William Mobberley of Mobberley

✓ as named: William Mobberley of Mobberley, father of Mary Leycester and of Sir Raufe Mobberley. (A William de Mobberley is also father of Margery de Bold and of Elizabeth, 1st wife of Sir Hugh Venables - not shown to be the same man; not linked.) TOP - nothing further wired. Source: Ormerod, History of the County Palatine and City of Chester (1819), vol. I, pp.456-457 'the genealogie of the Leycesters of Tabley, exactly proved out of the evidences of this family' (Sir Peter Leycester), 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.] ||2 Nov 2026 - SAME MAN AS THE 'BOLD' WILLIAM (merged)|| Leycester's descent of Mobberley lists among the daughters of William Mobberley (sheriff 1319, d. 1 Edw. III 1327) by Maud Downes: Elizabeth (m. Sir Hugh Venables of Kinderton), Margery (m. Richard Bold of Bold) and Mary (m. Nicholas Leycester). So the William de Mobberley named by VCH as Margery de Bold's father (formerly I102350, now removed) and this William are one man; Margery moved here as his daughter. Parents wired: William (d. c.1308), son of Rafe. Wife wired: Maud Downes. TOP removed. 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).