Sir Richard Mainwaring and Dorothy Corbet

Sir Richard Mainwaring was of Ightfield, Shropshire, England, the son of Sir John Mainwaring and Joan Lacon. He was at least 21 at the inquisition post mortem of his father's estate in 1518 (making him born in or before 1497).

Sir Richard married Dorothy Corbet. Dorothy was of Moreton Corbet, Shropshire, England, the daughter of Sir Robert Corbet and Elizabeth Vernon.

Sir Richard appears as a knight in a lease from John, late Abbot, and the convent of St. Mary, Combermere, Shropshire, England 28 September 1536, meaning that he would have been knighted before that date. He was the Commissioner of Peace in May 1538 and Sheriff of Shropshire in 1544 (and other dates). On 3 January 1539/40, he was among the knights who welcomed Anne of Cleves to England, prior to her short-lived marriage to Henry VIII.

Sir Richard died 30 September 1558 in St. Albans, Hertfordshire, England. He was buried 7 October 1558 in Ightfield, Shropshire, England.

Sir Richard and Dorothy’s children are:

  1. Sir Arthur Mainwaring, born about 1520 in Ightfield, Shropshire, England, educated at Gray's Inn in 1542, married Margaret Mainwaring (b. abt. 1521 to Sir Randall and Elizabeth (Brereton) Mainwaring of Over Peover, Cheshire, England), served at Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumberland, England under John Dudley, Earl of Warwick and knighted there in Oct 1547 by the earl, he took part in the Siege of Leith in Scotland in May 1560, member of Parliament for Shropshire in 1558, Commissioner of the Peace in 1561/2, Sheriff in 1562-3 and 1576-7, and a member of the Royal Commission of Musters in 1577, died 2 Sep 1590, buried 4 Sep 1590 in Ightfield, Shropshire, England, will written 2 Sep 1590 and proved 21 Jun 1591.
  2. Maria Mainwaring, married Adam Oteley (of Pichford, Shropshire, England).
  3. Katherina Mainwaring, married Thomas Starkey (of Wrenbury, Cheshire, England).
  4. Cecilia Mainwaring, married William Grosvenor de la Port.
  5. Anna Mainwaring, married Francis Harnage (of Belswardine, Shropshire, England, son of Thomas and Dorothea (Smith) Harnage, m. 2) Gracea Littleton) 14 Apr 1560 in Pitchford, Shropshire, England.
  6. Jasper Mainwaring, mentioned in his uncle Richard Corbet's will (among a several other nieces and nephews).
  7. William Mainwaring.
  8. Griffith Mainwaring.
  9. Edward Mainwaring.
  10. Christopher Mainwaring.
  11. Adam Mainwaring, an apothecary.
  12. Jacob Mainwaring.
  13. Thomas Mainwaring, slain at Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumberland, England (probably in battle).
  14. Adam Mainwaring, of Hethhouse (Heath House, Shropshire, England), married Dorothy Barker (dau. of John and Elizabeth (Sandford) Barker of Couleshurst, Shropshire, England).
  15. Roger Mainwaring.


Sources: 

  1. Ancestry.com. England, Select Marriages, 1538–1973 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014. Original data: England, Marriages, 1538–1973. Salt Lake City, Utah: FamilySearch, 2013.
  2. Tresswell, Robert, The Visitation of Shropshire, Taken in the Year 1623, London: The Harleian Society, 1889.
  3. Howard, Joseph Jackson (ed.), "Barker Pedigree," Miscellanea Genealogica et Heraldica, vol. II, New Series, London: Hamilton, Adams, and Co., 1877, p. 517.
Records related to Sir Richard and Dorothy (Corbet) 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 Richard Corbett of Wortley, Yorkshire, The National Archives of the UK (TNA): PROB 11/48/556.


Coat of Arms

Mainwaring Arms:
Coat of Arms of the Mainwaring Family


Church Records

Name:    Anne Mainewaring
Gender:    Female
Marriage Date:    14 Apr 1560
Marriage Place:    Pitchford,Shropshire,England
Spouse:    Francys Harnage
FHL Film Number:    599891

Source: Ancestry.com. England, Select Marriages, 1538–1973 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014. Original data: England, Marriages, 1538–1973. Salt Lake City, Utah: FamilySearch, 2013.


Visitations and Pedigrees

The Harnages of Belswardine and Shenton in the Visitations of Shropshire

Source: Tresswell, Robert, The Visitation of Shropshire, Taken in the Year 1623, London: The Harleian Society, 1889.


Barker Pedigree

Source: Howard, Joseph Jackson (ed.), "Barker Pedigree," Miscellanea Genealogica et Heraldica, vol. II, New Series, London: Hamilton, Adams, and Co., 1877, p. 517.


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