Monday, October 24, 2011

RICHARD MAINWARING 1497-1558

[Ancestral Link: Harold William Miller, son of Edward Emerson Miller, son of Anna Hull (Miller), daughter of William Hull, son of Anna Hyde (Hull), daughter of Uriah Hyde, son of Elizabeth Leffingwell (Hyde), daughter of Sarah Abell (Leffingwell), daughter of Joshua Abell, son of Robert Abell, son of Frances Cotton (Abell), daughter of Mary Mainwaring (Cotton), daughter of Arthur Mainwaring, son of Richard Mainwaring.]


He was knighted by September 28, 1536, when he took a lease from John, late Abbott, and the convent of St. Mary, Combermere, Chester. He served as Commissioner of Peace in May 1538, was among the knights who welcomed Anne of Cleves to England on January 3, 1539/40, and served as Sheriff of Shropshire in 1544 and at other times. He died on September 30, 1558 in St. Albans, Hertfordshire.
found on ancestry.com



Sir John Mainwaring, son of Thomas and Jane was born about 1478. He married Joan Lacon, daughter of Sir Richard Lacon and Margery Horde. He was among those who entered France on June 16, 1513; he was captain in the army of King Henry VIII and was knighted at Lille. He was the heir of his uncle George Mainwaring.
from MainWaring Family Family Geneaolgy www.renderplus.com/hartgen/htm/mainwaring_2.htm
found on ancestry.com

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