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Margaret Mainwaring 1521 – 1574 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1521

Birth Location: Ightfield, Shropshire, England

Death Date: November 1574

Death Location: Ightfield, Shropshire, England

Father: Sir (jr)

Mother: Lady Brereton-Oldfield

Spouse(s): Sir Knight

Children(s): Mary Mainwaring

The story of Margaret Mainwaring began in 1521 in Ightfield, Shropshire, England. Margaret Mainwaring married Sir Arthur Mainwaring, Knight, and had children including Mary Mainwaring. Margaret Mainwaring passed away in 1574 in Ightfield, Shropshire, England.

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Biography

  • The story of Margaret Mainwaring began in 1521 in Ightfield, Shropshire, England.
  • Margaret Mainwaring married Sir Arthur Mainwaring, Knight, and had children including Mary Mainwaring.
  • Margaret Mainwaring passed away in 1574 in Ightfield, Shropshire, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

Sir (jr)
1495 – 1577
Birth Location: **VERIFIED- Peover Manor, Peover Superior (or Over Peover) Parish, Cheshire, England -Land has a country house built for Sir Ralph Mainwaring abt 1584 tho they lived there earlier. In 1919 sold to John Graham Peel.
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Lady Brereton-Oldfield
1505 – 1545
Birth Location: VERIFIED- Malpas Castle, Malpas, Cheshire, England -Malpas Castle was an earth and timber motte-and-bailey fortification raised in the late 11th century, Malpas used to be a market town and also a civil parish in the ceremonial county of Cheshire
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Spouses(s)

Sir Knight
1525 – 1590
Birth Location: Ightfield, Shropshire, England
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Children(s)

Mary Mainwaring
1541 – 1578
Birth Location: –
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Margaret Mainwaring's Ancestors

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Margaret Mainwaring
1521 – 1574
Birth Place: Ightfield, Shropshire, England
Parents
Sir Randall (Randolph, Randulph, Randle) John de (Manewaringe, Manwaring) Mainwaring (jr)
1495 – 1577
**VERIFIED- Peover Manor, Peover Superior (or Over Peover) Parish, Cheshire, England -Land has a country house built for Sir Ralph Mainwaring abt 1584 tho they lived there earlier. In 1919 sold to John Graham Peel.
Lady (Martha Elizabeth) Brereton-Oldfield
1505 – 1545
VERIFIED- Malpas Castle, Malpas, Cheshire, England -Malpas Castle was an earth and timber motte-and-bailey fortification raised in the late 11th century, Malpas used to be a market town and also a civil parish in the ceremonial county of Cheshire
Grandparents
Sir (Randall) Brereton,
1480 – 1530
of Malpas, Cheshire, England
Eleanor Dutton
1484 – 1522
Hatton, Cheshire, England
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Margaret Mainwaring's Descendants

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Margaret Mainwaring (1521 – November 1574) m. Sir (Arthur Mainwaring,) Knight (1525 – 4 September 1590)
  1. 1. Mary Mainwaring (1541 – 1578) m. Richard Cotton (1539 – 14 June 1602)
    1. 1. Frances (de) Cotton (1565 – 16 Apr 1646) m. George (Abell of Hemington, Stapenhill, and Derby,) Leicestershire (1561 – 11 Sep 1630)
      1. 1. Robert (Abell of Hemington, County of Leicester and Stapenhill, County of Derby) - (abt. 1605 – 20 Jun 1663) m. Joanna ("Goody" Abell Hyde) - (11 Jan 1610 – 19 Sep 1672)
        1. 1. Sgt (Caleb Abell) - (Apr 1646 – 7 Aug 1731) m. Margaret Post (21 Feb 1653 – 02 Nov 1700)

Margaret Mainwaring's Timeline

2 Records

1521
1521
Birth of Margaret Mainwaring in Ightfield, Shropshire, England
Ightfield, Shropshire, England
1574
November 1574
Age 53
Death of Margaret Mainwaring in Ightfield, Shropshire, England
Ightfield, Shropshire, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1521
    Event Place: Ightfield, Shropshire, England
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find A Grave Index, 1300s-Current

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: November 1574
    Event Place: Ightfield, Shropshire, England
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find A Grave Index, 1300s-Current

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Ightfield, Shropshire Unitary Authority, Shropshire, England
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find A Grave Index, 1300s-Current
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