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1. Molyneux, Richard
   1. Ursewick, Ellen
      1. Molyneux, Richard
         1. Haydock, Joan
            1. Molyneux, Katherine
            2. Molyneux, Richard
            3. Molyneux, Elizabeth Sefton
            4. Molyneux, Thomas of Haughton
            5. Molyneux, William
            6. Molyneux, Henry
            7. Molyneux, Janet
            8. Molyneux, Gilbert

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Source References

1. LR37-QT5 FamilySearch.org
2. Wikitree - Sir Richard Molyneus (1396-1460)
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        Sir Richard Molyneux aka Molineux
        Born 5 Oct 1396 in Sefton, Lancashire, Englandmap

        Son of Richard (Molyneux) of Sefton and Ellen (Urswick) Molyneux
        Brother of Margaret Molyneux [half], Eleanor Molyneux [half], Adam Molyneux, Katherine (Molyneux) Radcliffe [half], Robert Molyneux, Richard Harrington [half] and Margaret Harrington [half]
        Husband of Ellen Radcliffe — married 1415 in Sefton, Lancashire, Englandmap
        Husband of Joane (Haydock) Leigh — married after 16 Jun 1422 in Bradley, Lancashire, Englandmap

        Father of Margaret (Molyneux) Legh, Robert (Molyneux) of Alcar, Edmund Molyneux, Ellen (Molyneux) Nevill, John Molyneux, Katherine Molyneux, Richard Molyneux, Elizabeth (Molyneux) Southworth, Thomas Molyneux Esq and Joan (Molyneux) Preston
        Died about 1460 at about age 63 in Staffordshire, England

        Biography
        Sir Richard Molyneux of Sefton, knight, was born on 5 October 1396 at Sefton, Lancashire, England.

        He was the son of Sir Richard Molineux of Sefton, knight, and Elen Urswick. His maternal grandfather was Sir Thomas Urswicke, knight.[1] His father was the sheriff of the county of Lancaster for life.[1]

        Sir Richard had two younger brothers:

        Adam, Bishop of Chichester and keeper of the privy seal (d. 1450)[1][2]
        Robert m. [. . .], dau. of Sir Baldwin Strange, knight.[1]
        Marriage
        Richard married twice.

        Radcliffe
        Sir Richard married in 1415 at Sefton, Lancashire, Ellen Radcliffe, the daughter of — Radcliffe of the Tower, but not the widow of — Harington,[1] because it was her mother-in-law, Ellen, daughter of Robert Urswick, of Tatham, Lancashire, who married Sir James Harington, Knight, of Fishwick (and/or of Blackrod[3]), Lancashire, Knight of the Shire for Lancashire, constable of Liverpool castle.[4]

        children
        Sir Richard and Ellen Radcliffe had two daughters:[5]:

        Anne m. Richard Nevell of Leversedge,[1] and
        Margaret m. Sir Peter Leigh, knight.[1][6]
        Haydock
        Richard remarried to Joan Haydock. She was the daughter and heir of Sir Gilbert Haydock, knight.[1] Joan had eight sons and three daughters with her previous husband, Peter Leigh.[5]

        children
        Sir Richard and Joan Haydock are the parents of:

        Sir Richard of Sefton, (d. battle of Bloreheath) m.Elizabeth, sis. of Thomas Stanley, earl of Derby;[1]
        Thomas of Haughton - ancestor of Molyneux of Haughton.[1]
        Sir Robert[1], taken prisoner by the Turks in 1448;[5]
        Edmund m. the Lady of Cheneys co Bucks.[1]
        John, rector of Sefton;[1]
        Joan m. Robert Preston, Viscount Gormeston in Ireland;[1]
        Katherine m.1 Sir Robert Radcliffe, kt., m.2 John Stanhope.[1] and
        Elizabeth m. Sir Richard Southworth, kt.[1]
        Occupation
        At Brandun, on 28 July, 1446, Henry VI granted to Sir Richard Molyneux, and Richard his son and their heirs male, the offices of Master Forester of Westderbishir, steward of Westderbishir and Salfordshir, and Constable of Lyverpoll Castle. After cancellation of grants for life made 10 Feb. 1441.[7]

        Death
        Sir Richard Molineux of Sefton knight, died in 1460 in Staffordshire, England.

        Sources
        ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 1.15 Rev F R Raines, MA, FSA, ed, "The Visitation of the County Palatine of Lancaster, made in the year 1664-5, by Sir William Dugdale, Knight, Norroy King of Arms, Part II", Remains Historical & Literary connected with the Palatine Counties of Lancaster and Chester, LXXXV, (Manchester: The Chetham Society, 1872), 205-6Internet Archive (https://archive.org/stream/visitationcount02raingoog#page/n118/mode/2up : accessed 29 June 2016).
        ↑ Wikipedia: Adam Moleyns
        ↑ Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America before 1700, 34:34, 160
        ↑ Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, 480 and 821.
        ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Sydney Lee, ed., Dictionary of national biography, Vol. XXXVIII Milman-More, (London: Smith, Elder, & co., 1894), https://archive.org/stream/dictionaryofnati38stepuoft#page/134/mode/2up pp.134.
        ↑ Leigh of Lyme, (Vis. of Chesh, 1580). WikiTree.com. Pedigree.
        ↑ DDM/3/1 Molyneux, Earls of Sefton; Appointments and Royal Grants, Henry VI to Sir Richard Molyneux, and Richard his son and their heirs male, Lancashire Archives, Lancashire County Council, http://archivecat.lancashire.gov.uk/CalmView/Record.aspx?src=CalmView.Catalog&id=DDM%2f46%2f3, 15 August 2014
        See also:

        Samuel G Webber, A Genealogy of the Southworths (Southards), (Boston, MA: The Fort Hill Press, 1905).
        Ancestry Trees.[1][2][3][4]

      • Citation:

        https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Molyneux-30

3. Gisborne Molineux: Memoirs of the Molyneux
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        pages 6-8

      • Citation:

        https://archive.org/details/memoirmolineuxf00moligoog/page/n22/mode/2up?view=theater

4. Lodge, John, 1692-1774; Archdall, Mervyn, 1723-1791: The peerage of Ireland : or, A genealogical history of the present nobility of that kingdom
5. William Betham: The Baronetage of England: Or The History of the English Baronets, and Such Baronets of Scotland, as are of English Families; with Genealogical Tables, and Engravings of Their Coats of Arms, Volume 1
6. Thomas Wotton: The Baronetage of England
7. Our royal, titled, noble and commoner ancestors - Richard Molyneux
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        Sir Richard Molyneux1
        Last Edited 4 Apr 2020
        M, #10917, b. 5 October 1396, d. 23 September 1459
        Father Richard Molyneux, Esq., Sheriff of Lancaster d. 27 Sep 1397
        Mother Ellen Urswick b. c 1376, d. a 1 Sep 1432
        Sir Richard Molyneux was born on 5 October 1396. He married Ellen Radcliffe circa 1412. Sir Richard Molyneux married Joan Haydocke, daughter of Gilbert Haydocke, after 16 June 1422. Sir Richard Molyneux died on 23 September 1459 at Blore Heath, Staffordshire, England, at age 62.
        Family 1
        Ellen Radcliffe
        Children
        Margaret Molyneux+ b. c 1418
        Eleanor Anne Molyneux+ b. c 1418
        Family 2
        Joan Haydocke b. c 1397, d. c 1460
        Children
        Elizabeth Molyneux+
        John Molyneux, Rector of Sefton d. 1497
        Sir Thomas Molyneux+2 d. c 1521
        Sir Richard Molyneux, Chief Forester of West Derby+ d. 23 Sep 1459
        Janet Molyneux+3 b. c 1438
        Citations
        [S2757] Unknown author, Lineage and Ancestry of HRH Prince Charles by Paget, Vol. II, p. 415; Burke's Peerage, "Sefton".
        [S11576] 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. 360.
        [S11568] The Complete Peerage, by Cokayne, Vol. VI, p. 20-1.

      • Citation:

        https://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/p364.htm#i10917

8. British History online - The history of Lancashire and the Manor of Sefton
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        At the death of Edward the Confessor five thegns held SEFTON, which was assessed at one hide, and was worth 16s. beyond the customary rent. (fn. 8) It appears to have been granted about 1100 by Roger of Poitou to the ancestor of Richard de Molyneux (living in 1212), and was the chief place of a fee consisting of ten and a half ploughlands held by this family by the service of half a knight. (fn. 9) The family of Molyneux, the head of which may perhaps be considered to have been one of the 'barones comitatus,' have continued to hold the manor without interruption to the present day, and from it are derived the titles of Earl of Sefton and Baron Sefton borne by the head of the family.

         

        Molyneux, Earl of Sefton. Azure, a cross moline or.

        The ancestor mentioned was probably Robert de Molyneux, to whom about 1125 Stephen, count of Boulogne and Mortain, granted land in Down Litherland. (fn. 10) In the latter half of the century Richard de Molyneux, (fn. 11) sometimes called Richard son of Robert, held the estates; from him the descent of the manor is clearly established. (fn. 12)

        His son and successor was Adam, who held the manors for about thirty-five years, and appears to have been one of the most prominent men in the district in his time. (fn. 13) He is sometimes described as a knight. (fn. 14) William his son followed; a number of his grants have been preserved, (fn. 15) and his name occurs as a witness down to 1275; (fn. 16) some traditional verses say that he was made a banneret in Gascony and died in 1289. (fn. 17) He certainly died before 1292, when his son Richard was in possession of Sefton, and concerned in various suits. (fn. 18) Richard died about 1320, having shortly before made a number of grants to his younger children by Emma, who was perhaps a second wife. (fn. 19)

        William, the eldest son, succeeded. (fn. 20) In 1327 he was one of those charged to engage men in this hundred to serve in the Scottish war. (fn. 21) He died before 29 June, 1336, when the manor of Sefton was released to his son Richard, (fn. 22) who held it for nearly thirty years, dying on 6 April, 1363, (fn. 23) his son William having predeceased him in 1358. (fn. 24) The new lord of Sefton was William's son William, aged about eighteen years at his grandfather's death. (fn. 25) His tenure, however, was but short, for he died in 1372 after distinguishing himself in the wars in France and Spain. (fn. 26) There was again a minority, this time a long one, the son and heir Richard being in 1388 still a minor, (fn. 27) whose wardship was granted to a relative, Thomas de Molyneux of Cuerdale. (fn. 28)

        Again there was a short tenure of the manors and a long minority, for Richard died 27 December, 1397, leaving a son and heir Richard, not quite fifteen months old. (fn. 29) The latter fought under Henry V in the French wars and was made a knight; (fn. 30) in 1424 occurred his quarrel with the Stanleys, which threatened to become a private war. (fn. 31) Henry VI, for services rendered and expected, granted him and his heirs the offices of master forester of the forest and parks of West Derbyshire, steward of this wapentake and of Salfordshire, and constable of the castle of Liverpool. (fn. 32) By his first wife, Joan, daughter and heir of Sir Gilbert Haydock, (fn. 33) he had several sons. (fn. 34)

        Richard, the eldest son and heir, notwithstanding the feud with Stanley, had been married before 1432 to Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Thomas Stanley, (fn. 35) by whom he had several children. (fn. 36) He is stated to have been killed at the battle of Blore Heath, 23 September, 1459, fighting on the Lancastrian side, (fn. 37) and was succeeded by his eldest son Thomas, who married Anne, a daughter and co-heir of Sir Thomas Dutton of Dutton, another of those who fell at Blore Heath. (fn. 38) Thomas Molyneux was sheriff in 1473 and later years, (fn. 39) and in 1475 accompanied Edward IV on his expedition to France; (fn. 40) in 1481 he received from the king a grant of the manor of Ulnes Walton, moieties of Eccleston, Leyland, Heskin and Kellamergh, and various other lands and rents in Lancashire for the service of one knight's fee and 100 rent. (fn. 41) He also purchased the advowson of Walton. (fn. 42) In 1482 he joined the expedition to Scotland, and was knighted at the recovery of Berwick. (fn. 43) He died 12 July, 1483, leaving as his heir his son Richard, then five years of age, (fn. 44) and other children.

        ¶There was once more a long minority, during which, as the Croxteth Deeds show, the widow, Dame Anne Molyneux, was a vigilant guardian, bent on increasing the family possessions. (fn. 45) William, a younger brother of Richard, became heir on the latter's death, attaining his majority about 1502. (fn. 46) He took part in three expeditions to Scotland, capturing two banners at Flodden, and receiving a letter of thanks from Henry VIII. (fn. 47) It was perhaps in his time that Croxteth became the principal residence of the family, as Leyland found it in 1535: 'Mr. Molyneux, a knight of great lands, two miles from Prescot, dwelleth at a place called Croxteth.' (fn. 48) In 1545 William Molyneux assigned certain lands to his son Richard to enable the latter to maintain hospitality within the manor place of Sefton. (fn. 49) He died in 1548. (fn. 50)

        His son and heir Richard had special livery of his lands on 13 June in that year. (fn. 51) He was made a knight at the coronation of Queen Mary in 1553, (fn. 52) and was sheriff of Lancashire in 1566. (fn. 53) Before his death on 3 January, 15689, (fn. 54) having apparently shown some conformity to the established religion, 'he received absolution and did vow that he would take the pope to be supreme head of the Church.' (fn. 55)

      • Citation:

        http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/lancs/vol3/pp66-74

9. Visitation of Lancashire, 1664-65 (-pgs 1-5)Molyneux of Sefton
10. Richard Molyneux, "Find A Grave Index"
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         Name Richard Molyneux
         Death Date 23 Sep 1459
         Event Type Burial
         Event Place Sefton, Metropolitan Borough of Sefton, Merseyside, England
         Cemetery Sefton Parish Churchyard
         Photograph Included N
         Note Contains Biography

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         Son of Sir Richard Molyneux (d. 1439) and his second wife Joan Haydock, daughter and heir of Sir Gilbert Haydocke. Was a favorite of Henry VI. Became usher of the privy chamber (royal apartment). Fought on the Lancastrian side in the Wars of the Roses. Slain at the Battle of Blore Heath. Married Elizabeth Stanley, daughter of Sir Thomas Stanley. (Source: Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900. 38:134.)

       • Citation:

         "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6JXG-65XL : 20 October 2022), Richard Molyneux, ; Burial, Sefton, Metropolitan Borough of Sefton, Merseyside, England, Sefton Parish Churchyard; citing record ID 243290389, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.

         https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/243290389/richard-molyneux