Richard de Molyneux High sheriff of Lancaster

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• Dates & Events. ⁷¹⁶
"Richard Molyneux, who signalized himself in the French Wars of King Henry V at Againcourt, in consideration of which services King Henry granted to him and son Richard by patent dated July 26th, 1446, the chief forestship of Royal Forest and parks in the Wapentake by West Derby shire, with offices of sergeant and steward of that and the Wapentake of Salford, and also the office of constable of Liverpool. He married 1st, Helen, daughter of Sir William Harrington of Hombie, Lancaster; m. 2nd, Joan daughter of Gilbert Haydocke, of Bradley, Lancaster, widow of Sir Peter Leight, Knight of Lyme, d. 1439.

~History, Genealogical and Biographical, of the Molyneux Families, pg. 37

• Background Information. ⁷¹⁶
Sir William the eldest son of his father. He married Jane, daughter of Sir Robert Holland, and had Sir Richard Molins, or Molyneux, who married Ellen, daughter of Sir Thomas Urswich, and deceasing 1397, by her (who afterwards married Sir Thomas Savage) had three sons, Richard, Adam and Robert. Adam was Bishop of Chester and keeper of the privy-seal in the reign of King Henry VI and was murdered at Portsmouth in 1449. Robert married Margret, daughter of Sir Baldwin le Strange, and left an only child, Edith, who married Adam Troutback, Esq. Whose daughter Margret married Sir John Talbot of Grafton, ancestor by her of the Earl of Shrewsbury and Waterford. Richard s. at Sefton, and eminently distinguished himself at the battle of Aguencourt, where he was knighted. He married first, Joan, daughter of Sir Gilbert Haydock, of Bradley, widow of Sir Peter Leigh of Lyme, and had eight sons and three daughters; Catherine, married first, John Stanhope, Esq., and second, Sir Radcliffe, of Swithells. Genet to Robert, Vis Gormanston; Elizabeth to Sir Robert Southworth. His second wife was Helen, daughter to Sir William Harrington of Hornby and widow of ____ Ratcliff of the Tower in Lancaster, Esq.; by whom he had two daughters. Anna married Sir Richard Nevil of Tevefedge, in Yorkshire; and Margaret to Sir Peter Leigh of Lyme, Knight.
~History, Genealogical and Biographical, of the Molyneux Families, pg. 9-11

• Children. ⁷¹⁷
The sons of Sir Richard and Joane:
Sir Richard Molyneux, Knight, of Shefton
Sir Thomas Molyneux, Knight, of Hawton, and ancestor of the Viscounts Molyneux and Earls of Sefton
John Molyneux, Rector of Sefton
William
Robert Molyneux, of Altcar
Henry Molyneux
Edmund Molyneux, m. Agnes, Lady of Cheneys
Bucks Molyneux
Gilbert Molyneux

Daughters of Sir Richard and Joane:
Elizabeth, m. Sir Thomas Southworth, of Sawlesbury
Catherine, m. Sir Robert Radcliffe
Joane, m. Robert Preston, of Gormestown, Ireland

Sir Richard married as a second wife, Ellinor, daughter of Sir Alexander Radcliffe, of Radcliffe Tower, and widow of Sir William Harrington, by whom he had two daughters:
Anne, m. Sir Richard Nevil, of Leversedge
Margaret, m. Sir Peter Leigh, of Lyme and Bradley, Cheshire.

He died in 1439, and was buried in Sefton Church.

~Memoir of the Molineux Family, pgs. 6-7

Richard married Joan Haydock, daughter of Sir Gilbert de Haydock Knight and Sybil de Houghton ⁷¹⁶.^,717 (Joan Haydock was born circa 1430, died on 31 Jan 1439 in England ⁷⁶³ and was buried in 1439 in Sefton Church, West Derby, Lancashire, England ⁷⁶³.)