John de Warenne was born circa 1343 in Poynton, Cheshire, England to Edward de Warenne (1320-1369) and Cicely de Eaton (1321-1361) and died 25 November 1386 Poynton, Cheshire, England of unspecified causes. He married Margaret de Stafford (c1345-) 1371 JL in Cheshire, England.
Sir John de Warren of Poynton and Stockport, (Knight of Botton and Skeyton, Norfolk), born about 1343, died 1387 and buried at Boton in Norfolk. Inquisition post mortem in 1392. Sir John was knighted about 1372, probably on his being appointed to attend the king in his expedition to France.
Inheritance
He was the son of Sir Edward de Warren, knight (died before 1369) & Cicely de Eaton. In 1369 Isabel de Stockport ( de Eaton), heir to her brother Richard, died childless and the next in succession through marriage was Sir John Warren, son of Sir Edward Warren, the second husband of Cecily de Eaton, and subsequently family descendants went on through the Warren line. Around 1498 Thomas de Eaton married Anne of the prestigious Cheshire-based Vernon family.
Sir John was heir to his cousin, Isabel daughter of Sir Richard Stockport, and in 1369, inherited the manors of Poynton and Stockport, Cheshire, Woodplumpton in Lancashire and Rotley in Warwichshire.
Marriage and Family

Monument to Lady Margaret Stafford Warenne Mainwaring at Saint Lawrence Church, Over Peover, Cheshire.
Married to Margaret de Stafford (c1345-), daughter and heiress of Sir John de Stafford of Wickham, Norfolk, knight. Marriage settlement dated 1371. (She remarried John Mainwaring of Over Peover about 1387 and died 1418. There is a monument to her at Over Peover.) Sir John de Warren had a son Nicholas and a daughter, Margaret.
Children include
- Nicholas de Warren of Poynton and Stockport - born about 1378 died in 1413. Married Agnes de Wynnington. Only son.
- Margaret
- Isabel
Children
Name | Birth | Death | Joined with |
Nicholas de Warenne (1371-1413) | 1371 Poynton, Cheshire, England | 1413 England | Agnes de Wynnington (1375-1417) |
Margaret de Warenne (1374-) | |||
Isabel de Warenne (1377-) |
Siblings
Name | Birth | Death | Joined with |
John de Warenne (1343-1387) | 1343 Poynton, Cheshire, England | 25 November 1386 Poynton, Cheshire, England | Margaret de Stafford (c1345-) |
Edward de Warenne (1345-1369) | |||
William de Warenne (1347-) |
Residences
References
- John Warren
- Warren in Cheshire
- Warenne Family Ancestry
- Lady Margaret Mainwaring at Find A Grave #103351656
- Royal Title Ancestors #24400
- Family History of the Warrens of Poynton Lodge -Earwaker's East Cheshire.
- John de Warren Barron of Poynton and Stockport - GENI
- From Warren Family Researcher Pamela Johnson. Source: East Cheshire Past and Present by J.P. Earwaker, London, 1877 (CRO, Knutsford). This is widely regarded as the best work on East Cheshire of the 19th century. It is useful for family trees of landed families.
- Illegitimate Children of John de Warren, 7th Earl of Surrey