Dan David "le Clerk" de Malpas, Justice of Chester

Dan David "the clerk" of Malpas was born in 1185, and was living in 1251/52. He was the son of William ap Richard ap William III ap William II ap Sir William, & Beannan, daughter of Ralph ap Eynion of Malpas & Beatrix, sister of Earl Hugh Cyfeiliog, 5th Earl of Chester.

David le clerk's wife is not known and he had only daughters.

Genealogy analysis

From THE "MALPAS" FAMILY IN CHESHIRE By Darrell Wolcott     

• (f) William ap Richard ap William III ap William II ap Sir William
•       1.  Visitation of Cheshire, 1580 The David (4) ap William (1) WAS "le clerk", born c. 1185.  His father was William ap Richard ap William III ap William II ap Sir William.

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brief biography

David was styled Dan David and some times referred to as le Clerk, as he was clerk or secretary to the Earl of Chester. He was the sheriff of Chestershire in 36th year of Henry III [1252]. By herititary right,he came into possession of half the barony of Malpas. In the late 1100's, he was able to acquire the other half of the barony of Malpas from Robert fitz Nigel [alias Richard Patrick] property thru default of service. The Patrics did not have the cash as did David.

conflicting data

David de Malpas, called Dan David le Clerk, was Justice of Chester 34th Henry II, 1188. Three different references assign to each a different wife, but most likely he married Catherine, daughter of Owen Vaughan, Lord of Melior.

He may have been married three times.

He had William, eldest son, who died without legitimate issue, and left his brother Philip Gogh, surnamed de Egerton, as his legal heir.

David de Malpas, 'le Clerk', Sheriff of Cheshire (a 1252, secretary to Earl of Chester) · m. Margaret de Malpas (dau of Ralph ap Eynion of Malpas). [disproven: this Margaret married an earlier David de MALPAS]

Ormerod, George; William Smith; William Webb; and Peter Leycester. The history of the county palatine and city of Chester: compiled from original evidences in public offices, the Harleian and Cottonian mss., parochial registers, private muniments, unpublished ms.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. (London: Lackington, Hughes, Mavor & Jones, 1819 (London : Nichols, Son, and Bentley)), 2:333, 358.

• p. 333: "David de Malpas, alias le Clerc, edest son and heir [of William Belward, lord of a moiety of Malpas]" married "Catherine, daughter of Owain Vaghan, lord of Meilor."
• On page 333, all 4 children of David de Malpas are listed as children of this marriage; whereas page 358 clearly indicates 2 marriages for David de Malpas, with David de Golborne being from the second marriage. Peter le Clerc does not appear on page 358.
• THE "MALPAS" FAMILY IN CHESHIRE By Darrell Wolcott     
  • "Another marriage found in the Malpas pedigree material [10] says that David ap William le Belward married Margaret, daughter of Ralph of Malpas.  That this was an earlier Ralph of Malpas can be seen when we date the people in that pedigree ... "

Sir William de Malpas was the son of David de Malpas and Margaret ap Eynion. He died, without legitimate issue. (2)

This source ascribes sons to this David of MALPAS in error:

thepeerage.com Rootsweb database, citing

• Title: Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes
• Abbrev: Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 107th edition
• Author: Editor: Mosley, Charles
• Publication: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A., 2003
• Page: volume 1, page 784

He was not the husband of Margaret ap Eynion

He was not the father of

• Philip de Malpas
• William de Malpas
• Peter de Malpas
• David de Malpas

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Pedigree from http://www.thornber.net/cheshire/htmlfiles/littlebud.html

• 3. William Le Belward of Malpas, married Beatrix, [SIC: Tanglust] dau of Hugh Kiveliock [SIC: Hugh "Lupus" d'Avranches] Earl of Chester and coheiress of her brother Ranulph [No]
  • 4. Sir David, 1st son, styled Dan, David de Malpas, also le Clerk from his being secretary to Earl of Chester in 1252. [No, this is an earlier David] Married Margaret, dau. and heiress of Ralph ap Eynion, owner of a moiety of the barony of Malpas.
    • 5. Sir William de Malpas, first son, died without issue.
    • 5. Philip Goch or Gough, 2nd son, purchased Egerton and took that name. +Catherine dau. of Jorverth de Hulton of Hulton in Lancashire. One son David and a daughter Hova.
      • 6. David de Malpas, alias de Egerton.+ Cecilia dau. of Randle le Roter, Lord of Thornton. One son.
        • 7. Philip de Egerton, Sheriff of Cheshire in 23 and 24 Edw. 1 + Margaret, dau. of Richard de Wrenbury. 6 sons, and a daughter. In addition to the three sons shown below there were Richard, Philip, John.
          • 8. David de Egerton, Sheriff of Cheshire, 7 Ed. 3. + Isabella, dau. of Richard de Fulleshurst lord of Crewe.
          • 8. Urian de Egerton, lord of Caldecote in right of his wife, ancestor of the Egertons of Betley and those of Wrinehill, married Amelia, dau. and heiress of David de Caldecote.
          • 8. Sir Brian de Malpas, Knt. of Rhodes.
      • 5. Peter, 3rd son of Sir David, took the name of Clerk.
    • 4. Robert, 2nd son of William Le Belward, [SIC: which William?] had lordship of Cholmondeley as a gift from his father, married Mahel, dau. of Robert Fitz Nigil, Baron of Halton, from whom the Earls of Cholmondeley
    • 4. Richard, 3rd son of William Le Belward, [SIC: which William?] seated at Duckington

Citations

• 1. “Stirnet Genealogy,” Chairman, Peter Barns-Graham, http://www.stirnet.com, http://www.stirnet.com.
• 2. [S37] Mosley, Charles, editor. Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes. Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003. Vol 1 page 784

1. [S37] Mosley, Charles, editor. Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes. Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003. Vol 1 page 784

• http://www.stirnet.com/genie/data/british/ee/egerton01.php
• http://thepeerage.com/p22425.htm
• THE "MALPAS" FAMILY IN CHESHIRE
• http://thepeerage.com/p44944.htm#i449435 last updated 2010
• Vans Family Archives
• page 17 of Peerage of England. By Arthur Collins. "Earl of Cholmondeley"
• Ormerod's "barons of Malpas" pedigree

Please see Darrell Wolcott: The "Malpas" Family in Cheshire; http://www.ancientwalesstudies.org/id152.html. (Steven Ferry, June 17, 2017.)