Mansel (family)

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The ruins of Oxwich Castle, seat of the Mansel family in the 16th and 17th centuries
Ancestral coat of arms of the Mansel family

The Mansels (also Mansell or Maunsell ) are a British aristocratic family that originally came from Wales .

middle Ages

A Henry Mansel is mentioned as a landowner on the Gower Peninsula in South Wales towards the end of the 13th century during the reign of Edward I. The family itself traces its ancestry back to Norman ancestors, but this has not been proven. Hugh Mansel , a descendant of Henry Mansel, married Isabel, the daughter and heiress of John Penrice , around 1400 and acquired Penrice Castle on Gower. His great-grandson Philip Mansel married Mary, a daughter of Gruffudd ap Nicolas von Dinefwr . As a supporter of the House of Lancaster , he was expropriated in 1464. His son Jenkin, known as the Brave, supported Henry Tudor in 1485 and received the family's lands back after the Battle of Bosworth . His son Rhys Mansel held high offices in Wales under Henry VIII and was therefore able to acquire the lands of the dissolved Margam Monastery in 1540 , which enabled him to triple the family's property. He and his son Edward Mansel built Oxwich Castle on Gower.

Mansels of Margam

Under Rhys Mansel, the family had risen to become the most powerful gentry family in Glamorgan . Numerous members of the family were members of the House of Commons , between 1670 and 1711 one member of the family represented the Knight of the Shire for Glamorgan, and they often represented the MPs for Cardiff . In addition to the income from farming, the family also had income from the coal mines on their properties in South Wales from the 17th century.

Edward's eldest son, Thomas Mansel , was bestowed the hereditary title of Baronet , of Margam in the County of Glamorgan , in the Baronetage of England on May 22, 1611 . Around 1632, the family moved permanently to Margam Abbey, while Oxwich Castle fell into disrepair. Thomas Mr. Mansel's great-grandson Sir Thomas Mansel, 5th Baronet held the post of Commissioner of the Treasury and other senior British government offices, he was on 1 January 1712 the Peerage of Great Britain with the title Baron Mansel to peer collected. With the death of his son Bussy Mansel, 4th Baron Mansel , the main line of the family died out in the male line in 1750 and both titles of nobility became extinct. Margam Abbey inherited Thomas Talbot from Lacock Abbey in Wiltshire . His son Thomas Mansel Talbot and grandson Christopher Rice Mansel Talbot used the name Mansel as an additional first name.

Master list (extract)

  1. Philip Mansel (1420-1471)
    1. Jenkin Mansel
      1. Sir Rhys Mansel (1487-1559)
        1. Sir Edward Mansel (1530 / 31–1585)
          1. Sir Thomas Mansel, 1st Baronet of Margam (around 1556–1631)
            1. Sir Lewis Mansel, 2nd Baronet of Margam (around 1594–1638)
              1. Sir Henry Mansel, 3rd Baronet of Margam (around 1630 – around 1640)
              2. Sir Edward Mansel, 4th Baronet of Margam (1637–1706)
                1. Thomas Mansel, 1st Baron Mansel (1667–1723)
                  1. Robert Mansel (1695-1723)
                    1. Thomas Mansel, 2nd Baron Mansel (1719–1744)
                  2. Christopher Mansel, 3rd Baron Mansel (around 1699–1744)
                  3. Bussy Mansel, 4th Baron Mansel (around 1701–1750)
            2. Arthur Mansel († before 1628) (see Mansels of Briton Ferry )
          2. Sir Francis Mansel, 1st Baronet of Muddlescombe (around 1570 – around 1628) (see Mansels of Muddlecombe )
          3. Robert Mansell (around 1570–1652)

Mansels of Briton Ferry

Arthur Mansel, a son of Thomas Mansel, 1st Baronet Mansel of Margam, was able to acquire Briton Ferry at Neath through marriage . Arthur's son Bussy Mansel and his descendants were members of the House of Commons on several occasions, mostly in consultation with their relatives from Margam Abbey. With the death of Thomas Mansel , the branch line of Briton Ferry died out, the possessions were first inherited by Bussy Mansel, who later became the 4th Baron Mansel and finally, after his death, the Earls of Jersey .

Master list (extract)

  1. Arthur Mansel († before 1628)
    1. Bussy Mansel (1623–1699)
      1. Thomas Mansel (around 1648–1684)
        1. Thomas Mansel (1678–1706)

Mansels of Muddlescombe

Francis Mansel , a younger son of Edward Mansel, acquired Muddlescombe at Kidwelly through marriage in the late 16th century . He was bestowed on January 14, 1622 in the Baronetage of England the title of Baronet, of Muddlescombe in the County of Carmarthenshire . Muddlescombe fell into the possession of a female line of descendants in 1690. After the death of the 4th baronet , who had died without male descendants, the title fell to Richard Mansel, 5th baronet. His grandfather Richard, a younger son of the 1st Baronet, had acquired Iscoed in Carmarthenshire by marriage in 1613 . Iscoed remained the seat of the baronets until the beginning of the 19th century before it was sold. Three members of the family, namely William Mansel, 9th Baronet , his son Richard Mansel Philipps and Courtenay Mansel, 13th Baronet were members of the House of Commons. The descendants of the family still bear the title of baronet today.

Master list (extract)

  1. Sir Francis Mansel, 1st Baronet of Muddlescombe (around 1570 - around 1628)
    1. Sir Walter Mansel, 2nd Baronet of Muddlescombe († around 1640)
      1. Sir Francis Mansel, 3rd Baronet of Muddlescombe (1633-1654)
    2. Francis Mansell (1579-1665)
    3. Sir Anthony Mansel († 1643)
      1. Sir Edward Mansel, 4th Baronet of Muddlescombe († 1670)
    4. Richard Mansel († around 1635)
      1. Anthony Mansel (1614-1670)
        1. Sir Richard Mansel, 5th Baronet of Muddlescombe (1641-1691)
          1. Sir Richard Mansel, 6th Baronet of Muddlescombe (before 1670–1696)
          2. Sir William Mansel, 7th Baronet of Muddlescombe (1670 – around 1732)
            1. Sir Richard Mansel, 8th Baronet of Muddlescombe († 1749)
              1. Sir William Mansel, 9th Baronet of Muddlescombe (1739-1804)
                1. Sir William Mansel, 10th Baronet of Muddlescombe (1766-1829)
                  1. Sir John Mansel, 11th Baronet of Muddlescombe (1806-1883)
                2. Richard Mansel Philipps (1768–1844)
                  1. Courtenay Mansel (1801-1875)
                    1. Sir Edward Mansel, 12th Baronet of Muddlescombe (1839–1908) (title disputed, recognized in 1903)
                    2. Sir Richard Mansel, 12th Baronet of Muddlescombe (1850-1892) (disputed title)
                      1. Sir Courtenay Mansel, 13th Baronet of Muddlescombe (1880-1933)
                        1. Sir John Mansel, 14th Baronet of Muddlescombe (1910-1947)
                          1. Sir Philip Mansel, 15th Baronet of Muddlescombe (* 1943)
    5. John Mansel (* 1611) (see Mansels of Trimsaran )

Mansels of Trimsaran

Edward Mansel , another great-grandson of Francis Mansel, 1st Baronet, of Muddlescombe, was bestowed on February 22, 1697 in the Baronetage of England the title of Baronet, of Trimsaran in the County of Carmart . With the childless death of his great grandson Sir Edward Mansel, 4th Baronet in 1798, the title expired.

Master list (extract)

  1. John Mansel (* 1611)
    1. Henry Mansel († before 1683)
      1. Sir Edward Mansel, 1st Baronet of Trimsaran († 1720)
        1. Sir Edward Mansel, 2nd Baronet of Trimsaran († 1754)
          1. Sir Edward Mansel, 3rd Baronet of Trimsaran (after 1740–1788)
            1. Sir Edward Mansel, 4th Baronet of Trimsaran († 1798)

literature

  • Charles Albert Maunsell, Edward Phillips Statham: History of the family of Maunsell (Mansell, Mansel) . Kegan Paul Trench & Co., Volume 1, London 1917 ( archive.org )
  • Charles Albert Maunsell, Edward Phillips Statham: History of the family of Maunsell (Mansell, Mansel) . Kegan Paul Trench & Co., Volume 2, London 1920 ( archive.org )

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Penrice Estate: History. Retrieved January 31, 2015 .
  2. ^ History of Parliament online. Leonard Naylor: Glamorgan, 1160-1690. Retrieved February 2, 2015 .
  3. ^ Diane M. Williams: Gower. A Guide to ancient and historic monuments on the Gower peninsula. Cadw, Cardiff 1998. ISBN 1-85760-073-8 , p. 27
  4. ^ National Library of Wales: Muddlescombe Estate Records. Retrieved February 2, 2015 .
  5. ^ Archives Wales: Carmarthenshire Archive Service. Mansel Deeds and Documents. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on February 6, 2015 ; Retrieved February 5, 2015 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.archiveswales.org.uk
  6. ↑ Cracroft's Peerage: The Baronetage. Current English Baronetcies. Retrieved February 2, 2015 .
  7. ^ Francis Mansel, 1st Bt. On thepeerage.com , accessed August 20, 2015.