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Sir William Mascy Knight
(-1338)
Margery Legh
Hugh Mascy
(-Abt 1371)
Sir John Mascy Knight
(Abt 1338-1403)

 

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Alice de Worsley

Sir John Mascy Knight

  • Born: Abt 1338, Talton, Cheshire, England 775
  • Marriage: Alice de Worsley in 1372 in Cheshire, England 713,775
  • Died: 22 Jul 1403, Battle of Shrewsbury about age 65 775

bullet  Noted events in his life were:

• Background Information. 775
Sir John Mascy (Massey) was the son of Hugh Massey of Tatton. He succeeded his older brother to his father's estates. [Ormerod, vol. i. p.441] He married Alice de Worsely sometime before 1372. He was the Sheriff of Cheshire in 1389. He sided with Richard II in 1399 and was imprisoned in Chester Caslte. Four years later, he joined in the Hotspur uprising and was killed at the battle of Shrewbury.
~A Histroy of the Country of Lancaster, Vol. IV, Worsley, pp. 376-392

• Background Information. 713
Sir John Mascy (Massy) of Tatton, knight, son and heir of Hugh, was sheriff of Cheshire 11 Richard II (1387) and again in 13 Richard II (1390). He and his eldest son, Thomas were taken prisoners by the king in I Henry IV for opposition to this king. He very likely died 22 Jul 1403 during the Battle of Shrewbury. His widow, Alice, died 6 Henry VI in the beginning of October, 1427.

Sir John married Alice, sister and heir to Sir Geoffrey Worsley of Worsley in Lancashire, about 46 Edward III (1372). The children of Sir John and Alice were:

• Thomas Mascy, eldest son, died without issue on St. Bartholomew's day, 1420.
• Geoffry Mascy, second son, succeeded his brother
• Richard Mascy, third son
• Hugh Mascy
• John Mascy
• Lawrence Mascy
• Joan Mascy, married Sir William Venables of Rollin Fee in Maxfield Hundred, and later to Oliver Stanley
Margery Mascy, married sir John Bromley of Badington, Cheshire

~George Ormerod's The History of County Palatine and City of Chester, Vol I, p. 441-442


John married Alice de Worsley, daughter of Geoffrey de Worsley and Anabel de Haydock, in 1372 in Cheshire, England 713.,775 (Alice de Worsley died Early in October, 1427 in Tatton, Cheshire, England 713.)


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