His lordship died in 1644, and was succeeded by his eldest son, III. SIR JOHN MOHUN, second Lord Mohun, who d. unm. and was s. by his brother, IV. SIR WARWICK MOHUN, third Lord Mohun, who m. Catherine, daughter of Welles of the county of Southampton, and dying in 1665, was s. by his son, V. SIR CHARLES MOHUN, fourth Lord Mohun, who m. Lady Philippa Annesley, daughter of Arthur, first Earl of Anglesey, and had with a daughter, Elizabeth, who d. unm. in 1709, a son and successor at his decease, before 1682, VI. SIR CHARLES MOHUN, fifth Lord Mohun. This nobleman was of so vehement and violent a temperature, that he incurred twice the imputation of murder, was twice tried for that most heinous crime, but both times acquitted. His career, however, terminated violently. "Men of blood shall not live out half their lives." Having had a dispute with the Duke of Hamilton, regarding the estates bequeathed to him by the uncle of his first wife, Charles, second Earl of Macclesfield, he challenged that nobleman, and a desperate rencounter ensued, in which both the combatants lost their lives; Lord Mohun, by the hand of his antagonist; the Duke of Hamilton, by the treachery of Lord Mohun's second, General Macartney, who was tried for the offence, 18th June, 1716, in the court of King's Bench, and acquitted of the murder, but convicted of manslaughter. Lord Mohun's death occurred 15th November, 1712. He m. first, Charlotte, daughter of Mainwaring, esq. by his wife, Lady Charlotte Gerard, sister of Charles, second Earl of Macclesfield; and secondly, Elizabeth, daughter of Doctor Thomas Lawrence, and widow of Colonel Griffith, but having no issue, his honours, including the BARONETCY, EXPIRED with him. + Called by the Conqueror, his familiar in arms, and styled "de Poytiers," because his wife was a Potaine, or native of the province of Poytiers: he was son of Roger, Count Mountgomerie, Arundel, and Shrewsburie, by Mabel, sister and heir of Arnald, Count of Bellesmayne, in Normandy. Other accounts differ from this, and say, that William, and Vivian de Moulines, his brother, were in the first expedition of the army sent by William the Conqueror, under the conduct of Roger de Poytiers, and that the said Roger gave the lordship of Sephton, &c. to Vivian de Molines and his posterity, shortly after the entrance of the Normans, which coincides with other authorities. CAMDEN, in his Britannia, speaking of Lirpole (Liverpool) observes, "The name is not to be met with in old roll, wherein his name standeth the eighteenth in order as from the old chronicles of the duchy, wherein "he is set down and placed as a most especial and chief man in nearness and singular credit" with his royal master. To this William Roger de Poytiers, who was then possessed of all that tract of land in Lancashire between the rivers Ribble and Mercy, by gift of the crown, gave among other lands the manors of Sephton, Thorneton, Kerdon, ten carucates and a half of land, at the service of half a knight's fee, whereof he, William, made Sephton his chief seat, and was s. at his decease by his son, VIVIAN DE MOLINES, whose son and heir, ADAM DE MOLINES, Dominus de Sefton, m. Annota, only daughter and heir of Benedict de Garnett, Lord of Speke, in Lancashire, and from him we pass over several generations, each highly eminent,§ to SIR RICHARD MOLYNEUX, who eminently distinguished himself in the wars of France, was at the battle of Azincourt, and received the honour of knighthood in the reign of HENRY V. He was in favour also with HENRY VI. who by letters patent conferred upon him, his sons, and their heirs, the chief forestership of the royal forests and parks in West Derby. shire, the stewardship of Salford, and the office of constable of Liverpool. He was slain at Blore Heath, with the Lord Audley, in 1460. Sir Richard m. first, Joan, daughter and heir of Sir Gilbert Haydock, kat. and relict of Sir Peter Legh, of Lyme, and by her had several sons, of whom RICHARD, the eldest, was ancestor of the EARLS OF SEFTON and SIR THOMAS, the second of the family before us. He wedded, secondly, Helen, daughter of Radcliffe of Radcliffe Tower, and relict of Sir William Harrington, and by that lady had two daughters, Anne, wife of Richard Nevil, of Leversedge, and Margaret, of Sir Peter Leigh, knt. of Bradley. The second son, SIR THOMAS MOLYNEUX, of Haughton, in Notting hamshire, was of the privy council to HENRY IV. and behaving valiantly in the expedition into Scotland, anno 1482, was made a knight banneret, by Richard, Duke of Gloucester, at Berwick; in the same year he built the church and fair house at Hawton, and died in 1492. He m. first, Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Robert Markham, knt. of Cotham. Notts, by whom he had a son, ROBERT, his heir, and a daughter, Elizabeth, who m. first, John Bacard, esq.; and secondly, Stephen Hatfield, esq. of Willoughby. Sir Thomas m. secondly, Catherine, daughter of John Cotton, esq. of Redware, in Staffordshire, and widow of Thomas Poutrell, esq. of Hallam, in the county of Derby, and had by her EDMUND (Sir), K. B. one of the justices of the JOHN, of Thorp, m. Anne, daughter of George writings; but only that Roger de Poictiers, who was lord of the honour of Lancaster, built a castle there, the government whereof was enjoyed for a long time by the noble family of the Molyneux, knights (and now Lords Molyneux), whose chief seat is hard by, at Sephton, which the said Roger de Poictiers bestowed upon Vivian de Molyneux, a little after the coming of the Normans; for all the land between the Rebell and the Mersey belonged to the said Roger, as appears by Doomsday." SIR THOMAS MOLYNEUX was constable of Chester, "a man of great power, authority, and especial credit in Lancashire and Cheshire," temp. RICHARD II. SIR WILLIAM MOLYNEUX distinguished bimself at the battle of Navarre, in Spain, under EDWARD the Black Prince, and was made a knight banneret in 1367. Margaret, m. to Francis Fleetwood, esq. ELLEN, m. first, to John Bond, esq. of Coven- Margaret, m. to Sir Hugh Willoughby, knt. of Risley, in the county of Derby. Sir Thomas was s. by his eldest son, ROBERT MOLINEUX, esq. of Hawton, who m. Dorothy, daughter of Thomas Poutrell, esq. of West Hallam, in Derbyshire, and was s. by his eldest surviving son, RICHARD MOLINEUX, esq. who m. Margaret, daughter of Edmund Bussy, esq. of Hather, in Lincolnshire, and had a daughter, Mary, the wife of Daniel Disney, esq. of Norton Disney, and a son and heir, FRANCIS MOLINEUX, esq. who m. Elizabeth, daughter and co-heir of Thomas, son of Roger Greenhalgh, esq. of Teversal, in Nottinghamshire, by whom he acquired the manor of Teversal. He was high sheriff of Notts, 24 ELIZABETH, and was s. at his decease by his eldest son, THOMAS MOLINEUX, esq. who m. Alice, daughter and co heir of Thomas Cranmer, esq. of Aslacton, in Nottinghamshire (great nephew of the archbishop), and by that lady (who wedded, secondly, Sir John Thorold, knt. of Cawnton) had two sonз, JOHN and Thomas, and a daughter, the wife of Sir Anthony Thorold, kut. of Marston, in Lincolnshire. He d. in 1507, and was s. by his elder son, 1. JOHN MOLYNEUX, esq. of Teversal, in the county of Nottingham, who was created a BARONET 29th June, 1611. He had a grant from Queen ELIZABETH, of the lordships of Carleton, Kingston, and Carletonbaron, which were the possessions of Thomas, Lord Dacre: these lands his descendants sold to Sir Gervase Clifton, bart. Sir John Molineux lived in great splendour, but beyond his income, which compelled him to mortgage the manor of Hawton to Sir John Leke, and it became afterwards the inheritance of the Earls of Scarsdale of that family. He was sheriff of Nottinghamshire in the 7th and 9th of JAMES I. He . first, Isabel, daughter of John Markham, esq. of Sedgebrook, in Lincolnshire, and by her had FRANCIS, his successor. Thomas, d. s. p. Mary, m. to Michael Fawkes, esq. of Farnley, in Elizabeth, m. to Gilbert Gregory, esq. of Barnby Sir John wedded, secondly, Anne, daughter of Sir James Harrington, of Ridlington, in Rutlandshire, and widow of Sir Thomas Foljambe, knt. of Walton, in the county of Derby, by whom he had a son, Roger, a colonel in the army, m. Jane, eldest • Namely, 1. Edmund Molineux, of Thorpe, who m. first, the daughter of John Hearle, esq. and had a daughter, Anne, who died nom. He m. secondly, Bridget, daughter and co-heir of Robert Sapcote, esq. and by her had daughter and co-heir of Sir Robert Monson, of Carleton, in Lincolshire. He was s. at his decease by his eldest son, 11. SIR FRANCIS MOLYNEUX, who m. Theodosia, daughter of Sir Edward Heron, K. B. of Cressy Hall, in the county of Lincoln, and had issue, 1. JOHN, his heir. II. Francis, of Mansfield, Notts, who m. Grace, 1. Darcy, who m. Elizabeth, daughter of Mr. Thomas, a Turkey merchant, afterwards of Pres- Sir John was s. at his decease, in 1691, by his eldest son, IV. SIR FRANCIS MOLYNEUX, M. P. for the county of Nottingham, temp. Queen ANNE, who m. Diana, daughter of John Howe, esq. of Langar Castle, and sister of Scroop, Viscount Howe, and had issue, John, d. before his father. Francis, verdurer of Sherwood forest, died in October, 1733, before his father, leaving by his wife, Mary, daughter and co-heir of Brewer, esq. two daughters, Diana. Mary. Scroop, d. before his father. fifth and sixth baronets. Annabella, m. to John Plum.ptre, esq. of Nottingham. Lucy, m. to Charles Croke Lisle, esq. of Moyle's Court. Diana. He d. 12th March, 1742, aged eighty-seven, and was s. by his eldest surviving son, Sir John Molineux, knt. of Thorpe. Edmund Molineux. Richard Molineux. 2. Rutland Molineux, of Woodcotes, who m. Mary, daughter and heir of Cuthbert Bevercotes, of Bevercotes, Notts. Juliana, m. to Henry Howard, esq: of Glossop, in BERNARD HOWARD, who s. as twelfth Duke of Henry-Thomas Howard, who assumed the ad- Mary Howard, m. to Robert-Edward, tenth Juliana-Barbara Howard, married to Robert- VII. SIR FRANCIS MOLYNEUX, who had been previously knighted, and appointed gentleman usher of the black rod. He d. s. p. 9th June, 1812, when the BARONETCY EXPIRED, and the estates passed to his nephew, HENRY-THOMAS HOWARD, esq. who assumed thereupon the additional surname of MOLYNEUX, and in 1817, that of HOWARD, still in addition to "Howard-Molyneux," in which year he was granted the rank and precedency of a duke's younger son. Lord Henry Howard, having conformed to the established church, officiated as deputy earl marshal for his elder brother, the Duke of Norfolk. He m. 12th September, 1801, Elizabeth, daughter of Edward Long, esq. and dying 17th June, 1824, left by that lady (who died his widow, 24th May, 1831), one son and four daughters, viz. HENRY, b. 25th July, 1802. Henrietta-Anne, m. in 1830, to the Earl of Isabella Catherine, m. in 1829, to Viscount Charlotte-Juliana-Jane, m. in 1831, to James Juliana-Barbara, m. in 1831, to Sir John Ogilvie, bart. Arms-Az. a cross moline quarter pierced or. who attended WILLIAM the Conqueror in his expedi tion to England,) acquired the manor of Waldershare, in Kent, temp. HENRY VI. partly by purchase from the family of Goldwell, and partly by marriage with the daughter and heir of Colby, who inherited the estate in right of his wife, the heiress of Thomas Malmaines. John Monins fixed, in consequence, his residence there, and erected a new mansion about a mile south eastward from the ancient house of the Malmaines. He left, with three daughters, married to Finneys, Crayford, and Evering, three sons, of whom the eldest, ROBERT MONINS, of Waldershare, living temp. RICHARD III. married a daughter and co-heir of Greenford, and had by her two sons and three daughters, of whom the youngest, Alice, was mother of Matthew Parker, archbishop of Canterbury. The elder son, Richard, who wedded the daughter and co-heir of Petyt, mayor of Dover in 1509, d. s. p. the younger, JOHN MONINS, of Swanton, compounded 20th HENRY VII. for 10 marks, to be excused being made a knight of the bath, at the creation of Henry, Prince of Wales. By Battel Anstyve, of Cambridge, his wife, he left two daughters, one m. to - Bedingfeld, and two sons, namely, EDWARD, his heir. John, lieutenant of Dover Castle, from whom descended the families of MONINS of Dover and Canterbury. The elder son, EDWARD MONINS, esq. of Waldershare, who pro cured his lands to be disgavelled, temp. EDWARD VI. married Parnel, daughter and heir of Anthony Laverick, esq. of Herne, and had, by her, four daughters, m. to Brook, Engeham, Laue, and Hammond, of St. Albans Court,* and a son and successor, RICHARD MONINS, esq. of Saltwood Castle, who died 3 ELIZABETH, leaving by Katherine, his wife, daughter of Thomas Alefe, of Colshill, several children. The eldest son, JOHN MONINS, esq. of Swanton, died without issue in 1568, and was s. by his brother, SIR EDWARD MONINS, knt. of Waldershare, who m. Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas Lovelace, esq. and had issue, WILLIAM, his heir. Elizabeth, m. to Sir Henry Crispe. Priscella, m. to John Chamberlaine, esq. Mary, m. to Robert Hart. Sir Edward died in 1602, and was s. by his son, 1. SIR WILLIAM MONINS, knt. of Waldershare, who was created a BARONET 29th June, 1611. He married twice, but had issue only by his second wife, Jane, daughter of Roger Twisden, esq. of Roydon, several children, namely, EDWARD, his heir. THOMAS, Successor to his brother. John, who m. Mary, daughter and heir of William Edward, buried at Eythorne in 1647. Jane. William, died unm. Anne, m. to Sir Richard Betenson, bart. Jane, m. first to Sir Timothy Thornhill, knt. secondly to Mathews, thirdly to Swift, and fourthly to Sir Thomas Peyton, knt. of Knowlton. Sir William died 24th February, 1643, and was s. by his son, II. SIR EDWARD MONINS, of Waldershare, high she Alice, daughter of Edward Monins, was second wife of Thomas Hammond, esq. of St. Albans Court, Kent (See BURKE's Commoners, vol. i. p. 130.) riff of Kent 21 CHARLES I. He m. Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Thomas Style, of Wateringbury, and by her, who died in 1703, had five daughters, viz. SUSAN, m. in 1673, to Peregrine Bertie, second son of Montague, Earl of Lindsey, and left two daughters, her co-heirs, (who sold Waldershare to Sir Henry Furnese,) MARY, m. first to Anthony Henley, esq. of the Grange, Hants, and secondly to the Hon. Henry Bertie, third son of James, Earl of Abingdon. By the former she was mother of ROBERT HENLEY, Earl of Northington, BRIDGET, M. to John, first Earl Poulet. ANNE, m. first to Sir Roger Pratt, knt. of Norfolk, Sir Edward died in 1663, and was s. by his brother, III. SIR THOMAS MONINS, who m. Elizabeth, daughter of James Darell, esq. of Calehill, in Kent, and relict of Robert Bromfield, esq. of Tilmanstone, but died s. p. in 1678, aged seventy-three, when the BARONETCY became EXTINCT. In the book of Chauntries of Essex, in Walthamstow, is the following entry, without date: "Lands and tenements there put in feoffment by George Monox, gent. for the maintenance of a priest to sing mass in the church there, during the term of twenty years. And one Sir John Hugeson, clerk, of the age of forty years, and of good conversation, literate and teacheth a school there, ys now incumbent thereof. The said town of Walthamstow, is a great town, and having yn it to the number of three hundred and sixty housely people. The said incumbent celebrateth in the said church of Walthamstow, £7. yerely valew of the same, doth amount to the som of £6. 13s. 4d. rent absolute none, goods and chattels none." LE NEVE begins the pedigree with JOHN MONOXx, of Stanford, in Worcestershire, who left a son and heir, RICHARD MONOX, who was father of two sons, namely, GEORGE (Sir), and Richard. The elder, • Argent, on a chevron sable, between three oak leaves, ppr. three plates, (Bezants) on a chief gules, a bird between two anchors of the first. + This gentleman had granted to him by Harvey, clarencienx, 10th June 1561, by the designation of George Monnoux, of Walthamstow, nephew and heir of Sir SIR GEORGE MONOx, knt. had grant from HEN RY VIII. of the manor of Gowers and Buckerells, in Chinford, in Essex, but those lands were purchased back from him by the king. He was sheriff of London in 1509, and lord mayor in 1515. He purchased the manor of Gonalston, Notts, from Sir William Pierpont, knt. and his arms were painted on the wall in Gonalston Church. Sir George died 9th February, 1543, without issue, and his estates went to the heirs of his nephew, Richard, which RICHARD MONOX left two sons, THOMAS and Humphrey. The elder, his heir, THOMAS MONOX, died 4th December, 29th HENRY VIII. as appears by the Inquisition, dated 27th October, in the next year, seised of lands in London; the manor of Bozunes, in Wotton, Bedfordshire; Gonalston, in Notts, &c. and was s. by his son, GEORGE MONNOUX, esq. who was eight years old 30th HENRY VIII. He m. the Hon. Elizabeth Mordaunt, eldest daughter of John, second Lord Mordaunt, and was s. by his son, HUMPHREY MON NOUX, esq. of Wotton, in the county of Bedford, who m. Anne, daughter of Edward Waldgrave, esq. of Lawford, in Essex, and left a son and heir, LEWIS MONNOUX, esq. of Wotton. This gentleman m. first, Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas Walsh, esq. of Walderne, in Sussex, and secondly, Jane, daughter of Henry Birch, esq. of Oldcomb, in Somersetshire; by the latter he had no issue; by the former he left a son and heir, 1. HUMPHREY MONNOUX, esq. of Wotton, in the county of Bedford, who was created a BARONET 4th December, 1660. Sir Humphrey m. Mary, daughter of Sir Thomas Wodehouse, bart. of Kimberley, in Norfolk, and had three sons and a daughter, viz. 1. HUMPHREY, his heir. 11. Lewis, of Sandy, in Bedfordshire, m. Lucy, daughter of Edmund Wodehouse, esq. of East Lexham, in Norfolk, and had issue, 1. Humphrey, who m. Mary, daughter of Thomas Savage, esq. of Elmley Castle, Worcestershire, and had PHILIP, who inherited as fifth baronet. 2. Lewis, in holy orders, rector of Sandy, in Bedfordshire, m. Miss Edwards, and Lad several children. 111. Philip, d. s. p. 1. Blanch, m. to Benjamin St. John, esq. of Cole Orton, in Leicestershire. He was s. at his decease by his eldest son, 11. SIR HUMPHREY MONNOUX, who m. Alice, daughter of Sir Thomas Cotton, bart. of Connington, in Huntingdonshire, and had surviving issue, PHILIP, his successor. Alice, m. to Sir John Cope, bart. Frances, m. first to Sir Edward Gould, knt. of Highgate, Middlesex, and secondly to John Venables, esq. of Woodcote, Hants. Sir Humphrey d. in July, 1685, and was s. by his son, III. SIR PHILIP MONNOUX. This gentleman m. Dorothy, eldest daughter of William Harvey, esq. of Chigwell, in Essex, and dying 25th December, 1707, aged twenty-nine, was s. by his only son, IV. SIR HUMPHREY MONNOUx, M.P. for Tavistock, George Monnoux, knt. a confirmation of the coat of his said uncle, which was first granted by Wriothesley, Garter, and Benott, clarencieux. By Elizabeth his wife, of Thomas Coventry, Earl of Coventry, and daughter of Richard Graham, esq. HUGH DE EGLINTOUN, obtained a charter of the lands of Giffeyn, from ROBERT II. as they had previ ously fallen by forfeiture to the crown of Scotland, t and those, with other great possessions, passed with his heiress to her husband, JOHN DE MONTGOMERY, of Eaglesham, who was s. by his son, JOHN DE MONTGOMERY, of Eglintoun, Ardrossan, &c. who is stated by Douglas, to have bestowed that fine estate upon his second son, ROBERT DE MONTGOMERY, who lived in the reigns of JAMES I. and JAMES 11. (inter 1424 and 1460) and who marrying Janet, daughter of Alexander Murray, of Touch Adam, was s. by his son, SIR ADAM MONTGOMERY, of Griffen, who had two sons, between whom he divided his lands, namely, ADAM and John. The elder, ADAM MONTGOMERY, designated of Griffen, and living in the times of JAMES V. and Queen MARY, was succeeded there by his eldest son, ADAM, while his second son, TROILUS MONTGOMERY, became founder of the family of Macbeth, or Magbie Hill. He m. Janet, daughter of Sir Hugh Montgomery, of Braidstane, and was s. by his elder son, WILLIAM MONTGOMERY, Laird of Macbeth Hill, in the county of Peebles, who died s. p. and was s. by his brother, * Of these danghters, one m. first, Sir John Payne, and secondly, Col. Buckworth, and another, Frances, became the wife of the Hon. Samuel Henry Ongley. "It seems probable, that Griffen, immediately previous to the grant of it, by ROBERT the 2nd, to Hugh de Eglintoun, had been the property of the king himself, who had acquired it, while steward, from his grandfather ANDREW MONTGOMERY, b. in 1598, who m. a daugh ter of Galbraith, of Kilcroich, and had three sons, ROBERT, his heir; Adam, killed at the battle of Worcester, in 1651; and William, who went to Poland, and died issueless. The eldest son, ROBERT MONTGOMERY, succeeded his father in Macbeth Hill. He m. a daughter of Sir James Lockhart, of Lee, and had, with two daughters, one the wife of John Rowat, the other of J. Hamilton, of Newton, three sons, viz. WILLIAM, his heir. James, d. s. p. Hugh, who married and had three sons. He was s. by his eldest son, WILLIAM MONTGOMERY, of Macbeth Hill, who . Miss Peter, only daughter and heiress of John Peter, of Whiteslead, and had two sons, WILLIAM, his heir, and James, who d. s. p. with four daughters, married respectively to Alexander Macleod, William Thynne, James Ure, of Shirgarton, and Capt. Robert Telfer. The elder son, WILLIAM MONTGOMERY, of Macbeth Hill, m. a daughter of John Hooks, of Gaunt, and was s. by his eldest son, WILLIAM MONTGOMERY, of Macbeth, or Magbie Hill, who m. Barbara, daughter of Robert Rutherford, esq. of Bowland, and had two sons, 1. WILLIAM, his heir. 11. James, of Stanhope, lord chief baron of the Exchequer, in Scotland, M.P. for Peebleshire, created a Baronet in 1801. (Refer to BURKE'S Peerage and Baronetage.) He d. in 1768, in the eighty-sixth year of his age, was s. by his elder son, and 1. WILLIAM MONTGOMERY, esq. of Magbie Hill, in the county of Peebles, who was created a BARONET 28th May, 1774. Sir William m. first, Hannah, daughter and co-heir of Alexander Tomkins, esq. of the county of Londonderry, and by that lady had issue, William Styre, an officer in the army, who died of wounds received in battle, in America, at the age of nineteen. ELIZABETH, m. 3rd July, 1773, to Luke Gardiner, HARRIET-ANNE-FRANCES, m. in 1827, to BARBARA, m. in 1774, to the Right Hon. John Be- ANNE, m. to George, first Marquess Townsend, (his lordship's second wife). He wedded, secondly, in 1761, Anne, daughter of Henry Watt, esq. of Mount Lewis, in Ireland, and had two other sons and three daughters, viz. GEORGE, his heir. Robert, col. 9th regiment of foot, killed in a duel by Capt. Macnamara, 6th April, 1803. JEAN, m. to William Reynell, esq. of Castle Reynell, in Westmeath. HARRIET, m. to George Byng, esq. of Wrotham Park, M. P. for Middlesex. |