Sir Manser (aka Mauncer) Marmion, of Ringstone in

Rippingale Rippingale is a village and civil parish in the South Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England. The population of the civil parish was 929 at the 2011 census. The village is situated on the A15 road, about north from Bourne. Rippingale is ...

and Galby was an English Member of Parliament and Sheriff of Lincolnshire.

Ancestry

His parents were Sir John Marmion (buried in 1415 at

Sempringham Priory Sempringham Priory was a priory in Lincolnshire, England, located in the medieval hamlet of Sempringham, to the northwest of Pointon. Today, all that remains of the priory is a marking on the ground where the walls stood and a square, which are i ...

where his daughter Mabel was a nun) and his wife Margaret. According to Palmer and Nicholls, the family were descended from Manasser Marmion, 6th son of Robert Marmion the Justiciar and the

Counts of Rethel This is a list of counts and dukes of Rethel. The first counts of Rethel ruled independently, before the county passed first to the Counts of Nevers, then to the Counts of Flanders, and finally to the Dukes of Burgundy. In 1405 the County became par ...

(including Manasses I, Manasses II & Manasses III).

Career and life

When Manser reached the age of eighteen, his mother Margaret gave him the Manor of

Keisby Keisby is a small hamlet in the district of South Kesteven, in Lincolnshire, England. It is situated north-west from Bourne and south-east from Grantham. It is in the civil parish of Lenton, Keisby and Osgodby. History Keisby comes from ...

, which had been granted to her for life by Geoffrey Luttrel for a yearly rent of 16 marks. In 1423, Manser made a 100l recognizance to the King to not harm William Gase, Parson of

Dunsby Dunsby is a small village and civil parish in the South Kesteven district of in Lincolnshire, England. It is north from Bourne, just east off the A15, and on the western edge of the Lincolnshire Fens. In 2001 it had a population of 141, reduc ...

church or any other person and in the same year promised to not harm any of the servants of

Joan, Countess of Kent Joan, Countess of Kent (29 September 1326/1327 – 7 August 1385), known as The Fair Maid of Kent, was the mother of King Richard II of England, her son by her third husband, Edward the Black Prince, son and heir apparent of King Edward III. A ...

, and Humphrey, Earl of Stafford. In 1434, Manser took the oath not to maintain peace-breakers. In 1435, he attended the Shire Court at Leicester. By 1436, his income was £40 and he held one

Knight's fee In feudal Anglo-Norman England and Ireland, a knight's fee was a unit measure of land deemed sufficient to support a knight. Of necessity, it would not only provide sustenance for himself, his family, and servants, but also the means to furnish him ...

Aslackby and Laughton Aslackby and Laughton is a civil parish in the South Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England. According to the 2001 census the parish had a population of 243, in 102 households. increasing slightly to 251 in 118 households at the 2011 cens ...

. He was knighted between 1436 and 1441 and was appointed to Parliament as Knight of the Shire for Lincolnshire on 30 Jan 1447. He served in France in July 1448 and was Sheriff of Lincolnshire from 9 Nov 1448 to 26 Feb 1450. During the Lincolnshire feud between the wealthy and violent

William Tailboys William Tailboys, de jure 7th Baron Kyme (c.1416 – 26 May 1464) was a wealthy Lincolnshire squire and adherent of the Lancastrian cause during the Wars of the Roses. He was born in Kyme, Lincolnshire, the son of Sir Walter Tailboys and his ...

(later a staunch Lancastrian in the approaching

Wars of the Roses The Wars of the Roses (1455–1487), known at the time and for more than a century after as the Civil Wars, were a series of civil wars fought over control of the English throne in the mid-to-late fifteenth century. These wars were fought bet ...

) and the ex-

Treasurer of England The post of Lord High Treasurer or Lord Treasurer was an English government position and has been a British government position since the Acts of Union of 1707. A holder of the post would be the third-highest-ranked Great Officer of State in ...

, Ralph de Cromwell, a Writ of Exigend was issued against Tailboys. Tailboy's powerful friend

William de la Pole, 1st Duke of Suffolk William de la Pole, 1st Duke of Suffolk, (16 October 1396 – 2 May 1450), nicknamed Jackanapes, was an English magnate, statesman, and military commander during the Hundred Years' War. He became a favourite of the weak king Henry VI of Engla ...

and

Lord High Admiral of England Lord is an appellation for a person or deity who has authority, control, or power over others, acting as a master, chief, or ruler. The appellation can also denote certain persons who hold a title of the peerage in the United Kingdom, or are ...

vigorously defended him from prosecution and is supposed to have pressured Sir Manser, then Sheriff, not to arrest Tailboys. Manser was punished for failing to carry out his duty but got off lightly due to Tailboys being pardoned. Manser's wife Elizabeth died in early 1449, and the income from her Leicestershire estate passed to her son and heir from her first marriage, Robert Walshale, Jnr. In 1450, Sir Manser went to France in the company of the

Treasurer of the Household The Treasurer of the Household is a member of the Royal Household of the Sovereign of the United Kingdom. The position is usually held by one of the government deputy Chief Whips in the House of Commons. The current holder of the office is Ma ...

and newly appointed

Lieutenant of Calais The town of Calais, now part of France, was in English hands from 1347 to 1558, and this page lists the commanders of Calais, holding office from the English Crown, called at different times Captain of Calais, King's Lieutenant of Calais (Castle ...

, Sir John Stourton. The cause of Manser's death is not known. He died before 25 Jun 1451, when a writ of Diem Clausit Extremum (literally "he closed his last day" ie died) was issued to enquire upon his estate, whereupon his lands passed to his son and heir John.

Family

Between 1431 and 1435, Manser married Elizabeth, daughter and heir of John Wolfe (aka le Lupus), Esq. of

Frolesworth Frolesworth is a small village and civil parish in the Harborough district of Leicestershire, England. It lies four miles north of Lutterworth, three from Broughton Astley and eighteen miles west of Market Harborough. The population is included ...

(descendant and heir of the d'Amory, d'Anvers and Sackevill families who held the manor before him) and widow of Robert Walshale (d.1431). Manser and Elizabeth had the following issue:- * John Marmion (d.1465), fathered Mauncer (who married Edith daughter of Sir

Thomas Berkeley Sir Thomas Berkeley, KB (11 July 1575 – 22 November 1611) was the son and heir apparent of Henry Berkeley, 7th Baron Berkeley, and a Member of Parliament for Gloucestershire from 1604 until 1611. Family Thomas Berkeley was the son of Henry ...

Wymondham Wymondham ( ) is a market town and civil parishes in England, civil parish in the South Norfolk district of Norfolk, England, south-west of Norwich, England, Norwich off the A11 road (England), A11 road to London. The River Tiffey runs through ...

). John and Mauncer Jnr both subsequently served as High Sheriff of Lincolnshire, in 1460 and 1497, respectively. Manser's family "daughtered out" in the 1500s with his great-great-granddaughter Katherine Marmion. She married John Haselwood, Master of the Fleet Prison and had eleven children before remarrying to Thomas Claughton, Esq.

Notes

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Marmion, Manser 1404 births English MPs 1447 People from South Kesteven District People from Harborough District English knights High Sheriffs of Lincolnshire English people of French descent History of Lincolnshire History of Leicestershire Year of death unknown