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
Aslockton is an English village and civil parish east of Nottingham and east of Bingham, on the north bank of the River Smite opposite Whatton-in-the-Vale. The parish is also adjacent to Scarrington, Thoroton and Orston and within the Ru ...
, daughter of Thomas Cranmer, a great-nephew of
Archbishop Thomas Cranmer. 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 Colleges of the University of Cambridge, constituent college of the University of Cambridge, England. The college includes the Master, the Fellows of the College, and about 450 undergraduate and 250 graduate students. The c ...
, listed as fellow-commoner in 1598.
Molyneux was
High Sheriff of Nottinghamshire
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The High Sheriff is the oldest secular office under the Crown. Formerly the High Sheriff was the principal law enforcement officer in the county but over the centu ...
in 1609 and 1611, and became the first of the
Molyneux baronets of
Teversal
Teversal is a village in the Ashfield district of Nottinghamshire, England. It lies north of Sutton-in-Ashfield and west of Mansfield. It is close to the boundary with Derbyshire. Former names include ''Tevershalt'', ''Teversholt'', ''Tyversh ...
on 29 June 1611.
Molyneux's first wife was Isobel Markham of
Sedgebrook
Sedgebrook is an English village and civil parish in the South Kesteven district of Lincolnshire. It lies on the A52 road, west of Grantham. Its population, given as 372 in 2001, fell by the 2011 census to 355, and was estimated to be 347 in 2 ...
. 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
Ridlington is a village and civil parish in Rutland in the East Midlands of England. The population of the village was 202 at the time of the 2001 census, including Ayston, Leighfield and Wardley also increasing to 260 at the 2011 census.
The ...
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 the 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 o ...
, who was both his sister-in-law and his second wife's sister. She had been a lady in waiting to
Anne of Denmark
Anne of Denmark (; 12 December 1574 – 2 March 1619) was the wife of King James VI and I. She was List of Scottish royal consorts, Queen of Scotland from their marriage on 20 August 1589 and List of English royal consorts, Queen of Engl ...
.
In 1612 he remodelled
Teversal Manor
Teversal Manor is a small 17th-century country house in Teversal, Nottinghamshire, some 5 km (3 miles) west of Mansfield. The manor is known for its links with D. H. Lawrence’s book ''Lady Chatterley's Lover''.
The building is constructe ...
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
In Greek mythology, Actaeon (; ''Aktaiōn'') was the son of the priestly herdsman Aristaeus and Autonoe in Boeotia, and a famous Thebes, Greece, Theban Greek hero cult, hero. Through his mother he was a member of the ruling House of Cadmus. Like ...
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
Fleet Prison was a notorious London prison by the side of the River Fleet. The prison was built in 1197, was rebuilt several times, and was in use until 1844. It was demolished in 1846.
History
The prison was built in 1197 off what is now ...
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
Barnby Dun is a village in Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England. Together with Kirk Sandall it forms the civil parish of Barnby Dun with Kirk Sandall. It lies between Arksey and Stainforth. It is located about 4 miles north-east of Doncaste ...
.
* Anne (1605-1633), was buried at Barnby.
Molyneux and Anne Harington had these children;
* Colonel Roger Molyneux of
Hasland
Hasland is a suburb of Chesterfield in the Borough of Chesterfield in Derbyshire, England. Hasland is located south of Spital, east of Birdholme and north of Grassmoor. Hasland ward had a population of 6,615 on the 2011 Census. Despite the ...
Hall, who was a page to
Elizabeth Stuart, Queen of Bohemia
Elizabeth Stuart (19 August 1596 – 13 February 1662) was Electress of the Palatinate and briefly Queen of Bohemia as the wife of Frederick V of the Palatinate. The couple's selection for the crown by the nobles of Bohemia was part of the p ...
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
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Alumni of Christ's College, Cambridge
Baronets in the Baronetage of England