Sir John Mainwaring and Katherine Honford

Sir John Mainwaring was born about 1471 and was of Over Peover, Cheshire, England, the son of John Mainwaring and Maud Legh. Sir John married first Katherine Honford. Katherine was the daughter of John Honford and Margaret Savage.

Sir John was knighted 25 September 1513 at Tournai, Hainaut (in what is now Belgium), meaning that he was probably present at the Battle of the Spurs (also called the Battle of Guinegate). He was the Sheriff of Flintshire (Wales) in 1507-9 (23 & 24 Henry VII) and 1514-5 (6 Henry VIII).

Sir John died in March 1515/6. Katherine died in 1529. Sir John and Katherine were both buried at St. Lawrence Church, Over Peover, Cheshire, England. Their memorial, a plaque made of alabaster, shows the couple and their fifteen children.

Sir John's will was dated 4 March 1515/6 and proved 18 November 1516. His bequests includes his black velvet gown guard with cloth of gold to be given for the use of the parish priest of Over Peover, money towards a new stone steeple (evidently, not put to use), money for an honest priest to pray for his soul for four years, and an annual sum of money to his illegitimate brother, Charles. Katherine and a number of children were also included in the will.


Sir John and Katherine’s children are (all appear on the parents' memorial):

  1. Sir Randall Mainwaring, mentioned in his father's will, born about 1495, married 1) Elizabeth Brereton (dau. of Sir Randle Brereton and Eleanor Dutton, widow of Richard Cholmondeley) and second Elizabeth Leycester (dau. of Sir Raufe and Ellin (Leigh) Leycester of Toft, Cheshire, England, m. 2) Sir Edmund Trafford) in 1552 (6 Edward VI), died 6 Sep 1557.
  2. Edmund Mainwaring, mentioned in his father's will, died without issue.
  3. John Mainwaring, mentioned in his father's will, died without issue.
  4. Piers Mainwaring, appears as Peter on his parents' memorial (the name Piers being a variation of Peter), mentioned in his father's will, died without issue.
  5. Philip Mainwaring, mentioned in his father's will, married Anne Leycester (dau. of Ralph Leycester of Toft, Cheshire, England, d. 1587, will dated 29 Jan 1586 and proved 27 Apr 1587), suceeded his brother Randall as the lord of Over Peover, died 11 Apr 1573, will dated 7 Jan 1572 and proved 28 (month illegible) 1573, buried with Anne at St. Lawrence Church, Over Peover, Cheshire, England.
  6. Edward Mainwaring, mentioned in his father's will and his brother Philip's will, married Alice de Boghey (granddau. of Humphrey de Boghey, of Whitmore, Biddulph, and Oteley, Staffordshire and Brombourough, Cheshire), of Whitmore, Staffordshire, England (which came into his possession through his wife, the sole heiress of her grandfather), died in 1586, buried with Alice and St. Mary and All Saints Church, Whitmore, Staffordshire, England.
  7. Robert Mainwaring, mentioned in his father's will, married -- --.
  8. Thomas Mainwaring, mentioned in his father's will.
  9. George Mainwaring, mentioned in his father's will and his brother Philip's will.
  10. Henry Mainwaring, mentioned in his father's will, married -- --, died before 11 Apr 1573 (when he was mentioned as deceased in his brother Philip's will).
  11. Nicholas Mainwaring.
  12. William Mainwaring, died young.
  13. William Mainwaring.
  14. Margaret Mainwaring, mentioned in her father's will, married -- Wilbraham, died before 11 Apr 1573 (when she was mentioned as "my Late sister" in her brother Philip's will).
  15. Katharine Mainwaring, mentioned in her father's will, married William Newton (son of Homfrey Newton of Pownall, Wilmslow, Cheshire, England) about 1521. A window in the church at Wilmslow, Cheshire, England bears (or bore--I am unsure if the window is still there) the combined arms of Newton and Mainwaring and an inscription in Latin: "Pray for William Newton esquire the son of Humphrey Newton and Ellen his wife and Katherine the wife of the aforesaid William the daughter of John Mainwaring of Peover knight."


Sources: 

  1. Glover, Robert, The visitation of Cheshire in the year 1580, London: The Harleian Society, 1882, p. 141.
  2. Memorials of Sir John and Katherine (Honford) Mainwaring and Philip and Anne (Leycester) Mainwaring, St. Lawrence Church, Over Peover, Cheshire, England.
  3. Tomb of Edward and Alice (de Boghey) Mainwaring, St. Mary and All Saints, Whitmore, Staffordshire, England.
  4. Picoppe, Rev. G.J. (trans.), Remains, Historical and Literary, Connected with the Palatine Counties of Lancaster and Chester, Vol. 3, The Chetham Society, 1884, pgs. 48-51.
  5. Picoppe, Rev. G.J. (trans.), Lancashire and Cheshire Wills and Inventories from the Ecclesiastical Court, Chester, Vol. 2, The Chetham Society, 1860, pgs. 196-9.
  6. Ward, John, The Borough of Stoke-upon-Trent, in the Commencement of the Reign of Her Most Gracious Majesty Queen Victoria, Newcastle-under-Lyme: W. Lewis & Son, 1843, p. 519.
  7. Earwaker, John Parsons, East Cheshire: Past and Present, London: Wyman and Sons, 1877, p. 123.
Records related to Sir Randall and Elizabeth (Brereton) Mainwaring but not copied below due to copyright considerations:
  1. Boyer, Carl, Medieval English Ancestors of Robert Abell, Santa Clarita, CA: C. Boyer, 2001.
  2. Will of Sir John Maynwaryng of Overpever, Cheshire, The National Archives of the UK (TNA): PROB 11/20/7.


Images

Memorial of Sir John and Katherine (Honford) Mainwaring (showing their fifteen children on a banner across their knees), St. Lawrence Church, Over Peover, Cheshire, England (photo credit: Peter Cox, findagrave.com):
Memorial plaque of Sir John and Katherine (Honford) Mainwaring


Memorial of Philip and Anne (Leycester) Mainwaring, St. Lawrence Church, Over Peover, Cheshire, England (photo credit: Peter Cox, findagrave.com):Memorial plaque of Philip and Anne (Leycester) Mainwaring


Images of Edward and Alice (de Boghey) Mainwaring's monument (at St. Mary and All Saints, Whitmore, Staffordshire, England) can be found at:
Flickr site for John Hawes (Derby, England):
 Flickr site for jmc4 - Church Explorer:

Mainwaring Arms:
Coat of Arms of the Mainwaring Family


Probate Records

THE WILL OF PHILIP MAINWARING OF PEOVER, IN THE COUNTY OF CHESTER, ESQ.1 1573.
In the name &c the seventh day of Januarye in the yeare of our Lorde God one thowsand fyve hundrethe threescore and twelve, And in the fiftenthe yeare of the Reygn of our Sovereygn Ladye Elizabeth by &c. I Phyllipp Maynwaringe of Pevr in the County of Chester esquier beinge of perfecte minde and good remembrance thankes be to God nevrthelesse dreadinge the uncerteyn tyme of death naturall do therefore make &c. my last will and Testamente in mannr and forme folowinge That is to wytt ffirste I bequeath my soule to God the father Almightye trustinge by the merits of the Passion of our Lord Jesus Christ his only sonne to be one of the electe number in the Kingdome of heaven And my [body to be] buryed in the Church or Chapell of Ovr peover in the Northe syde there Also I will that my debts funrals and bringinge home shalbe discharged performed of the whole of my goods And after that is done then I will That Anne my wyff shall have the thridde part of all my goods and catales [moveable and] unmoveable according to the Lawes of this Realme Also I gyve and bequeathe to the said Anne my wyff all the Apparell Reymeuts and garments ... apperteyning to her bodye, And also one chayne of goulde and all such Rings of goulde or silver and other Juels and implements of goulde silvr and other things ... in her custodye or kepinge And also that the sayd Anne my wyff shall have the thridde part of all my Lands and tenements for the terme of her Lyffe. Also I gyve &c. to Rondulph Meynwaringe my sonne and heyre apparente my best chain of goulde, and my velvet gowne ... which hathe my sealle of Armes therein, And also all such goods implements and stuffe of howsehould as Margaret Wilbrahm my Late sister ... and Testamente to be and remeyne after my deceasse to the sayd Rondulph Meynwaringe my sonne accordinge to the tenor effect &c. [of the said Will] and Testament. Also I gyve &c. to the sayd Rondolph Meynwaringe my sonne one silvr bootle wch I had of my sayd syster Wilbrahm ... horses or geldings to choyse at his pleasure one silvr salt and a covr wch is occupyed in my howse daylie. Also I gyve &c. to the said Rondulph [Meynwaringe my] sonne my beste bull and boare and one yoke of my best oxen and one cheyne of yron thereto belonginge one yron bounde wayne ... of the one plow and a harrow. Also I give &c. to Margaret Meynwaringe my Dowghter in Lawe one Angell of goulde. Also I gyve &c to Lawrence Leycester sonne of Sr Raff Leycester [Knight] Deceassed one geldinge of three or foure yeares age. Also I gyve &c. to Marye Meynwaringe dowghter to my brother Henrye Meynwaringe deceassed fyve markes. Also I gyve &c. to Sr Raffe Dutton prieste if he do remeyne and be wth me at Pever at the tyme of my deceasse twentye shillings. Also I gyve &c. to Anne Wharmbye six shillings eyght pence. Also I gyve &c. to Elen birche my Dey servant a heyffer of one or two yeares age by the discretion of Anne my wyffe. Also I gyve &c. to evrye of my Servants dwellinge or remeyninge wth me at the tyme of my deceasse [a] halfe yeares wages ovr and besydes that wch shalbe then Due to theym. Also I gyve &c. to evrye of my Godchildren xijd a peece. Also I gyve &c. to John ... my servant one cow or heifer. Also I gyve &c. to Humfreye Alcocke xiijs iiijd. Also I gyve &c. to the Parish Church of Rosterne to the reparelling thereof ten shillings. Also I gyve &c. to the church or chapell of Ovr pevr to the reparellinge thereof twentye shillings. Also I gyve &c. to my brother George Meynwaringe one geldinge or fourty shillings of moneye. Also I gyve &c. to my brother Edwarde Meynwaringe one double ducket of Gould. Also I gyve &c. to Phillippe trafforde sonne of Willm Trafforde Late of the Parishe of Wilmslow, deceassed fourty shillings of money in recompense of and for such brasse and pewter as I had of the Late goods of the said Willm Trafforde so that the same fourty shillings shall and be ... hands and custodye of Anne my wyffe untill such tyme as the sayd Phillippe Trafforde shall come to and accomplishe the age of twenty and one yeares. Also I gyve &c. to ffrances Newton of Moberley twentye shfllinges of money. And also I will that after my sayd Debts funrals, Legacies, bequests and other things be done and performed &c. That then the Residue of all my goods and cateyles moveable and unmoveablc shalbe and rev[ert unto the] sayd Anne my wyff and to Edmonde Meynwaringe my yonger sonne to be equallye devyded betweene theym Provyded alwayes that if the sayd Anne now my [wyff] shall after my Deceasse marye and take to her husbande any other pson, That then the moytye or one half of her prte of the same residue of the sayd goods &c. remeyne to the sayd Edmonde Meynwaringe my yongr sonn accordinge to the true intent and meaninge of theisse prsents. And moreovr I the sayd Phillippe Meynwaringe have ordeyned &c. the said Anne my wyffe and Edmonde my sonn to be my true executors &c. In wytnesse &c. Sealed &c. in the prsens &c. Rondulph Meynwaringe Edward Meynwaringe, Lawrence Leycester, Richarde Davenport Raffe Dutton ffrances Newton.
[Copia concordat cum originali.]
[Proved 28th ... 1573.]

1 Philip Mainwaring was the seventh son of Sir John Mainwaring of Over Peover, knt., by his wife Katherine, daughter of John Hondford of Hondford, in the county of Chester, Esq. He succeeded his brother, Sir Randle Mainwaring, knt., in 1557, who died without male issue. He married Anne, daughter of Sir Ralph Leycester of Toft, in the county of Chester, Esq., by whom he had issue. His widow survived him till 1587; her will has been printed by this Society, vol. li. p. 196.

Source: Picoppe, Rev. G.J. (trans.), Remains, Historical and Literary, Connected with the Palatine Counties of Lancaster and Chester, Vol. 3, The Chetham Society, 1884, pgs. 48-51.
THE WILL OF ANNE, THE WIDOW OF PHILIP MAINWARING OF PEOVER, ESQ.1
ln the name &c. 29 January 1586 [1586-7] I Anne Manwaringe wyddowe late wief of Phillipe Manwaringe of Pevr Esquier deceassed beinge sieke in bodye &c. to be buried in the chancell of Ovr Pevr nere unto my late husbande and I geve unto the same churche towards the reparacon therof xxs I geve a dozen poore folkes men and women eiche one a gowne of blacke fryse Unto my sonne Randle one gould ringe sett wth a blue safyre Unto my doughter in lawe his wief one pare of brasletts of goulde Unto Anne M. my sonnes doughter one paire of brasletts of corall dressed wth silver Unto Katherine M. my sonnes doughter one ringe of gould sett wth pearle Unto Randle M. my sonnes sonne one ringe of gould wth the roe bucke2 and my name ingraved theron conteyninge in value one angell to be made by my executors and to evrye one of my sonnes yonger sonnes evrye one an angell to be imployed to their uses by my executors wth th advice of their father Unto my syster Calveley3 my gould ringe ingraved wth a roe bucke Unto my brother Wiiim Leycester one ringe of gould wth an emerode wch he now hath in his owne custodie Unto my brother Laurance Leycester one graye mare called Millington Unto my cosine Elizabeth Trafford one ringe of gould sett wth a diamonde Unto everye one of my brother Laurance his children vjs viijd Unto my nevewe George Leyeester one incalf heffer Unto Anne Leycester my goddoughter one incalf heffer v1i in money and my best petieote Unto Anne Langeton my goddoughter my gowne of frysadowe4 my statute5 peticote and one of my best smockes I geve all the residue of my lynnens belonginge to my bodye wch shall not other wyse be bequethed herafter to be equallie devided betwixt Anne Leyeester and Anne Langton at the discrecon of my executors Unto my syster wief unto my brother Laurance my best lane partelett and two paire of ruffes Unto my serunt Richard Cragge ovr and besides his wage due xiijs iiijd in money Unto Elizabeth Burges one ould peticote Unto evrye one of my god children in Ovr Pevr xijd Unto Ellyn ffernhoughe my white peticote and to Hughe Pymlotts wief one smocke Wheras Mathew Bartinton the yonger is indetted unto me by three sevrall billes for the payment of twentye pownds at three sevrall dayes I will that yf I dye before the dayes of payment my executores shall deliver him his bills cancelled Allwaies pvided that he paye one fyve pounds of the same debt unto Anne Bartington his syster and all the residue of the said some I free forgeve him My will ys that Willm Cooke als Shorlocke shall haue likwaies his bills cancelled and suche money as he dothe owe unto me I frelye forgeve him My executors shall cause to be made certeyne rings of gould to the value of xs a peece wth l my name ingraven and the roe bucke therupon and shall delivr the same unto suche psons whose names shalbe herafter specified that is to witt Sr Edmunde Trafford knight Edmund his sonne and John sonne of the said Edmund Mrgaret Leighe of Adlington doughter of the said Sr Edmund Hughe Calveleye Esquier George and Hughe his two sonnes Thomas Starkye of Stretton Esquier and Tymothye [Timothea] his wief my brother Langton and Phillip his sonne my cosine Leighe of Boothes my ante Stanley my cosyne Anne Blundell my cosyne Katherine Urmeston my cosine Elizabeth Irland Elizabeth the wief of my brother Willm Leycester my brother Lawrance Leicester and Elen his wief my cosine Jane Davemport my uncle Bonaventure Carington Unto Isabell the doughter of Willm Normansell deceassed one heffer wch was the heriott of Elizabeth Hasselhurst and to Katherine one other doughter of the said Willm one heffer styrke Unto Edmunde Manwaringe my younger sonne my dets &c. beinge discharged all the residue of my goods and all leces [leases] tackes tythes and tearme of yeares whatsovr Itm [it] ys my desire that my sonne Edmunde shall make unto my sonne Randle two sevrall offers touchinge the lease of the tythes of Pevr the first whether he will geve unto the said Edmund three hundreth pounds to be paid in three yeares wherof the first payment to beginne at or before the nativitie of or Lorde God next ensuinge the date herof and so yearlye one hundreth pounds untill the some of three hundreth pounds be fullye paid and so the said Randle to enioye the whole lease answeringe the rent reserved upon the same or els to take his owne tythes growinge upon his ancient demeane lands of Pevr answeringe for the same unto the said Edmunde and his assignes yearlye duringe the said leasse the some of iiijli xijs vjd I will that my sonne Edmunde shall haue my mansion house comenlie called the Springe wth all buildinge gardens lands &c. therto belonginge in suche manr as is conteyned in one deed indented bearinge date the 20 May 21 Eliz. Also in respect of the good will wch I haue alwaies borne unto my sonne Randle and wishinge likwaies amitie and love to continue betwixt my two sonnes to the comfort of ther frends and welwillers I will and require my said sonne Randle to suffer his brother Edmund and his assignes to occupie the barne wch I latlie builded upon a porcon of grounde wch I exchanged wth a tennte of his and the stable wch I builded upon the wast duringe suche tearme as I haue granted unto the said Edmunde the residue of my housinge and lands therunto adioyninge Unto my sonne Randle all my beddinge wch I latlye lent unto my doughter in lawe his wief wch nowe is in her owne custodie To the poore houshoulders wthin the pishe of Ovr Pevr either of them one tollope of barlye I doe ordeyne &c. my dearlye beloved sonne Edmunde M and my lovinge cosine Thomas Starkye my executors requiering my wellebeloved sonne Randle M. and my lovinge brother Laurance Leicester to be ovrseers &c. In wittnesse &c. I the said Anne haue putt to my hande and seale &c. Witnesses Phillipe Manwaringe Willm Barnshall Thomas Newall wth others.

1 Proved 27th April, 1587. Anne daughter of Sir Ralph Leycester of Toft Knt. married Philip Mainwaring of Peover Esq., son of Sir John Mainwaring of Peover Knt. by Katherine sister of William Honford of Honford Esq., and had issue Randle Mainwaring, Captain Edward Mainwaring of Ranmore near Nantwich, and Elizabeth who died without issue. - Ormerod, vol. i. pp. 371, 372.
2 The crest of Leycester of Toft.
3 Mary wife of Hugh Calveley of Lea Esq.
4 Frizade - freize cloth. - Archæol. vol. xi. p. 92. Halliwell.
5 Woollen petticoats enjoined to be worn by a statute dated 1571.

Source: Picoppe, Rev. G.J. (trans.), Lancashire and Cheshire Wills and Inventories from the Ecclesiastical Court, Chester, Vol. 2, The Chetham Society, 1860, pgs. 196-9.
 


Visitations and Pedigrees

Lecester of Toft pedigree

Source: Glover, Robert, The visitation of Cheshire in the year 1580, London: The Harleian Society, 1882, p. 141.

Pedigree of the Mainwarings of Whitmore

Source: Ward, John, The Borough of Stoke-upon-Trent, in the Commencement of the Reign of Her Most Gracious Majesty Queen Victoria, Newcastle-under-Lyme: W. Lewis & Son, 1843, p. 519.


Descriptions of Monuments

Description of a window in the church at Wilmslow, Cheshire, England:
Information about a window in Wilmslow church

Source: Earwaker, John Parsons, East Cheshire: Past and Present, London: Wyman and Sons, 1877, p. 123.


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