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Maud Mainwaring (Legh)

Also Known As: "Maud Leigh"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Adlington, Cheshire, England (United Kingdom)
Death: 1512 (55-65)
England (United Kingdom)
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Robert Legh, Esq., of Adlington and Isabel Legh
Wife of Sir John Mainwaring
Mother of Robert Mainwaring; Joan Ashton; Sir John Mainwaring; Lady Maud Mainwaring; Agnes Needham and 1 other
Sister of Robert Legh; Isabel Holford; Agnes Brereton; Ellen Pigot; Margaret Mere and 1 other

Managed by: Gwyneth Potter McNeil
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About Maud Mainwaring

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4th cousin once removed? (and more) of her husband

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Birth surname has also been reported to be Leigh.

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  • Maud Legh1
  • F, d. after 1512
  • Father Robert Legh, Esq. b. 3 May 1410, d. 29 Jan 1479
  • Mother Isabella Stanley
  • Maud Legh married John Manwaring, Esq., son of William Manwaring, Esq. and Ellen Boteler. Maud Legh was born at of Adlington, Cheshire, England. She died after 1512.
  • Family John Manwaring, Esq. b. c 1448, d. 8 Jul 1495
  • Children
    • Robert Manwaring d. b 1495
    • Maud Manwaring
    • Joan Manwaring
    • Sir John Manwaring, Sheriff of Flintshire+2 b. c 1470
    • Agnes Manwaring+ b. c 1478, d. 2 May 1560
  • Citations
  • 1.[S3215] Unknown author, The History of the County Palatine and City of Chester, by George Ormerod, 1819, p. 371; Plantagenet Ancestry of 17th Century Colonists, by David Faris, p. 208; Wallop Family, Vol. 4, line 650.
  • 2.[S5] Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, p. 557.
  • From: http://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/p386.htm#i... ________________
  • A genealogical and heraldic history of the commoners of Great ..., Volume 3 By John Burke Pg.453-457
  • http://books.google.com/books?id=yshsAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA454&lpg=PA454&dq...
  • Pg. 454
  • ROGERT LEGH, esq. of Adlington, wedded, first, Isabella, daughter of John Savage, of Clifton, by whom he had no issue; and, secondly, Isabella, daughter of Sir William Stanley, knt. of Hooton; by whom he had,
    • I. ROBERT, his heir.
    • I. Margaret, m. first to Thomas Mere, of Mere; and secondly to Robert Reddish, of Catteral.
    • II. Margery, m. to William Davenport, esq. of Bramall.
    • III. Isabel, m. first, to Laurence Warren, esq. of Poynton; and, secondly, to Sir George Holford, of Holford.
    • IV. Matilda, m. to John Mainwaring, esq. of Peover.
    • V. Agnes, m. to Sir Andrew Brereton, of Brereton.
    • VI. ___ m. to ___ Pigott, esq. of Chetwynd, Salop.
  • Robert Legh was s. at his decease (inq. p. m. 18 Edward IV.) by his son,
  • ROBERT LEGH, esq. of Adlington, who m. Ellen dau. of Sir Robert Booth, of Dunham-Massey, and had six sons and five daughters, namely,

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  • The visitation of Cheshire in the year 1580 (1882)
  • http://www.archive.org/details/visitationchesh00fellgoog
  • http://www.archive.org/stream/visitationchesh00fellgoog#page/n167/m...
  • Pg.151
    • Leigh of Adlington. - CHART
  • Robinett Leigh of Adlington. = Maud.; ch: Rob't (m. Isabel Savage & Isabell Stanley), James (a Preist.), William, Peter, Ellin (m. Roger Leigh) Leigh.
  • Rob't Leigh of Adlington. = 1. Isabel d. to Jno Savage s.p.; = 2. Isabel d. to Sr Wm Stanley married by consent of the Pope because shee was of the blood of his first wife.; ch: Rob't (m. Ellin Booth), Maud (m. Jno Manwaring), Agnes (m. Sr Andrew Brereton), .... (m. _ Picott), Margaret (m. Thos Mere), Isabel (m. Sr Lawrence Warren & Sr George Holford), Margrett (m. Wm Damport) Leigh
  • Margrett vxr Wm Damport of Bromhall.
  • http://www.archive.org/stream/visitationchesh00fellgoog#page/n181/m...
  • Pg.165
    • Meinilwarin. Manwaringe of Peever. - CHART
  • Sr John Manwaring of Peever. = Margrett d. to . . . . Tuchett Lord Audley.; ch: Wm (m. Mary Delves & Ellin Butler) Mainwaring.
  • Wm Mainwaring of Peever 22 H. 6 Maried = 1. Mary d. to Sr Jno Delves.; = 2. Ellin d. to Sr Jno Butler of Bewsy.; ch: John (m. Maud Leigh) Manwaring.
  • John Manwaring of Peever. = Maud d. to Rob't Leigh of Adlington.; ch: Sr John (m. Katherin Hanford) Manwaring.
  • Sr John Manwaring of Peever. = Katherin d. to Wm Hanford of Hanford.; ch: Edmund, John, Piers, Wm, Richard, (Pg.166 Randoll, (m. Elizab. Brereton), Phillip (m. Anne Lecester), Edward (m. Alice Boghey), Rob't (m. _ Glegg), Thomas, George, Richard, Henry) Mainwaring. ___________________
  • Plantagenet ancestry: a study in colonial and medieval families By Douglas Richardson, Kimball G. Everingham
  • http://books.google.com/books?id=p_yzpuWi4sgC&pg=PP1&lpg=PP1&dq=Pla...
  • Pg.331
  • 16. ANNE TALBOT, married (as his 1st wife THOMAS NEEDHAM, Esq., of Cranage, Cheshire, and Shavington (in Adderley), Shropshire, son and heir of Robert Needham, Knt., of Cranage, Cheshire and Shavington (in Adderley), Shropshire, Sheriff of Shropshire, 1528-9, 1535-6, 1540=1, Sheriff of Cheshire, 1538-9, by Agnes, daughter of John Manwaring, Esq., of Over Peover, Cheshire, He was born in 1510. ....
  • Pg. 557
  • 14. KATHERINE HONFORD, married JOHN MAINWARING, Knt., of Over Peover, Cheshire, Sheriff of Flintshire, son and heir of John Mainwaring, Esq., of Over Peover, Cheshire, by Maud, daughter of Robert Legh, Esq., of Adlington, Cheshire. He was born about 1471. They had thirteen sons, Randall, Knt., Edmund, John Peter Phlip, Edward, Robert, Thomas, George, and Henry, Nicholas, William, William (again), and two daughters, Margaret and Katherine (wife of William Newton). He was knighted in France in 1513. SIR JOHN MAINWARING left a will dated 4 March 1515/6, proved 18 Nov. 1516 (P.C.C. 1 Maynwaryng). He was buried at Over Peover, Cheshire. His widow, Katherine, was mentioned in the 1527 will of John Stanley, Knt. She died in 1529. ____________________________
  • Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 2nd Edition ... By Douglas Richardson
  • http://books.google.com/books?id=8JcbV309c5UC&printsec=frontcover&d...
  • Pg.278
  • JOHN BOTELER, Knt., of Warrington, Lancashire, married ISABEL HARINGTON [see BOTELER 8].
  • 9. ELLEN BOTELER, born about 1423. She married 21 Jan. 1443/4 WILLIAM MAINWARING, Esq., of Over Peover, Cheshire, son and heir apparent of John Mainwaring, Knt., of Over Peover, Cheshire, by his 1st wife, Margaret, daughter of John Delves. They hd one son, John Esq. WILLIAM MAINWARING, Esq. died before 1476. ....
  • 10. JOHN MAINWARING, Esq., of Over Peover, Cheshire, son and heir. He married MAUD LEGH, daughter of Robert Legh, Esq., of Adlington, Cheshire, by Isabel, daughter of William Stanley, Knt. They had two sons, John, Knt., and Robert, and three daughters, Maud (wife of Thomas Starkey, Esq.), Joan (wife of Thomas Ashton), and Agnes. By an unknown mistress, he also had an illegitimate son, Charles. JOHN MAINWARING, Esq., died 8 July 1495. ...
  • Children of John Mainwaring, Esq., by Maud Legh:
    • i. JOHN MAINWARING, Knt. [see next].
    • ii. AGNES MAINWARING, married ROBERT NEEDHAM, Esq., of Shavington (in Adderley), Shroshire [see NEEDHAM 11].
  • 11. JOHN MAINWARING, Knt., of Over Peover, Cheshire, Sheriff of Flintshire, son and heir, born about 1471. He married KATHERINE HONFORD, daughter of John Honford, Esq., of Honford, Cheshire, by Margaret, daughter of John Savage, K.G. [see TRAFFORD 12 for her ancestry]. They had thirteen sons, Randall, Knt., Edmund, John, Peter, Philip, Edward, Robert, Thomas, George, Henry, Nicholas, William, and William (2nd of name), and two daughters, Margaret and Katherine (wife of William Newton). He was knighted in France in 1513. SIR JOHN MAINWARING left a will dated 4 March 1515/6, proved 18 Nov. 1516 (P.C.C. 1 Maynwaryng). He was buried at Over Peover, Cheshire, His widow, Katherine, was mentioned in the 1527 will of John Stanley, Knt. She died in 1529. ....
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Maud Mainwaring's Timeline

1448
1448
1452
1452
Adlington, Cheshire, England (United Kingdom)
1452
1470
1470
Honford, Cheshire, England (United Kingdom)
1472
1472
Ightfield, Shropshire, England (United Kingdom)
1478
1478
Sheinton, Shropshire, England (United Kingdom)
1480
1480
1512
1512
Age 60
England (United Kingdom)