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Sir William "The Good" Mainwaring, Knight, Viscount of Hill 1396–1497 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: Abt. 1396

Birth Location: Over Peover, Cheshire, England

Death Date: 6 Mar 1497

Death Location: Ightfield, Shropshire Unitary Authority, Shropshire, England

Father: Randle archer]

Mother: Margery Kinderton

Spouse(s): Lady Hill

Children(s): Sir knight, William Mainwaring

The story of Sir William "The Good" Mainwaring, Knight, Viscount of Hill began in 1396 in Over Peover, Cheshire, England. Sir William "The Good" Mainwaring, Knight, Viscount of Hill married Lady Margaret Of Shropshire De Warren Lady Of Lightfield Viscountess Of Hill, and had children including Sir Thomas Mainwaring Knight, William Mainwaring. Sir William "The Good" Mainwaring, Knight, Viscount of Hill passed away in 1497 in Ightfield, Shropshire Unitary Authority, Shropshire, England.

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Biography

  • The story of Sir William "The Good" Mainwaring, Knight, Viscount of Hill began in 1396 in Over Peover, Cheshire, England.
  • Sir William "The Good" Mainwaring, Knight, Viscount of Hill married Lady Margaret Of Shropshire De Warren Lady Of Lightfield Viscountess Of Hill, and had children including Sir Thomas Mainwaring Knight, William Mainwaring.
  • Sir William "The Good" Mainwaring, Knight, Viscount of Hill passed away in 1497 in Ightfield, Shropshire Unitary Authority, Shropshire, England.

Immediate Family

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Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Sir Hill's Ancestors

Self
Sir Hill
1396–1497
Birth Place: Over Peover, Cheshire, England
Parents
Randle Randall or Ranulph Mainwaring Maynwaring of Over Peover, ( Honkyn), 2nd husband, a courtier, stiled armiger regis, the king's servant, et sagittarius de coronâ [royal archer]
1364–1457
Over Peover, Cheshire, England
Margery (Venables, Baroness of) Kinderton
1369–1459
Cheshire, England
Grandparents
Sir (William 'the Elder' de) Mainwaring
1316–1365
Over By, Middlewich, Cheshire, England
Elizabeth Leycester
1318–1405
Nether Tabley, Cheshire, England
Sir (Hugh II de Venables, Baron of) Kinderton
1333–1382
Kinderton Cum Hulme, Northwich, Cheshire, England
Margery (de Cotton, Baroness of) Kinderton
1335–1398
Rudebeth, Cheshire, England
Great-Grandparents
William Mainwaring
1286–1339
Mary Cheshire
1287–1361
Sir Kinderton
1296–1368
Katherine Kinderton
1312–1368
Hugh Cotton
1335–
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Roger Mainwaring
1263–
Henry Forester
1257–1294
Agnes Macclesfield
1260–1309
Sir Kinderton
1255–1321
Agatha Kinderton
1276–1350

Sir Hill's Descendants

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Sir (William "The Good" Mainwaring, Knight, Viscount of) Hill (Abt. 1396–6 Mar 1497) m. Lady (Margaret of Shropshire de Warren, Lady of Lightfield, Viscountess of) Hill (Abt. 1404–1452)
  1. 1. Sir (Thomas Mainwaring,) knight 1430–1508 m. Jane (Joan Agnes Sutton of Dudley, Direct Descendant of King Edward I of) England 1423–1494 m. Matilda ("Maud" Leigh) Legh, 1452–1512
    1. 1. Cicely (Cicily) Mainwaring 1469–1516
    2. 2. Lady (Anne) Mainwaring 1452–1525
    3. 3. Sir (John Mainwaring of Ightfield, Knight, English Captain at the Battle of the Spurs, Knighted at Lille by King Henry) VIII 1470–1516 m. Lady (Joan Laken Lacon () Pontesbury) –1553
      1. 1. Maud (de) Mainwaring 1490–1533 m. Richard (I Sandford Sandeford) Sanford 1490–1535
        1. 1. Sir (Richard Sandford Sandeford Sanford,) II 1535–1591 m. Mary (Anne) Parfey 1540–1605 m. Elizabeth Coggeshall 1537–1600
        2. 2. George (Sandford) Sandeford 1533–1563
        3. 3. Thomas (Sanford) Sandeford 1530–1597
    4. 4. Sir (John) Mainwaring 1471–1518
  2. 2. William Mainwaring 1410–1470

Sir Hill's Timeline

2 Records

1396
Abt. 1396
Birth of Sir William "The Good" Mainwaring, Knight, Viscount of Hill in Over Peover, Cheshire, England
Over Peover, Cheshire, England
1497
6 Mar 1497
Age 101
Death of Sir William "The Good" Mainwaring, Knight, Viscount of Hill in Ightfield, Whitchurch, Shropshire, England
Ightfield, Whitchurch, Shropshire, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: Abt. 1396
    Event Place: Over Peover, Cheshire, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 6 Mar 1497
    Event Place: Ightfield, Whitchurch, Shropshire, England
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Ightfield, Shropshire Unitary Authority, Shropshire, England
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index

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