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William Malbank, 3rd Baron of Wich Malbank

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William de Malbanc (or William II de Malbank) (c1125-1176) was a Norman landowner who was Lord of Wich Malbanc , now known as Nantwich, Cheshire given to Hugh d'Avranches by William I of England.

Early life

He was the son of Hugh de Malbanc (who founded the Abbey of Combermere in Cheshire around 1133). He owned significant land in and around the salt town of Nantwich in Cheshire and his daughter Auda/Adena married Warren de Vernon (whose daughter Aldetha brought Sandon, Staffordshire by marriage to Sir William Stafford, a member of the great baronial family of Stafford Castle).

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