Sir William de Molyneux

William de Molyneux was the son of Sir Richard de Molyneux, Lord of Sefton, and wife Emma Donne of Utkinton. He was born most likely at Sefton, Lancashire, England, and died in 1289. He is buried at Canterbury Cathedral, Canterbury, Kent, England. He died before his father and so, never received the title Lord of Sefton. The title passed to William's son Richard.

The memorial for Sir William found on www.findagrave.com gives a date of birth of 1210. This is clearly in error, as that is before the birth of either parent. Some sources put his death as 1372, but that is too late, it is after his father's death. As discussed above, he died before his father and never inherited the title.

William married Isabell Scarsbrick, daughter of Henry de Scarsbrick or de Scarisbrick. Two known children - Robert, the heir, who married Agatha and Joan, who married Robert Ernneys - documented in Dugdale's Visitiation of 1664-65.

William was dubbed Knight Banneret in Gascony, by Edmond (surnamed Crookeback), Earl of Lancaster, second son to Henry III, in 14 Edward I [c.1286]. A knight banneret, sometimes known simply as banneret, was a Medieval knight ("a commoner of rank") who led a company of troops during time of war under his own banner (which was square-shaped, in contrast to the tapering standard or the "pennon" flown by the lower-ranking knights) and were eligible to bear supporters in English heraldry.

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• The Victoria history of the county of Lancaster; (1906)
• https://archive.org/details/cu31924088434554
• https://archive.org/stream/cu31924088434554#page/n177/mode/1up
• Pg.132
• .... William de Molyneux of Sefton granted in free marriage with his daughter Joan to Robert son of Richard Erneys, a citizen and merchant of Chester, all his lands and wood in the vill of Speke with the homages, wards, and reliefs of the heirs of Patrick de Haselwell and Roger de Molyneux, the grantor's brother.(8) This grant was confirmed by Richard son of William de Molyneux about 1290, or before the death of Robert Erneys.(9)
• The origin of the Erneys family seems to be unknown. Robert FitzErneys was settled at Chester early in the thirteenth century.(10) He was sheriff of the city in 1257 and 1259, and his nephew Robert, who married Joan de Molyneux, served in the same office several times, and probably died during his term in 1292-3.(11)
• Richard, the son of Robert and Joan, appears to have been but an infant at his father's death. The earliest deeds in which he took an active part concern the marriage ot his sister Mabel with Thomas de Carleton in 1308 ; but from 1311 onwards many of his charters are extant. In 1314 he and his mother made an exchange of lands in Speke with John le Norreys and Nicholaa his wife.(12) In 1332 he granted his manor of Speke to John le Norreys for life, by the service of a rose yearly for the first four years, and afterwards of 40 marks ; and at the end of 1339 he granted to Alan le Norreys, son and successor of John, and to his sons Alan and Hugh for life all his lands in Speke, and the rents of the free tenants and tenants at will, by the yearly service of a rose for four years and L40 in silver afterwards.(13) After this he intervened but little in Speke.
• In 1341 he made a small exchange of land with Sir John de Molyneux, and a year afterwards a marriage settlement was executed in favour of his son Thomas and Agnes his wife, daughter of Alan le Norreys.(14)
• Probably Thomas died without issue, for the next Erneys to be mentioned is Roger son and heir of Richard Erneys, who in 1369 made a feoffment of his lands and tenements, rents and services, mills and fisheries, in the vill of Speke, &c.(15) Richard Erneys, the father, seems to have been still living in 1351, and Roger is first mentioned nine years later in conjunction with Sir John de Molyneux and Sir Henry
• https://archive.org/stream/cu31924088434554#page/n180/mode/1up
• Pg.133
• le Norreys, in pleas concerning lands and encroachments at Speke. (1) .... etc. _______________________________________
• Sir William Molyneux1
• M, #435606
• Last Edited=12 Apr 2010
• Sir William Molyneux lived at Crosby, Lancashire, England.1
• Child of Sir William Molyneux
  • 1.Joane Molyneux+1
• Citations
• 1.[S37] BP2003 volume 2, page 2352. See link for full details for this source. Hereinafter cited as. [S37]
• From: http://www.thepeerage.com/p43561.htm#i435606 ______________________________