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About Frances Molyneux
- Frances Gerard1
- F, #177944
- Last Edited=16 Jan 2011
- Frances Gerard is the daughter of Sir Gilbert Gerard and Anne Ratcliffe.1 She married Sir Richard Molyneux, 1st Bt., son of William Molyneux and Bridget Caryll, circa 1590.
- From circa 1590, her married name became Molyneux.1
- Children of Frances Gerard and Sir Richard Molyneux, 1st Bt.
- Alice Molyneux+1
- Johana Molyneux+
- Anne Molyneux+
- Frances Molyneux+
- Richard Molyneux, 1st Viscount Molyneux+2 d. 8 May 1636
- Citations
- [S15] George Edward Cokayne, editor, The Complete Baronetage, 5 volumes (no date (c. 1900); reprint, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 1983), volume I, page 4. Hereinafter cited as The Complete Baronetage.
- [S34] BP1970 page 2397. See link for full details for this source. Hereinafter cited as. [S34]
- From: http://www.thepeerage.com/p17795.htm#i177944 ______________
- Sir Gilbert Gerard (died 4 February 1593) was a prominent lawyer, politician, and landowner of the Tudor period. .... etc.
- Gerard married Ann Radcliffe or Ratcliffe. She was the daughter of Thomas Ratcliffe of Winmarleigh and of Isabel Boteler. As her father died before she reached the age of majority, she became a ward of Sir Thomas Holcroft, Gerard's uncle. She inherited Damhouse in Astley, which was later sold by her son, Thomas. She remained a Catholic throughout her life.[11]
- They had two sons:
- Thomas, Gilbert's heir, was created the first Baron Gerard of Gerrard's Bromley in 1603.
- Ratcliffe married Elizabeth Somerset, a wealthy heiress related to the Earls of Worcester.[a] They had a number of children.
- Sir Charles Gerard of Halsall, married Penelope, sister and coheir of Sir Edward Fitton, 2nd and last of the Fitton baronets of Gawsworth, Cheshire. They had at least three sons:[20]
- Charles (the eldest), a Cavalier general during the Civil War and a courtier after the Restoration. He was made Baron Gerard of Brandon in 1645 and Earl of Macclesfield in 1679.[20]
- Edward Gerard, a colonel of foot who was wounded at the First Battle of Newbury (1643).[21]
- Sir Gilbert Gerard, killed in one of the frequent skirmishes that took place in Ludlow between Cavaliers and Roundheads.[22]
- Gilbert, a colonel of a Royalist regiment of foot and was appointed Governor of Worcester in December 1642.[23][24][25]
- Ratcliffe, twin brother of Gilbert, under whom he served as a lieutenant-colonel.[23][24] He married Jennet, the illegitimate daughter of Devereux Barrett of Tenby, Pembrokeshire.[23] They had several children:[24]
- Gilbert (died 1687), served as a Royalist captain in the Civil War, after the restoration sat as MP for Northallerton and was made Baronet of Fiskerton[23]
- John (1632–1654) served as an ensign in the Civil War, was executed in for his part in the Gerard's conspiracy
- Charles (born 1635)
- Sir Charles Gerard of Halsall, married Penelope, sister and coheir of Sir Edward Fitton, 2nd and last of the Fitton baronets of Gawsworth, Cheshire. They had at least three sons:[20]
- They also had at least four daughters who survived infancy:
- Frances married Richard Molyneux of Croxteth and Sefton, an important Lancashire landowner, who became first of the Molyneux baronets. One of their sons was
- Richard Molyneux, 1st Viscount Molyneux
- Radclyffe married Sir Thomas Wingfield of Letheringham.[26]
- Catherine married Richard Hoghton, a Lancashire landowner who became first of the De Hoghton baronets.
- Margaret married Peter Legh of Lyme Park, Cheshire, a client of the Earls of Derby who studied at Gray's Inn, probably under the auspices of Gilbert Gerard.[27]
- Frances married Richard Molyneux of Croxteth and Sefton, an important Lancashire landowner, who became first of the Molyneux baronets. One of their sons was
- .... etc.
- From: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilbert_Gerard_(judge) ______________________
- Sir Richard Molyneux, 1st Baronet (1560–1622) was a Member of Parliament for Lancashire,[1] Mayor of Liverpool[2] and Receiver-General of the Duchy of Lancaster.
- Molyneux was the son of William Molyneux and his wife Bridget Caryll. His grandfather, Sir Richard Molyneux (1528–1568)[3] was MP for Liverpoole from 1562 to 1571. He was educated at University College, Oxford.
- In 1581, Molyneux was appointed by substitution MP of Wigan, replacing Sir Edward Fitton[4] and knighted in 1586. In 1588–1589 he was Mayor of Liverpool and in 1588 and 1596 High Sheriff of Lancashire. He was knight of the shire (MP) for Lancashire in 1584, 1593 and 1604. He held the office of Receiver-General of the Duchy of Lancaster from 1607.[5] He was created Baronet Molyneux in 1611.
- On his death he was buried in Sefton parish church. His seats were Sefton Hall, Sefton and Lytham Hall, Fylde. He left his estates to his son Richard.
- Molyneux married firstly a daughter of Lord Strange and secondly, around 1590, Frances Gerard, the daughter of Sir Gilbert Gerard and Anne Ratcliffe [6] with whom he had six sons and seven daughters including Sir Richard Molyneux, 1st Viscount Molyneux and Sir Vivian Molyneux. Alice Molyneux, their elder daughter, married Sir William Dormer and their son, Robert, was created Earl of Carnarvon in 1628.[7]
- From: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir_Richard_Molyneux,_1st_Baronet ____________________
- MOLYNEUX, Richard II (c.1559-1623), of Croxteth and Sefton, Lancs.
- b. c.1559, 1st s. of William Molyneux by Brigitta, da. of John Caryll† of Warnham, Suss. educ. Univ. Coll. Oxf. 1577. m. (1) by 1567, a da. of Lord Strange; (2) Frances (d.1621), da. of Sir Gilbert Gerard, 6s. 7da. suc. fa. 1567, gd.-fa. 1569. Kntd. 1586; cr. Bt. 1611.2
- Offices Held
- Hereditary constable, Liverpool castle; steward of Blackburn hundred, duchy of Lancaster 1581; j.p. from c.1583; mayor, Liverpool 1588-9; sheriff, Lancs. 1588-9, 1596-7; collector royal loans 1590, 1597; commr. subsidy 1594, 1599, musters 1596, 1599; receiver-gen. duchy of Lancaster 1607; butler in Lancashire bef. 1611.3
- Molyneux inherited from his grandfather the lordship of Liverpool and other hereditary offices which opened up the prospect of a distinguished local career as soon as he attained his majority. In the meantime he was a ward of his future father-in-law, Sir Gilbert Gerard, who returned him to Parliament for Wigan in place of Edward Fitton, who pleaded employment on the Queen’s business. But, on 18 Mar. 1581, the last day of the session, the House changed its mind about allowing replacements for living Members, and ordered Fitton to ‘stand and continue’. .... etc.
- He made his will 1 Apr. 1618, hoping to be buried without pomp or unnecessary charge, in ‘my chancel’ in the parish church of Sefton. He wanted a ‘fair tomb made over us [himself and his wife] with two alabaster pictures laid thereupon’. With the exception of one manor in Leicestershire, which was to be sold to pay his debts, he left all his property to his eldest son Richard, his sole executor, who was to pay an annuity of £100 to three younger brothers, and to receive a large jewel set with diamonds, 18 diamond buttons and a necklace of pearls at a total value of £1,400. The rest of the jewels, plate, goods and chattels were divided between Richard and his mother. Molyneux was buried on 8 Feb. 1623 in Sefton church.7
- From: http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1558-1603/member/mo... ________________
- MOLYNEUX, Sir Richard I (c.1559-1623), of Sefton and Croxteth, Lancs.
- b. c.1559, 1st s. of William Molyneux of Sefton, and Brigitta, da. of John Caryll† of Warnham, Suss.1 educ. Univ. Coll. Oxf. 1577, aged 18.2 m. ?(1) by 1567, da. of Henry Stanley, Lord Strange, s.p.;3 (2) c.1580, Frances (bur. 9 Feb. 1621),4 da. of Sir Gilbert Gerard† of Ince, Lancs., 6s. (1 d.v.p.) 7da.5 suc. fa. 1567; grandfa. Sir Richard Molyneux† 1569.6 kntd. 14 June 1586;7 cr. bt. 22 May 1611.8 d. 24 Feb. 1623.9 sig. Ry(chard) Mol[i/y]neux.
- Offices Held
- Freeman, Liverpool, Lancs. by c.1580, mayor, 1588-9, 1618-19, Preston, Lancs. by 1602;10 steward, Blackburn hundred, Lancs. 1581-d.;11 j.p. Lancs. c.1583-d., custos rot. by 1598-d.;12 master forester and steward, West Derby hundred, Lancs. 1585-d.; constable, Liverpool Castle 1585-d.;13 sheriff, Lancs. 1588-9, 1596-7;14 commr. subsidy, Lancs. 1594, 1599, 1608, 1621;15 muster-master, Lancs. by 1595;16 collector, Privy Seal loans, Lancs. 1590, 1597, 1612,17 aid 1609,18 aid 1613,19 houses of correction 1618;20 commr. musters, Lancs. 1596, 1599,21 eccles. causes 1602;22 dep. lt., Lancs. by 1608;23 duchy commr. for copyholders, Lancs. and Cheshire 1611;24 duchy butler in Lancs. 1611-d.25
- Recvr. gen. duchy of Lancaster 1603-d.26
- Molyneux’s family were major Lancashire landowners from the twelfth century, and ranked second only to the Stanley earls of Derby in terms of local power and prestige.27 At the age of ten Molyneux inherited his paternal grandfather’s estates, his father having died two years earlier.28 His wardship was purchased by (Sir) Gilbert Gerard, then attorney-general and later master of the rolls.29 Before 1567 Molyneux was betrothed to a daughter of Henry Stanley, Lord Strange, the future 4th earl of Derby, but there is no evidence that the marriage ever took place.30 Upon reaching his majority, Molyneux married his guardian’s daughter, Frances.31 Like Gerard, who was reputedly ‘a Protestant in London and a papist in Lancashire’, Molyneux’s religion was suspect; certainly Frances and her mother were known Catholics. .... etc.
- Molyneux and his wife frequently exchanged hospitality with Henry, 4th earl of Derby, though there was a history of rivalry between the two families that resurfaced in the 1590s.34 In May 1593 Molyneux was forced by the Privy Council to apologize in Star Chamber for various slights, including his failure to deliver letters from Elizabeth to the earl, for keeping an ‘extraordinary Christmas’ at his house, and for ‘labour[ing] to be one of the knights of the shire ... without seeking his lordship’s goodwill and favour or making him privy thereunto’.35 This episode was a setback to Molyneux’s hopes of advancement, but his fortunes were rescued by Sir Thomas Gerard† (later Lord Gerard of Gerard’s Bromley), the son of his former guardian, who wrote in the mid-1590s to Sir Robert Cecil† begging favour towards Molyneux, ‘who lieth so much covered with disgrace ... as he hath continued long since without comfort’.36 .... etc.
- Molyneux did not stand for Parliament again. He died on 24 Feb. 1623, and was buried in the chancel of Sefton church. His will, dated 1 Apr. 1618, requested that he be interred alongside his late wife ‘without any great pomp or unnecessary charges’, under a ‘fair tomb ... with two alabaster pictures ... to the end we may both joyfully rise together at the last day’.52 An inventory made after his death valued his possessions at £3,802 13s. 4d.53 Molyneux was succeeded by his second son, Sir Richard Molyneux II*.
- From: http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1604-1629/member/mo... _______________
- Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900, Volume 38
- Molyneux, Richard (1593-1636) by Robert Dunlop
- MOLYNEUX, Sir RICHARD, Viscount Maryborough (1593–1636), born in 1593, was eldest surviving son of Sir Richard Molyneux of Sefton in Lancashire, and Frances, eldest daughter of Sir Gilbert Gerard [q. v.], master of the rolls. Sir Richard Molyneux (d. 1459) [q. v.] was his ancestor. He succeeded his father as receiver-general of the duchy of Lancaster, and on 22 Dec. 1628 he was advanced to the peerage of Ireland as Viscount Molyneux of Maryborough, in consideration of his distinguished merit and ancient extraction. He died on 8 May 1636, and was buried at Sefton. He married Mary, daughter and coheiress of Sir Thomas Caryll of Bentons in Shipley, Sussex, by whom he had issue: Richard, second viscount Maryborough (see below); Caryll, third viscount; Frances, who died young; Charlotte, who married Sir William Stanley of Hooton in Cheshire; and Mary, who married Sir George Selby of Whitehouse in the diocese of Durham. Shortly after his death his widow married Raphael Tarterean, carver to the queen, and died in 1639, at her house in St. Martin's Lane in the Fields.
- .... etc.
- From: https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Molyneux,_Richard_(1593-1636)_(DNB00) __________________
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