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1.

Ranulphus de Mesnil Warin - Ranulphus - was one of the thirty-two persons to whom William the Conqueror gave the most part of Cheshire, and had given him fifteen lordships there, among which was Peure, now callled Over Peover, and which was the seat of the family for meny generations.   The Mainwarings (pronounced "Mannering") held the manor at Peover Hall from the time of the Norman Conquest. Ranulphus, believed to be the family's ancestor came to live in Over Peover (pronounced "pee-ver"). The present Hall was built by Sir Randle Mainwaring in 1585 and had a Georgian extension built by Sir Henry Mainwaring, the last male heir of the family. In 1797 the house was purchased by Thomas Wettenhall, who took the name of Mainwaring guaranteeing that the house would continue in the family name until 1919 after which it was owned by several other unrelated families. (Papillon Graphics' Virtual Encyclopaedia of Greater Manchester) (Sources: - 1 - 2) Children: (Quick Family Chart) i.  Richard de Mesnil Warin See #2. below.

Peover Church build in 1585 by Sir Randle Mainwaring.

----- Second Generation -----

2.	Richard de Mesnil Warin - He is the son of Ranulphus de Mesnil Warin. Children: (Quick Family Chart) i.  Roger de Mesnil Warin See #3. below.

----- Third Generation -----

3.	Roger de Mesnil Warin - He is the son of Richard de Mesnil Warin. Roger - had three sons - William, Wildo and Randle. (Sources: - 1) Children: (Quick Family Chart) i.  William de Mesnil Warin See #4. below.

----- Fourth Generation -----

4.	William de Mesnil Warin - He is the son of Roger de Mesnil Warin. Children: (Quick Family Chart) i.  Roger de Mesnil Warin was born about 1130. See #5. below.

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5.	Roger de Mesnil Warin - was born about 1130. He is the son of William de Mesnil Warin. Roger married Ellen (of England). Children: (Quick Family Chart) i.  Sir Raufe Mainwaring was born about 1155 in Warmingham, Cheshire County, England. See #6. below.

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Sir Raufe Mainwaring - was born about 1155 in Warmingham, Cheshire County, England. He is the son of Roger de Mesnil Warin and Ellen (of England). Sir Raufe married Amicia Kyveliock in 1179 in Warmingham, Cheshire County, England. She is the daughter of Hugh Kyveliock. Sir Raufe - was knighted. (Sources: - 3) Children: (Quick Family Chart) i.  Roger Mainwaring See #7. below.

----- Seventh Generation -----

7.	Roger Mainwaring - He is the son of Sir Raufe Mainwaring and Amicia Kyveliock. Children: (Quick Family Chart) i.  William Mainwaring See #8. below.

----- Eighth Generation -----

8.	William Mainwaring - He is the son of Roger Mainwaring. William - had Over Peover given him by his father and was the first of the family who settled there. (Sources: - 1) Children: (Quick Family Chart) i.  William Mainwaring was born about 1286. See #9. below.

----- Ninth Generation -----

9.	William Mainwaring - was born about 1286. He is the son of William Mainwaring. Children: (Quick Family Chart) i.  Roger Mainwaring See #10. below.

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10.

Roger Mainwaring - He is the son of William Mainwaring. Roger married Chrstian de Birtles. Chrstian - later married John de Byrun, and lastly, in 1334, Robert de Varnon. (Sources: - 1) Children: (Quick Family Chart) i.  William Mainwaring died about 1338 . See #11. below. ii.  Joan Mainwaring Joan married Robert de Fallybrome. (Sources: - 1)

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11.

William Mainwaring - died about 1338 . He was the son of Roger Mainwaring and Chrstian de Birtles. William married Mary Davenport in 1325. William - had issue William, Roger, Margery, and Millicent - all living in 1334. Children: (Quick Family Chart) i.  William Mainwaring was born in 1316 in Over-Peover, Cheshire, England and died in 1364 . See #12. below.

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12.

William Mainwaring - was born in 1316 in Over-Peover, Cheshire, England and died in 1364 . He was the son of William Mainwaring and Mary Davenport. William married Joan Praers. Joan was born of Bradiley, near Natwich. Joan - Willaim and Joan, had a son WIlliam who died in 1410.   Then William married Elizabeth Leycester. Elizabeth - - William and Elizabeth had 5 sons - John, Randle, Thomas, Alan and Richard. Also, three daughters, Emma, wife of RIchard Wnnungton; Ellen, wife of Raufe Vernon; and Joan, wife of William Leigh of Baggiley. John died in 1399. (Sources: - 1) Children with Elizabeth Leycester (Quick Family Chart) i.  Randle Mainwaring was born about 1367 in Over-Peover, Cheshire, England and died in 1456 and was buried in Peover . See #13. below.

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Randle Mainwaring - was born about 1367 in Over-Peover, Cheshire, England and died in 1456 and was buried in Peover . He was the son of William Mainwaring and Elizabeth Leycester. Randle married Margery Venables in 1391. She is the daughter of Hugh Venables. Margery - was the Widow of Richard Buckley of Chedill, in Cheshire (Sources: - 1) Randle - succeeded to the family estates after the death of his brother John, entered the service of King Henry IV, and, as a result of an attachment to the court of the Earl of Chester, was in 1405 granted for life the office of Equitator of the Forest of Mara and Mondrem, which then included much of the Hundred of Nantwich and all of Edisbury. Then, when the Earl succeeded as King Henry V, Randle was granted two parts of the serjeanty of Macclesfield during the minority of John Davenport, whose family held the hereditary serjeanty. Children: (Quick Family Chart) i.  William Mainwaring was born in 1396 in Over-Peover, Cheshire, England and died in 1499 . See #14. below.

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William Mainwaring - was born in 1396 in Over-Peover, Cheshire, England and died in 1499 . He was the son of Randle Mainwaring and Margery Venables. William married Margaret Warren. Margaret was born about 1400, lived in Ightfield, Shropshire, England. She is the daughter of John Warren and Matilda Cheney. Children: (Quick Family Chart) i.  Thomas Mainwaring was born about 1450 in Ightfield , SW of Whitchurch, Shropshire, England and died in 1508 . See #15. below.

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Thomas Mainwaring - was born about 1450 in Ightfield , SW of Whitchurch, Shropshire, England and died in 1508 . He was the son of William Mainwaring and Margaret Warren. Thomas married Jane Sutton. Jane was born about 1434, lived in Dudley Castle, Staffordshire, England. She is the daughter of Sir John de Sutton VI and Elizabeth Berkeley. Thomas - was tenant of two copyhold estates in Edstaston and Cotton (in Wem parish), county Salop.   We descend from both his daughter Cicely and his son Sir John. Children: (Quick Family Chart) i.  Cicely Mainwaring was born about 1469 and died before 1516 in Cotton, Shropshire, England . Cicely married John Cotton. John was born about 1465 in Cotton, Shropshire, England. He is the son of William de Coton and Agnes Younge. See de Coton family for children. ii.  Sir John Mainwaring was born about 1478. See #16. below.

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16.

Sir John Mainwaring - was born about 1478. He is the son of Thomas Mainwaring and Jane Sutton. Sir John married Joan Lacon. She is the daughter of Sir Richard Lacon and Margery Horde. Sir John - 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. Children: (Quick Family Chart) i.  Sir Richard Mainwaring died on 30 Sep 1558 in St. Albans, Hertfordshire, England . See #17. below.

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Sir Richard Mainwaring - died on 30 Sep 1558 in St. Albans, Hertfordshire, England . He was the son of Sir John Mainwaring and Joan Lacon. Sir Richard married Dorothy Corbet. Dorothy was born about 1511. She is the daughter of Sir Robert Corbet and Elizabeth Vernon. Children: (Quick Family Chart) i.  Sir Arthur Mainwaring was born about 1520 in Ightfield , SW of Whitchurch, Shropshire, England and died on 4 Sep 1590 in England . See #18. below.

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18.

Sir Arthur Mainwaring - was born about 1520 in Ightfield , SW of Whitchurch, Shropshire, England and died on 4 Sep 1590 in England . He was the son of Sir Richard Mainwaring and Dorothy Corbet. Sir Arthur married Margaret Mainwaring in 1540 in England. Margaret was born about 1521 in Over Peover, Cheshire, England. She was the daughter of Randall Mainwaring and Elizabeth Brereton. She died before 1591 in Over Peover, Cheshire, England . Sir Arthur - - of Ightfield Children: (Quick Family Chart) i.  Mary Mainwaring was born about 1541 in Lightfield, Stropshire, England and died before 2 Jun 1578 . Mary married Richard Cotton. Richard was born in 1539 in Stoke, Warwick, England. He was the son of Sir George Cotton and Mary Onley. He died on 14 Jun 1602 in Stoke, Warwick, England . See de Coton family for children.

Sources:

1 A Short History of the Mainwaring Family Finley, R. Mainwaring London, Griffith Farran Okeden & Welsh - 1890

2 Papillon Graphics' Virtual Encyclopaedia of Greater Manchester Web: http://www.manchester2002-uk.com/history/old-families4a.html

3 Boaz and Welty Geneology Web: http://www.boazfamilytree.com/

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