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.

Offices Held

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.

Parlimentarian

MOLYNEUX, Sir Richard I (c.1559-1623), of Sefton and Croxteth, Lancs.

Main residences: Croxteth; Sefton, Lancs.

Author

N.M.S.

Volume

Commons 1558-1603

Web Title

MOLYNEUX, Richard II (c.1559-1623)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

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