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Genealogy: William Mainwaring (1315-1365)

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Published: 02 Feb 2026 › Updated: 02 Feb 2026Genealogy: William Mainwaring (1315-1365)

Genealogy: William Mainwaring (1315-1365)

I am posting some random bits of my genealogy research here with the goal of eventually creating a linked family tree on Hive. You can see the index here.

Subject: William Mainwaring (1315-1365)

Relationship to me: Direct ancestor of my paternal grandfather.

Family tree management software: GenoPro

Family tree reporting software: Gramps

Other software used: The Next Generation of Genealogy Sitebuilding (TNG), GedSite (evaluating for now)

Updates: Added additional spouse, children, and sources.

The chart at the top is an ancestor chart out to four generations. The chart at the bottom is the descendant chart as generated by TNG. The index of all individuals I have posted so far can be found here.

Mainwaring, William 1a

Birth Name Mainwaring, William
Gender male
Age at Death unknown

Events

Event Date Place Description Sources
Birth 1316 Peover, Cheshire, England   2
Death        

Parents

Relation to main person Name Birth date Death date Relation within this family (if not by birth)
Father Mainwaring, William of Peover12861341
Mother de Davenport, Margery1290
         Mainwaring, William 1316

Source References

  1. John D. Newport: http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=john_d_newport&id=I40469 @ RootsWeb Ancestry of John D Newport
      • Source text:

        # ID: I40469
        # Name: William Mainwaring 1
        # Sex: M
        # Birth: 1316 in Over Peover, Cheshire, England 1

        Father: William Mainwaring of Over Peover b: 1286
        Mother: Margery De Davenport b: 1290

        Marriage 1 Elizabeth Leycester b: 1318 in Nether Tabley, Bucklow, Cheshire, England

        Children

        1. Has Children John Mainwaring b: ABT 1352 in Over By, Middlewich, Cheshire, England
        2. Has Children Randle Mainwaring Sir Lord Of Over Peover b: ABT 1365 in Over Peover, Bucklow, Cheshire, England
        3. Has Children Emma Mainwaring b: ABT 1354 in Over By, Middlewich, Cheshire, England
        4. Has No Children William Mainwaring b: ABT 1353 in Over Peover, Cheshire, England

         

        Marriage 2 Joan Praers b: ABT 1320 in Baddiley, Nantwich, Cheshire, England

        Children

        1. Has No Children William Mainwaring b: 1345

         

        Sources:

        1. Title: John Egerton
        Repository:
        Name: Rootsweb.com
        Note:
        John Egerton,
        .
        Text: Date of Import: 29 Mar 2005

         

         

      • Citation:

        e-mail: johndnewport@suddenlink.net

  2. John D. Newport: http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=PED&db=john_d_newport&id=I13924&style=TABLE @ RootsWeb Ancestry of John D Newport

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