William Mainwaring

Biography

William Mainwaring was born in 1396 in Over-Peover, Cheshire, England and died about 6 Mar 1455/6 at about age 59 in Ightfield, Shropshire, England (near Whitchurch); death also seen as 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:
Margaret and William were the parents of:

1. Margery Mainwaring[16]
2. Thomas Mainwaring, Esq, of Ightfield, Shropshire, 2nd son of William and Margaret. Thomas married Jane Sutton and had two sons, John (b. 1475), Knt, and George, and two daughters, Cecily and Alice (wife of Philip Hill). Thomas Mainwaring died in 1508. [9] Thomas Mainwaring, Esq.+ b. c 1450, d. 1508[3][5][17]
3. Elizabeth Mainwaring+ b. c 1450[7][2][4][6]

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William Mainwaring de Ightfield, 2nd son of Sir 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.

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.

◦KINSHIP: 2nd son. (J-Morris, Shropshire Genealogies, vol. 3 p. 1126) (STOP)

DISTINCTION: Esquire. (J-Morris, Shropshire Genealogies, vol. 4 p. 1836) RESIDENCE: Ightfield, Shropshire. (Ormerod, The History of the County Palatine and City of Chester, vol. 2 Edition 2 pt. 2 p. 629) PROPERTY: Jure uxoris of Ightfield. (J-Morris, Shropshire Genealogies, vol. 3 p. 1126) Person ID# 96925 William Mainwaring

References

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12. DEATH: 14 Hen VII (1498/1499); 10.[S2416] #12627 Genealogy of Shropshire [by Joseph Morris] (filmed 1966), Morris, Joseph, (10 volumes. Manuscript filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1966), vol. 1-2 FHL microfilm 504,551; vol.3-4 FHL microf., vol. 2 p. 670.