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'''William Malbank''' (also '''William de Malbanc''' and '''William II de Malbank''') ({{circa}} 1125 – 1176){{Citation needed|date=January 2013}} was a [[Normans|Norman]] landowner who was the third Baron of Wich Malbank, now known as [[Nantwich]], in [[Cheshire]]. His [[William Malbank, 1st Baron of Wich Malbank|grandfather of the same name]] was the first Baron.<ref name=Hall>Hall, pp. 17–24</ref>
==Biography==
The son of Hugh Malbank, 2nd Baron, and his wife, Petronilla, he held substantial lands in and around the [[salt]] town of Nantwich, amounting to much of the Nantwich hundred. His father founded [[Combermere Abbey]] in Cheshire in around 1133, and William Malbank is known to have confirmed the foundation and added further gifts.<ref name=Hall />
Little else is recorded of his life. His wife Andilicia probably died early in the reign of [[Henry II of England|Henry II]]. They had no male heirs and, on his death, his lands and the privileges of the Nantwich barony were divided between his three daughters.<ref name=Hall /> Philippa, the eldest, inherited [[Nantwich Castle]] as part of her share of the town. She married [[Thomas Basset (died 1220)|Thomas Basset]] of [[Headington]] in Oxfordshire. The second daughter, Eleanor, did not marry; her lands were granted to Henry de Audley.<ref name=Hall /> Auda (also Adena), the youngest daughter, married Warin (also Warren) de Vernon; their daughter Auda (also Aldetha) brought [[Sandon, Staffordshire|Sandon]] in Staffordshire by marriage to Sir William Stafford, a member of the great baronial family of [[Stafford Castle]].<ref name=Hall /><ref name=Sandon>[http://www.allsaintsandon.freeuk.com/html/history.html Sandon history]{{dead link|date=May 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>
==See also==
*[[Malbon]], the modern version of the Malbank surname
==Footnotes==
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==References==
*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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