Sir John Mainwaring and Joan Lacon
Sir John Mainwaring was of Ightfield, Shropshire, England, the son of Thomas Mainwaring and Jane Sutton. He was the heir of his uncle, George Mainwaring. Sir John married Joan Lacon. Joan was the daughter of Sir Richard Lacon and Margery Horde.
Sir John, according to Boyer, "was among those who entered France 16 June 1513." This refers to the arrival of Henry VIII's military entourage at Calais, Pas-de-Calais, France, in preparation for the Battle of the Spurs (also called the Battle of Guinegate). England was allied with the Holy Roman Empire and fought against France during the battle, which ended with an English-Imperial victory. Sir John was a captain in Henry VIII's army and was knighted 14 October 1513 at Lille, Nord, France.
Sir John died May ("last Ascension tide") 1518. His will was dated 7 July 1516 (codicil 28 January 1517/8) and proved May 1518. An inquisition post mortem of his estate was conducted 22 August 1518.
Joan married second George Pontesbury (son of Thomas Pontesbury and Elizabeth Grafton). Joan died 13 April 1524 and George died 10 October 1550. They are buried at St. Alkmund, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England, where they are depicted on a monumental brass (see image below).
Sir John and Joan’s child is:
- Sir Richard Mainwaring, at least 21 at the inquisition post mortem of his father's estate in 1518 (making him born in or before 1497, probably in Ightfield, Shropshire, England), married Dorothy Corbet (of Moreton Corbet, Shropshire, England, dau. of Sir Robert Corbet and Elizabeth Vernon), knighted before 28 September 1536, Commissioner of Peace in May 1538, Sheriff of Shropshire in 1544 (and other dates), among the knights who welcomed Anne of Cleves to England, died 30 Sep 1558 in St. Albans, Hertfordshire, England, buried 7 Oct 1558 in Ightfield, Shropshire, England.
George and Joan’s children are:
- Jane Pontesbury, married John Frere (of Tamworth, Staffordshire, England).
- Elizabeth Pontesbury, married Robert Ireland (son of David Ireland, of Shropshire, England, gentleman, Alderman of Shrewsbury, member of the Mercers' Company, Bailiff in 1554, d. 6 Oct 1599, buried at St. Chad's, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England).
- Thomas Pontesbury, married -- --, buried 17 Mar 1605/6 in St. Alkmund, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England.
- George Pontesbury, died 7 April 1589, buried in St. Alkmund, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England.
- Dorothy Pontesbury, married Edward Owen (son of David Owen, of Shropshire, England, draper), buried 27 Oct 1593 in St. Alkmund, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England.
- Mary Pontesbury, married Thomas Kelton (son of Arthur and Maude (Straunge) Kelton, of Shropshire, England, gentleman).
Sources:
Records related to Sir Richard and Dorothy (Corbet) Mainwaring but not copied below due to copyright considerations:
- Metcalfe, Walter Charles, A book of Knights banneret, Knights of the bath, and Knights bachelor, made between the fourth year of King Henry VI and the restoration of King Charles II..., London: Mitchell and Hughes, 1885, p. 55. This publication can be found on Archive.org.
- Owen, Hugh, History of Shrewsbury, vol. 2, London: Harding, Lepard and Company, 1825, pgs. 289-90 (and an insert showing the monumental brass before p. 289). This publication can be found on Google Books.
- Tresswell, Robert and Vincent, Augustine (edited by George Grazebrook and John Paul Rylands), The Visitation of Shropshire, Taken in the Year 1623, Vol. 29, London: 1889, pgs. 283, 403-4. This publication can be found on Google Books.
- Ancestry.com. UK, Extracted Probate Records, 1269-1975 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2009.
- Phillips, William, "Papers Relating to the Trained Soldiers of Shropshire in the Reign of Queen Elizabeth," Transactions of the Shropshire Archaeological and Natural History Society, 2nd series, Vol. II, Shrewsbury: Adnitt and Naunton, 1890, pgs. 256-7. This publication can be found on Google Books.
- Morris, Joseph, "The Provosts and Bailiffs of Shrewsbury," Transactions of the Shropshire Archaeological and Natural History Society, 3rd series, Vol. IV, Shrewsbury: Adnitt and Naunton, 1904, pgs. 269-70. This publication can be found on Google Books.
- Boyer, Carl, Medieval English Ancestors of Robert Abell, Santa Clarita, CA: C. Boyer, 2001.
Coat of Arms
Mainwaring Arms:
Metcalfe's A Book of Knights
Knights Made 1513
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Knights dubbed at Lysle the 14 day of Octobre, anno
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Sr John Maynweringe of Ightfeilde.
Quarterly--1 and 4, Argent, two bars Gules, a crescent Or for difference; 2 and 3 Chequy Argent and Sable. Crest--An ass's head erased "dunne" in a hempen halter proper, a crescent Or for difference.
Source: Metcalfe, Walter Charles, A book of Knights banneret, Knights of the bath, and Knights bachelor, made between the fourth year of King Henry VI and the restoration of King Charles II..., London: Mitchell and Hughes, 1885, p. 55. This publication can be found on Archive.org.
Probate Records
Name: Maynwaring, sir Jno.
Dates: 1518
Place: Ightfield, Shropshire, England
Book: Baptisms and Burials, 1769-1799. (Baptism)
Collection: Shropshire: Lichfield - Wills and Administrations, 1516-1652
Volume: Lichfield Wills and Administrations Registered in The Consistory Court of The Bishop of Lichfield and Coventry. 1516 to 1652
Chapter: Series 1.-1516-1526
Text: 1518 Maynwaring, sir Jno., Ightfield 12
Source: Ancestry.com. UK, Extracted Probate Records, 1269-1975 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2009.
Visitation of Shropshire, 1623
Source: Tresswell, Robert and Vincent, Augustine (edited by George Grazebrook and John Paul Rylands), The Visitation of Shropshire, Taken in the Year 1623, Vol. 29, London: 1889, pgs. 283, 403-4. This publication can be found on Google Books.
Monumental Brass
St. Alkmund
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The next stone is represented in the annexed engraving. It was a marble inlaid with brass. The inscriptions are given thus by Dugdale, somewhat more fully than in the engraving.
Hic jacet Georgius Pontisburi & Jana uxor ejus & eorum duo filii vizt Thomas Pont. & Georgius Pontis. necnon Dorothea Owen una cum Sara una filiars Richardi Oatley de Pitchforke armigeri quae fuit uxor Edwardi Owen A. filii dictae Dorotheae qi et ip'e hic situs est i' domino. Monumentum autem hoc (secundum voluntatem patris) fieri fecit filius ejus Pontesbury natu marimus Ao m ccccc xxxvi.
On a plate at the feet of their portraitures :
Heere Iyeth George Pontesbury the sone of Thomas Pontesbury late of Adbrightlye, which dyed the tenth day of October ano d'ni 1550 & in the ffowerth yere of the raigne of King Edward the sixte and alsoe Jahne his wiffe one of the doughters of Sr Richard Lacon kt. which died the last day of June in the seventh yere of the raygne of the above named worthi Prince K. Edward ye sixt on whom the Lord for Ix Jesus sake have mercy.
And below :
Thomas Pontesbury Georgius Pontesbury
obiit a° d'ni m.ccccc.v. obiit 1589, April vii.
The fourth shield, now a blank, bore in Dugdale's time the arms of Ottley.
The inscription as engraved, and also as it exists in Dugdale's transcript, presents an insurmountable difficulty, making the stone to have been laid down in 1536 to the memory of persons, all of whom, except one, died many years after that date. But Mr. W. Mutton's drawing supplies the deficient century by adding a sixth c : and the inscription was assuredly cut in 1636. There is exactly the same mistake of a century in the date of the second Thomas Pontesbury, who certainly died in 1605, as is proved by the parish register; and here also Mr. Mytton supplies a sixth c. There is yet a third erroneous date. There could be no " last day of June in the seventh year of Edward VI. ;"' for that pious prince departed this life on the sixth day of that month in that year of his reign. The whole must be elucidated by a brief pedigree, in which the persons commemorated are printed in italicks.
Source: Owen, Hugh, History of Shrewsbury, vol. 2, London: Harding, Lepard and Company, 1825, pgs. 289-90 (and an insert showing the monumental brass before p. 289). This publication can be found on Google Books.
Articles
The other Commissioners are Edward Leighton, of whom we have already spoken, Richard Mitton, Robert Ireland the elder, and Richard Purcell ...Robert Ireland, gent., the elder Alderman of Shrewsbury, was the son of David Ireland. He married Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas Pontesbury of Albrightlee; was a member of the Mercers' Company; Bailiff in 1554; died October 6, 1599; and was buried at St. Chad's Church, Shrewsbury.
Source: Phillips, William, "Papers Relating to the Trained Soldiers of Shropshire in the Reign of Queen Elizabeth," Transactions of the Shropshire Archaeological and Natural History Society, 2nd series, Vol. II, Shrewsbury: Adnitt and Naunton, 1890, pgs. 256-7. This publication can be found on Google Books.
Anno 1535.
JOHN THORNES...
DAVID AP Owen. He was admitted a Burgess of Shrewsbury on the 8th of October, 1510, and is recorded as "David Owen of Salop, draper, son of Owen Kerylyok of the Pole" (i.e., Welshpool). He was again elected Bailiff in 1539, but died during his year of office. His son, Edward Owen, married Dorothy, daughter of George Pontesbury, Esq., of Albrightlee, and was ancestor of the family seated at Eaton Mascot, near Shrewsbury, until the reign of George the First, and known (by way of distinction) as the Pontesbury-Owens. See their pedigree at pages 1237 and 1238.
Source: Morris, Joseph, "The Provosts and Bailiffs of Shrewsbury," Transactions of the Shropshire Archaeological and Natural History Society, 3rd series, Vol. IV, Shrewsbury: Adnitt and Naunton, 1904, pgs. 269-70. This publication can be found on Google Books.
