The Molyneux Fam1:1Y Traces Its Descent from William Des Molines, 80 Named from Moulins, a Town of Bourbounois, in France, Who I
218 LANCASTgU OUT-TOWNSHIPS. The Molyneux Fam1:1y traces its descent from William des Molines, 80 named from Moulins,, a town of Bourbounois, in France, who is mentioned in the Norman Chronicles, prior to the Conquest, as a man of noble origin, held in high esteem by Duke William. His name stands the eighteenth in order in the Roll of Battle Abbey. Soon after the Conquest he acquired, by gift of Roger de Poictou, the lordship of Sefton Thornton and Kerden. By the marriage of his grandson Adam with Annota, the daughter and heiress of Benedict Garnet, lord of Speke, this manor also became the property of the family. Adam de Mulynew gave lands to the Abbey of Cockersand, under the seal of the cross moline. He had two sons, Robert and Gilbert, the eldest of whom marrying Beatrice, daughter and heiress of Robert de Villiers, first lord of Crosby, obtained possession of that lordship. His eldest son, Richard, married Edith, daughter of Almeric Pincerna, of Warrington, and had issue two sons, Adam and Robert. Adam, the eldest son, succeeded at Sefton, and held a forestership in Lancashire, in 1228, and was in commission for the perambulation of forests. He married Lattice de Brinley, and had two sons, William and Roger. The former, Sir William de Molineus, married Margaret, daughter of Sir Alan de Thorneton. His grandson, Sir William, was dubbed a knight banneret in Gascony by Edmund Crouchback, Earl of Lancaster, in 1289. His grandson, Sir William, of Sefton and Little Crosby, married Joan, daughter and heiress of Jordan Ellel, and grand-daughter of Thomas de Twenge, forester of Wyresdale.
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