Sir George Mainwaring, Kt., MP

• Margaret Baker [Mainwaring]
• Date-- Type-- Information-- Source
• c 1580-- Born-- 'daughter of Sir George Mainwaring of Ightfield, Shropshire'-- Florian Doyle's records
• c 1600-- Married-- Sir Richard Baker-- Estimated date
• http://www.theweald.org/N10.asp?NId=4140202
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• Sir Richard Baker (1568 – February 18, 1645) was the English author of the Chronicle of the Kings of England and other works.
• He was probably born at Sissinghurst in Kent, the grandson of Sir John Baker, the first Chancellor of the Exchequer. He entered Hart Hall, Oxford, as a commoner in 1584. He left the university without taking a degree, studied law in London and afterwards travelled in mainland Europe. In 1593 he was chosen member of parliament for Arundel, in 1594 his university conferred upon him the degree of M.A., and in 1597 he was elected to parliament as the representative of East Grinstead.
• In 1603 he was knighted by King James I, in 1620 he acted as High Sheriff of Oxfordshire where he owned some property, and soon afterwards he married Margaret, daughter of 'Sir George Mainwaring, of Ightfield, Shropshire. By making himself responsible for some debts of his wife's family, he was reduced to great poverty', which led to the seizure of his Oxfordshire property in 1625. Penniless, he took refuge in the Fleet prison in 1635, and was still in confinement when he died. He was buried in St Bride's Church, Fleet Street, London.
• References
• Chisholm, Hugh, ed (1911). "Baker, Sir Richard". Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. which in turn cites:
  • James Granger, Biographical History of England to the Revolution (London, 1804)
  • Biographia Britannica, corrected by A Kippis (London, 1778–1793)
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Baker_%28chronicler%29
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• Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900, Volume 03
• Baker, Richard (1568-1645) by Sidney Lee
• BAKER, Sir RICHARD (1568-1645), religious and historical writer, was born about 1568. His father, John Baker, is stated to have been the elder son of Sir John Baker [q.v.], of Sisinghurst, near Cranbrook, Kent, who was chancellor of the exchequer and privy councillor in the reign of Henry VIII. His mother was Catherine, daughter of Reginald Scott, of Scots Hall, near Ashford, Kent. His father was disinherited, according to recent accounts, in favour of his younger brother, Richard, the head of the family in the historian's youth. This Richard Baker entertained Queen Elizabeth at the family seat of Sisinghurst in 1573, was soon afterwards knighted, acted as high sheriff of Kent in 1562 and 1582, and died on 27 May 1594. Care must be taken to distinguish between the uncle and nephew. Henry, a grandson of the elder Sir Richard Baker, and second cousin of the younger, was created a baronet in 1611.
• Sir Richard Baker, the writer, became a commoner of Hart Hall (afterwards Hertford College), Oxford, in 1584, where he shared rooms with Sir Henry Wotton. He left Oxford without graduating, and studied law in London. His education was completed by a foreign tour, which extended as far as Poland (Baker's Chron. sub anno 1583). On 4 July 1594 the university conferred on him the degree of M.A. (Wood's Fasti (Bliss), i. 268). In 1603 he was knighted by James I at Theobalds, and was then residing at Highgate. In 1620 he was high sheriff of Oxfordshire, where he owned the manor of Middle Aston. Soon afterwards Baker married Margaret, daughter of 'Sir George Mainwaring, of Ightfield, Shropshire, and good-naturedly became surety for heavy debts owed by his wife's family'. He thus fell a victim to a long series of pecuniary misfortunes. In 1625 he was reported to be a debtor to the crown, and his property in Oxfordshire was seized by the government (cf. Cal. State Papers (Dom. 1628-9), p. 383). ....
• [Wood's Athenae Oxon. (Bliss), iii. 148-51 ; Ring. Brit. (Kippis); Granger's Biog. Hist. (1775), ii. 321 ; Baker's Meditations on the Psalms, ed. Grosart, pp. i-xl; Notes and Queries, 1st ser. ii. 67, 244, 507, vi. 318 (where an account of a legend connected with the elder Sir Richard Baker, of no historical importance, is fully discussed), 2nd ser. ii. 509, iii. 76. 3rd ser. ii. 275, 475.]
• http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Baker,_Richard_(1568-1645)_(DNB00%29
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Family and Education b. bef. 1551, o.s. of Sir Arthur Mainwaring by Margaret, da. and coh. of Sir Randolph Mainwaring of Peover, Cheshire. educ. Shrewsbury 1562; I. Temple 1565. m. Anne, da. of William More I of Loseley, Surr., 4s. 1da. suc. fa. 1590. Kntd. c.1593.

Offices Held

J.p.q. Salop by 1593, custos rot. c.1593-6, dep. lt. by 1608; member, council in marches of Wales by 1617.

Biography Mainwaring’s wife came from a family high in Elizabeth’s favour, so presumably his relative obscurity was self-imposed. Perhaps, like his father, he disliked travelling outside Shropshire; perhaps his health was poor. In May 1601 his brother-in-law (Sir) Thomas Egerton I wrote to Sir Robert Cecil asking for the wardship of a son of ‘George Mainwaring who is sickly’. Still, in James I’s reign, when Ralph Eure, 3rd Baron Eure was made president of the council in the marches of Wales, Mainwaring became one of his five deputy lieutenants in Shropshire, and later he was appointed a councillor in the marches. He died at Ightfield 5 May 1628, leaving no written will. Three witnesses testified that,

being visited with sickness, but of perfect and sound memory, [he] did often and at several times since Michaelmas [1626] publish and declare his will and true meaning to be, that his eldest son Sir Arthur Mainwaring, knight, should have all his goods, chattels and estate whatsoever. Sir Arthur, who was over 40 by the time he entered on his inheritance, was granted administration of the non-landed property in the month following his father’s death. Sir George’s inquisition post mortem, officially for Shropshire but listing also lands and houses in Cheshire and the city of Chester, was not taken until April 1631.

There was another George Mainwaring who held a minor Household post in the 1590s, travelled abroad with Sir Anthony Shirley, and died about 1612.

C142/231/75; Vis. Salop (Harl. Soc. xxix), 348-9; Vis. Cheshire (Harl. Soc. xviii), 165; CSP Dom. 1591-4, p. 144; SP14/33, f. 4; Cal. Wynn Pprs. 130; E351/1795, ff. 12v, 54; Sloane 105 passim; PCC 9 Capell; HMC 7th Rep. 662; HMC Hatfield, xi. 193; SP14/33, f. 4; PCC 58 Barrington; Wards 7/85/161.

Ref Volumes: 1558-1603 Author: N. M. Fuidge Notes

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George Mainwaring born 1520 would be 5 years before his father was born.

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Mainwaring-102

George Mainwaring Born before 1551 in Ightfield, Shropshire, England

Ancestors ancestors

Son of Arthur Mainwaring MP and Margaret Mainwaring

Brother of Mary (Mainwaring) Cotton, Margaret (Webster) Ashton [half] and Elizabeth (Mainwaring) Ashton
Husband of Anne More — married [date unknown] [location unknown]

Descendants descendants

Father of Henry Mainwaring and Ane (Mainwaring) Corbett

Died 5 May 1628 in Ightfield, Shropshire, England

Biography

Sir George Mainwaring was born before 1551, only son of Sir Arthur and Margaret Mainwaring, at Ightfield, Shropshire, England.[1]

Sir George Mainwaring married Anne More, daughter of Sir William More I of Loseley, Surrey, England.[1] They had four sons, and one daughter.[1]

Sir George was Knighted about 1593.[1] He served in the House of Commons, Parliament, for Shropshire in 1572.[1] Both his father, Sir Arthur Mainwaring, and his wife's father, Sir William More, also served as Members of Parliament in the House of Commons. Although Arthur and George Mainwaring served only token terms, Sir William More served from 1539 through 1597.[2] Sir William More, in his written will, names his younger daughter Anne More as wife of George Mainwaring.[2]

Sir George Mainwaring died at Ightfield 5 May 1628.[1] A Confusion of Names

"He married Ellen Aston, daughter of John Aston, Esq. and Margaret Ireland, circa 1585."[3]

Regardless of the quote from:

       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. 25, (and which is cited by Marlyn Lewis), 

which shows George Mainwaring a younger son, married Ellen Aston - this profile is not that George Mainwaring.

This George Mainwaring, only son of Arthur and Margaret Mainwaring, married Anne More, daughter of William and Margaret (Daniel) More.[1][4]

As stated in The History of Parliament, "there was another George Mainwaring who held a minor Household post in the 1590s, travelled abroad with Sir Anthony Shirley, and died about 1612". It was probably he who married Ellen Aston. Note that nowhere does Douglas Richardson show this George Mainwaring as married to anyone - he is only mentioned in respect to his parents, and then as their only son. Sources

   ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1558-1603 -MAINWARING, George (bef.1551-1628) by N. M. Fuidge (1981)

   ↑ 2.0 2.1 MORE, William I (1520-1600), of Loseley, Surr.

   ↑ 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. 25.

   ↑ George Mainwaring (MP) in Wikipedia.com

MAINWARING, George (bef.1551-1628), of Ightfield, Salop, by N. M. Fuidge, Published in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1558-1603, ed. P.W. Hasler, 1981
MORE, William I (1520-1600), of Loseley, Surr., by M.A.P., Published in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1558-1603, ed. P.W. Hasler, 1981
George Mainwaring (MP), online database at Wikipedia, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License;
Marlyn Lewis
FIL LEGITIMATE_CHILD.

Buried 1628 Ightfield,,Shropshire,,ENGLAND,[5] Note: St. John the Baptist Church Find A Grave Memorial# 103437107.

   ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1558-1603 -MAINWARING, George (bef.1551-1628) by N. M. Fuidge (1981)

   ↑ 2.0 2.1 MORE, William I (1520-1600), of Loseley, Surr.

   ↑ 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. 25.

   ↑ George Mainwaring (MP) in Wikipedia.com

   ↑ Source: #S11215 

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Sir George Mainwaring married Anne Moore. He was born before 1551 at Ightfield, Salop and died in 1628. In 1608, he was the High Steward of Wem. Anne Moore was the daughter of Sir William Moore of Lassley County, Surrey. When Sir George married Anne, he acquired with her a good estate at Chertsey.