Family
He married Susan, the daughter and co-heir of Thomas Pearson, gentleman-usher of the Star Chamber (whose property included two inns in Queen Anne’s Gate called the White Hart and the Saracen’s Head), and had eight sons by her. The eldest, William, became the first Lord Maynard. Another, John, became a Knight of the Bath. Yet another son, Charles Maynard, was Auditor of the Exchequer during the reign of Charles II and the father of Sir William Maynard, 1st Baronet.
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