Person:Margaret Mainwaring (8)

Her ancestry, even her maiden name, is uncertain^s3.

Jacobus^s1 has a footnote indicating that the identity of Margaret's supposed father Randall Mainwaring is unclear. The first Randall Mainwaring of Carincham died about 1487, and is said (see Ormerod's The History of the County Palatine and City of Chester, 3:46 or Ormerod's History of Cheshire, 3:80) to have had a daughter Margaret who married John Wynnington of Hermitage. His son Randall was born about 1469, too late to be Margaret's father. Jacobus suggests the possibility that Margaret was the sister of the first Randall, making her the daughter of Ralph le Mainwaring and Margaret Savage, but indicates that he has "not seen a pedigree which credits Ralph with such a daughter."

1.   Jacobus, Donald Lines. The Bulkeley Genealogy: Rev. Peter Bulkeley--Being an Account of His Career, His Ancestry, the Ancestry of His Two Wives, and His Relatives in England and New England, together with a Genealogy of His Descendants through the Seventh American Generation. (New Haven, Conn.: The Tuttle, Morehouse and Taylor Company, 1933)
   page 8.

   'Randall Grosvenor, of Bellaport, b. [say 1450], d. 1 Mar. 1521/2; m. Margaret, dau. of Randall Mainwaring, of Carincham, Cheshire.'

2. ↑ Jacobus, Donald Lines. The Bulkeley Genealogy: Rev. Peter Bulkeley--Being an Account of His Career, His Ancestry, the Ancestry of His Two Wives, and His Relatives in England and New England, together with a Genealogy of His Descendants through the Seventh American Generation. (New Haven, Conn.: The Tuttle, Morehouse and Taylor Company, 1933)
   page 8.

   '... she was probably born as early as 1455.'

3.   message 0648956387, posted 25 Jul 1990 by Kay Allen, in GEN-MEDIEVAL-L Archives (at RootsWeb), Ancestry.com online.

   'At this point in time, I consider her Margaret, possibly Mainwaring, but her parentage is still unverified. As a matter-of-fact, I have seen a filmed MS, probably 17th century, which merely calls her Margaret.'