The Malbons: Eight Hundred Years of Family History

by Barbara Lynch

This history of the Malbons of Cheshire and their descendants is told in the context of the historical events that affected the Malbons and moulded their outlook. The story spans several Midland counties and more than eight centuries of English history. Family members were feudal overlords in the ancient barony of Wich Malbank; gentlemen and yeomen in the fertile lands of southeastern Cheshire; tradesmen and public officials in Congleton; clerics and smallholders in the Staffordshire Moorlands; farmers, agricultural labourers and miners in the Cheadle (Staffs.) area; and tailors, smiths, potters, miners and labourers in and around the burgeoning cities of Nottingham and the Potteries. A few went to London, where some had dealings with the North American colonies.

354 pages, Paperback

First published September 22, 2005