Sir David le Clerc de Malpas Knight, Baron of Malpas
- Born: Cheshire, England
- Marriage: Margaret ap Einon 531,810,808,809
- Died: Cheadle, Cheshire, England
Another name for David was Dan David de Malpas.
General Notes:
~George Ormerod's The History of County Palatine and City of Chester, Vol II, pg. 628, David de Malpas alias, le Clerc, knight, son and heir, lord of half the barony 713
Noted events in his life were:
• Background Information. 531,727,720,810 David, surnamed le Clerc, from his being secretary to the Earl of Chester, who was knighted and made Justice of Chester. David married Catherine*, daughter of Owain Vaghan*, and in turn had four sons: William his heir; Philip; David, who was the ancestor of the Golbournes, of Golbourne, in Lancashire; and Peter, from who descended, the le Roters, or Rutters, of Thornton-in-the Moors. William, the eldest son, married Margaret, daughter of Codogan de Lyntton, but having no legitimate descendant, he made his younger brother, Phillip, heir to his estates.
~County Families of Lancashire & Cheshire, pg. 119
*Different sources give a different wife for David le Clerc. From Burke's A General and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire, "David de Malpas, otherwise Le Clerc, from being secretary to the Earl of Chester, m. Margaret, daughter and heiress of Ralph ap Eynion, by whom he had two sons." From The Baronetage of England , "David (eldeft fon of William) ftiled Dan-David de Malpas, and fometimes Le Clerc, from his being Secretary to the Earl of Chefter, married Margaret, daughter and heir of Ralph ap Eynion. ) a peffon of great note and large poffeffions, in Wales and Chefshire), by Beatrix, daughter Ranulph, the fecond of that names, Earl of Chefter." From Miscellanea Genealogica Et Heraldical, " David de Malpass called Dan David le Clerk was Justice of Chester & lord of halfe ye Barony of Malpass in right of his wife Margaret coheire to Rafe ap Enion Baron of Malpass."
• Web Reference: Egerton Families .
David married Margaret ap Einon, daughter of Ralph ap Einon and Unknown 531,810,808.,809
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