Sir Geoffrey Warburton (d. c.1448)

✓ Sir Geoffrey Warburton, son and heir of Peter Warburton and Alice Braylsford in the pedigrees; held the estates 1429; first to use the cormorant (the present arms); knighted before 10 Hen. VI; seneschal of Halton for the Earl of Buckingham 20 Hen. VI; will 1 Sept 1448 (burial at Norton). Source: Ormerod, History of the County Palatine and City of Chester (1819), vol. I, pp.426-429 'Warburton of Arley' (from the family archives, communicated by the Rev. R. E. Warburton) (Sir Peter Leycester's text from the family evidences, with Ormerod's additions), 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.]