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b. c. 1559, 1st s. of William Molyneux of Sefton, and Brigitta, da. of John Caryll† of Warnham, Suss.J. Foster, Lancs. Peds. educ. Univ. Coll. Oxf. 1577, aged 18. Al Ox. m. ?(1) by 1567, da. of Henry Stanley, Lord Strange, s.p.; Vis. Lancs. (Chetham Soc. lxxxi), 104. (2) c.1580, Frances (bur. 9 Feb. 1621), Sefton Par. Regs. (Lancs. Par. Reg. Soc. lxxxvi), 179. da. of Sir Gilbert Gerard† of Ince, Lancs., 6s. (1 d.v.p.) 7da. Foster, Lancs. Peds. suc. fa. 1567; grandfa. Sir Richard Molyneux† 1569. DL7/9/2; 7/13/35. Kntd. 14 June 1586; Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 84. cr. bt. 22 May 1611. C66/1942. d. 24 Feb. 1623. DL7/24/87; Lancs. IPMs ed. J.P. Rylands (Lancs. and Cheshire Rec. Soc. xvii), 383-91. sig. Ry(chard) Mol[i/y]neux.
Offices Held

Freeman, Liverpool, Lancs. by c. 1580, mayor, 1588 – 89, 1618 – 19, Preston, Lancs. by 1602; J.A. Twemlow, Liverpool Town Bk. ii. 532; Preston Guild Rolls ed. W.A. Abram (Lancs. and Cheshire Rec. Soc. ix), 54. steward, Blackburn hundred, Lancs. 1581–d.; R. Somerville, Hist. of Duchy of Lancaster, i. 501; Lancs. RO, DDM3/17. j.p. Lancs. c. 1583 – d., custos rot. by 1598–d.; Lancs. RO, QSC 1–4. master forester and steward, West Derby hundred, Lancs. 1585 – d.; constable, Liverpool Castle 1585–d.; Lancs. RO, DDM3/12; Duchy of Lancaster Office-Holders ed. R. Somerville, 138n. sheriff, Lancs. 1588 – 89, 1596–7; List of Sheriffs comp. A. Hughes (PRO, L. and I. ix), 73; APC, 1597, p. 354. commr. subsidy, Lancs. 1594, 1599, 1608, 1621; Twemlow, ii. 1069–70; SP14/31/1; C212/22/20, 21. muster-master, Lancs. by 1595; HMC Hatfield, v. 524. collector, Privy Seal loans, Lancs. 1590, 1597, 1612, E401/2583, ff. 22–3; E403/2732, ff. 5, 41v; APC, 1590–1, p. 187, APC, 1596–7, p. 460. aid 1609, E179/283; SP14/43/107. aid 1613, E403/2732, f. 141v. houses of correction 1618; B.W. Quintrell, Procs. of Lancs. JPs at Sheriff’s Table (Lancs. and Cheshire Rec. Soc, cxxi), 75–6. commr. musters, Lancs. 1596, 1599, APC, 1595–6, p. 156; 1596–7, p. 388. eccles. causes 1602; Lancs. Q. Sess. Recs. ed. J. Tait (Chetham Soc. n.s. lxxvii), 127. dep. lt., Lancs. by 1608; SP14/33/40. duchy commr. for copyholders, Lancs. and Cheshire 1611; SP14/61/64. duchy butler in Lancs. 1611–d. Duchy of Lancaster Office-Holders, 125; SP14/64/3.

Recvr. gen. duchy of Lancaster 1603–d. Duchy of Lancaster Office-Holders, 18.

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MOLYNEUX, Sir Richard I (c.1559-1623), of Sefton and Croxteth, Lancs.
Main residences: Sefton; Croxteth, Lancs.
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R.C.L.S.
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Commons 1604-1629
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MOLYNEUX, Sir Richard I (c.1559-1623)

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