the form of a cross that records the murder of a young man aged 19 in 1873. He was said to be killed during the course of his duty and may have been a gamekeeper. The memorial reads as follows and beneath is a twelve line verse that appears to have been written specifically for the occasion.
"Sacred to the Memory of Arthur Barnard who died January 13 1873, aged 19 years from a gunshot wound by an unmerciful hand whilst in the execution of his duty in higher Peover Woods."
Near the entrance to the church is an unusual sun-dial which records in an inscription above the clock faces the latitude and longitude of a shipwreck in December 1717.
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Van Dyck`s Painting of Thomas Wentworth, Earl of Strafford
with Sir Philip Mainwaring1639-1640
Sir Philip Mainwaring was a younger brother to Sir Randle Mainwaring
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