Randle Mainwaring, of Over Peover

Randle Mainwaring, of Over Peover

• Randle Mainwaring - was born about 1367 in Over-Peover, Cheshire, England
• Death: in 1456 and was buried in Peover. He was the son of William Mainwaring and Elizabeth Leycester.
• KINSHIP: He succeeded his brother John.
• OCCUPATION: Equitator Forester of Mara et Mondrum.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• Wales. Welsh Medieval Database Primarily of Nobility and Gentry.
• Burial: South Chapel of Saint Lawrence Church, Over Peover, Cheshire, England (the chapel that he built) - https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/62932931/randle-mainwaring

Spouse

• Randle married Margery Venables in 1391. She is the daughter of Hugh Venables. Margery - was the Widow of Richard Buckley of Chedill, in Cheshire. MARRIAGE: Petitioned the king for enjoying the dower of Margery, because he married her without the King's licence 16 Richard II.(1393)

Children 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 Gowsworth in cheshire
• Agnes Mainwaring, was to marry William Bromely, but died before they could marry
• Margaret Mainwaring, married William, who was to marry her sister. William Bromley was of Badington in cheshsire 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. He was the forth great grandfather of Randle Mainwaring, who is also buried in the church

Randle also had two illegitimate daughters:

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Mainwaring-11

Other children of Randle:

• Phillipa Mainwaring b. Abt 1390, of Peover, Great Budworth, Cheshire: d. Aft 1430 (Age ~ 41 years)
• Clemence Mainwaring b. Abt 1390, of Peover, Great Budworth, Cheshire

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Notes

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The History of the County Palatine and City of Chester: Comp. from Original Evidences in Public Offices, the Harleian and Cottonian Mss., Parochial Registers, Private Muniments, Unpublished Ms. Collections of Successive Cheshire Antiquaries, and a Personal Survey of Every Township in the County; Incorporated with a Republication of King's Vale Royal and Leycester's Cheshire Antiquities, Volume 1 by George Ormerod, Daniel King, William Smith, William Webb (sheriff.), Sir Peter Leycester, 1882

"Randle Mainwaring of Over-Pever, esquire, brother and heir to John Mainwaring, married Margery, the widow of Richard Buckley, of Chedill in Cheshire, and daughter of Hugh Venables, baron of Kinderton. He petitioned the king for enjoying the dower of Margery his wife, because he had married here without the king's licence, 16 Rich. II. by whom he had issue John Mainwaring, eldest son; William Mainwaring, second son, from whom the Mainwarings of Ightfield in Shropshire; Randle Mainwaring, third son, from whom the Mainwarings of Carincham in Cheshire; Elizabeth, married Raufe Egerton of Wyrne-hill in Staffordshire; Cicely, married Thomas Fowleshurst of Crew in Cheshire; Joan, married John Davenport, son and heir of Raufe Davenport of Davenport in Cheshire. Ellen, married Thomas Fitton of Gowesworth in Cheshire; Agnes, another daughter, was affianced to William Bromley of Badington in Cheshire, son of sir John Bromley, but she died before marriage; whereupon he married Margaret, sister to Agnes. This Margaret was a widoe 15 Hen. VI. 1436. After she married sir John Nedham of Crannich, justicarius de banco, and judge of Chester 1 Edw. IV. But sir John Nedham had no issue by her.

This Randle was also a courtier, stiled armiger regis, the king's servant, et sagittarius de corona 21 Rich II. and went into Ireland with is brother John in the king's service 22 Rich. II. He had the office of equitator forestae de Mara et Mondrum granted unto him for his life, 6 Hen. IV. and two parts of the serjeanty of Maxfield Hundred, which were Raufe Davenport's till John Davenport came to age; dated 3 Hen. V. And he had also (with others) the custody of the manor of Kerincham in Cheshire, 13 Hen. VI.

He had a bastard-son by Emme Farrington, called Hugh Mainwaring, from whom the Mainwarings of Croxton nigh Middlewich; also Thomas Mainwaring of North-Rode, another bastard-son, 4 Hen. IV; and also three bastard-daughters.

This Randle Mainwaring of Over-Pever, stiled commonly Honkyn Manwaring in the language of those times died 35 Hen. VI. 1456. Buried at Over-Pever, in the stone chapel, Margery his wife, survived, erected with the two monuments therein, for her self and husband, anno Domini 1456."

Sources:

• 1. A Short History of the Mainwaring Family Finley, R. Mainwaring London, Griffith Farran Okeden & Welsh - 1890
• Randle MAINWARING377 was born about 1367 in Of Over-Peover, Cheshire, Eng.377 He died in 1456.377 He was buried in Over Peover, Cheshire, Eng.377 Parents: William MAINWARING and Elizabeth LEYCESTER.
• Spouse: Margery VENABLES. Randle MAINWARING and Margery VENABLES were married in 1391 in Kinderton, Cheshire, Eng.377 Children were: John MAINWARING, Elizabeth MAINWARING, William MAINWARING, Margery MAINWARING, Randle MAINWARING, Cecily MAINWARING, Joan MAINWARING, Ellen MAINWARING, Agnes MAINWARING.
• Randle Mainwaring aka Raufe Manwaringe of Marton was a direct descendant of Ranulphus, one of the companion in arms of the Conqueror, who obtained fifteen lordships in the county, including Puere (now Peover), and was founder of the family in Cheshire [Ashworth P. Burke, compiler, Family Records (reprint by Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, MD, 1994: Clearfield Company, 1897), pg. 413].
• Arms: Argent, two bars gules [C.B., L.L.D., Ulster King of Arms Sir John Bernard Burke, compiler, The General Armory of England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales (Baltimore, MD: reprint 1967 by Genealogical Publishing Company, 1884), pg. 650].
• DISTINCTION: Esquire. (Ormerod, The History of the County Palatine and City of Chester, vol. 2 Edition 2 pt. 2 p. 692)
• DISTINCTION: Courtier, stiled armiger regis (king's servant).
• RESIDENCE: Peover. (Ormerod, The History of the County Palatine and City of Chester, vol. 2 Edition 2 pt. 2 p. 692)
• RESIDENCE: Over Pever. (Ormerod, The History of the County Palatine and City of Chester, vol. 1 pt. 2 p. 713)
• RESIDENCE: Over Peover. (J-Morris, Shropshire Genealogies, vol. 3 p. 1117)
• The History of the County Palatine and City of Chester (1882), Ormerod, George, (2nd edition. 3 volumes. London: G. Routledge, 1882), FHL microfilms 496,910, 547,521 and 824,313-824,31., vol. 1 pt. 2 p. 479, 481, 713; vol. 2 pt. 2 p. 692; vol. 3 p. 214, 627;.
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• The English Ancestry of Peter Bulkeley, Grace Chetwood, and Sarah Chauncy (1988), Ayers, Frank Wayne (Walnut Creek, California: F.W. Ayers, 1988), p. 150;.
• The Bulkleys of Baron Hill (filmed 1970), Jones, David Cyril, (Microreproduction of manuscript Thesis (M.A.)--University College of Wales. Salt Lake City [Utah]: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1970), p. 304;.
• Genealogical notes and pedigrees of English and Welsh families (filmed 1970), (Manuscript. Cardiff: Filmed by Reproduction Systems, 1970), FHL microfilm 839,730 item 4., p. 41;.
• 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. 3 p. 1117*, 1125, 1126; vol. 4 p. 1756.
• 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. 4 p. 1756.
• The History of the County Palatine and City of Chester (1882), Ormerod, George, (2nd edition. 3 volumes. London: G. Routledge, 1882), FHL microfilms 496,910, 547,521 and 824,313-824,31., vol. 2 pt. 2 p. 692.
• The History of the County Palatine and City of Chester (1882), Ormerod, George, (2nd edition. 3 volumes. London: G. Routledge, 1882), FHL microfilms 496,910, 547,521 and 824,313-824,31., vol. 1 pt. 2 p. 713.
• 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 p. 348.
• The History of the County Palatine and City of Chester (1882), Ormerod, George, (2nd edition. 3 volumes. London: G. Routledge, 1882), FHL microfilms 496,910, 547,521 and 824,313-824,31., vol. 3 p. 627.

DEATH: 36 Henry VI (1457/1458);

• The Wallop Family and Their Ancestry (1928), Watney, Vernon James, (4 volumes. Oxford: John Johnson, 1928), FHL book Q 929.242 W159w; FHL microfilm 1,696,491 ., p. 525. DEATH: 1456;
• A short history of the Mainwaring family (1890), Finley, Reginald Mainwaring, (1890. Facsimile reprint, London: The Research Publishing Co., 1976), FHL book 929.242 M285f., p. 32.

DEATH: 1456;

• 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. 3 p. 1117.
• The History of the County Palatine and City of Chester (1882), Ormerod, George, (2nd edition. 3 volumes. London: G. Routledge, 1882), FHL microfilms 496,910, 547,521 and 824,313-824,31., vol. 1 p. 481.
• A short history of the Mainwaring family (1890), Finley, Reginald Mainwaring, (1890. Facsimile reprint, London: The Research Publishing Co., 1976), FHL book 929.242 M285f., p. 32.
• The History of the County Palatine and City of Chester (1882), Ormerod, George, (2nd edition. 3 volumes. London: G. Routledge, 1882), FHL microfilms 496,910, 547,521 and 824,313-824,31., vol. 3 p. 627.

MARRIAGE: 1411;

• A short history of the Mainwaring family (1890), Finley, Reginald Mainwaring, (1890. Facsimile reprint, London: The Research Publishing Co., 1976), FHL book 929.242 M285f., p. 31. MARRIAGE: 1393;
• The History of the County Palatine and City of Chester (1882), Ormerod, George, (2nd edition. 3 volumes. London: G. Routledge, 1882), FHL microfilms 496,910, 547,521 and 824,313-824,31., vol. 1 pt. 2 p. 479, 481, 713; vol. 2 pt. 2 p. 692; vol. 3 p. 214, 627;.
• East Cheshire, Past and Present, Or, a History of the Hundred of Macclesfield in the County Palatine of Chester - from Original Records (1877-1880), Earwaker, J. P. (John Parsons), (2 volumes in 4 parts. London: [s.n.], 1877-1880 (London: Wyman and Sons).), FHL book 942.71 H2ear; FHL microfilm 994,030 item ., vol. 1 p. 181;.
• The Wallop Family and Their Ancestry (1928), Watney, Vernon James, (4 volumes. Oxford: John Johnson, 1928), FHL book Q 929.242 W159w; FHL microfilm 1,696,491 ., vol. 1 p. 173, 525;.
• 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 p. 348*.
• A short history of the Mainwaring family (1890), Finley, Reginald Mainwaring, (1890. Facsimile reprint, London: The Research Publishing Co., 1976), FHL book 929.242 M285f., p. 31, 32;.
• The English Ancestry of Peter Bulkeley, Grace Chetwood, and Sarah Chauncy (1988), Ayers, Frank Wayne, (Walnut Creek, California: F.W. Ayers, 1988), p. 150;.
• The Bulkleys of Baron Hill (filmed 1970), Jones, David Cyril, (Microreproduction of manuscript Thesis (M.A.)- University College of Wales. Salt Lake City [Utah]: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1970), p. 304;.
• Genealogical notes and pedigrees of English and Welsh families (filmed 1970), (Manuscript. Cardiff: Filmed by Reproduction Systems, 1970), FHL microfilm 839,730 item 4., p. 41;.
• 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. 3 p. 1117*, 1125, 1126; vol. 4 p. 1756.
• 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. 4 p. 1756.
• The History of the County Palatine and City of Chester (1882), Ormerod, George, (2nd edition. 3 volumes. London: G. Routledge, 1882), FHL microfilms 496,910, 547,521 and 824,313-824,31., vol. 2 pt. 2 p. 692.
• The History of the County Palatine and City of Chester (1882), Ormerod, George, (2nd edition. 3 volumes. London: G. Routledge, 1882), FHL microfilms 496,910, 547,521 and 824,313-824,31., vol. 1 pt. 2 p. 713.
• 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 p. 348.
• The History of the County Palatine and City of Chester (1882), Ormerod, George, (2nd edition. 3 volumes. London: G. Routledge, 1882), FHL microfilms 496,910, 547,521 and 824,313-824,31., vol. 3 p. 627. DEATH: 36 Henry VI (1457/1458);
• The Wallop Family and Their Ancestry (1928), Watney, Vernon James, (4 volumes. Oxford: John Johnson, 1928), FHL book Q 929.242 W159w; FHL microfilm 1,696,491 ., p. 525.

DEATH: 1456;

• A short history of the Mainwaring family (1890), Finley, Reginald Mainwaring, (1890. Facsimile reprint, London: The Research Publishing Co., 1976), FHL book 929.242 M285f., p. 32. DEATH: 1456;
• 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. 3 p. 1117.
• The History of the County Palatine and City of Chester (1882), Ormerod, George, (2nd edition. 3 volumes. London: G. Routledge, 1882), FHL microfilms 496,910, 547,521 and 824,313-824,31., vol. 1 p. 481.
• A short history of the Mainwaring family (1890), Finley, Reginald Mainwaring, (1890. Facsimile reprint, London: The Research Publishing Co., 1976), FHL book 929.242 M285f., p. 32.
• The History of the County Palatine and City of Chester (1882), Ormerod, George, (2nd edition. 3 volumes. London: G. Routledge, 1882), FHL microfilms 496,910, 547,521 and 824,313-824,31., vol. 3 p. 627. MARRIAGE: 1411;
• A short history of the Mainwaring family (1890), Finley, Reginald Mainwaring, (1890. Facsimile reprint, London: The Research Publishing Co., 1976), FHL book 929.242 M285f., p. 31. MARRIAGE: 1393;

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Sir Randle Mainwaring BIRTH 1363 Cheshire, England DEATH 1456 (aged 92–93) Cheshire, England BURIAL Saint Lawrence Church Over Peover, Cheshire East Unitary Authority, Cheshire, England PLOT South Chapel MEMORIAL ID 62932931

Randall Mainwaring, of Over Peover, Co. Chester, heir to his elder brother John (d. 1410). He was born no later than 1363, and d. 1456-57. He petitioned the king for enjoying the dower of Margery his wife, because he had married her without the king's licence. 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, 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. Children 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 Gowsworth in cheshire Agnes Mainwaring, was to marry William Bromely, but died before they could marry Margaret Mainwaring, married William, who was to marry her sister. William Bromley was of Badington in cheshsire 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. He was the forth great grandfather of Randle Mainwaring, who is also buried in the church

Family Members Spouse Margery Venables 1369 – unknown

Children Philippa Mainwaring Delves unknown–1420 William Mainwaring unknown–1497 John Mainwaring unknown–1481 Elizabeth Mainwaring Egerton 1395–1481