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MOLYNEUX, Edmund (d.1605), of Thorpe nr. Newark, Notts. and Ludlow, Salop.

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Yr. s. of Sir Edmund Molyneux of Thorpe by Jane, da. of John Cheyney of Chesham Bois, Bucks.; bro. of John I. unm.
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Sec. to Sir Henry Sidney; clerk to council in Ireland by 1569 – 71; clerk in signet office, council in the marches of Wales 1581.

Main residences: Thorpe nr. Newark, Notts.; Ludlow, Salop.
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MOLYNEUX, Edmund (-d.1605)

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MOLYNEUX, John I (d.1588), of Thorpe, Notts.

Family and Education
1st s. of Sir Edmund Molyneux of Thorpe and bro. of Edmund. educ. ?G. Inn.His name does not appear in the G. Inn Adm. Reg., but he is called ‘of Gray’s Inn, Middlesex’ in 1559, CPR 1558-60, p. 204. m. Anne, da. of George or John Lascelles of Gateford and Sturton, 6s. 4da. suc. fa. 1552.Vis. Notts. (Harl. Soc. iv), 73-4; DNB (Molyneux, Sir Edmund).
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Escheator, Notts. and Derbys. 1563 – 64; j.p. Yorks. (N. Riding) from c. 1569, Notts. from c.1579.

Main residence: Thorpe, Notts.
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MOLYNEUX, John I (-d.1588)

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MOLYNEUX, John II, of Croxteth and New Hall, Lancs.

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3rd s. of Sir Richard Molyneux of Sefton by his 1st w. Eleanor, da. of Sir Alexander Ratcliffe of Ordsall; bro. of Richard Molyneux I. m. Anne, da. of Richard Ratcliffe of Langley, at least 1s.
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?J.p. Lancs.; burgess, Liverpool 1589.

Main residences: Croxteth; New Hall, Lancs.
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MOLYNEUX, Richard I, of Sefton, Lancs.

Family and Education
2nd s. of Sir Richard Molyneux of Sefton and bro. of John II. educ. M. Temple 1556, called. m. Anne, da. of John Molyneux of Melling, nr. Maghull.
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J.p. Lancs. bef. 1587.

Main residence: Sefton, Lancs.
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MOLYNEUX, Richard II (c.1559-1623), of Croxteth and Sefton, Lancs.

Family and Education
b. c. 1559, 1st s. of William Molyneux by Brigitta, da. of John Caryll of Warnham, Suss. educ. Univ. Coll. Oxf. 1577. m. (1) by 1567, a da. of Lord Strange; (2) Frances (d.1621), da. of Sir Gilbert Gerard, 6s. 7da. suc. fa. 1567, gd.-fa. 1569. Kntd. 1586; cr. Bt. 1611.Vis. Lancs. (Chetham Soc. lxxxi), 104; Foster, Lancs. Peds.
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Hereditary constable, Liverpool castle; steward of Blackburn hundred, duchy of Lancaster 1581; j.p. from c. 1583; mayor, Liverpool 1588 – 89; sheriff, Lancs. 1588 – 89, 1596 – 97; collector royal loans 1590, 1597; commr. subsidy 1594, 1599, musters 1596, 1599; receiver-gen. duchy of Lancaster 1607; butler in Lancashire bef. 1611.Somerville, Duchy i. 501; Lansd. 53, f. 178; J. A. Twemlow, Liverpool Town Bks. ii. 531, 1069, 1070; APC, xx. 186–7; xxvi. 460; CSP Dom. 1603–10, p. 364; 1611–18, p. 38.

Main residences: Croxteth; Sefton, Lancs.
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MOLYNEUX, Richard II (c.1559-1623)

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