Sir Richard Molyneux, 6th Earl of Sefton

Richard de Molyneux, High sheriff of Lancaster

• Born: 5 October 1396
• Father: Sir Richard de Molyneux of Sefton, Sheriff of Lancashire (Abt 1360-1397)
• Mother: Ellen Urswick (Abt 1364-)
• Marriage: 1) Joan Haydock 2) Helen Harrington, widow Ratcliff
• Died: 23 September 1459, Lancashire, England
• Buried: 1439, Sefton Church, West Derby, Lancashire, England

Please note there is contradictory details about his wives.

brief biography

From History, Genealogical and Biographical, of the Molyneux Families, pg. 9-11 (as quoted by http://cybergata.com/roots/249.htm)

Richard s. at Sefton, and eminently distinguished himself at the battle of Agincourt, where he was knighted.
He married first, Joan, daughter of Sir Gilbert Haydock, of Bradley, widow of Sir Peter Leigh of Lyme, and had eight sons and three daughters; Catherine, married first, John Stanhope, Esq., and second, Sir Radcliffe, of Swithells. Genet to Robert, Vis Gormanston; Elizabeth to Sir Robert Southworth.
His second wife was Helen, daughter to Sir William Harrington of Hornby and widow of ... Ratcliff of the Tower in Lancaster, Esq.; by whom he had two daughters. Anna married Sir Richard Nevil of Tevefedge, in Yorkshire; and Margaret to Sir Peter Leigh of Lyme, Knight

From History, Genealogical and Biographical, of the Molyneux Families, pg. 37

Richard Molyneux, who signalized himself in the French Wars of King Henry V at Agincourt, in consideration of which services King Henry granted to him and son Richard by patent dated July 26th, 1446, the chief forestship of Royal Forest and parks in the Wapentake by West Derby shire, with offices of sergeant and steward of that and the Wapentake of Salford, and also the office of constable of Liverpool.
He married 1st, Helen, daughter of Sir William Harrington of Hombie, Lancaster;
m. 2nd, Joan daughter of Gilbert Haydocke, of Bradley, Lancaster, widow of Sir Peter Leight, Knight of Lyme, d. 1439.

supporting data

• Sir Richard Molyneux1
• M, #10917, b. 5 October 1396, d. 23 September 1459
• Father Richard Molyneux, Esq., Sheriff of Lancaster d. 27 Sep 1397
• Mother Ellen Urswick b. c 1376, d. a 1 Sep 1432
• Sir Richard Molyneux was born on 5 October 1396. He married Ellen Radcliffe circa 1412. Sir Richard Molyneux married Joan Haydocke, daughter of Gilbert Haydocke, after 16 June 1422. Sir Richard Molyneux died on 23 September 1459 at Blore Heath, Staffordshire, England, at age 62.
• Family 1 Joan Haydocke d. 1439
• Children
  • Elizabeth Molyneux+
  • John Molyneux, Rector of Sefton d. 1497
  • Sir Thomas Molyneux2 d. 1492
  • Sir Richard Molyneux, Chief Forester of West Derby+ d. 23 Sep 1459
  • Janet Molyneux+3 b. c 1438
• Family 2 Ellen Radcliffe
• Children
  • Margaret Molyneux+ b. c 1418
  • Eleanor Anne Molyneux+ b. c 1418
• Citations
• 1.[S2757] Unknown author, Lineage and Ancestry of HRH Prince Charles by Paget, Vol. II, p. 415; Burke's Peerage, "Sefton".
• 2.[S11576] A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Extinct and Dormant Baronetcies of England, Ireland, and Scotland, by John Burke, Esq. and John Bernard Burke, Esq., p. 360.
• 3.[S11568] The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom, by George Edward Cokayne, Vol. VI, p. 20-1.
• From: http://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/p364.htm#i... _________________________
• History, genealogical and biographical, of the Molyneux families (1904
• https://archive.org/details/historygenealogic00moly
• http://www.archive.org/stream/historygenealogic00moly#page/10/mode/1up
• .... Sir William the eldest succeeded his father in 1363. He distinguished himself at the battle of Navaret, in Spain under Edward the Black Prince, where he was made a Bannoret in 1367, and continued to serve under that General in all his Spanish and French wars. He died at Canterbury in 1372. He m. first Johannah, dau. and heir to Jordan Ellall, Forrester of Wersdale, by Alice, his wife, one of the daus. and co-heirs to Thomas de Twenge ; secondly, Margret, dau. and heir to Sir Alan Hetton, of Buthel, widow of Sir Robert Holland of Enkerston, brother to Sir Thomas Holland, Knt. of the Garter ; by the former he had seven sons, of whom Sir Thomas the second was slain at Redcot-Bridge, between Berkshire and Oxfordshire in 1388; and Sir William the eldest s. his father. He m. Jane, dau. to Sir Rob't Holland, and had Sir Richard Molins, or Molyneux, who m. Ellen, dau. of Sir Thomas Urswick, and deceasing 1397, by her (who afterwards m. Sir Thos. Savage) had three sons, Richard, Adam and Robert. Adam was Bishop of Chester and keeper of the Privy-Seal in the reign of King Henry VI. and was murdered at Portsmouth in 1449. Robert m. Margret dau. to Sir Baldwin LeStrange, and left an only child, Edith, m. Adam Troutback, Esq., whose dau. Margret m. Sir John Talbot of Grafton, ancestor by her of the Earl of Shrewsbury and Waterford. Richard s. at Sefton, and eminently distinguished himself at the battle of Aguencourt, where he was knighted. He m. 1st, Joan, dau. of Sir Gilbert Haydock, of Bradley, widow of Sir Peter Leigh of Lyme, and had eight sons and three daughters; Catherine m. 1st, to John Stanhope, Esq., and 2nd, Sir Radcliffe, of Swithells. Genet to Robert,
• http://www.archive.org/stream/historygenealogic00moly#page/11/mode/1up
• Vis. Gormanston ; Elizabeth to Sir Rbt. Southworth. His second wife was Helen, dau. to Sir William Harrington of Hornby and widow of .... Ratcliff of the Tower, in Lanc., Esq.; by whom he had two daus. Anna m. Sir Richard Nevil of Tevefedge, in Yorkshire; and Margret Sir Peter Leigh of Lyme, Knt. The sons, were Sir Richard, Sir Thomas, from whom descended Sir John Molyneux of Teversale, in Nottinghamshire, created a Baronet in 1611— John, Rector of Sefton, Henry, Gilbert, who m. Lady Cheneys, of the Co. of Bucks, Edmund, Robert, William. Sir Richard, the eldest, was in such favor with his Prince, and had so much honor .... _______________________
• A genealogical and heraldic history of the commoners of Great ..., Volume 4
• http://books.google.com/books?id=KikAAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA401&lpg=PA401&dq...
• Pg.400
• .... SIR JOHN RADCLYFFE, Knt. of Catherton, married twice: by his second wife Elizabeth, daughter of John Knyvett, of Thirling, he had a son EDMUND, ancestor of the Radclyffes of Broad Clist, in Devonshire; and by his first wife, Mary, daughter of Sir Thomas Tunstal, Knt. of Tunstal, he had a son, JOHN, who m. Katherine, daughter of Richard Molyneux, of Sefton, and left three daughters his co-heirs, namely, JOAN, m. to Edmund Ashton, esq. second son of Sir Thomas Ashton, knt. of Ashton-under-Line; MARGARET, m. to Ralph Standish, esq. of Standish; and ELIZABETH, m. to Robert Radclyffe, second son of Alexander Radclyffe, esq. of Ordsall. ______________________________
• Richard RADCLIFFE
• Born: ABT 1410, Chadderton, Lancashire, England
• Father: John RADCLIFFE
• Mother: Elizabeth RADCLIFFE
• Married: Catherine MOLYNEAUX (dau. of Richard Molyneaux and Joan Haydock)
• Children:
  • 1. Joan RADCLIFFE
  • 2. Margery RADCLIFFEBattle of Blore Heath

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Battle of Blore Heath
Part of the Wars of the Roses

Date 23 September 1459
Location Blore Heath , Staffordshire , England
Result Yorkist victory
Belligerents

 House of York     House of Lancaster   

Commanders and leaders

 Earl of Salisbury    Sir Thomas Neville    Sir John Neville     Lord Audley     Lord Dudley      

Strength
5,000 10,000
Casualties and losses
1,000 2,000
Wars of the Roses

The Battle of Blore Heath was a battle in the English Wars of the Roses. It was fought on 23 September 1459, at Blore Heath in Staffordshire. Blore Heath is a sparsely populated area of farmland, two miles east of the town of Market Drayton in Shropshire, and close to the towns of Market Drayton and Loggerheads, Staffordshire .
Background

After the First Battle of St Albans in 1455, an uneasy peace held in England. Attempts at reconciliation between the houses of Lancaster and York enjoyed but marginal success. However, both sides became increasingly wary of each other and by 1459 were actively recruiting armed supporters. Queen Margaret of Anjou continued to raise support for King Henry VI amongst noblemen, distributing an emblem of a silver swan to knights and squires enlisted by her personally, whilst the Yorkist command under the Duke of York was finding plenty of anti-royal support despite the severe punishment for raising arms against the king.
The Yorkist force based at Middleham Castle in Yorkshire (led by the Earl of Salisbury ) needed to link up with the main Yorkist army at Ludlow Castle in Shropshire. As Salisbury marched south-west through the Midlands the queen ordered Lord Audley to intercept them.

This profile seems to be based on this data:
Richard MOLYNEUX ([Lord of Sephton)

• BIRTH: ABT 1422, Of,Sefton,Lancashire,England
• DEATH: 23 SEP 1459, ,Blore Heath,Lancashire,England

Father: Richard MOLYNEUX
Mother: Joan (Hagdon) HAYDOCK
Family 1: Elizabeth STANLEY
1. Margaret MOLYNEUX
2. Ellen MOLYNEUX
3. Johanna MOLYNEUX
4. Thomas MOLYNEUX
5. James MOLYNEUX
Family 2: Jane MOLYNEUX
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~scottmc/gre/gregene/d0001/s000009...

In 1274 land in SANDHILL belonged to Thomas Baldwin and Maud his wife, (fn. 190) Nearly a century later, in 1340, Roger Bubbe granted the manor, probably for a term of years, to Elias de Godele and Ela his wife, (fn. 191) and in 1366 Roger Bubbe, or a son of the same name, settled the manor on himself and Alice his wife, with reversion if they died childless to John son of John Crosse and his heirs, and further contingent remainders to Clementia and Alice sisters of John, and to William Coker. (fn. 192) 'No further mention can be found of Sandhill until 1507, when Richard Moleyns died seised of the manor held of Robert Bulkeley, and left a son and heir William. (fn. 193) The latter was succeeded by a son Henry, who was holding Sandhill in 1562, (fn. 194) and apparently left it to two daughters or granddaughters, Anne wife of John Somers and Joan wife of Robert Waterton, to whom it belonged in 1612.
From: 'Parishes: Fordingbridge', A History of the County of Hampshire: Volume 4 (1911), pp. 567-577. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=56883 Date accessed: 08 June 2013.

The Battle of Blore Heath was one of the first major battles in the English Wars of the Roses. It was fought on 23 September 1459, at Blore Heath in Staffordshire, two miles east of the town of Market Drayton in Shropshire, England.
After the First Battle of St Albans in 1455, an uneasy peace held in England. Attempts at reconciliation between the houses of Lancaster and York enjoyed but marginal success. However, both sides became increasingly wary of each other and by 1459 were actively recruiting armed supporters. Queen Margaret of Anjou continued to raise support for King Henry VI amongst noblemen, distributing an emblem of a silver swan to knights and squires enlisted by her personally, whilst the Yorkist command under the Duke of York was finding plenty of anti-royal support despite the severe punishment for raising arms against the king.

The Yorkist force based at Middleham Castle in Yorkshire (led by the Earl of Salisbury) needed to link up with the main Yorkist army at Ludlow Castle in Shropshire. As Salisbury marched south-west through the Midlands the queen ordered Lord Audley to intercept them.[8]
Audley chose the barren heathland of Blore Heath to set up an ambush. On the morning of 23 September 1459 (Saint Thecla's day), a force of some 10,000 men took up a defensive position behind a 'great hedge' on the south-western edge of Blore Heath facing the direction of Newcastle-under-Lyme to the north-east, the direction from which Salisbury was approaching.

Yorkist scouts spotted Lancastrian banners over the top of a hedge and immediately warned Salisbury. As they emerged from the woodland, the Yorkist force of some 5,000 men realized that a much larger enemy force was awaiting their arrival. Salisbury, instead of disbanding or withdrawing his army, immediately arranged his troops into battle order, just out of range of the Lancastrian archers. To secure his right flank, he arranged the supply wagons in a defensive laager, a circular formation to provide cover to the men. Fearing a rout, Yorkist soldiers are reported to have kissed the ground beneath them, supposing that this would be the ground on which they would meet their deaths.

The two armies were separated by about 300 metres on the barren heathland. A steep-sided, wide and fast-flowing brook ran between them. The brook made Audley's position seemingly impenetrable.

Initially, both leaders sought unsuccessfully to parley in an attempt to avoid bloodshed. In keeping with many late medieval battles, the conflict opened with an archery duel between the longbows of both armies. At Blore Heath, this proved inconclusive because of the distance between the two sides.

Salisbury, aware that any attack across the brook would be suicidal, employed a ruse to encourage the enemy to attack him. He withdrew some of his middle-order just far enough that the Lancastrians believed them to be retreating. The Lancastrians launched a cavalry charge. After they had committed themselves, Salisbury ordered his men to turn back and catch the Lancastrians as they attempted to cross the brook. It is possible that the order for this Lancastrian charge was not given by Audley but it had the effect of turning the balance in favour of Salisbury. The charge resulted in heavy casualties for the Lancastrians.

The Lancastrians withdrew, and then made a second assault, possibly attempting to rescue casualties. This second attack was more successful with many Lancastrians crossing the brook. This led to a period of intense fighting in which Audley himself was killed,[10] possibly by Sir Roger Kynaston of Myddle and Hordley.
The death of Audley meant that Lancastrian command fell to the second-in-command, Lord Dudley, who ordered an attack on foot with some 4,000 men. As this attack also failed, some 500 Lancastrians joined the enemy and began attacking their own side. At this point, all remaining Lancastrian resistance collapsed and the Yorkists had only to advance to complete the rout.

The rout continued through the night, with the Yorkists pursuing the fleeing enemy for miles across the countryside.

At least 2,000 Lancastrians were killed, with the Yorkists losing nearly 1,000.
Salisbury was concerned that Lancastrian reinforcements were in the vicinity and was keen to press on southwards towards Ludlow. He made his camp on a hillside by Market Drayton that later took the name Salisbury Hill. He employed a local friar to remain on Blore Heath throughout the night and to periodically discharge a cannon in order to deceive any Lancastrians nearby into believing that the fight was continuing.

Audley is buried in Darley Abbey in Derbyshire. A cross was erected at Blore Heath after the battle to mark the spot where Audley was slain. It was replaced with a stone cross in 1765. Audley's Cross stands on Blore Heath to this day.

The battle was commemorated by a re-enactment each year in September at Blore Heath until 2009.

• *3. Elizabeth RADCLIFFE
• From: http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/RADCLIFFE4.htm#Richard RADCLIFFE1