Maud Downes

✓ Maud, da. and h. of Robert Downes of Chorley juxta Werford by Margery Fitton; 2nd wife of William Mobberley of Mobberley (d. 1327), and mother of his daughters Margery (Bold), Mary (Leycester), Elizabeth (Venables), Emme (Grosvenor), Joan (Athurton), Ellen (Bromhale) and Agnes, who shared her lands in Chorley as co-heirs; m. (2) John Domvill the elder; living 1 Ric. II (1378). Leycester's corrections assign Sir Raufe Mobberley and Cicely (Domvill) to William's first wife. Source: Ormerod, History of Cheshire (1819), vol. I, pp.325-327 'Mobberley' (Sir Peter Leycester's descent of Mobberley of Mobberley and his 'Corrections', note h), read 2 Nov 2026 (archive.org djvu text). [DIRECT ANCESTOR OF THE COMPILER: flag added 2 Nov 2026 by walking the tree from Aynsley, so that this marker is reliable and can be searched.]