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Families covered: Molyneux of Little Crosby, Molyneux (de Molines) of Sefton
The information shown in italics has provisionally been obtained from the impressive site at www.geneajourney.com. | |||||||||||||||
William de Molines, later of Sephton (a 1066) was father or possibly brother of ... | |||||||||||||||
1. | Vivian de Molines | ||||||||||||||
A. | Adam de Molines of Sefton | ||||||||||||||
m. Annota (Annora) de Garnett (dau of Benedict de Garnett (Gernet) of Speke) | |||||||||||||||
i. | Robert de Molines or Molyneux (temp John who r. 1199-1216) | ||||||||||||||
m. Beatrix de Villiers (dau of Sir Robert de Villiers of Little Crosby) | |||||||||||||||
a. | Richard de Molines or Molyneux of Sefton and Little Crosby | ||||||||||||||
Dugdale identifies Richard's wife as Edith, sister of Almeric Pincerne. www.geneajourney.com shows her a generation earlier, as ... | |||||||||||||||
m. Edith le Boteler (dau of Sir Richard le Boteler, 'Pincerna', lord of Warrington) | |||||||||||||||
(1) | Adam Molyneux of Sefton (a 1228) | ||||||||||||||
BP1934 jumps from this Adam to his great-grandson Sir William (a 1286). BEB1844 jumps from Adam to the Richard who was son of Sir Richard & Ellen Ursewick below. Flower starts with William who is shown by Dugdale as son of Adam by ... | |||||||||||||||
m. Lettice de Brinley | |||||||||||||||
(A) | Sir William Molyneux of Sefton (a c1200) | ||||||||||||||
Dugdale identifies William's wife as Margaret, dau of Sir Allan de Thorne. www.geneajourney.com identifies her as ... | |||||||||||||||
m. Margaret de Thornton (dau of Sir Alan de Thornton) | |||||||||||||||
(i) | Richard Molyneux of Sefton (a 1232, d c1320?) | ||||||||||||||
m. Emma Donne | |||||||||||||||
(a) | Sir William Molyneux of Sefton (a 1286) | ||||||||||||||
m. Isabella Scaresbrick (d 1289) | |||||||||||||||
((1)) | Sir Richard Molyneux of Sefton and Little Crosby (d 1363) | ||||||||||||||
Dugdale identifies Richard's wife as Agatha, dau/heir of Sir Roger de Sefton. BP1934 identifies her as ... | |||||||||||||||
m. Agatha Kyrton (dau/heir of Sir Roger Kyrton of Lardbrook) | |||||||||||||||
((A)) | Sir William Molyneux of Sefton and Little Crosby named John by Foster | ||||||||||||||
m1. Joan Ellall (dau/heir of Jordan Ellall, forester of Wyresdale, by Anne de Thwenge) | |||||||||||||||
((i)) | Sir William Molyneux of Sefton (a 1367) | ||||||||||||||
m. Jane Holland (dau/(co)heir of Sir Robert Holland) | |||||||||||||||
((a)) | Sir Richard Molyneux of Sefton, Sheriff of Lancashire | ||||||||||||||
m. Ellen Ursewick (dau of Sir Thomas Ursewick) | |||||||||||||||
((b)) | Robert Molyneux possibly fits here | ||||||||||||||
(((1))) | Florence Molyneux | ||||||||||||||
m. John Lacy | |||||||||||||||
((ii)) | Sir John Molyneux of Crosby (3rd son) | ||||||||||||||
((a)) | Agatha Molyneux | ||||||||||||||
m. David Blundell | |||||||||||||||
((b)) | (Jane) Molyneux | ||||||||||||||
m. Robert (Roger) Erneys of Chester | |||||||||||||||
Ormerod's 'Miscellanea Palatina' identifies the following Alice as dau/heir of Roger Erneys of Chester & Speke by Jane, dau/heir of William Molyneux of Crosby. | |||||||||||||||
(((1))) | Alice Erneys | ||||||||||||||
m. Sir Henry Norreys of Speke | |||||||||||||||
((c)) | (Jane?) Molyneux | ||||||||||||||
m. Henry Charnock of Charnock | |||||||||||||||
((iii)) | Sir Thomas Molyneux of Cuerdale (d 1388, 5th son) probable ancestor of Molyneux of Castle Dillon | ||||||||||||||
((iv))+ | other issue - Richard (parson of Sefton), Robert, Peter, Symonde | ||||||||||||||
m2. Margaret (relict of Sir Robert Holland) | |||||||||||||||
((B)) | daughter | ||||||||||||||
m. _ Arden | |||||||||||||||
((C)) | Joan Molyneux apparently of this generation | ||||||||||||||
m. (1360) Henry de Scarisbrick | |||||||||||||||
((D)) | Ellen Molyneux apparently of this generation | ||||||||||||||
m. Sir Richard Bold of Bold (d c1390) | |||||||||||||||
((E))+ | other issue - Rkcihard of Larbreke, Roger of Rnhill, John | ||||||||||||||
((2)) | Joan Molyneux | ||||||||||||||
m. Robert Erneys | |||||||||||||||
(b) | Robert Molyneux | ||||||||||||||
((1)) | Robert Molineux of Netherton | ||||||||||||||
(c) | Agnes Molyneux | ||||||||||||||
m1/2. Hugh Banester of Forneby | |||||||||||||||
This may be the Agnes who (also) married ... | |||||||||||||||
m2/1. Henry de Aintree | |||||||||||||||
((1)) | Emma de Aintree | ||||||||||||||
m. Henry de Atherton of Aintree (d by 1343) | |||||||||||||||
(d) | Alicia Molyneux probably the Alice who married ... | ||||||||||||||
m. (1306) Hugh de Standish | |||||||||||||||
(e)+ | other issue - Thomas, Peter, Joan (nun at Chester) | ||||||||||||||
(ii) | Robert Molyneux (a 1238) shown here by Flowers | ||||||||||||||
The following comes from VCH (Lancashire, vol 3, Townships: Little Crosby) with some support/input from VCH (Lancashire, vol 3, Townships: Rainhill) and a little from Visitation (Flower, Lancashire, 1567, 'Molineux of Hawkley'). | |||||||||||||||
(B) | Roger de Molyneux of Little Crosby, Speke & Rainhill, Lancashire (d c1287) | ||||||||||||||
m. Agnes (dau/coheir of Simon de Rainhill (by Emma), son of Roger) | |||||||||||||||
(i) | Sir Richard Molyneux of Little Crosby & Speke (d by 1325?) | ||||||||||||||
m. Beatrice de Hindley (dau/heir of Adam de Hindley) | |||||||||||||||
(a) | Sir John Molyneux of Little Crosby (d c1362) | ||||||||||||||
m1. Agnes | |||||||||||||||
m2. Clemency de Cheadle (dau/coheir of Roger de Cheadle, widow of William de Baguley) | |||||||||||||||
Not clear which wife was mother of ... | |||||||||||||||
((1))+ | issue (dvpsp) | ||||||||||||||
(b) | Allan Molineux of Raynhill | ||||||||||||||
VCH (Rainhill) mentions that there were various Molyneux families 'of Rainhill', Dugdale shows this Allan as son of Richard of Raynhill son of Roger of Raynhill & Hawkley (temp Edward I). Flower shows only Alane in this generation. | |||||||||||||||
(c) | Agnes Molyneux (a 1335) | ||||||||||||||
m1. David Blundell of Great Crosby (d by 1311) | |||||||||||||||
m2. Richard de Holland of Sutton (d by 1335) | |||||||||||||||
(d) | Margery Molyneux | ||||||||||||||
m. John de Lancaster | |||||||||||||||
((1)) | John de Lancaster of Rainhill | ||||||||||||||
(e)+ | other issue - Maud, Margaret, Elizabeth | ||||||||||||||
(2) | Robert Molineux | ||||||||||||||
(A) | Richard Molineux | ||||||||||||||
(i) | Robert Molineux of Thorneton | ||||||||||||||
ii.+ | other issue - Henry, Gilbert, Siwarda | ||||||||||||||
Main source(s): BP1934 (Sefton) with a little input/support from BEB1844 (Molyneux of Teversal), Visitation (Flower, Lancashire, 1567, 'Molineux of Sefton') , Visitation (Dugdale, Lancashire, 1664-5, 'Molineux of Sefton') and with input/support from www.geneajourney.com (shown in italics) and as reported above
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