Sir William Molyneux Esquire

  General Notes:

~Visitation of Lancashire by Sir William Dugdale, Vol. II, 1665-5, Molineux of Sefton pedigree, p.204 ⁷⁵¹

  Information about this person:

• Background Information. ⁷¹⁶
Sir William the eldest succeeded his father in 1363. He distinguished himself at the battle of Navaret, in Spain under Edward the Black Prince, where he was made a Bannoret in 1367, and continued to serve under that General in all his Spanish and French wars. He died at Cantebury in 1372. He married first, Johannah, daughter of Jordan Ellall, Forrester of Werdale, by Alice, his wife, one of the daughters and co-heirs to Thomas de Twenge; secondly, Margret, daughter and heir to Sir Alan Hetton, of Buthel, widow of Sir Robert de Holland of Enkerston, brother to Sir Thomas Holland, Knight of the Garter; by the former he had seven sons, of whom Sir Thomas the second was slain at Redcot-Bridge, between Berkshire and Oxfordshire in 1388; and Sir William the eldest son of his father.

~History, Genealogical and Biographical, of the Molyneux Families, pgs. 9-10

• Children. ⁷¹⁷
Sir William Molynex of Sefton
Sir Thomas Molynex of Kuerdale, Constabel of Chester, and slain by Sir Thomas Mortimer at the Battle of Radcot Bridge, 1383
Sir John Molyneux of Crosby, returned to the Great Council at Westminster 17 Edward II
Richard Molyneux, Parson of Sefton
Robert Molyneux
Peter Molyneux
Simon Molyneux

~Memoir of the Molineux Family, pgs. 4-5

• Background Information. ⁷²⁷
Sir William de Molineux, the eldest son and hier, had two wives. The first was Joan, daughter and heir of Jordan Ellall, Forester of Wyresdale, by Alice his wife, one of the daughters and coheirs of Thomas de Twenge. His second wife as the Lady Margaret, widow of Sir Robert Holland, of Enkeston, Knight and brother to Sir Thomas Holland, Knight of the Garter, and the daughter and heir of Sir Alan Heyton, of Bushell, Knight. By his former wife he had several sons:

Sir William
Sir Thomas of Kuerdale
Sir John of Crosby, who had three daughters and heirs. One married to Blundell of Crosby, another to Robert Erneys, and the other to Charnock of Aston
Richard, Parson of the church of Sefton
Robert
Peter
Simon
~The Baronetage of England, Kimble & Johnson, 1771, p. 60

• Background Information. ¹⁰⁵⁵
Sir William de Molineus, the eldest son and heir, had two wives. His 1^st wife was Joan, the daughter and heir of Jordan Ellall, of Wyresdale, by Alice his wife, one of the daughters and coheirs of Thomas de Twenge. With Alice, his first wife, he had several sons including Sir William and Sir Thomas of Kuerdale. Sir William, son of Sir William and Alice Twenge, was the eldest son and the husband of Jane Holand, daughter and heir of Sir Robert Holand and Margaret, daughter of Alan Heyton, as well as the 2^nd wife of his father (therefore his stepmother).

Sir William's 2^nd wife was lady Margaret, the widow of Sir Robert Holand of Enkeston, Knight (brother to Sir Thomas Holand, of Bushell, Knight of the Garter) and daughter and heir of Sir Alan Heyton, of Bushell, Knight.

~ Collin's The English Baronetage, Vol. I pp. 145-146

William married Johannah Ellal, daughter of Jordan Ellal Forester of Wersdale and Alice de Thwenge, in 1356-1357 in England ^716,727,728.^,751

William next married Margaret Heyton, daughter of Sir Alan Heyton Knight and Unknown. (Margaret Heyton was born in 1314.)