Sir Rhys Mansel (c. 1487 – 1559), also Sir Rice Mansel, also Sir Rice Manxell, also Sir Rice Maunsell, Vice-Admiral, was

High Sheriff of Glamorgan This page is a list of High Sheriffs of Glamorgan. Sheriffs of Glamorgan served under and were answerable to the independent Lords of Glamorgan until that lordship was merged into the crown. This is in contrast to sheriffs of the English shires wh ...

, a Commissioner of Peace and served as Chamberlain of Chester to King

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. He was

for 1542. Sir Rice owned estates at Penrice and

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, and at the Dissolution of the Monasteries he purchased

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, which remained the property of his descendants until 1941. He married three times. His children with his third wife, Cecily Dabridgecourt, included: *Sir Edward Mansel (d. 1595), who married Jane Somerset, daughter of the

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, and was the father of

Robert Mansell Sir Robert Mansell (1573–1656) was an admiral of the English Royal Navy and a Member of Parliament (MP), mostly for Welsh constituencies. His name was sometimes given as Sir Robert Mansfield and Sir Robert Maunsell. Early life Mansel was a W ...

sailor and glass-making entrepreneur. * Mary Mansel, married Sir Thomas Southwell of

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, and was the mother of

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References

*Maunsell, Charles Albert and Statham, Edward Phillips, ''History of the Family of Maunsell (Mansell, Mansel) '', 2 vols. in 3, Anchor Press LTD, Tiptree Essex, 1917-20.

External links

HeraldryOxford Dictionary of National Biography entry for Rice Mansel
{{DEFAULTSORT:Mansel, Rice 1480s births 1559 deaths 16th-century Welsh military personnel Welsh knights High Sheriffs of Glamorgan