Events
Date of Birth: unknown.
Place of Birth: unknown.
Date of Death: about 1357.
Place of Death: unknown.
Richard’s inquisition post mortem is dated 31 Edward III.
Relationships
Father: Robert de Winnington.
This relationship is recorded in contemporary charters and the Chester plea roll (See below.)
Mother: Ellen de Merton.
This relationship is recorded in a contemporary charter and the Chester plea roll (See below.)
Spouse: Agnes.
This relationship is recorded in contemporary charters and the Chester plea roll (See below.)
Children:
(Complete source citations for facts about the children on this page are currently outside of the scope of this project.)
Sir Richard de Winnington married Emma.
John de Winnington.
Evidence
from Ormerod/Helsby 2, pp. 201-2:
[…20 Edw. III. Matilda, daughter of Hugh de Bunbury, quitclaimed to Richard son of Robert de Wynynton and Agnes his wife, in tail, all right to the lands and tenements in the town of Norwich, in the territory of Wynynton, which the said Matilda had given to Robert de Wynynton and Ellen his wife. Plea Rolls.]
Inq.p.m. 31 Edw. III. Richard de Wynynton, ch’vr. held in demesne, as of fee one moiety of the manor of Wynynton, in joint feoffment with Agnes his wife, from Sir William Trussel, lord of Warmincham, by military service, Val. xls. per annum; also another moiety of the same, in joint feoffment with the same as follows: two-thirds from the abbot of Chester, in socage, Val. xxxiiis.; and the third part of a moiety from the lord of Dodleston by the render of ivd. per annum for all services, Val. xiiis. vid.; also lands and salt pits in Castell Northwich, Northwich, and Marthall.
The first of these moieties is obviously that which was held by Ranulf at the Conquest, the paramount lordship of which had descended to the Trussels, by marriage of the heiress of Mainwaring; the second continued partly dependant on the Boydells of Doddleston, the original lords of this moiety. The superior royalty of the remainder of this share had been alienated to the abbot of Chester, per cart. s.d. by Richard de Massey, to whom it had been granted by John de Boidell. [Harl. MS. 2074]
from the Arley Charters:
ARL/27/35
no date [c. 1296-1349]
Deed poll
Parties: (1) Robert de Winnington; (2) Robert, son of (1) and Ellen his wife, daughter of Randolph/Randall de Merton.
Details: Grant from (1) to (2) of his manor in Warford [Wereford] and Marthall.
Witnesses: Ralph de Vernon, Richard de Massey, knights; William de Praers, then sheriff of Chester; Richard de Lostock; Hugh de Tabley; John de Wynnington; Matthew de Hulgrene/Hulgreve [?] the clerk and many others.
ARL/27/30
24 Apr 1356
Deed poll
Parties: (1) Sir Richard de Winnington; (2) Thomas de Wytinton of Weaverham.
Details: (1) grants to (2) his sixth part of Castle Northwich. Given at Castle Northwich, the Sunday next before the feast of the apostles Philip and James [1 May], 30 Edward III.
Witnesses: Hugh de Venables de Kinderton; Roger de Trumpington, knight; William de Horton; Nicholas de Winnington and William del Helde, clerk, and others.
ARL/27/56
1 Jul 1361
Deed poll
Parties: (1) Agnes, formerly wife of Richard de Winnington, knight; (2) Richard, son of the above, and his wife.
Details: (1) demises to (2) in her widowhood, a messuage and land in Chester, for 26 years. To begin on the feast of St Martin [11 November] 35 Edward III; rendering 5 marks a year. Given at Winnington, the Thursday next after the feast of the Nativity of St John the Baptist [24 June], 35 Edward III.
from the Rylands Charters:
RYCH/885
Northwich, Winnington, etc.
1344
Agreement between Roger de Wyninton and Richard de Wyninton. Witness list: 'Hiis testibus Rogero Starky, Johanne de Wyninton, Randulpho Starky, Ricardo de Anderton, Hugone de Pikemere, Hugone clerico et aliis.'
RYCH/886
Northwich, Winnington, etc.
n.d.[c. 1345-1353]
Grant and quitclaim by Matilda, daughter of Hugh de Bonbur', to Richard, son of Robert de Wyninton, and Agnes, his wife. Witness list: 'Hiis testibus dominis Thoma de Ferror', tunc Justiciario Cestr', Johanne de Ardene, militibus, Ricardo de Bulkylegh de Norwyco, Hugone filio suo, Rogero Toprond, Johanne Eddessone, Hugone le Fermon de Norwyco et multis aliis.'
RYCH/887
Northwich, Winnington, etc.
?13 Jan 1354
Grant by Robert de Wyrhale to Robert de Wynynton.
RYCH/888
Northwich, Winnington, etc.
21 Dec 1354
Grant by Sir Richard de Wynynton, knight, to Thomas de Whytynton, vicar of the church of Weverham [Weaverham].
RYCH/889
Northwich, Winnington, etc.
8 Feb 1355
Grant by Thomas de Whitynton, vicar of the church of Weverham [Weaverham], to Sir Richard de Wynynton, knight, and Agnes his wife.
RYCH/890
Northwich, Winnington, etc.
12 Jul 1355
Quitclaim by Thomas de Whitynton, vicar of the church of Weverham [Weaverham], to Sir Richard de Wynynton, knight, and Agnes his wife.
RYCH/891
Northwich, Winnington, etc.
11 May 1356
Grant by the Thomas de Whitynton, vicar of the church of Weverham [Weaverham], to Sir Richard de Wynynton, knight, and Agnes his wife.
RYCH/892
Northwich, Winnington, etc.
23 Aug 1357
Grant by Robert de Wyrhale to Robert de Wynynton.
from the Black Prince’s Register:
1351.
November 2.. London.
Order to Master John de Brunham, the prince’s clerk and chamberlain of Cestre, – inasmuch as the prince, by advice of his council, has granted to Sir Richard de Wymyngton that he may pay in two equal installments at Midsummer next and Martinmas following the 10 marks which he is bound to pay the prince at Martinmas next, – to allow the said Richard to pay by such instalments.
References
Ormerod, George; Peter Leycester; William Smith; William Webb; and Thomas Helsby. The history of the county palatine and city of Chester: compiled from original evidences in public offices, the Harleian and Cottonian mss., parochial registers, private muniments, unpublished ms. collections of successive Cheshire antiquaries, and a personal survey of every township in the county, incorporated with a republication of King's Vale royal and Leycester's Cheshire antiquities. (London: G. Routledge, 1882).
The Register of Edward the Black Prince preserved in the Public Record Office Part III (Palatinate of Chester) A.D. 1351-1365 (London, 1932).
Warburton of Arley Charters (University of Manchester Special Collections).
Rylands Charters (Archives Hub).