MAUNSELL. "The curious poetical history of this family preserved in Collectanea Topogr. et Geneal. claims one Saher, there written " Slcr, the syer of vs all," as their ancestor ; he appears to have been the son of Ealph Maunsel, who was living in Buckinghamshire 14. Henry II. (1167)." Shirley's Noble and Gentle Men. The name is understood to signiiy a native of Maine, a province of France. The Irish branch left England temp. Elizabeth.

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