Sir John Molyneux of Teversal (
fl.
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1611-1640), High Sheriff of Nottinghamshire.
Molyneux was the son of Thomas Molyneux (d. 1597) and Alice Cranmer of
Aslockton, daughter of Thomas Cranmer, a great-nephew of
Archbishop Thomas Cranmer
Thomas Cranmer (2 July 1489 – 21 March 1556) was a leader of the English Reformation and Archbishop of Canterbury during the reigns of Henry VIII, Edward VI and, for a short time, Mary I. He helped build the case for the annulment of Henry's ...
. After the death of Thomas Molyneux, Alice married Sir John Thorold of
Syston
Syston ( ) is a town and civil parish in the district of Charnwood in Leicestershire, England. The population was 11,508 at the 2001 census, rising to 12,804 at the 2011 census.
Overview
There has been a settlement on the site for over 1,000 ...
.
He may have attended
Christ's College, Cambridge
Christ's College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. The college includes the Master, the Fellows of the College, and about 450 undergraduate and 170 graduate students. The college was founded by William Byngham in 1437 as ...
, listed as fellow-commoner in 1598.
Molyneux was
High Sheriff of Nottinghamshire in 1609 and 1611, and became the first of the
Molyneux baronets of
Teversal on 29 June 1611.
Molyneux's first wife was Isobel Markham of
Sedgebrook. His second wife was Anne Harington (d. 1644), widow of Sir Thomas Foljambe of
Aldwark (d. 1604), and daughter of
Sir James Harington of
Ridlington and Frances Sapcote.
In 1609 Molyneux was the administrator of the will of
Bridget Markham
Bridget Markham (1579–1609), was a courtier to Anne of Denmark and subject of poems.
Bridget was a daughter of Sir James Harington (1542–1614) of Ridlington, Rutland, and Frances Sapcote (d. 1599) daughter and co-heir of Robert Sapcote of Elt ...
, who was both his sister-in-law and his second wife's sister. She had been a lady in waiting to
Anne of Denmark.
In 1612 he remodelled
Teversal Manor which had the date "1612" carved on the entrance door within an earlier Tudor porch. The dining parlour was decorated with a plaster relief with rural scenery, hawking, and the story of
Actaeon
Actaeon (; grc, Ἀκταίων ''Aktaion''), in Greek mythology, son of the priestly herdsman Aristaeus and Autonoe in Boeotia, was a famous Theban hero. Like Achilles in a later generation, he was trained by the centaur Chiron.
He fell to ...
and Diana. This decoration may have date from Molyneux's time. The house was partly rebuilt in 1811.
Molyneux also made some repairs at
St Katherine's Church, Teversal, a door in the chancel was carved "J. M. 1617".
Sir Antony Weldon's satirical description of Scotland in 1617 during the king's visit was written in letter form, including good-wishes for "noble Sir John Mollineux" and his brother.
Anne Harington was a prisoner in the
Fleet Prison for debt in 1641.
Family
Molyneux and Isobel Markham had these children;
* Francis (d. 1674), married Theodosia Heron.
* Thomas
* Mary
* Elizabeth (d. 1638) married Gilbert Gregory of Barnby and was buried at St Peter and Paul at
Barnby Dun.
* Anne (1605-1633), was buried at Barnby.
Molyneux and Anne Harington had these children;
* Colonel Roger Molyneux of
Hasland Hall, who was a page to
Elizabeth Stuart, Queen of Bohemia in 1633. He sold Hasland to Captain John Lowe.
[Daniel Lysons, ''Magna Britannia, a concise topographical account of the several counties of Great Britain: Derbyshire'', vol. 5 (London, 1817), p.82.]
* Frances
References
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16th-century English people
17th-century English people
Alumni of Christ's College, Cambridge
Baronets in the Baronetage of England