Sir Edward Maunsell, Knight

1532 - 1595  (63 years)  Submit Photo / Document

• Name	Edward Maunsell
  Prefix	Sir
  Suffix	Knight
  Birth	cal. 1532	Margam Abbey, Gower, Wales, UK
  Gender	Male
  Death	5 Aug 1595
  Fact	Nov 1614
  	Reference: STAC 8/116/20 Description: Short title: Dodington v Maunsell. Plaintiffs: Henry Dodington esq of Bristol. Defendants: Sir Thomas Maunsell bart of Margam, son of Edward Maunsell son of Rice Maunsell, Rowland Morgan, Thomas ap Jevan, Owen Perkins, and others. Subject: Tampering with witnesses before a commission at Cowbridge in a suit for tithes of Hafod-y-porth, Trissent, Llangyfelach and Crickferm, with profits there and in Crick Castle, Southseller, Indefferm and Froditt, in dispute between the parishes of Llangynwyd and Margam, arrest and assault on servants of plaintiff Henry Dodington at Basseleg, etc. Glamorganshire, Wales, Monmouthshire. Note: see STAC 8/124/3. Barnes category: officer's misfeasance; assault; perjury; unlawful assembly; contempt; conspiracy; offence against religion; vexatious litigation. Another action was also brought before the Court of Star Chamber: cross suit or shoring action Date: 1614 November Held by: The National Archives, Kew Legal status: Public Record(s) Closure status: Open Document, Open Description https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C5570633
  Person ID	I105557493	St. John Origin and Ancestry DNA Database
  Last Modified	26 Feb 2023

  
  

  Father	Sir Rhys Maunsell, Knight,   b. 1487   d. 1559 (Age 72 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Mother	Cecily Dabridgecourt, Maunsell
  Relationship	Birth
  Family ID	F400948	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Jane ferch Harry Somerset, 2nd Earl of Worcester,   b. 1535   d. 1591 (Age 56 years)
  Children	+ 1. Sir Thomas Maunsell, Knight; Baronet,   b. 1563   d. 1631 (Age 68 years)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]   2. Rhys Maunsell,   b. 1572   3. Anthony Maunsell,   b. 1554   4. Francis Maunsell, Baronet,   b. 1550   d. 1622 (Age 72 years)   5. Philip Maunsell,   b. 1560   6. Harry Maunsell,   b. 1566   7. Charles Maunsell,   b. 1570 + 8. Sir Robert Maunsell, m. Jane Bacon; Knight; Admiral in HMS Royal Navy; Member of Parliament,   b. abt. 1570   d. 21 Aug 1652, St Alfege, Greenwich, London, England, UK (Age 82 years)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]   9. William Maunsell,   b. 1567 + 10. Anne Maunsell, m. Wm Mathew m. Edward Carne,   b. abt. 1571, Margam Abbey, Gower, Wales, UK d. aft. 1640 (Age 70 years)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth] + 11. Mary Maunsell, of Margam; m. Christopher Tuberville,   b. 1556  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]   12. Sibill Maunsell,   b. 1568 + 13. Elizabeth Maunsell, m. Sir Walter Rhys, Knight,   b. 1552  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]   14. Christopher Maunsell,   b. 1558   15. Edward Maunsell,   b. 1569  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]
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  Family ID	F400951	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	12 Sep 2023

  
  

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  Suzanne St. John. "Sir Edward Maunsell, Knight". The St. John Genealogy Project. https://stjohngenealogy.com/getperson.php?personID=I105557493&tree=OSA0001 (accessed April 24, 2025).