William Malbank, 1st Baron of Wich Malbank

William Malbank, 1st Baron of Wich Malbank (c.1050 – before 1109) was a baron who travelled to Nantwich in Cheshire, England, and built a castle there.[1][2] He also founded the Hospital of St Nicholas there in 1083–84.[3][4]

References
  1. Hemingway, Joseph (1831). "Guillaume II Maubenc, 1st. Baron of Wich-Malbank (Nantwich) in "History of the city of Chester, from its foundation to the present time"". Chester: J. Fletcher.
  2. Bromley, Ian (2006). Bromley: Midlands family history, and the search for the Leicestershire Origins. Matador. ISBN 978-1905237951.
  3. Hall, pp. 48–53
  4. Hall, p. 17

Sources
  • Hall J. A History of the Town and Parish of Nantwich, or Wich Malbank, in the County Palatine of Chester (2nd edn) (E. J. Morten; 1972) (ISBN 0-901598-24-0)
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