William de Molins 1st Lord of Sefton

   Another name for William was Molins Molyneux.

  General Notes:

~ Memoir of the Molineux Family, pp. 1-2
~Visitation of Lancashire by Sir William Dugdale, 1665-5, Molineux of Sefton pedigree, p.204, first lord of Sefton ^716,751

  Noted events in his life were:

• Background Information. ⁷¹⁶
In 1066, among the noble attendants of the Conqueror was William de Molins, a person of noble extraction, as appears from the roll of Battle Abbey in which list his name stands 18th, in order; and to the said William, Roger de Poictiers (by consent of the Conqueror) gave the manor of Sefton, Thorndon and Derndon, in the County of Lancaster of which Sefton became the cheif seat. To him succeeded Vivian, his heir, who bore the cross Moline for his arms.
~History, Genealogical and Biographical, of the Molyneux Families, pg. 9

• Background Information. ⁷²⁷
William des Molines appears on the roll of Battle Abbey listed as the eighteenth in orde. Chronicles written about the dutchy of Normand show that William was one of William the Conqueror's chief men at the time he invaded England.

Roger de Poytiers gave William des Molins a tract of land in Lancashire between the rivers of Ribble and Mercy, as a give from the Conqueror. He also was given the manors of Sephton, thorneton, Kerdon at the service of hald a Knight's fee. He made Sephton his chielf seat and was succeeded by him son and heir Vivian.
~The Baronetage of England, Kimble & Johnson, 1771, pp. 59-60