Nielsen Hayden genealogy
Richard Molyneux
Abt 1368 - 1397 (~ 29 years)1. Richard Molyneux was born about 1368 in of Sefton, Lancashire, England; died on 27 Dec 1397. Other Events and Attributes:
- Alternate death: 27 Sep 1397
Notes:
Sheriff of Lancashire in 1397. Knight of the shire for Lancashire 1396-97.
Family/Spouse: Ellen Urswyck. Ellen (daughter of Robert Urswyck and Ellen) died after 1 Sep 1432. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 2. Richard Molyneux
was born in 1395 in of Sefton, Lancashire, England; died about 1454; was buried in Sefton, Lancashire, England.
Generation: 2
2. Richard Molyneux (1.Richard1) was born in 1395 in of Sefton, Lancashire, England; died about 1454; was buried in Sefton, Lancashire, England. Other Events and Attributes:
- Alternate death: 1439
- Alternate death: Between 1450 and 1451
Notes:
He was knighted for his service at Agincourt. "Sir Richard, a major landowner in south-west Lancashire, fought in France under Henry V and was knighted. In 1420 or 1421 he returned to England, and in 1424 engaged in a violent dispute with the Stanleys for control of Liverpool, where the Stanleys had a tower--in 1421 Molyneux had been appointed constable of Liverpool Castle and steward of West Derby and Salford. These offices he retained, and on 10 February 1441 obtained a renewal of the grant of 1421 for the lives of himself and his eldest son, who was by now married to Elizabeth, almost certainly the daughter of Sir Thomas Stanley. In 1446 the offices were made hereditary, and were subsequently exempted from the Acts of Resumption of 1450 and 1451. But whereas the act of 1450 named Sir Richard Molyneux as beneficiary, that of 1451 excepted 'Richard Molyneux, Esquier, one of the Huishers of oure Chambre' (RotP, 5.315), showing that the elder Richard Molyneux had died in the interim." [Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, citation details below]
Family/Spouse: Joan de Haydock. Joan (daughter of Gilbert de Haydock and Sibyl) died on 17 Jan 1440; was buried in Sefton, Lancashire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Family/Spouse: Ellen Radcliffe. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 3. Margaret Molyneux died on 13 May 1460 in Bradley-in-Burtonwood, Lancashire, England.
Generation: 3
3. Margaret Molyneux (2.Richard2, 1.Richard1) died on 13 May 1460 in Bradley-in-Burtonwood, Lancashire, England. Margaret married Peter Legh between 1430 and 1432. Peter (son of Piers Legh and Joan de Haydock) was born in Jun 1415 in of Lyme in Handley, Cheshire, England; died in 1478 in Bradley-in-Burtonwood, Lancashire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 4. Peter Legh was born in of Lyme in Handley, Cheshire, England; died about 1468 in Macclesfield, Cheshire, England; was buried in Winwick, Cheshire, England.
- 4. Peter Legh
Generation: 4
4. Peter Legh (3.Margaret3, 2.Richard2, 1.Richard1) was born in of Lyme in Handley, Cheshire, England; died about 1468 in Macclesfield, Cheshire, England; was buried in Winwick, Cheshire, England. Peter married Mabel Croft before 1455. Mabel (daughter of James Croft) died in 1475. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 5. Peter Legh was born about 1455 in of Lyme in Prestbury, Cheshire, England; died on 11 Aug 1527 in Lyme in Prestbury, Cheshire, England; was buried in Winwick, Lancashire, England.
- 5. Peter Legh