Ralph Vernon rector of Hanwell

✓ Ralph Vernon, rector of (Hanwell), a priest; son of Warin de Vernon, baron of Shipbrook, by Auda Malbank; after the death of his nephew Warin (s.p.) entered on the barony and, after a contest with his nieces, kept the moiety with Shipbrook; settled it on Ralph Vernon, his bastard son (old Sir Ralph), which his legitimate daughter Eustatia confirmed after his death (Eustatia was ancestress of the Whitmores of Thurstaston). Mother of old Sir Ralph not recorded. Source: Ormerod, History of Cheshire (1819), vol. III, pp.130-133 'Shipbrook' (barony of Vernon: text, Augustine Vincent's account from Woodnoth's Collections, and chart 'Vernon of Shipbrook'), 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.]