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Biography of Richard Molyneux 1st Viscount Molyneux 1594-1636

Paternal Family Tree: Molyneux

Maternal Family Tree: Anne Ratclyffe 1539-1603

Around 1590 [his father] Richard Molyneux 1st Baronet (age 30) and [his mother] Frances Gerard Lady Molyneux (age 21) were married.

In 1594 Richard Molyneux 1st Viscount Molyneux was born to Richard Molyneux 1st Baronet (age 34) and Frances Gerard Lady Molyneux (age 25).

On 24th November 1609 Richard Molyneux 1st Viscount Molyneux (age 15) was educated at Brasenose College, Oxford University.

On 27th March 1613 Richard Molyneux 1st Viscount Molyneux (age 19) was knighted.

In 1614 Richard Molyneux 1st Viscount Molyneux (age 20) was elected MP Wigan.

Around 1618 Richard Molyneux 1st Viscount Molyneux (age 24) and Mary Caryll Viscountess Molyneux (age 21) were married.

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The Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke. Baker was a secular clerk from Swinbroke, now Swinbrook, an Oxfordshire village two miles east of Burford. His Chronicle describes the events of the period 1303-1356: Gaveston, Bannockburn, Boroughbridge, the murder of King Edward II, the Scottish Wars, Sluys, Crécy, the Black Death, Winchelsea and Poitiers. To quote Herbert Bruce 'it possesses a vigorous and characteristic style, and its value for particular events between 1303 and 1356 has been recognised by its editor and by subsequent writers'. The book provides remarkable detail about the events it describes. Baker's text has been augmented with hundreds of notes, including extracts from other contemporary chronicles, such as the Annales Londonienses, Annales Paulini, Murimuth, Lanercost, Avesbury, Guisborough and Froissart to enrich the reader's understanding. The translation takes as its source the 'Chronicon Galfridi le Baker de Swynebroke' published in 1889, edited by Edward Maunde Thompson. Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.

In or after 1618 [his son] Richard Molyneux 2nd Viscount Molyneux was born to Richard Molyneux 1st Viscount Molyneux (age 24) and [his wife] Mary Caryll Viscountess Molyneux (age 21).

On 19th February 1620 [his mother] Frances Gerard Lady Molyneux (age 51) died at Sefton, Cheshire.

On 8th February 1622 [his father] Richard Molyneux 1st Baronet (age 62) died. His son Richard (age 28) succeeded 2nd Baronet Molyneux of Sefton. [his wife] Mary Caryll Viscountess Molyneux (age 25) by marriage Lady Molyneux of Sefton.

In 1624 [his son] Caryll Molyneux 3rd Viscount Molyneux was born to Richard Molyneux 1st Viscount Molyneux (age 30).

In December 1628 Richard Molyneux 1st Viscount Molyneux (age 34) was created 1st Viscount Molyneux. [his wife] Mary Caryll Viscountess Molyneux (age 32) by marriage Viscountess Molyneux.

In 1636 Richard Molyneux 1st Viscount Molyneux (age 42) died. In 1636 His son [his son] Richard (age 17) succeeded 2nd Viscount Molyneux, 3rd Baronet Molyneux of Sefton.

Around 18th July 1639 [his former wife] Mary Caryll Viscountess Molyneux (age 42) died.

[his daughter] Mary Molyneux was born to Richard Molyneux 1st Viscount Molyneux and Mary Caryll Viscountess Molyneux.

[his daughter] Charlotte Molyneux Lady Stanley was born to Richard Molyneux 1st Viscount Molyneux and Mary Caryll Viscountess Molyneux.

Royal Ancestors of Richard Molyneux 1st Viscount Molyneux 1594-1636

Kings Wessex: Great x 18 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England

Kings Gwynedd: Great x 15 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd

Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 21 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth

Kings Powys: Great x 16 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys

Kings England: Great x 10 Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Kings Scotland: Great x 17 Grand Son of King Duncan I of Scotland

Kings Franks: Great x 14 Grand Son of Louis VII King Franks

Kings France: Great x 18 Grand Son of Robert "Pious" II King France

Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 22 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine

Ancestors of Richard Molyneux 1st Viscount Molyneux 1594-1636

Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Molyneux of Sefton

Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Molyneux 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Stanley 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: William Molyneux 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Dutton 8 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Anne Dutton 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Tuchet 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England

Great x 1 Grandfather: Richard Molyneux 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

GrandFather: William Molyneux 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Radclyffe

Great x 3 Grandfather: John Radclyffe

Great x 4 Grandmother: Joanne Trafford

Great x 2 Grandfather: Alexander Radclyffe of Ordsall

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Brereton 10th Lord Brereton

Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Brereton

Great x 1 Grandmother: Eleanor Radclyffe

Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Booth

Great x 3 Grandfather: John Booth

Great x 2 Grandmother: Alice Booth

Father: Richard Molyneux 1st Baronet 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Richard Molyneux 1st Viscount Molyneux 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Gerard

Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Gerard

Great x 2 Grandfather: William Gerard

Great x 1 Grandfather: James Gerard of Astley

GrandFather: Gilbert Gerard

Great x 3 Grandfather: John Holcroft

Great x 2 Grandfather: John Holcroft

Great x 1 Grandmother: Margaret Holcroft

Mother: Frances Gerard Lady Molyneux

Great x 3 Grandfather: Richard Radclyffe

Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas Radclyffe

Great x 1 Grandfather: Thomas Ratclyffe

GrandMother: Anne Ratclyffe