MAINWARING. In a MS. volume drawn up by Sir William Dugdale, and preserved at Over Peover, it is stated, that the name of this celebrated family has been spelt in the astonishing number of one hundred and thirty-one forms, in old records and more modern writings. Some of these may be cited as specimens: 1. Mesnilwarin ; 2. Masnihvaren ; 3. Mensilwaren ; 4. Meisnilwareu ; 5. Meidneilwar ; G. Meinilwariu ; 7. Menilwai'in ; S. Mesnilwariu ; 9. Mesnilgarin ; 10. Meingarin ; 11. Mayuwaringe; 12. Mainwayringe ; 13. Manwaringe ; 14. Mauwairing : 15. Maynwaring : 16. Maynering ; 17. Mannering : 18. Manwaring ; 19. Main waring; 20. Manwarren. The founder of the family in England was Eandulphus de Mesnilwarin, who accompanied William the Conqueror, and received from him Warmingham, Peover, and thirteen other lordships in Cheshire, together with one in Norfolk. His descendants siread into many branches in Cheshire, and other northern counties, and included many personages of eminence. For ample accounts of the family see Ormerod's Cheshire. Inf. Eev. E. H. Mainwaring Sladen.

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