Sir Richard Molyneux 
Sir Richard was born on October 5th, 1396 in Sefton, Lancastershire, England. Sir Richard's father was Richard Molyneux and his mother was Elinore Urswick. His paternal grandparents were Sir William Molyneux and Jane Holand; his maternal grandfather was Thomas Urswick. He had two brothers and two sisters, named Adam, Robert, Anne and Katherine. He was the second oldest of the five children. He died at the age of 64 in 1460 in Sefton, Lancastershire, England.General Notes
Sir Richard Molyneux, ancestor of the noble House of Sefton, and Sir Thomas Molyneux, Knt., banneret progenitor of the Molyneux of Teversall, a family which maintained for a lengthened series of years the first rank among the landed proprietors of Nottinghamshire and allied with the most distinguished houses in England.
Sir Richard signalized himself in the French wars of King Henry V at Agincourt (Aguencourt) where he was knighted and, in consideration of which services King Henry VI granted to him and son Richard by patent dated at Brandon July 26th, 1446, the chief forestship of Royal Forest and parks in the Wapentake by West Derbyshire, with offices of sergeant and steward of that and the Wapentake of Salford, and also the office of constable of Liverpool.
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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*There are earlier generations for the ancestor(s) indicated. See their page(s) for details (click name)
- b.~ 1263 in Sefton, Lancastershire, England d.~ 1335
- b.~ 1285 in Sefton, Lancastershire, England d.06 Apr 1363
- b.~ 1267 in Lancastershire, England
- b.~ 1305 in Sefton, Lancastershire, England d.1372 in Canterbury, England
- b.< 1261 in Sefton, Lardbrook, Lancashire, England
- b.~ 1287 in Lardbrooke, Lancastershire, England d.< 1361
- b.~ 1270 in Kilton Castle, Sefton, Lancashire, England
- b.~ 1325 in Sefton, Lancastershire, England
- b.~ 1275 in Wyersdale, Lancastershire, England
- b.~ 1307 in Wyersdale, Lancastershire, England
- b.~ 1360 in Sefton, Lancastershire, England
- b.~ 1222 in Upholland, Lancaster, England d.1275
- b.~ 1260 in Upholland, Lancaster, England d.1311
- b.~ 1230 in Over Kellet, Bolton-le-Sands, Lancaster, England
- b.~ 1285 in Upholland, Lancashire, England d.07 Oct 1328 in Beheaded at Boreham Wood, Essex, England
- b.~ 1223 in Samlesbury, Lancaster, England d.~ 1256
- b.~ 1260 in Salmesbury, Lancastershire, England d.> 1311
- b.~ 1223 in Salmesbury, Lancaster, England
- b.~ 1326 in Upholland, Lancashire, England
- b.~ 1242 in Ashby, Leicestershire, England d.15 Oct 1285 in Ashby, Leicestershire, England
- b.09 Oct 1267 in Ashby, Leicestershire, England d.25 Mar 1314 in Brackley, Northamptonshire, England
- b.~ 1246 in Salisbury, Wiltshire, England d.10 Jul 1276
- b.1290 in Ashby Magna, Leicestershire, England d.31 May 1349 in Brackley, Northamptonshire, England
- b.1238 in Seagrave, Leicestershire, England d.12 Nov 1295
- b.~ 1270 in Segrave, Leicestershire, England
- b.~ 1245 d.1337
- b.05 Oct 1396 in Sefton, Lancastershire, England d.1460 in Sefton, Lancastershire, England
- b.~ 1340
- b.~ 1370
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They had nine sons and three daughters, named Sir Richard, Sir Thomas, John, Robert, Henry, Gilbert, Edmund, William, Robert, Catherine, Genett and Elizabeth.
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Children
Sir Richard Molyneux
Sir Richard was born about 1428 in Sefton, Lancastershire, England. He died on September 23rd, 1459 in Battle of Bloore Heath, the war of Roses.
Sir Thomas Molyneux
Sir Thomas was born about 1431 in Sefton, Lancastershire, England. He died about 1511.
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