Sir William de Braose, III, Knight, 4th Lord of Bramber

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• Alt Birth: ~1144

Notes:

William de Braose
4th Lord of Bramber

Grosmont Castle

Born: probably 1140/50

Died: 9th August 1211 at Corbeuil

At his peak, William was Lord of Bramber, Gower, Abergavenny, Brecknock, Builth, Radnor, Kington, Limerick and the three castles of Skenfrith, Grosmont (right) and Whitecastle.

He inherited Bramber, Builth and Radnor from his father; Brecknock and Abergavenny through his mother. He was the strongest of the Marcher Lords involved in constant war with the Welsh and other lords. He was particularly hated by the Welsh for the massacre of three Welsh princes, their families and their men, which took place during a feast at his castle of Abergavenny in 1175. He was sometimes known as the "Ogre of Abergavenny". One of the Normans' foremost warriors, he fought alongside King Richard at Chalus in 1199 (when Richard received his fatal wound).

William immediately transferred his loyalty to Prince John and supported his claim to the throne. John's entry to England was via William's port of Shoreham in Sussex.

John extended William's landholdings. He received Limerick, without the city, in 1201 and was also given custody of Glamorgan, Monmouth and Gwynllwg in return for large payments.

William captured Arthur, Count of Brittany at Mirebeau in 1202 and was in charge of his imprisonment for King John. He was well rewarded in February 1203 with the grant of Gower. He may have had knowledge of the murder of Arthur and been bribed to silence by John with the city of Limerick in July. His honours reached their peak when he was made Sheriff of Herefordshire by John for 1206-7. He had held this office under Richard from 1192 to 1199.

His fall began almost immediately. William was stripped of his office as bailiff of Glamorgan and other custodies by King John in 1206/7. Later he was deprived of all his lands and, sought by John in Ireland, he returned to Wales and joined the Welsh Prince Llywelyn in rebellion. He fled to France in 1210 via Shoreham "in the habit of a beggar" and died in exile near Paris. Despite his stated intention to be interred at St. John's, Brecon, he was buried in the Abbey of St. Victoire, Paris by Stephen Langton, the Archbishop of Canterbury, another of John's chief opponents who was also taking refuge there. His wife and son William were starved to death in captivity at either Windsor or Corfe Castle.

Note: The arms shown above are attributed to this William by Matthew Paris (see Aspilogia II , MP IV No7)

Father: William de Braose, 3rd Lord of Bramber, Sheriff of Herefordshire

Mother: Bertha de Pãitres

Married to Maud de St Valery ("before 1170" - Powicke's Loretta)

Child 1: William de Braose
Child 2: Maud (Susan) = Gruffyd ap Rhys
Child 3: Giles, Bishop of Hereford
Child 4: Roger
Child 5: Philip
Child 6: Bertha = William de Beauchamp
Child 7: Thomas
Child 8: Walter
Child 9: John = Amabil de Limesi
Child 10: Margaret = Walter de Lacy
Child 11: Henry
Child 12: Annora = Hugh de Mortimer
Child 13: Loretta = Robert de Beaumont, 4th Earl of Leicester
Child 14: Reginald de Braose
Child 15: Flandrina, Abbess of Godstow
Child 16: Bernard

This ordering of the children follows the Braose genealogy given in the 13th century MS
(British Library, Cotton Julius D, x) on the history of the Lords of Brecon.

Matthew Boulter has written a dissertation on the career of this William de Braose which he has kindly made available to readers of this site.

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M William (de Braose) BRUCEPrint Family Tree
Born in 1153 - Bramber, Sussex, England
Deceased 9 August 1211 - Corbeil, Marne, Champagne-Ardenne, France , age at death: 58 years old
Buried in 1211 - Seine-et-Marne, Île-de-France, France

Parents
William (de Braose) BRUCE, born in 1100 - Bramber, Sussex, England, Deceased 21 October 1190 - London, England age at death: 90 years old
Married in 1148, Herefordshire, England, to
Bertha De PITRES, born in 1107 - Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England, Deceased - Bramber, Sussex, England

Spouses, children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren
Married in 1174, Bramber, Sussex, England, to Maud (Matilda) De St VALERY, born in 1155 - Bramber, Sussex, England, Deceased in 1210 - Windsor, Berkshire, England age at death: 55 years old (Parents : M Bernard De St VALERY 1117-1190 & F Alanor (Eleanor) De DOMMART 1128-) with
F Matilda Maud (de Braose) 1160-1209 married in 1189 to Gruffydd Ap (Prince of South Wales) RHYS 1148-1201 with
M Owain Ap GRUFFYDD ca 1176-1235 married in 1212 to Angharad Verch MAREDYDD 1190-1230 with :
M Maredydd Ap (Lord Cardigan Uch Ayron) OWAIN ca 1204-1265
F Lleucu Verch GRUFFYDD 1202-1250 married in 1232, Carmarthenshire, Wales, to Madog (Foel - Ap Cadwgon) GRIFFITH 1206-1250 with :
F Elen (Verch Madog) GRIFFITH 1236-1280
M Dafydd (Ap Madog) GRIFFITH 1240-1309
M Cadwgon (Ddu - Ap Madog) GRIFFITH ca 1245-
M William (The Younger) de Braose) BRUCE 1175-1210 married in 1196, Kent, England, to Matilda De CLARE 1175-1213 with
F Matilda (de Braose) BRUCE ca 1195-1274 married before 1215, England, to Henry De TRACY 1197-1274 with :
F Eva De TRACY ca 1222-1274
M John (de Braose) (Lord of Bramber) BRUCE 1197-1232 married in 1219, Bramber, Sussex, England, to Margaret (Verch Llywelyn) (Lady) TUDOR 1202-1264 with :
M William BRUCE 1224-1290
M Richard (de Braose) BRUCE 1232-1292
F Laurette (de Braose) BRUCE ca 1176-1266 married to Robert "Fitz-Parnell" HARCOURT ca 1156- with
M X Harcourt ca 1190- married to ? ? with :
M X Harcourt 1220-

Siblings
F Bertha (de Braose) BRUCE ca 1145- Married before 1180, Wales, to Gilbert De (Baron) MONMOUTH 1140-1190
Bertha (de Braose) BRUCE ca 1145- Married before 1182, Bramber, Sussex, England, to Walter De BEAUCHAMP ca 1160-1235
F Matilda Maud (de Braose) ca 1146- Married in 1168, England, to John De BRAMPTON ca 1136-1179
F Margaret (de Braose) (Lady Meath) BRUCE ca 1149- Married 19 November 1200, Ewyas Harold, Herefordshire, England, to Walter De (Sir - Lord Meath) LACY ca 1150-1241
F Sybil (de Braose) BRUCE /1151-1227 Married to Philip (le Boteler) BUTLER 1157-1174
M Reginald (de Braose) BRUCE 1182-1227 Married 19 March 1202, Bramber, Sussex, England, to Grecian Alice De BRIWERE 1186-1226

Paternal grand-parents, uncles and aunts
M Philip (de Braose) BRUCE 1073-1134 married (1104)
F Aenor De TOTNES 1084-1102
M William (de Braose) BRUCE 1100-1190
married (1148)
6 children
F Maud (de Braose) BRUCE 1109-1200
married (1130)
2 children

Maternal grand-parents, uncles and aunts
M Miles (Fitzwalter) De (1st Earl of Hereford) PITRES 1092-1143 married (1121)
F Sybil (de Neufmarche) NEWMARCH 1092-1142
F Bertha De PITRES 1107-
married (1148)
6 children
M Roger De (Sheriff of Gloucestershire) PITRES ca 1115-1155
married (1138)
1 child
F Margaret De PITRES ca 1126-1187
married
1 child
F Lucy De PITRES 1136-1219/
married (1157)
1 child



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Death
Age: 58


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Death:
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- Ancestry.com.au - http://www.Ancestry.com.au - Dictionary of National Biography, Volumes 1-20, 22 - Ancestry.com - Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. This collection was indexed by Ancestry World Archives Project contributors.Original data - Stephen, Sir Leslie, ed. Dictionary of National Biography, 1921–1922. London, England: Oxf - 1,1981::0 - 1,1981::11096
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_____| 16_ Robert BRUCE 1030-1094
_____| 8_ William de (Braose) BRUCE 1049-1093
_____| 4_ Philip (de Braose) BRUCE 1073-1134
/ \ _____| 18_ Waldron De St CLARE 1015-1047
|2_ William (de Braose) BRUCE 1100-1190
| \ _____| 20_ Alured De TOTNES 1015-1080
| \ _____| 10_ Juhel De TOTNES 1049-1123
| \ _____| 22_ Arnoul De PICQUIGNY 1020-1055
|--1_ William (de Braose) BRUCE 1153-1211
| _____| 24_ Roger De PITRES 1036-1080
| _____| 12_ Walter de (Fitzroger) (High Sheriff of Gloucestershre) PÎTRES 1055-1129
| _____| 6_ Miles (Fitzwalter) De (1st Earl of Hereford) PITRES 1092-1143
| / \ _____| 26_ Drugo (Dru) de (Baalun) BALLON 1037-
|3_ Bertha De PITRES 1107-
\ _____| 28_ Geoffrey (de Neufmarche) NEWMARCH 1025-1072
\ _____| 14_ Bernard (de Neufmarche) (Lord of Brecknockshire) NEWMARCH 1050-1093
\ _____| 30_ Osborn (Fitzrichard) le SCROPE /1054-1100

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Buried:
Abbey of Saint Victor...

William married Maud de St. Valery, Lady of the Haie before 1170 in Bramber, Sussex, England. Maud was born in ~ 1155; died in 0___ 1210 in Corfe Castle, Dorset, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Maud married Gruffydd ap Rhys, II in 1189. Gruffydd (son of Rhys ap Gruffydd, Prince of Deheubarth and Gwenllian ferch Madog) was born in 1148 in Wales; died on 25 Jul 1201; was buried in Strata Florida Abbey, Ceredigion, Wales. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Hugh de Mortimer. Hugh (son of Sir Roger de Mortimer and Isabel de Ferrers) was born in (Wigmore Castle, Wigmore, Herefordshire, England); died in 1227. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Margaret de Braose, Lady of Trim (died after 1255), was an Anglo-Welsh noblewoman, the daughter of Marcher Lord William de Braose, 4th Lord of Bramber and the legendary Maud de St. Valâery, who was left to starve to death by orders of King John of England. Margaret founded a religious house, the Hospital of St. John in her mother Maud's memory.[1] Margaret was the wife of Walter de Lacy, Lord of Trim Castle in County Meath, Ireland, and Ludlow Castle in Shropshire.

Family[edit]
Margaret was a daughter of William de Braose, 4th Lord of Bramber, a powerful Marcher Lord, and Maud de St. Valâery. She was reputed to have had about fifteen siblings, although only eight have been recorded. Her paternal grandparents were William de Braose, 3rd Lord Bramber and Bertha of Hereford, and her maternal grandparents were Bernard de St. Valery and Matilda.

Marriage and issue[edit]
In November 1200, Margaret married Walter de Lacy, Lord of Trim Castle in County Meath, Ireland, and Ludlow Castle in Shropshire. He also owned many estates and manors in Herefordshire including Ewyas Lacy. He was later appointed Sheriff of Hereford. It was an advantageous marriage as Walter and her father both held castles and lordships in the Welsh Marches as well as Ireland, and thus the two men looked after each other's interests in both places.[2]

Together Walter and Margaret had at least six children who included:

Gilbert de Lacy (1202 – 25 December 1230), married as her first husband Isabel Bigod, by whom he had issue.
Pernel de Lacy (1201 – after 25 November 1288), married firstly William St. Omer, and secondly Ralph VI de Toeni by whom she had issue.
Egidia de Lacy (born c. 1205), married Richard Mor de Burgh, by whom she had issue.
Hospital of St. John[edit]
In 1208, Margaret's parents lost favour with their patron, King John of England, who seized all of the de Braose castles in the Welsh Marches. In order to escape from John's vindictive wrath, Margaret's mother, Maud and her eldest brother William fled to Ireland where they found refuge with Margaret and her family at Trim Castle. In 1210, however, King John sent an expedition to Ireland. Maud and William escaped from Trim but were apprehended on the Antrim coast while attempting to sail to Scotland.[3] They were dispatched to England where they were both left to starve to death inside the dungeon of Corfe Castle, Dorset on the orders of King John. Walter de Lacy's estates were forfeited to the Crown as punishment for having harboured traitors inside his castle.

By 1215, Walter and Margaret were back in the King's favour, and Walter's confiscated estates were restored to him. As a further token of John's favour, Walter was appointed Castellan and Sheriff of Hereford the following year,[2] and Margaret obtained permission to found a religious house in memory of her mother. On 10 October 1216, eight days before his death, King John conceded three carucates of land in the royal forest of Aconbury, Herefordshire to Margaret for the construction of the Hospital of St. John. King John sent the instructions to her husband Walter by letters patent.[4] Margaret's subsequent attempts to free her foundation from the control of the Hospitallers led her into a lengthy dispute which ultimately involved the Pope.

Margaret died on an unknown date sometime after 1255. Her husband had died in 1241, leaving his vast holdings and lordships to their granddaughters by their son Gilbert, Margery de Lacy, and Maud de Lacy, Baroness Geneville.[5]

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Died:
... they were both left to starve to death inside the dungeon of Corfe Castle, Dorset on the orders of King John.

Images of Corfe Castle:

https://www.google.com/search?q=Corfe+Castle,+Dorset,+England&rlz=1C1KMZB_enUS591US591&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi3ytnagc3VAhXEPiYKHYaLBfEQsAQIQg&biw=1440&bih=810

Margaret married Sir Walter de Lacy, Lord Meath on 19 Nov 1200 in Ewyas Harold, Herefordshire, England. Walter was born in ~1172 in Herefordshire, England; died in 1241 in Trim Castle, Meath, Ireland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

John de Braose (born 1197 or 1198 – 18 July 1232), known as Tadody to the Welsh, was the Lord of Bramber and Gower.

Re-establishment of the de Braose dynasty

John re-established the senior branch of the de Braose dynasty.

His father was William de Braose, eldest son of William de Braose, 4th Lord of Bramber and Maud de St. Valery, and his mother was Maud de Clare, (born ca. 1184) daughter of Richard de Clare, 3rd Earl of Hertford of Tonbridge Castle in Kent. John was their eldest son and one of four brothers, the others being Giles, Phillip and Walter de Braose.

Royal threat

His grandfather had had his lands seized and his grandmother Maud de St. Valery had been captured by forces of King John of England in 1210. She was imprisoned, along with John's father William, in Corfe Castle and walled alive inside the dungeon. Both mother and son starved to death on the King's orders. This was probably due to John's grandfather's conflict with the monarch, open rebellion and subsequent alliance with Llewelyn the Great. John's nickname Tadody means "fatherless" in the Welsh.

Hiding and imprisonment

At his family's fall from Royal favour John de Braose was initially hidden on Gower and spent some time in the care of his uncle Giles de Braose, Bishop of Hereford, but finally in 1214 John and his younger brother Philip were taken into custody. They were imprisoned until after King John had died (in 1216), the throne passing to Henry III. John was released from custody in 1218.

Welsh intermarriage

photograph taken in 1999
Swansea castle, the centre of power for the honour of Gower
In 1219 he married Margaret Ferch Llywelyn, (born about 1202 in the Kingdom of Gwynedd), daughter of the leader of Wales Llywelyn Fawr and his English wife Joan Plantagenet also known as Joan, Lady of Wales, and he received the Lordship of Gower as her dowry with Llywelyn's blessing.

In 1226 another surviving uncle Reginald de Braose sold him the honour of Bramber, and he inherited more lands and titles when this uncle died a few years later in 1228. Sometime in the 1220s, he established the deer park, Parc le Breos in the Gower Peninsula.

He and Margaret, his Welsh wife, had three sons, his heir, William de Braose the eldest son, John and Richard (born about 1225 in Stinton, Norfolk) the youngest, (buried in Woodbridge Priory, Suffolk) having died before June 1292.

Death and legacy

In 1232 John was killed in a fall from his horse on his land in Bramber, Sussex at 34 years of age. His widow soon remarried to Walter III de Clifford. William de Braose (born about 1224; died 1291 in Findon, Sussex), his eldest son, succeeded him in the title of Lord of Bramber. John the younger son became Lord of the manor of Corsham in Wiltshire and also later Lord of Glasbury on Wye.

William de Braose (c.1224–1291) also had a son named William de Braose who died "shortly before 1st May 1326".[1]

Another William de Braose who became Bishop of Llandaff cannot be placed with certainty in this branch of the family.

The de Braose name modified to de Brewes in the Middle Ages 1200 to 1400.

See also

House of Braose

Notes

Jump up ^ Richardson & Everingham, Magna Carta Ancestry, p137.
References[edit]
Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, By Douglas Richardson & Kimball G. Everingham, Published 2005, Genealogical Publishing Com
Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America Before 1700 by Frederick Lewis Weis, Lines: 29A-28, 246-30.

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John married Marared ferch Llywelyn in 1219. Marared (daughter of Llywelyn The Great and Joan Plantagenet, Lady of Wales) was born in 1202 in Gwynedd, Wales; died after 1268. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Deheubarth (Welsh pronunciation: [d?'h??bar?]; lit. "Right-hand Part", thus "the South")[4] was a regional name for the realms of south Wales, particularly as opposed to Gwynedd (Latin: Venedotia). It is now used as a shorthand for the various realms united under the House of Dinefwr, but that Deheubarth itself was not considered a proper kingdom on the model of Gwynedd, Powys, or Dyfed[5] is shown by its rendering in Latin as dextralis pars or as Britonnes dexterales ("the Southern Britons") and not as a named land.[6] In the oldest British writers, Deheubarth was used for all of modern Wales to distinguish it from Y Gogledd or Hen Ogledd, the northern lands whence Cunedda and the Cymry originated.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deheubarth

Notes:

Birth:
Deheubarth (Welsh pronunciation: [d?'h??bar?]; lit. "Right-hand Part", thus "the South")[4] was a regional name for the realms of south Wales, particularly as opposed to Gwynedd (Latin: Venedotia). It is now used as a shorthand for the various realms united under the House of Dinefwr, but that Deheubarth itself was not considered a proper kingdom on the model of Gwynedd, Powys, or Dyfed[5] is shown by its rendering in Latin as dextralis pars or as Britonnes dexterales ("the Southern Britons") and not as a named land.[6] In the oldest British writers, Deheubarth was used for all of modern Wales to distinguish it from Y Gogledd or Hen Ogledd, the northern lands whence Cunedda and the Cymry originated.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deheubarth

Owain married Angharad verch Maredydd in 0___ 1212. Angharad was born in 0___ 1190 in (Wales); died in 0___ 1230. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Sir Ralph Toeni, VI, Lord of Flamstead. Ralph (son of Sir Roger Toeni, IV, Lord of Flamstead and Constance Beaumont) was born in ~1190 in (Flamstead) Hertfordshire, England; died on 29 Sep 1239. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Gilbert married Lady Isabelle Bigod, Countess of Essex in ~1228. Isabelle (daughter of Sir Hugh Bigod, Knight, 3rd Earl of Norfolk and Lady Maud Marshal, Countess of Norfolk) was born in ~1211 in Thetford, Norfolk, England; died in 1239. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alt Birth: ~1205, (Ireland)
• Alt Death: 1239

Egidia married Sir Richard Mor de Burgh, 1st Baron of Connaught on 21 Apr 1225. Richard (son of William de Burgh and Mor O'Brien) was born in ~1194 in Galway Castle, Connaught, Ireland; died on 17 Feb 1242 in Gascoigne, Aquitaine, France; was buried in Athassel Priory, Golden, County Tipperary, Ireland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

William de Braose, (alias Breuse, Brewes, Brehuse,[1] Briouze, Brewose etc.; c. 1224–1291) was the first Baron Braose, as well as Lord of Gower and Lord of Bramber.[2]

Family and early life

Braose was the son of John de Braose, the Lord of Bramber and Gower and John's wife Margaret, the daughter of Llywelyn the Great, prince of Gwynedd.[2] These members of the Braose family were all descendants of William de Braose, who died around 1093 and was the Domesday tenant of Bramber.[3] His family had its origins at Briouze in Normandy.[4]

Braose's father was dead in 1232, before 18 July, when William became lord of his father's properties. William came of age before 15 July 1245,[2] making his birth around 1224.[1]

Lord and baron

He served King Henry III of England and Henry's son Edward I as a councilor and in various councils.[2] He sided with King Henry against Simon de Montfort during the civil war in England in the later part of Henry's reign.[1] In April and May 1292, he was summoned to Parliament, as Lord Braose.[2]

Braose was a benefactor of Sele Priory, with surviving charters recording the grant of a large estate in Crockhurst, Sussex to the priory in 1254.[5] The charter was dated 4 January 1254, and was in exchange for 10 marks as an annual rent from the priory.[6] Another charter records the gift of land near the road from Chichester to Bramber that was made at the urging of his mother Margaret.[5] Other benefactions included gifs of rents[7] and two small gifts of land.[8] Around 1280, Braose released the priory from performing certain customary services and rents that it had previously paid to him and his ancestors.[9][Notes 1]

Marriages, death, and legacy

Braose married three times. His first wife was Aline, daughter of Thomas de Multon. His second was Agnes, daughter of Nicholas de Moeles. His third wife was Mary, daughter of Robert de Ros.[10] He died at Findon in Sussex shortly before 6 January 1291.[2] He was buried at Sele Priory in Sussex on 15 January.[1]

Braose's son, William de Braose, 2nd Baron Braose, by his first wife, succeeded him.[2] By his second wife, he had a son Giles, who was knighted and fought in Scotland in 1300.[11] By his third wife, William had at least three children – Richard, Peter, and Margaret (wife of Ralph de Camoys, 1st Baron Camoys) – and possibly a fourth – William.[1] Richard was dead before 9 February 1296, and Peter died before 7 February 1312.[12]

See also

House of Braose

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Born: 1220
Died: 1291

Father: John de Braose
Mother: Margaret (daughter of Llewelyn Fawr)

William was only 12 when his father died. The wardship of William and the de Braose lands were granted by Henry III to Peter des Rievaux. On his fall in 1234 these custodies were passed on to the king's brother, Richard, Earl of Cornwall. When William came of age he took control of the Braose lands in Gower, Bramber and Tetbury. He confirmed the grants made by his father of the rents of cottages in Tetbury to the priory at Aconbury, founded in memory of Maud de St Valery by her daughter Margaret. (The sites of the cottages are known - picture right.)

He was plagued throughout his life by a series of legal battles with his female relatives.

William died at Findon on "the day of Epiphany" (January 6) in the year 1290/1. His funeral was at Sele Priory on January 15.

Spouse 1: Alina, daughter of Thomas de Multon, Lord of Gilsland

Child 1: William de Braose (d 1326)

Spouse 2: Agnes, daughter of Nicholas de Moeles.

Nicholas was custodian of the royal castles of Cardigan and Carmarthen.
This marriage brought the manor of Woodlands in Dorset.

Child 2: Giles (of Knolton and Woodlands)

Spouse 3: Mary, daughter of Robert de Ros.

Robert was on the baronial side in the war of 1264/5. Prince Edward escaped from his custody at Hereford and Robert later surrendered Gloucester castle to the prince. Robert was pardoned soon after the battle of Evesham at the request of Prince Edward.
Mary held Weaverthorpe in Yorkshire.

Child 3: Richard (of Tetbury)
Child 4: Peter (of Tetbury)
Child 5: Margaret
Child 6: William

There was at least one more daughter of William and Mary since Mary mentions the delay in marriage of her daughters in 1302 (National Archive doc: SC 8/36/1758)

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Died:
"the day of Epiphany"

Family/Spouse: Aline de Multon. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Mary de Ros. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Alice de Bohun. Alice (daughter of Sir Humphrey de Bohun, IV, Knight, 2nd Earl of Hereford and Maud de Lusignan) was born in ~1238 in (Hungerford, Berkshire, England); died after 1255. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Maud de Lacy, Baroness Geneville (1230 – 11 April 1304) was a Norman-Irish noblewoman and wealthy heiress who upon the death of her grandfather, Walter de Lacy, Lord of Trim and Ludlow inherited half his estates. The lordships of Trim and Ludlow passed to her second husband Sir Geoffrey de Geneville, 1st Baron Geneville by right of his marriage to her; although she helped to rule and administer the estates in an equal partnership. She is sometimes referred to as Matilda de Lacy.[a]

Family

Maud was born in Dublin,Ireland in 1230, the youngest child of Gilbert de Lacy of Ewyas Lacy and Isabel Bigod. Her paternal grandparents were Walter de Lacy and Margaret de Braose, daughter of Maud de Braose who was walled up alive by King John of England. Her maternal grandparents were Hugh Bigod, 3rd Earl of Norfolk and Maud Marshal.[1] She had an elder brother, Walter and sister Margery. On 25 December 1230, the year of her birth, Maud's father died, leaving her mother a widow at the age of eighteen. Less than four years later on 12 April 1234, her mother married again; he was John FitzGeoffrey, Lord of Shere in Surrey, England, and Justiciar of Ireland. Maud had six younger half-siblings from her mother's second marriage to John.

In early 1241, Maud's brother Walter died. He was in his early teens. When their grandfather Walter de Lacy died shortly afterwards on 24 February, Maud and her sister, Margery inherited his vast estates and lordships in Ireland, Herefordshire, and the Welsh Marches. Maud and Margery both received a moiety of Ewyas Lacy in Herefordshire, and a share of the lordship with the taxes and revenues that attached to it.[2]

Marriages and issue

On an unknown date, Maud married her first husband Pierre de Genáeve, son of Humbert, Count of Genáeve, and a relative of Eleanor of Provence. He was one of the "Savoyards" who had arrived in England in the retinue of Queen Eleanor when she married King Henry III. The marriage produced a son and a daughter whose names were not recorded.[3] Pierre died in 1249, and sometime before 8 August 1252, Maud married her second husband, another "Savoyard", Sir Geoffrey de Geneville, Seigneur of Vaucouleurs( c.1226- 21 October 1314), son of Simon de Joinville and Beatrix d'Auxonne. Both Maud's marriages and the marriage of her sister, Margery[b] were personally arranged by King Henry III to ensure that the estates they inherited from their grandfather were retained in the hands of those known to be trusted servants of the Crown.[4]


Trim Castle, Ireland, one of the lordships of Maud de Lacy
The king granted Geoffrey and Maud, and their heirs rights in the land of Meath held by her grandfather, Walter de Lacy by charter dated 8 August 1252.[5] On 18 September 1254, the king granted them all the liberties and free customs in Meath which her grandfather had held; and they might issue their own writs in Meath according to the law and custom of Ireland. On 21 September 1252, they had livery of Trim Castle and a moiety of forty marcates of lands as the inheritance of Maud.[6] They made Trim Castle their chief residence. Maud and Geoffrey jointly ruled and administered their estates together in an equal partnership. They later donated property to Dore Abbey.

In 1254, Maud accompanied Queen Eleanor to Gascony.

Maud's husband was a loyal supporter and favourite of Prince Edward who would in 1272 reign as King Edward I of England. Geoffrey fought with the Prince against Simon de Monfort at the Battle of Evesham, and it was at Ludlow Castle that Prince Edward was sheltered following his escape in May 1265 from Montfortian captivity.[7] Geoffrey was appointed Justiciar of Ireland by his friend and patron, the new king, Edward I in September 1273, a post he held until June 1276; however, he had little success against the Irish of Leinster.[8] He was summoned to Parliament by writ as 1st Baron Geneville on 6 February 1299.

Together Geoffrey and Maud had at least three children:[c]

Geoffrey de Geneville (died 1292

Sir Piers de Geneville, of Trim and Ludlow (1256- shortly before June 1292), who in his turn married in 1283 Jeanne of Lusignan, by whom he had three daughters, including Joan de Geneville, 2nd Baroness Geneville.
Joan de Geneville, married Gerald FitzMaurice FitzGerald (died 1287).

Later years

In 1283, Maud gave all her lands in England and Wales to Piers, her second eldest son by Geoffrey. These included Ludlow Castle in Shropshire, and Walterstone Manor as well as all the knights' fees which she had held in England.[9] That same year, her son Geoffrey died.

Maud was described as independent-minded, and she usually accompanied her husband on his numerous travels abroad, which included Rome where he was sent on a mission to Pope Nicholas IV in 1290. She was aged sixty at the time. Maud was highly protective of her properties, and always ready to enter into litigation at the slightest threat to her lands or privileges whether posed by family members, the Church or the Dublin administration.[10]

Maud died at Trim Castle on 11 April 1304 at the age of seventy-four. Her husband Geoffrey died ten years later. Their son Piers had died in 1292, leaving Joan as heiress-apparent to the estates and lordships. She succeeded as the suo jure 2nd Baroness Geneville on 21 October 1314. She was the wife of Roger Mortimer, 1st Earl of March, by whom she had twelve children.

Notes

Jump up ^ The names Maud and Matilda were used interchangeably in the Middle Ages, both being versions of the French name Mahaut. Most primary source documents record Maud de Lacy as Mahaut, as can be seen in Cawley, Charles, Medieval Lands database, Foundation for Medieval Genealogy Missing or empty |title= (help),[self-published source][better source needed]
Jump up ^ Margery married John de Verdun, Lord of Westmeath, by whom she had issue.
Jump up ^ Geoffrey de Geneville and Maud de Lacy possibly had two additional sons, Gautier and Jean.
Jump up ^ The Complete Peerage[page needed]
Jump up ^ The History of Ewyas Lacy, An ancient Hundred of South-West Herefordshire, theme: de Lacy family history, date: 1000s, 1100s, 1200s, Ewyas Lacy, retrieved on 30 June 2009, http://www.ewyaslacy.org.uk/doc.php?d=rs_ewy[not in citation given]
Jump up ^ Cawley, Charles, Burgundy, Comtes de Geneve, Medieval Lands database, Foundation for Medieval Genealogy,[self-published source][better source needed]
Jump up ^ The History of Ewyas Lacy', retrieved on 30 June 2009'
Jump up ^ Cawley, Charles, Lords of Meath, Medieval Lands database, Foundation for Medieval Genealogy,[self-published source][better source needed]
Jump up ^ The Complete Peerage, Vol. V (628-634)
Jump up ^ Medieval Ireland, p.196, by Sean Duffy, Aibhe MacShamhrain, James Moynes, retrieved 30 June 2009
Jump up ^ The Oxford Companion to Irish History, retrieved on 30 June 2009
Jump up ^ The Complete Peerage[page needed]
Jump up ^ The Heiress as Fortune-Maker and Widow in Thirteenth-Century Anglo-Norman Ireland: Christiana de Marisco, Matilda de Lacy, and the de Genevre Brothers, by Gillian Kenny, Department of Medieval History, retrieved on 30 June 2009

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Family/Spouse: Sir Geoffrey de Geneville, 1st Baron Beneville. Geoffrey was born in ~1226 in Vaucouleurs, Champagne, France; died on 21 Oct 1314 in Trim Castle, Meath, Ireland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Margaret married Sir John de Verdun, Baron of Westmeath before 20 Apr 1242. John (son of Sir Theobald le Botiller, 2nd Chief Butler of Ireland and Rohesia de Verdon) was born in ~ 1226 in Cheadle, Staffordshire, England; died before 21 Oct 1274 in Cheadle, Staffordshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Margery married Sir Theobald Butler, 3rd Chief Butler of Ireland in 1242 in (Ireland). Theobald (son of Sir Theobald le Botiller, 2nd Chief Butler of Ireland and Joan du Marais) was born in 1224 in (Ireland); died on 26 Dec 1248; was buried in Abbey of Arklow, County Wicklow, Ireland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Walter de Burgh (c.?1230 – 28 July 1271) was 2nd Lord of Connaught and 1st Earl of Ulster (2nd creation).

Life

De Burgh was the second son of Richard Mâor de Burgh, 1st Lord of Connaught and Egidia de Lacy. He founded Athassel Priory.

In 1243, he succeeded his father as Lord of Connacht, and was created Earl of Ulster as well in 1264. In 1270, he and Walter de Ufford, the Justiciar of Ireland, were defeated by Aedh mac Felim Ua Conchobair at Ath an Chip.

He married Aveline, daughter of Sir John FitzGeoffrey, Justiciar of Ireland, by his wife, Isabel Bigod. In a royal order from Westminster in September 1247, Sir John FitzGeoffrey was charged by the King with seizing the lands of Walter de Burgh's older brother Richard, who had died. The de Burgh lands in Connaught were being held by de Burgh, John de Livet, likely the son of Gilbert de Lyvet, one of the earliest Lord Mayors of Dublin and Marmaduke de Eschales (Scales).

He died, aged about 40, in Galway, and was succeeded by his eldest son, Richard Óg de Burgh, 2nd Earl of Ulster (The Red Earl of Ulster). Other children were three sons, Theobald, William and Thomas, and daughter, Egidia who married Sir James Stewart (1260–1309), High Steward of Scotland.

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Walter married Aveline FitzJohn in ~1257. Aveline (daughter of Sir John FitzGeoffrey, Justicar of Ireland and Lady Isabelle Bigod, Countess of Essex) was born in 1236 in Shere, Surrey, England; died on 20 May 1274. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Matilda (Maud) de Prendergast formerly Burgh aka de Burgh
Born about 1228 in Galway Castle, Connaught, Mayo, Ireland
ANCESTORS ancestors
Daughter of Richard (Burgh) de Burgh and Egidia (Lacy) de Burgh
Sister of Unknown Burgh, Margery (Burgh) Butler, Walter (Burgh) de Burgh Knt, William Og (Burgh) de Burgh, Hubert (Burgh) de Burgh [half], Richard (Burgh) de Burgh and Alice (Burgh) de Burgh
Wife of Gerald (Prendergast) de Prendergast — married 1240 in Corbyn, Ireland
DESCENDANTS descendants
Mother of Matilda (Prendergast) FitzMaurice
Died 1276 in Ireland

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Biography
Matilda, daughter of Richard de Burgh, Lord of Connaught was the second wife of Gerald de Prendergast , their daughter Matilda married Maurice de Rochford. [1]

This is the "unnamed daughter" of Richard Mâor de Burgh and Egidia Lacy "who married Sir Gerald de Prendergast of Beauvoir, "by whom she had a daughter, Maud." [2] Maud was born in Ireland on 17 March 1242, the daughter of Sir Gerald de Prendergast of Beauvoir (died 1251), and his second wife, Matilda, daughter of Richard Mor de Burgh and Egidia de Lacy. [3]



Sources
? A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Colonial Gentry page: 773 (Prendergast) by Bernard Burke pub: Harrison 1895
? Wikipedia : Richard Mâor de Burgh, 1st Baron of Connaught
? Wikipedia : Maud de Prendergast

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Matilda married Sir Gerald Prendergast, Lord of Enniscorthy in 1240 in Corbyn, Ireland. Gerald (son of Philip Prendergast and Maud Quincy) was born in ~1187 in Enniscorthy Duffrey, Wexford, Ireland; died in ~1251 in Douglas, Cork, Ireland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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William de Braose, (sometimes William de Briouze, William de Breuse, William de Brewes or William de Brewose; c. 1260–1326) was the second Baron Braose, as well as Lord of Gower and Lord of Bramber. He was held as a hostage after being captured in 1264 during the Second Barons' War and records of some of his childhood expenses survive from his time as a hostage. He first entered royal service in 1286 and, in 1291, he succeeded his father as baron. He continued in royal military service, serving in Scotland as well as in Wales. Protracted disputes over his lands embroiled him throughout his life and at the end of his life helped spark a revolt against King Edward II of England's favourites, the Despensers. He married twice, and his heirs were his daughter Aline and his grandson John de Bohun.

Family and early life

Braose was the son of William de Braose, 1st Baron Braose and his first wife, Aline, daughter of Thomas de Multon.[1] He was likely born around 1260, as his age was given as about 46 in 1307. Other events prove that he was born prior to 1264, as he was captured in that year. This came about during the Second Barons' War (1264–1267) during the reign of King Henry III of England, as the elder Braose had sided with the king during Simon de Montfort's rebellion. The younger Braose was a hostage in the custody of Montfort's wife, Eleanor. Her household accounts include expenses related to the younger William's care.[2]

Sometime around 1285, Braose confirmed grants of land by his ancestors to the religious house of Sele Priory.[3][a] In 1286 Braose was in the king's service, for unspecified duties overseas. It is possible that these included accompanying the king, Edward I, to Paris where Edward performed homage to the new French king, Philip IV, for Edward's French lands.[2] Braose played a significant role in King Edward's Welsh wars. In the winter of 1287–8 he commanded the force blockading Emlyn castle. His men also provided the escort for the transport of a huge siege engine from Dryslwyn to Emlyn. The arrival of the engine, with 480 great stones as ammunition, persuaded the defenders of the castle to surrender peaceably.[5]

Marcher Baron

The younger Braose succeeded his father before 1 March 1291, when he did homage for his father's lands.[1] He received custody of his father's lands on 2 March 1291, which had been placed into the custody of Robert de Tibetot on 12 January 1291.[6] He was summoned a number of times to Parliament from 1291 until 1322 as Baron Braose. He was the second Baron Braose, as well as Lord of Gower and Lord of Bramber.[1]

After his father's death, Braose continued to serve Edward. He contributed both money and personal military service in Edward's wars in Wales, Scotland, and France.[2] He saw service in Gascony in 1294.[3] In 1297 he took part in a military campaign in Flanders. As a reward for his service in Flanders, he received the wardship of John de Mowbray, who Braose eventually married to his daughter Aline.[2] From 1298 to 1306 he was involved in the Scottish wars, and was at the Battle of Falkirk on 22 July 1298.[3] Besides the military service, he served the king in 1301 by signing a letter from the leading barons of England to Pope Boniface VIII in which the barons decried papal interference in the royal rights of England.[2]

Braose captured the Welsh rebel William Cragh in 1290, whose miraculous resurrection after being hanged was attributed to Thomas de Cantilupe.[7] This led in 1307 to Braose giving testimony to papal commissioners inquiring into the events surrounding Cragh's hanging and whether or not it would support the canonisation of Cantilupe.[8]

It was most likely Braose who commissioned a condensed copy of Domesday Book, now Public Record Office manuscript E164/1. This copy has a marginal notation of "Br" next to the estates owned by Braose's ancestor, the first William de Braose.[9]

Braose was embroiled in a dispute over his lordship of Gower in 1299 when the Bishop of Llandaff, John de Monmouth, brought a case against Braose to the king. Although the case was adjudicated in 1302, the resulting decision was overturned. In 1304 Braose secured King Edward's confirmation of earlier grants and charters granting Braose special rights and liberties in Gower. He managed this because he was serving the king in Scotland at the time, and thus had easy access to the king. In 1305, however, Braose miscalculated and insulted a royal judge,[10] using "gross and contumelious words" to describe the royal official.[11] This episode caused the case of Gower to be reopened in 1306, and Braose was only able to settle the issue again by the grant of rights to his men in Swansea and Gower.[10]

In 1320 King Edward II of England confiscated the lordship of Gower on the grounds that Braose had given it to his son-in-law Mowbray without royal permission. Over the preceding years Braose had promised Gower to a number of persons,[12] including Humphrey de Bohun, the Earl of Hereford, Hugh Despenser the Younger, and Roger Mortimer of Wigmore. Mowbray then in late 1319 took custody of Gower to protect his rights. Despenser persuaded the king in 1320 to take Gower into royal hands in October, and was appointed keeper of the honour in November.[13] The other lords in the Welsh Marches resented this seizure, feeling that the king's excuse for it was not applicable. The seizure was one of the precipitating causes of the baronial rebellion that led to the exile of the Despensers in 1321.[12] In 1322 Gower was given to the younger Despenser again, who then traded it for the honours of Usk and Caerleon. Braose was then induced to sue the new holder of Gower for the return of the barony in April 1324, which action succeeded in June 1324. Braose then promptly gave Gower to the elder Despenser, returning the property to the Despenser family once more.[14] The lordship of Gower eventually ended up in the hands of the Beauchamp family, but it was not until the 1350s that the issue was decided.[15]

Marriage, death, and legacy

The name of Braose's first wife was Agnes,[16] but her family is not known. His second wife was Elizabeth, the daughter and heiress of Raymund de Sully. He had two daughters with his first wife, but no children with his second wife, who outlived him.[1] It appears that there was a son named William, who was the subject of a military summons from King Edward in 1311, but nothing further is mentioned of him after 1315. In 1316 a settlement of William the father's estates made no mention of this son making it likely that the son died before this date.[17]

Braose died not long before 1 May 1326[1] and his heirs were his daughter Aline and his grandson John de Bohun.[18] Aline, the elder daughter,[13] married John de Mowbray and Richard de Peschale. The second daughter, Joan, married James de Bohun and Richard Foliot, son of Jordan Foliot. Mowbray received the lands of Gower and Bramber before Braose's death.[1]

Braose was known as a man often in debt and as being unable to manage his cash flow well.[17] Thomas Walsingham stated in his chronicle that Braose was "very rich by descent but a dissipater of the property left to him".[19]

Family/Spouse: Agnes LNU. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Born: 1272/3
Died: shortly before 7 March 1312
It is likely that the Braose monument in the church at Tetbury, of which only remnants exist, (right) was Peter's tomb, rather than a memorial to William de Braose who died in 1211 as is suggested in the information available at the church.

Father: William de Braose
Mother: Mary de Ros

Peter was the heir of his brother Richard, and was aged 23 at the inquisition on Richard's death in February 1296.

In December 1307, Peter was made a keeper of the peace in Gloucestershire while the king was overseas.

Peter married Agnes, the widow of Henry Huse, at Tetbury. Licence for the marriage was granted on 6 June 1300. The usually reliable "Plantagenet Ancestry" by Douglas Richardson (p. 551) gives Agnes as the daughter of Roger de Clifford, but this is unfounded speculation prompted by the arms displayed in the window of Wiston church, Sussex. The parentage of Agnes is, as yet, unknown.

Peter and Agnes had (at least) four children.

Thomas de Brewes, (1301 -1361), keeper of the forests South of the Trent

John de Brewes, (died 1342), a knight of John de Warenne, Earl of Surrey

Margaret, married (1) to Henry de Tyeys, (2) to Thomas de Monthermer

Mary, Countess Marshal, married to (1) Ralph de Cobham, (2) Thomas de Brotherton

The arms shown are described as those of Sir Peers Braose of Gloucestershire in the Edward II Roll.

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Sunday, 12 December, 2004

Dear Douglas,

Many thanks for a very good post. As you know, this had become of interest in the recent past due to the descent (probable but unproven) of the emigrant William Farrar from Margaret's daughter Margaret (de Monthermer) de Montagu.

The events and facts you describe mesh well with what little I know of Piers de Braose or Brewes of Tetbury, co. Gloucs. Piers had a well-known sister Margaret de Braose (1st wife of Sir Ralph de Camoys, 1st Lord Camoys, d. bef Jun 1336), the namesake of her mother, and Piers' grandmother, Margaret ferch Llywelyn (dau., probably illegitimate, of Llywelyn Fawr, prince of Aberffraw, d. 1240). It would be surprising if Piers did NOT have a daughter named Margaret.....

As to the involvement of relations in the family matters of Piers de Braose's children, I find Thomas de Braose (former supporter of the Earl of Lancaster ca. Boroughbridge) being cited at CP II:308, in that

" On 30 October [1322], he was ordered to be delivered to Ralph de Cobham, who had stood bail for him {Calendar of Close Rolls, 1318-1323, pp. 580, 603}. "

Ralph de Cobham was the husband of Thomas' sister Mary de Braose.

This would follow well with Henry le Tyeys having been married to Thomas' alleged sister Margaret, and also with Henry and Thomas having been involved together in the Lancastrian conspiracy of 1321/2.

The heraldic evidence is quite persuasive, given the above. If the maritagium of Margaret could be traced,....

Cheers,

John

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Family/Spouse: Agnes de Clifford. Agnes was born in ~1277; died before 9 Mar 1332. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Alice Beauchamp formerly Toeni
Born about 1254 [location unknown]
HIDE ANCESTORS
Daughter of Roger (Toeni) de Tony and Alice (Bohun) de Tony
Sister of Ralph (Toeni) de Tony
Wife of Walter (Beauchamp) de Beauchamp — married about 1269 [location unknown]
DESCENDANTS descendants
Mother of Margaret (Beauchamp) Lisle, Walter (Beauchamp) de Beauchamp, Roger Beauchamp and Giles (Beauchamp) de Beauchamp
Died after 1347 [location unknown]
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1 Caution
2 Biography of Alice de Toeni
2.1 Birth and Parentage
2.2 Marriage
2.3 Death of Walter
2.4 Widowhood
3 Children
4 Sources
5 Acknowledgements
Caution
Several diferent women bore the name Alice de Toeni:

Alice de Toeni daughter of Roger (V) de Toeni and Alice de Bohun, born b. 1254, who married Walter de Beauchamp. Birth and death place not stated.
Alice de Toeni, daughter of Ralph de Toeni and Mary de Bohun, born Flamstead, Herefordshire April 26, 1284, and married Thomas de Leybourne, Guy de Beauchamp and William de Mortimer la Zouche.
Alice de Toeni, born Norfolk about 1252. No parents shown, no documentation. Married William de Mortimer. Died Norfolk 1298. Mother of Constantine. This person may be a conflation of the other two Alices.
Biography of Alice de Toeni
Daughter of Roger V Toeni and Alice Bohun
Sister of Raoul VII Toeni
Wife of Walter Beauchamp
Mother of Margaret de Lisle and Giles Lord of Alcester, Beauchamp
Baron Roger de Tony and Alice de Bohun
Birth and Parentage
Alice was born 1254, the year her parents' marriage became effective, making her aged 15 at her own marriage in 1269. [1]

She was the daughter of Roger de Tony, of Flamstead, etc, by Alice, daughter of Humphrey de Bohen, Knt, Earl of Hereford and Essex. [2]

Marriage
About 1269 Alice de Tony married Walter de Beauchamp, Knt. [2] Alice's maritagium included the manor of East Coulston, Wiltshire, which property have previously been part of the maritagium of her mother, Alice de Bohun. He was born before 12142 (adult in 1263). [2]

Death of Walter
Sir Walter de Beauchamp died testate at Chalfont, Buckinghamshire 16 Feb 1302/3, and was buried in the Grey Friars at Smithfield 24 Feb 1302/3. [3]

Widowhood
In 1309 his widow, Alice, was granted protection for one year, she going on a pilgrimage beyond seas. [3]

In 1310 she was summoned to answer Edward Burnell of a plea wherefore she made waste and sale of the lands, houses, woods, and gardens which she had in the warship of the inheritance of the said Edward in Broom Court near Bidford, Warwickshire to his disherison. [3]

In 1313 Alice was disputing the advowson of Kemerton, Gloucestershire with Hawise, widow of John de Ferrers. [3]

She presented to the church of Kemerton, Gloucestershire in 1332. [3]

In 1334 she was cited by the Pope to appear as witness regarding the matter of the consanquinity existing between her kinsfolk, John de Bohun, Earl of Hereford and Essex, and his wife, Margaret Basset. [3]

Alice was living in 1347. [2]

Children
Alice and Walter had seven sons, Walter, Knt, John, William, Knt, Humphrey (clerk), Ralph, Giles, Knt, and Roger, and four daughters, Pernel, Eleanor, Margaret, and Maud (Abbess of Godstow.)[2]

Walter, Knt. Sheriff of Warwicksire and Leicestershire, 1316-1318. Married Hawise, no issue.[2]
John. Younger son. Before 1318 his brother Walter granted him the manors of Powick and Bransford for his life and that of his mother.[2]
William, Knt. Keeper of Clarendon Forest, 1308, Sheriff of Worcestershire, 1316-18. Married Joan, one son, William, living in 1334. Fought in Flanders 1297 and in Scotland 1298 and 1306. 1328 Heir to his older brother Walter. [2]
Humphrey, Clerk[2]
Ralph[2]
Giles. Received manors from his older brother Walter, 21 May 1329 married Katherine de Bures, daughter and heiress of John de Bures, Knt. [2]
Roger
Pernel
Eleanor de Beauchamp married first John le Boteler, of Wem, Shropshire, and second John de la Mare, Lord del la Mare.[2]
Margaret married Robert de Lisle, Knt, 1st Lord Lisle of Rougemont. [2]
Maud de Beauchamp, elected Abbess of Godstow Abbey, Oxfordshire, in 1335. She was living in June 1346, but died in or before 1349, when her successor was elected. [2]
Sources
? Our Royal, Titled, Noble and Commoner Ancestors & Cousins
? 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11 2.12 2.13 Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry. Salt Lake City, Utah, 2013. Volume IV, pp 410-411 (also Vol I, p 285)
? 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, Vol III, page 384-5
See also:
(S) Magna Carta Ancestry, (S) Fenwick Allied Ancestry, Sellers, Teacher Genealogist Bond 007. Foundation for Medieval Genealogy
Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, (2011), Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, Royal Ancestry series, 2nd edition, 4 vols., ed. Kimball G. Everingham, (Salt Lake City, Utah: the author, 2011), volume III, page 384-5
Our Royal, Titled, Noble and Commoner Ancestors & Cousins database online, compiled by Mr. Marlyn Lewis, follows Douglas Richardson's Magna Carta Ancestry. It includes Magna Carta Surety Barons and many of their descendants. Alice de Toeni

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Alice married Sir Walter Beauchamp in ~1269. Walter (son of Baron William de Beauchamp and Isabel Mauduit) was born before 1242 in Elmley Castle, Worcester, England; died before 16 Feb 1303 in Stratford on Avon, Warwickshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Piers married Joan of Lusigman, 2nd Baroness Geneville in 0___ 1283. Joan was born in 0___ 1260 in Angouleme, France; died on 13 Apr 1323; was buried in Abbaye de Valence, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Theobald "Tebaud, 1st Lord Verdun" de Verdun formerly Verdun
Born about 1248 in Alton, Staffordshire, Englandmap
ANCESTORS ancestors
Son of John (Butler) de Verdun and Margery (Lacy) de Verdun
Brother of Nicholas (Verdun) de Verdun and Maud (Verdun) de Grey [half]
Husband of Margery (Bohun) de Verdon — married before 6 Nov 1276 [location unknown]
DESCENDANTS descendants
Father of Unknown (Verdun) Hussey, John Verdon, Tebaud (Verdun) de Verdun, Bartholomew (Verdun) de Verdun, Miles Verdon and Nicholas (Verdun) de Verdon
Died 24 Aug 1309 in Alton, Staffordshire, Englandmap
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1 Biography
1.1 Death and burial
1.2 Inquisitions Post Mortem
1.2.1 Theobald de Verdun, alias de Verdoun, de Verdon, the elder
1.3 Sources
Biography

Death and burial

Sir Thebaud de Verdun, 1st Lord Verdun, died testate at Alton, Staffordshire, 24 August 1309, and was buried at Croxden Abbey, Staffordshire.

Inquisitions Post Mortem

Theobald de Verdun, alias de Verdoun, de Verdon, the elder

Writ, 28 Aug. 3 Edw. II. [1309] [1]
Theobald his son, aged 28, is his next heir.
Heir as above, aged 30 and more.
Heir as above, aged 30 and more.
Heir as above, aged 24 and more.
Heir as above, aged 22 and more.
Heir as above, aged 31 at the feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Mary last.
Sources

? J E E S Sharp and A E Stamp. "Inquisitions Post Mortem, Edward II, File 14 and 15," in Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem: Volume 5, Edward II, (London: His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1908), 90-107. British History Online, accessed May 26, 2017, [1].
Royal Ancestry D. Richardson 2013 Vol. I. p. 418
Royal Ancestry 2013 Vol. V p. 243-245
http://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/p376.htm#i11297

Theobald married Margaret de Bohun before 6 Nov 1276. Margaret (daughter of Sir Humphrey de Bohun, VI, 2nd Earl of Hereford and Eleanor de Braose) was born in ~ 1252 in Bisley, Stroud, Gloucestershire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Theobald Butler, 4th Chief Butler of Ireland (1242 – 26 September 1285) was the son of Theobald Butler, 3rd Chief Butler of Ireland and Margery de Burgh, daughter of Richard Mor de Burgh, 1st Lord of Connacht. He assisted King Edward I of England in his wars in Scotland. He died at the castle of Arklow, County Wicklow, Ireland, and was buried at Arklow Monastery.[1]

Marriage and Children

He married Joan FitzJohn in 1268, the fourth and youngest daughter of John Fitzgeoffrey, Lord of Kirtling, Sheriff of Yorkshire, and Isobel Bigod and the granddaughter of Geoffrey FitzPeter, Earl of Essex.[2] She was co-heir with her three sisters to her brothers John and Richard.[3] On her marriage, she brought Theobald the manor of Faubridge in Essex, the hamlet of Shippeley in Hants, the manor of Shire in Surrey, the hamlet of Vacherie and the manor of Ailesbury (in Buckinghamshire). Joan died 4 April 1303. Their children were:

Theobald Butler, 5th Chief Butler of Ireland (1269–1299)
Edmund Butler, Earl of Carrick and 6th Chief Butler of Ireland (1268 – 1321)
Thomas Butler, 1st Baron Dunboyne (1271-1329)
Margaret Butler (1294–1344), she married John de Trenouth
John Butler (1270-1321)
Richard Butler (b.1275)
Gilbert Butler (b.1275)
Nicholas Butler (b.1277), elected Archbishop of Dublin by the Prior and Convent of the Holy Trinity in January 1306, but was never consecrated.
James Butler (1278-1337)

References

Jump up ^ Lodge, John The Peerage of Ireland or, A Genealogical History Of The Present Nobility Of That Kingdom, 1789, Vol IV, p 5.
Jump up ^ The Peerage.
Jump up ^ Lodge, John The Peerage of Ireland or, A Genealogical History Of The Present Nobility Of That Kingdom, 1789, Vol IV, p 5.

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Theobald married Joan FitzJohn in 1268. Joan (daughter of Sir John FitzGeoffrey, Justicar of Ireland and Lady Isabelle Bigod, Countess of Essex) was born in ~1250; died on 4 Apr 1303. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Richard Óg de Burgh, 2nd Earl of Ulster and 3rd Baron of Connaught (1259 – 29 July 1326), called The Red Earl and often named as Richard de Burgo, was one of the most powerful Irish nobles of the late 13th and early 14th centuries.

Richard Óg de Burgh
Born 1259
Ireland
Died 29 July 1326
Athassel Priory, near Cashel
Title 2nd Earl of Ulster
Tenure 1271-1326
Other titles 3rd Baron of Connaught
Nationality Irish
Predecessor Walter de Burgh, 1st Earl of Ulster
Successor Elizabeth de Burgh, 4th Countess of Ulster
Spouse(s) Margaret
Parents Walter de Burgh
Aveline FitzJohn

Early life

Richard's father was Walter de Burgh, 1st Earl of Ulster (of the second creation) & Lord of Connacht.,[1] who was the second son of Richard Mâor de Burgh, 1st Lord of Connaught and Egidia de Lacy. "Richard Óg", means "Richard the Young", which may be a reference to his youth when he became earl in 1271, or to differentiate him from his grandfather, Richard Mâor.

Earl of Ulster

Richard Óg was the most powerful of the de Burgh Earls of Ulster, succeeding his father in Ulster and Connacht upon reaching his majority in 1280.[1] He was a friend of King Edward I of England, and ranked first among the Earls of Ireland. Richard married Margaret, the daughter of his cousin John de Burgh (also spelled de Borough) and Cecily Baillol.[2] He pursued expansionist policies that often left him at odds with fellow Norman lords.

His daughter Elizabeth was to become the second wife of King Robert the Bruce of Scotland. However, this did not stop him leading his forces from Ireland to support England's King Edward I in his Scottish campaigns and when the forces of Edward Bruce invaded Ulster in 1315, the Earl led a force against him, but was beaten at Connor in Antrim. The invasion of Bruce and the uprising of Felim Ó Conchâuir in Connacht left him virtually without authority in his lands, but Ó Conchâuir was killed in 1316 at the Second Battle of Athenry, and he was able to recover Ulster after the defeat of Bruce at Faughart.[1]

He died on 29 July 1326 at Athassel Priory, near Cashel, County Tipperary.

Children and family

Aveline de Burgh (b. c. 1280), married John de Bermingham, 1st Earl of Louth
Eleanor de Burgh (1282 – aft. August 1324), married Lord Thomas de Multon of Burghs-on-Sands
Elizabeth de Burgh (c. 1284 – 26 October 1327), Queen consort of Scotland, married Robert the Bruce as his second wife, and was the mother of David II of Scotland
Walter de Burgh (c. 1285–1304)
John de Burgh (c. 1286 – 18 June 1313)
Matilda de Burgh (c. 1288–1320), married Gilbert de Clare, 7th Earl of Hertford
Thomas de Burgh (c. 1292–1316)
Catherine de Burgh (c. 1296 – 1 November 1331), married Maurice Fitzgerald, 1st Earl of Desmond
Edmond de Burgh (b. c. 1298)
Joan de Burgh (c. 1300 – 23 April 1359), married firstly, Thomas FitzGerald, 2nd Earl of Kildare, by whom she had issue, and secondly, Sir John Darcy, 1st Baron Darcy de Knayth, by whom she had issue, including Elizabeth Darcy who married James Butler, 2nd Earl of Ormond

Family/Spouse: Lady Margaret de Burgh, Countess of Ulster. Margaret (daughter of Sir John de Burgh, Knight and Cecilia de Balliol) was born in ~ 1264 in Portslade, Sussex, England; died in 0___ 1304. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Egidia married Sir James Stewart, 5th High Steward of Scotland in 1292 in Dundonald, Argyll, Scotland. James was born in 1243 in Dundonald, Argyll, Scotland; died on 16 Jul 1309 in Dundonald, Argyll, Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Maud married Sir Maurice FitzGerald, II, 3rd Lord Offally in 0Oct 1259 in (Dublin, Leinster) Ireland. Maurice (son of Sir Maurice FitzGerald, 2nd Lord of Offaly and Juliana de Grenville) was born in 1238 in Wexford, Ireland; died before 10 Nov 1286 in Ross, County Wexford, Ireland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Joan de Brewes1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9
F, #23939, b. circa 1283, d. between 8 December 1321 and 23 June 1324
Father Sir William de Brewes, 2nd Lord Brewes, Lord Bramber & Gower10,11,4,5,12,7,8,9 b. c 1261, d. c 1 May 1326
Mother Agnes11,12,9 d. b 24 Apr 1317

Joan de Brewes was born circa 1283. She married James de Bohun, son of Sir John de Bohun and Joan de la Chapelle, circa 1301; They had 1 son (Sir John).13,14,2,3,6,9 Joan de Brewes and Sir Richard Foliot, 2nd Lord Filiot obtained a marriage license on 16 September 1310; They had 1 son (Richard) and 2 daughters (Margaret, wife of Sir John de Camoys; & Margery, wife of Sir Hugh de Hastings).10,3,4,5,6,7,8,9 Joan de Brewes died between 8 December 1321 and 23 June 1324 at of Gressenhall & Weasenham, Norfolk, England.2,10,3,9

Family 1

James de Bohun b. 3 Feb 1281, d. c 30 May 1306

Child

Sir John Bohun, 1st Lord Bohun+13,14,2,3,9 b. 14 Nov 1301, d. 5 Dec 1367

Family 2

Sir Richard Foliot, 2nd Lord Filiot b. 19 Apr 1284, d. bt 18 Apr 1317 - 23 Jul 1317

Children

Richard Foliot b. c 1311, d. 29 May 1325
Margery Foliot+3,5,8,9 b. c 1313, d. 8 Aug 1349
Margaret Foliot+3,4,7,9 b. c 1314, d. b 1351

Citations

[S7557] Unknown author, The Complete Peerage, by Cokayne, Vol. II, p. 304, Vol. V, p. 540/1, Vol. VI, p. 353; Some Early English Pedigrees, by Vernon M. Norr, p. 35; Wallop Family, p. 131.
[S11569] Europaische Stammtafeln, by Wilhelm Karl, Prinz zu Isenburg, Vol. III, Tafel 688.
[S16] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. I, p. 321.
[S16] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. I, p. 397-398.
[S16] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. II, p. 111-112.
[S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. I, p. 534.
[S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. II, p. 69-70.
[S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. II, p. 494.
[S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. IV, p. 81-82.
[S11569] Europaische Stammtafeln, by Wilhelm Karl, Prinz zu Isenburg, Vol. III, Tafel 666.
[S16] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. I, p. 320-321.
[S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. I, p. 533-534.
[S11568] The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom, by George Edward Cokayne, Vol. II, p. 200.
[S11588] Some Early English Pedigrees, by Vernon M. Norr, p. 32.

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Joan Foliot formerly Braose aka de Brewes, de Braose, de Bohun
Born about 1283 in Bramber, Sussex, England
ANCESTORS ancestors
Daughter of William (Braose) de Brewes Knt and Agnes (Unknown) de Brewes
Sister of Aline (Braose) de Peshale
Wife of James (Bohun) de Bohun — married 1301 in Gower, Glamorganshire, Wales
Wife of Richard Foliot — married after 16 Sep 1310 [location unknown]
DESCENDANTS descendants
Mother of John (Bohun) de Bohun, Margery (Foliot) de Hastings and Margaret (Foliot) de Camoys
Died before 23 Jun 1324 in Gressenhall & Weasenham, Norfolk, England
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Biography

Father Sir William de Brewes, 2nd Lord Brewes, Lord Bramber & Gower[1] b. c 1261, d. c 1 May 1326

Mother Agnes[2] d. b 24 Apr 1317

Joan de Brewes was born circa 1283.

She married James de Bohun, son of Sir John de Bohun and Joan de la Chapelle, circa 1301; They had 1 son (Sir John).[3]

Joan de Brewes and Sir Richard Foliot, 2nd Lord Filiot obtained a marriage license on 16 September 1310; They had 1 son (Richard) and 2 daughters (Margaret, wife of Sir John de Camoys; & Margery, wife of Sir Hugh de Hastings).[4]Joan de Brewes died between 8 December 1321 and 23 June 1324 at of Gressenhall & Weasenham, Norfolk, England.[5]

Family 1

James de Bohun b. 3 Feb 1281, d. c 30 May 1306
Child

Sir John Bohun, 1st Lord Bohun b. 14 Nov 1301, d. 5 Dec 1367
Family 2

Sir Richard Foliot, 2nd Lord Filiot b. 19 Apr 1284, d. bt 18 Apr 1317 - 23 Jul 1317
Children

Richard Foliot b. c 1311, d. 29 May 1325
Margery Foliot b. c 1313, d. 8 Aug 1349
Margaret Foliot b. c 1314, d. b 1351
Sources

Magna Carta Ancestry 2011 2nd ed. Vol. I p. 321-322
? Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. I, p. 320-321.
? Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. I, p. 533-534.
? Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. I, p. 321.
? Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. I, p. 397-398.
? Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. IV, p. 81-82.

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Joan married James de Bohun in 1301 in Gower, Glamorganshire, Wales. James (son of John de Bohun and Joan de la Chapelle) was born on 3 Feb 1279 in Ford, Sussex, England; died in 0May 1304. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Joan married Sir Richard Foliot, 2nd Lord Foliot in < 16 Sep 1310. Richard (son of Sir Jordan Foliot and Margery Newmarch) was born on 19 Apr 1284 in Gressenhall, Norfolkshire, England; died in >1317 in Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Sir John de Mowbray, I, 8th Baron Mowbray. John (son of Sir Roger de Mowbray, III, Knight, 1st Baron of Mowbray and Rose de Clare) was born on 4 Sep 1286 in Thirsk, Yorkshire, England; died on 23 Mar 1322 in York, Yorkshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Henry de Tyeys. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Sir Thomas Monthermer, 2nd Baron de Monthermer. Thomas (son of Sir Ralph Monthermer, 1st Baron Monthermer and Lady Joan (Plantagenet) of Acre) was born on 4 Oct 1301 in Stoke, Wiltshire, England; died on 24 Jun 1340 in Sluis, Flanders. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

a knight of John de Warenne, Earl of Surrey...

Family/Spouse: Ralph de Cobham. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Thomas de Brotherton. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Katherine Bures. Katherine was born in ~1316 in Sudbury, Suffolk, England; died after Oct 1355. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Joan de Geneville, 2nd Baroness Geneville, Countess of March, Baroness Mortimer (2 February 1286 – 19 October 1356), also known as Jeanne de Joinville, was the daughter of Sir Piers de Geneville and Joan of Lusignan. She inherited the estates of her grandparents, Geoffrey de Geneville, 1st Baron Geneville, and Maud de Lacy, Baroness Geneville. She was one of the wealthiest heiresses in the Welsh Marches and County Meath, Ireland. She was the wife of Roger Mortimer, 1st Earl of March, the de facto ruler of England from 1327 to 1330. She succeeded as suo jure 2nd Baroness Geneville on 21 October 1314 upon the death of her grandfather, Geoffrey de Geneville.[1][2]

As a result of her husband's insurrection against King Edward II of England, she was imprisoned in Skipton Castle for two years. Following the execution of her husband in 1330 for usurping power in England, Joan was once more taken into custody. In 1336, her lands were restored to her after she received a full pardon for her late husband's crimes from Edward II's son and successor, Edward III of England.

Family and inheritance

Ludlow Castle in Shropshire, the birthplace of Joan de Geneville
Joan was born on 2 February 1286 at Ludlow Castle in Shropshire.[3] She was the eldest child of Sir Piers de Geneville, of Trim Castle and Ludlow, whose father Sir Geoffrey de Geneville, 1st Baron Geneville, was Justiciar of Ireland. Her mother Jeanne of Lusignan was part of one of the most illustrious French families, daughter of Hugh XII of Lusignan, Count of La Marche and of Angoulãeme, and sister of Yolanda of Lusignan, the suo jure Countess of La Marche. Joan had two younger sisters, Matilda and Beatrice who both became nuns at Aconbury Priory.[4] She also had two half-sisters from her mother's first marriage to Bernard Ezi III, Lord of Albret: Mathe, Dame d'Albret (died 1283), and Isabelle, Dame d'Albret (died 1 December 1294), wife of Bernard VI, Count of Armagnac.

When her father died in Ireland shortly before June 1292, Joan became one of the wealthiest and most eligible heiresses in the Welsh Marches, with estates that included the town and castle of Ludlow, the lordship of Ewyas Lacy, the manors of Wolferlow, Stanton Lacy, and Mansell Lacy in Shropshire and Herefordshire as well as a sizeable portion of County Meath in Ireland.[5][6] She was due to inherit these upon the death of her grandfather, but in 1308, Baron Geneville conveyed most of the Irish estates which had belonged to his late wife Maud de Lacy to Joan and her husband Roger Mortimer. They both went to Ireland where they took seisin of Meath on 28 October of that same year. The baron died on 21 October 1314 at the House of the Friars Preachers at Trim, and Joan subsequently succeeded him, becoming the suo jure 2nd Baroness Geneville.[1][2]

Marriage

Joan married Roger Mortimer, eldest son of Edmund Mortimer, 2nd Baron Wigmore, and Margaret de Fiennes on 20 September 1301 at the manor of Pembridge.[7] Marriage to Joan was highly beneficial to Mortimer as it brought him much influence and prestige in addition to the rich estates he gained through their matrimonial alliance.[8][9] Three years later in 1304 he succeeded as Baron Mortimer, making Joan Baroness Mortimer. He was knighted on Whitsunday 22 May 1306 by King Edward I. The knighting ceremony took place in Westminster Abbey and was known as the Feast of the Swan as all those present made their personal vows upon two swans.[10] Two hundred and fifty-nine other young men received knighthoods along with Mortimer including the Prince of Wales who would shortly afterwards succeed his father as Edward II. Following the ceremony was a magnificent banquet held at the Great Hall of Westminster.[11]

Upon taking seizen of her Irish lands in 1308, Joan and Mortimer travelled back and forth between their estates in Ireland and those in the Welsh Marches. Given that Joan opted to accompany her husband to Ireland rather than remain at home, and that she produced 12 surviving children over a period of just 17 years led Roger Mortimer's biographer Ian Mortimer to suggest they enjoyed a closer and more affectionate relationship than was typical of noble couples in the 14th-century. He described their union as having been " a mutually beneficial secure medieval partnership".[12]

Issue

Together Joan and Mortimer had twelve surviving children:[12][13][14]


Effigies of Joan's daughter, Katherine Mortimer and her husband Thomas de Beauchamp, 11th Earl of Warwick. St. Mary's Church, Warwick

Margaret Mortimer (2 May 1304- 5 May 1337), married Thomas de Berkeley, 3rd Baron Berkeley, by whom she had issue.
Sir Edmund Mortimer (died 16 December 1331), married Elizabeth de Badlesmere, daughter of Bartholomew de Badlesmere, 1st Baron Badlesmere, and Margaret de Clare, by whom he had two sons, Roger Mortimer, 2nd Earl of March, and John, who died young.
Roger Mortimer, married Joan Le Botiller
Geoffrey Mortimer, Lord of Towyth (died 1372/5 May 1376), married Jeanne de Lezay, by whom he had issue.
John Mortimer. He was killed in a tournament at Shrewsbury sometime after 1328.
Katherine Mortimer (1314- 4 August 1369), married Thomas de Beauchamp, 11th Earl of Warwick, by whom she had fifteen children, including Thomas de Beauchamp, 12th Earl of Warwick, and William de Beauchamp, 1st Baron Bergavenny, who married Lady Joan FitzAlan.
Joan Mortimer (died between 1337–1351), married James Audley, 2nd Baron Audley, by whom she had issue.
Agnes Mortimer, married Laurence Hastings, 1st Earl of Pembroke, by whom she had issue
Isabella Mortimer (died after 1327)
Beatrice Mortimer (died 16 October 1383), married firstly Edward of Norfolk, and secondly, Thomas de Braose, 1st Baron Braose. She had issue by her second husband.
Maud Mortimer (died after August 1345), married John de Charlton, Lord of Powys, by whom she had issue.
Blanche Mortimer (c.1321- 1347), married Peter de Grandison, 2nd Baron Grandison, by whom she had issue.
Mortimer's affair with Queen Isabella[edit]

Joan's husband Roger Mortimer, 1st Earl of March, is allegedly depicted in the foreground with Queen Isabella in this 14th-century manuscript illustration
Mortimer was appointed Lord Lieutenant of Ireland on 23 November 1316 and left for Ireland with a large force in February 1317.[15] While there, he fought against the Scots Army led by Edward Bruce, the younger brother of Robert the Bruce (who hoped to make Edward king of Ireland), and Bruce's Norman-Irish allies, the de Lacy's. Joan accompanied her husband to Ireland. They returned to England in 1318 after Mortimer had driven the Scots north to Carrickfergus, and dispersed the de Lacys, who were Joan's relatives. For the next few years, Mortimer occupied himself with baronial disputes on the Welsh border; nevertheless, on account of the increasing influence of Hugh Despenser, the Elder, and Hugh Despenser the Younger over King Edward II, Roger Mortimer became strongly disaffected with his monarch, especially after the younger Despenser had been granted lands which rightfully belonged to Mortimer.[16]

In October 1321 King Edward and his troops besieged Leeds Castle, after the governor's wife, Margaret de Clare, Baroness Badlesmere, refused Queen Isabella admittance and subsequently ordered her archers to fire upon Isabella and her escort after the latter attempted to gain entry to the castle. Elizabeth, the third Badlesmere daughter, was married to Joan and Mortimer's eldest son, Edmund. King Edward exploited his new popularity in the wake of his military victory at Leeds to recall to England the Despensers, whom the Lords Ordainers, led by Thomas, 2nd Earl of Lancaster, had forced him to banish in August 1321.[17] The Marcher lords, already in a state of insurrection for some time prior to the Despensers' banishment,[n 1] immediately rose up against the King in full force, with Mortimer leading the confederation alongside Ordainer Humphrey de Bohun, 4th Earl of Hereford.[18] The King quelled the rebellion, which is also known as the Despenser War; Mortimer and his uncle Roger Mortimer de Chirk both surrendered to him at Shrewsbury on 22 January 1322. Mortimer and his uncle were dispatched as prisoners to the Tower of London,[16] where they were kept in damp, unhealthy quarters. This was likely a factor in Roger Mortimer de Chirk's death in 1326. Joan's husband had fared better; by drugging the constable and the Tower guards, he managed to escape to France on 1 August 1323.[19] It was there that he later became the lover of Queen Isabella, who was estranged from the King as a result of the Despensers' absolute control over him. She had been sent to France on a peace mission by Edward but used the occasion to seek help from her brother, Charles IV to oust the Despensers.[20] The scandal of their love affair forced them to leave the French court for Flanders, where they obtained help for an invasion of England.[21]

Joan's imprisonment

Skipton Castle, Yorkshire, where Joan was imprisoned from 1324 to 1326

While the couple were still in France, King Edward had retaliated against Mortimer by taking Joan and all of their children into custody, and "treating them with severity".[22] In April 1324 Joan was removed from Hampshire where she had been confined in a lodging under house arrest and sent to Skipton Castle in Yorkshire; there she was imprisoned in a cell and endured considerable suffering and hardship.[23] Most of her household had been dismissed and she was permitted a small number of attendants to serve her. She was granted just one mark per day for her necessities, and out of this sum she had to feed her servants.[24] She was additionally allowed ten marks per annum at Easter and Michaelmas for new clothes.[25] Her daughters suffered worse privations having been locked up inside various religious houses with even less money at their disposal.[24] Joan was transferred from Skipton to Pontefract Castle in July 1326.[26]

Countess of March

Mortimer and Isabella landed in England two months later in September 1326, and they joined forces with Henry, 3rd Earl of Lancaster. On 16 November, King Edward was taken prisoner and eventually murdered at Berkeley Castle, presumably by Mortimer's hired assassins.[27] From 1327 to 1330, Mortimer and Isabella jointly held the Office of Regent for her son, King Edward III who was duly crowned following his father's death. Mortimer was made constable of Wallingford Castle; in September 1328, Mortimer was created Earl of March. This made Joan henceforth, the Countess of March; although it is not known what she thought about her husband's illegal assumption of power and flagrant affair with the Queen. What has been established is that Joan was never an active participant in her husband's insurrection against King Edward.[28]

Mortimer and Queen Isabella were the de facto rulers of England. Hostility against the power Mortimer wielded over the kingdom and the young King Edward III, increased; his former friend Henry of Lancaster encouraged the King to assert his authority to oust Mortimer. When Mortimer ordered the execution of Edmund, Earl of Kent, half-brother of the late King Edward, anger and outrage engulfed the country. The King deposed his mother and her lover; Roger Mortimer was seized, arrested, and on 29 November 1330, hanged at Tyburn, London.[29]

Following her husband's execution, Joan – as the wife of a traitor – was imprisoned again, this time in Hampshire where years before she had been placed under house arrest; her children were also taken into custody. In 1331, she was given an allowance for household expenses; however, her lands were only restored to her in 1336 after King Edward III granted her a full pardon for her late husband's crimes. In 1347 she received back the Liberty of Trim.[30]

Death

Joan de Geneville, Baroness Geneville, the widowed Countess of March, died on 19 October 1356 at the age of seventy. She was buried in Wigmore Abbey beside her husband, whose body had been returned to her by Edward III as she had requested. Her tomb no longer exists as the abbey was destroyed during the Dissolution of the Monasteries and only the ruins remain to this day.

Lady Geneville's numerous direct descendants include the current British Royal Family, Sir Winston Churchill, and the 1st American President George Washington.

Birth:
Click this link to view images, history & map of the massive Ludlow Castle in Shropshire ... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludlow_Castle

Joan married Sir Roger de Mortimer, 1st Earl of March on 20 Sep 1301. Roger (son of Sir Edmund Mortimer, Knight, 2nd Baron Mortimer and Margaret Eleanor de Fiennes, Baroness Mortimer) was born on 25 Apr 1287 in Wigmore Castle, Wigmore, Herefordshire, England; died on 29 Nov 1330 in Tyburn, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Justiciar of Ireland

Notes:

Name: Theobald 2nd Baron de VERDUN , MP, Sir 1 2 3 4
Sex: M
ALIA: Theobald de /Verdon/
Birth: 8 SEP 1278 in Alton Castle, Cheadle, Staffordshire, England 5 2 4
Death: 27 JUL 1316 6 2
Note:
Sir Theobald de Verdon, Knight, b. 8 Sep 1278, d. Alton 27 July 1316, 2nd Lord Verdun, MP 1299-1314; m. (1) Wigmore 29 July 1302 Maud de Mortimer, d. 17 or 18 Sep 1312, daughter of Sir Edmund de Mortimer (147-4) and Margaret de Fiennes; m. (2) near Boston 4 Feb 1315/6 Elizabeth de Clare, b. Tewkesbury 16 Sep 1295, d. 4 Nov 1360, daughter of Sir Gilbert de Clare (28-4) and Joan Plantagenet, daughter of Edward I, King of England and Eleanor of Castile. [Magna Charta Sureties]

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Justiciar of Ireland. [Ancestral Roots]

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BARONY OF VERDUN (II)

THEODALD (DE VERDUN), 2nd but 1st surviving son and heir, was born 8 September 1278.

On the death of his brother John he was ordered by the King, 14 July 1297, to serve overseas in his place; and he was frequently summoned against the Scots till 1316; knighted by the King in Northumberland, 24 June 1298, and fought in the 2nd line at the battle of Falkirk, 22 July following.

He was summoned v.p. to Parliament from 29 December 1299 to 16 October 1315, by writs directed (till his father's death) Theobaldo de Verdun junior, whereby he also is held to have become LORD VERDUN. He had seisin of his lands, 28 September 1309; and was Justiciar of Ireland, 30 April 1313-January 1314/5.

He married, 1stly, 29 July 1302, at Wigmore, co. Hereford, Maud, daughter of Edmund (DE MORTIMER), LORD MORTIMER, by Margaret, daughter of Sir William DE FENLES. She died 17 or 18 September 1312 at Alton, after childbirth, and was buried 9 October in Croxden Abbey.

He married, 2ndly, 4 February 1315/6, near Bristol (against the King's will and without his licence), Elizabeth, widow of John DE BURGH (who died v.p. 18 June 1313; 2nd but 1st surviving son and heir apparent of Richard, 2nd EARL OF ULSTER [IRL],

3rd and youngest sister of the whole blood and coheir of Gilbert (DE CLARE), 7th EARL OF GLOUCESTER AND HERTFORD, daughter of Gilbert, 6th EARL OF GLOUCESTER AND HERTFORD, by his 2nd wife, Joan, "of Acre," daughter of EDWARD I.

He died s.p.m. 27 July 1316 at Alton, aged 37, and was buried 19 September in Croxden Abbey. His widow, who had received the Honor of Clare in her purparty of her brother's estates, married, 3rdly, shortly before 3 May 1317, Roger (DAMORY), 1st LORD DAMORY, who died s.p.m. 13 or 14 March 1321/2.

She, who was born 16 September 1295 at Tewkesbury, died 4 November 1360, aged 65. M.I. to her and her 3rd husband in St. Mary's, Ware.

Will, desiring burial in the Convent of the Minoresses without Aldgate, London, dated at Clare, 25 September 1355, proved 3 December 1360.

On Theobald's death the two Baronies of Verdun, supposed to have been created by the writs of 1295 (or 1290 and 1299, fell into abeyance, according to modern doctrine, among his 3 daughters and co-heirs, by his 1st wife, Joan, Elizabeth and Margery, and his posthumous daughter and coheir, by his 2nd wife, Isabel. [Complete Peerage XII/2:250-1, (transcribed by Dave Utzinger)]

(i) Joan, born 9 or 11 August 1303 at Wootton in Stanton Lacy, Salop, and baptised in the church of Onibury, in that co., married, 1stly, 28 April 1317, in the King's Chapel in Windsor Park, John de Montagu (1st son and heir apparent of William, 2nd Lord Montagu), who died s.p. and v.p., being buried 14 August 1317 in Lincoln Cathedral. She married, 2ndly, 24 February 1317/8, Thomas (de Furnivalle), Lord Furnivalle, who died 5, 7 or 14 October 1339. She died 2 October 1334 at Alton, aged 31, and was buried 7 or 8 January 1334/5 in Croxden Abbey. See FURNIVALLE. Her representatives are (1956) Lord Mowbray, Segrave and Stourton and Baroness Furnivall.

[ii) Elizabeth, born circa 1306, married, before 11 June 1320, Bartholomew (Burghersh), Lord Burghersh, who died 3 August 1355. She died 1 May 1360. Her senior representative is (1956) Viscount Falmouth, the others being the descendants of Anne, suo jure Countess of Warwick, wife of Richard (Neville), Earl of Salisbury and Warwick, the "Kingmaker."

(iii) Margery, born and baptised 10 August 1310 at Alton, married, 1stly, before 20 February 1326/7, William (le Blount), Lord Blount, who died s.p. shortly before 3 October 1337. She married, 2ndly, before 18 October 1339, Sir Mark Husee (son and heir apparent of Henry, 2nd Lord Husee), who died v.p. shortly before 10 February 1345/6. She married, 3rdly, before 10 September 1355, as his 1st wife, Sir John de Crophull, of Bonnington, Notts, who died 3 July 1383. She died before him in or before 1377. Her representatives would appear to be those of Thomas Husee, her descendant by her 2nd marriage, living 1478.


Father: Theobald 1st Baron de VERDUN , Sir b: ABT 1248 in Alton Castle, Cheadle, Staffordshire, England
Mother: Margery (Margaret) de BOHUN , Heiress of Bisley b: ABT 1252 in Bisley, Stroud, Gloucestershire, England

Marriage 1 Maud de MORTIMER b: ABT 1285 in Wigmore, Ludlow, Herefordshire, England
Married: 29 JUL 1302 in Wigmore, Herefordshire, England 2
Married: 9 JUL 1302 in Wigmore, Herefordshire, England 7
Children
Has Children Joan de VERDUN , Heiress of Alton b: BET 9 AND 11 AUG 1303 in Wootton, Stanton Lacy, Shropshire, England
Has Children Elizabeth de VERDUN b: ABT 1306 in Alton Castle, Cheadle, Staffordshire, England
Has Children Margery de VERDUN , Heiress of Weobley b: 10 AUG 1310 in Alton Castle, Cheadle, Staffordshire, England

Marriage 2 Elizabeth de CLARE b: 14 SEP 1295 in Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, England
Married: 4 FEB 1315/16 in 2nd husband, 2nd wife 8
Children
Has Children Isabel de VERDUN b: 21 MAR 1316/17 in Amesbury, Wiltshire, England

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Theobald married Maud de Mortimer on 29 Jul 1302 in Wigmore, Herefordshire, England. Maud (daughter of Sir Edmund Mortimer, Knight, 2nd Baron Mortimer and Margaret Eleanor de Fiennes, Baroness Mortimer) was born in ~1286 in Wigmore, Herefordshire, England; died on 18 Sep 1312 in Alton Castle, Cheadle, Staffordshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Theobald married Elizabeth de Clare on 4 Feb 1315. Elizabeth (daughter of Sir Gilbert de Clare, Knight, Earl of Hertford and Lady Joan (Plantagenet) of Acre) was born on 14 Sep 1295 in Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Edmund Butler, Earl of Carrick and 6th Chief Butler of Ireland (1268 – 13 September 1321) was a noble in the Peerage of Ireland. He was the second son of Theobald Butler, 4th Chief Butler of Ireland. Edmund went on pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela in 1321 but died in London on 13 September 1321. He was buried in St. Mary's Collegiate Church Gowran, County Kilkenny on the 10th of November 1321.

Career

Edmund succeeded to his father’s lands upon the death of his elder brother Theobald, the 5th Chief Butler of Ireland, in 1299. He was created Justiciar of Ireland in 1303 with a fee of ¹500 per annum. In 1309 was knighted by Edward II in London. Three years later he defeated the O'Byrne and O'Toole clans in Glenmalure.

At a great feast in Dublin on Sunday 29 of September 1313, he created 30 Knights, by patent, dated at Langley 4 January 1314.[1]

Having distinguished himself during the Bruce campaign in Ireland alongside John de Bermingham, 1st Earl of Louth and Roger Mortimer, Edmund was granted a charter of the castle and manor of Karryk Macgryffin and Roscrea to hold to him and his heirs sub nomine et honore comitis de Karryk. The patent was dated at Lincoln 1 September that year, 1315; on that date, he was given the return of all the King's writs in the cantreds of Oreman (sic Ormond), Elyogerth (sic Eliogarty), and Elyocarroll in County Tipperary. To these was added, on 12 November 1320, all the lands of William de Carran in Finagh and Favmolin in County Waterford.[2]

However, the charter, while creating an earldom, failed to make Edmund's heir James Earl of Carrick. James was later created Earl of Ormond (Ireland) in his own right in 1328 alongside Roger Mortimer, who was created Earl of March, and the newly created John of Eltham, Earl of Cornwall), brother of King Edward III.

In 1317, after suffering a military defeat in a rebellion led by Edward Bruce, brother of Robert Bruce, he was replaced as Justiciar by Roger Mortimer, 1st Earl of March.[3]

Marriage and Children

By his wife Joan FitzGerald whom he married in 1302, daughter of the John FitzGerald, 1st Earl of Kildare, he had several children, the eldest of whom succeeded him as Chief Butler of Ireland but not as Earl of Carrick.

James Butler, 1st Earl of Ormond (1305–1337)
John Butler of Clonamicklon (or Limallon) (c. 1305–1330) was the ancestor of the later creation of Viscount Ikerrin and Earl of Carrick (Ireland). By his wife Johanna, he had issue, Edmond.[4]
Lawrence Butler (1306-January 6 1338)
Joan Butler (1309- November 3 1405) who was married in 1321 to Roger Mortimer (second son of Roger, brother to Edward, Earl of March.)
Margaret who married Sir Thomas Dillon of Drumrany, ancestor to Viscount Dillon.[5]
Alice (1290-March 15 1356)
William ( September 8 1296-1361)
See also[edit]
Butler dynasty

References

Jump up ^ Lodge, John The Peerage of Ireland or, A Genealogical History Of The Present Nobility Of That Kingdom, 1789, Vol IV, p 6.
Jump up ^ Lodge, John The Peerage of Ireland or, A Genealogical History Of The Present Nobility Of That Kingdom, 1789, Vol IV, p 7.
Jump up ^ O'Mahony, Charles (1912). The Viceroys of Ireland. p. 25.
Jump up ^ Lodge, John, The Peerage of Ireland or, A Genealogical History Of The Present Nobility Of That Kingdom, 1789, Vol II, pg 313.
Jump up ^ Lodge, John The Peerage of Ireland or, A Genealogical History Of The Present Nobility Of That Kingdom, 1789, Vol IV, p 7.
Robert the Bruce's Irish Wars: The Invasions of Ireland 1306–1329, Sean Duffy, 2004.
The Greatest Traitor: The Life of Sir Roger Mortimer, 1st Earl of March, Ian Mortimer, 2004.
Ormond, Duke of, Life 1610-'88: Thomas A. Carte, M.A. 6 vols. Oxford, 1851
The Complete Peerage v.XIIpII,p246,note g

Edmund married Lady Joan Fitzgerald, Countess of Carrick in 1302. Joan (daughter of Sir John FitzThomas FitzGerald, 1st Earl of Kildare and Blanche de la Roche) was born in ~ 1282 in Fermoy, County Cork, Ireland; died on 2 May 1320 in Laraghbryan, County Kildare, Ireland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Eleanor married Sir Thomas de Multon, V, Knight, 1st Baron Multon on 3 Jan 1297 in St. Peter's Priory, Ipswich, Suffolk, England. Thomas was born on 21 Feb 1276 in Edgemont, Cumbria, England; died on 8 Feb 1321 in England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Robert the Bruce, I, King of the Scots. Robert (son of Sir Robert the Bruce, Knight, VII, Earl of Carrick and Margery of Carrick) was born on 11 Jul 1274 in Turnberry Castle, Kirkoswald, Ayrshire, Scotland; died on 7 Jun 1329 in Manor of Cardross, Scotland; was buried in Dunfermline Abbey, Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Joan married Sir John Darcy, 1st Baron Darcy, Knight of Knaith on 3 Jul 1329 in Maynooth, Kildare, Ireland. John was born in ~1275 in Knaith, Gainsborough, Lincolnshire DN21, England; died on 30 May 1347 in Knaith, Gainsborough, Lincolnshire DN21, England; was buried in Gisborough Priory, Cleveland, Yorkshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Sir Maurice FitzThomas FitzGerald, 1st Earl of Desmond. Maurice (son of Sir Thomas FitzGerald, 2nd Baron Desmond and Margaret Berkeley) was born in ~1293 in Desmond Castle, Kinsale, Cork, Cork, Ireland; died on 25 Jan 1356 in Dublin Castle, Dublin, Leinster, Ireland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Biography

Walter Stewart, 6th High Steward of Scotland was born in 1292, the son of James Stewart, 5th High Steward of Scotland and Gille de Burgh. He married Alice Erskine, daughter of Sir John Erskine, before 1315. Considered doubtful by most authorities. He married Margorie Bruce, Princess of Scotland, daughter of Robert I Bruce, King of Scotland and Isabella of Mar, in 1315. He married, Isabella Graham, daughter of Sir John Graham of Abercorn and Mary of Strathearn. He died on 9 April 1327.

Birth

The location of his birth has been suggested as: Rosyth Castle in Fife which was a Stewart stronghold or at Dundonald Castle, Kyle, Ayrshire, Scotland, Scotland. The latter is not possible as that fortification was built for Walter's son Robert II on his ascension to the throne in 1371.

Most sources agree that Walter was born about 1292/3.

Death
Death:
Date: 09 APR 1326/7
Place: Bathgate Castle, Bathgate, West-Lothian, Scotland
Burial
Burial Place: Paisley, Scotland
Marriage
Husband: Walter Stewart
Wife: Marjorie Bruce
Child: Robert Stewart
Date: BET 02 MAR 1314 AND 1315
Place: Scotland
Date: 02 1315
Place: Kyle, Ayrshire, Scotland
Occupation
Occupation: Earl of Mentieth

Sources

The Peerage
Alison Weir, Britain's Royal Families: The Complete Genealogy (London, U.K.: The Bodley Head, 1999), page 214.
Sir James Balfour Paul, The Scots Peerage: founded on Wood's edition of Sir Robert Douglas's The Peerage of Scotland (Edinburgh, Scotland: David Douglas, 1904), volume I, page 14.
Walter Stewart, 6th High Steward of Scotland, Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
BBC-The Stewarts
Foundation for Medieval Genealogy
Battle of Bannockburn: Walter Stewart [1]

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Walter married Marjorie Bruce on 2 Mar 1315 in Kyle, Ayrshire, Scotland. Marjorie (daughter of Robert the Bruce, I, King of the Scots and Isabella of Mar) was born in 1297 in (Ayrshire, Scotland); died on 2 Mar 1316 in Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland; was buried in Paisley Abbey, Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alt Birth: 1263, Dublin, Ireland

Notes:

Juliana FitzMaurice, Lady of Thomond (12 Apr 1266 - 29 Sep 1300) was a Norman-Irish noblewoman, the daughter of Maurice FitzGerald, 3rd Lord of Offaly, and the wife of Thomas de Clare, Lord of Thomond, a powerful Anglo-Norman baron in Ireland, who was a younger brother of Gilbert de Clare, 6th Earl of Hertford. Juliana was married three times; Thomas being her first. She is sometimes referred to as Juliane FitzMaurice.

Early life and family

Juliana FitzMaurice was born 12 Apr 1266 in Dublin, Ireland, the eldest daughter of Maurice FitzGerald II, 3rd Lord of Offaly, Justiciar of Ireland and Emeline Longspee.[1] She had a sister Amabel who married but was childless. Her first cousin was John FitzGerald, 1st Earl of Kildare. Her paternal grandparents were Maurice FitzGerald I, 2nd Lord of Offaly and Juliana, and her maternal grandparents were Sir Gerald de Prendergast of Beauvoir and the unnamed daughter of Richard Mor de Burgh, Lord of Connacht and Egidia de Lacy. Juliana's maternal ancestors included Brian Boru, Dermot McMurrough, and Maud de Braose.

Juliana's father, Maurice FitzGerald, was married twice, first to Maud de Prendergast and secondly to Emmeline Longespee. It has been some source of contention as to which of his two wives had issue Juliana. However, at her death, Emmeline Longespee did not mention Juliana as her daughter and heir; rather, Emmeline's heir was her neice, Maud la Zouche, wife of Robert la Zouche, 1st Lord Holland. It has been concluded by several reputable researchers that Juliana's mother was Maurice FitzGerald's first wife, Maud de Prendergast. Supporters for Emmeline Longespee being the mother have yet to produce any counter-evidence beyond hearsay.

Marriages and issue

In 1278, at the age of 12, Juliana married her first husband, Thomas de Clare, Lord of Inchiquin and Youghal. He was the second eldest son of Richard de Clare, 5th Earl of Hertford, 2nd Earl of Gloucester and Maud de Lacy. Thomas was a friend of King Edward I of England, with whom he went on a Crusade. He held many important posts including the Office of Governor of Colchester Castle (1266), Governor of the City of London (1273). He was also the commander of the English forces in Munster, Ireland, and on 26 January 1276, he was granted the lordship of Thomond. He was born in 1245, which made him about eighteen years older than Juliana. Throughout their marriage, the couple lived in both Ireland and England. It is recorded that on 5 May 1284, King Edward notified his lieges and bailiffs in Ireland of the attorneys who were to act on behalf of Thomas and Juliana as they were in England at the time. This arrangement continued for another three years except while they were residing in Ireland.[2]

Thomas and Juliana had four children:[3]

Maud de Clare (c. 1276–1326/27), married firstly on 3 November 1295 Robert de Clifford, 1st Baron de Clifford, by whom she had issue; she married secondly after 1314 Robert de Welle.
Gilbert de Clare, Lord of Thomond (3 February 1281–1308)
Richard de Clare, Steward of Forest of Essex, 1st Lord Clare, Lord of Thomond (after 1281 – 10 May 1318 at the Battle of Dysert O'Dea), married a woman by the name of Joan by whom he fathered one son, Thomas.
Margaret de Clare (c. 1 April 1287 – 22 October 1333), married firstly in 1303 Gilbert de Umfraville; she married secondly before 30 June 1308 Bartholomew de Badlesmere, 1st Lord Badlesmere, by whom she had four daughters and one son.

The era was marked by unrest and strife as civil war was waged between rival factions of the powerful O'Brien clan. In 1277, Juliana's husband had his former ally Brian Ruad, the deposed King of Thomond, hanged for treason at Bunratty.[4]

Thomas died on 29 August 1287, leaving Juliana a widow at the age of twenty-four with four small children; the youngest, Margaret was not quite five months old. On an unknown date she married her second husband, Nicholas Avenel. He presumably died before 11 December 1291/16 February 1292, as this is when she married her third husband, Adam de Cretynges.[5][6]

Death and legacy

Juliana died on 24 September 1300. Her numerous descendants included Ralph Neville, 1st Earl of Westmorland who married Lady Joan Beaufort and thus their descendant, the English king Edward IV. By Edward IV's daughter, Elizabeth of York, consort of Henry VII, she was an ancestress to all subsequent monarchs of England and the current British Royal Family. Henry VIII's queens consort Anne Boleyn, Jane Seymour, Catherine Howard, and Catherine Parr also descended from her.

Ancestors of Juliana FitzMaurice[show)

Notes

Jump up ^ The Complete Peerage
Jump up ^ Calendar of Documents relating to Ireland 1252-1284, No. 2210
Jump up ^ Cawley, Charles, Earls of Gloucester (Clare), Medieval Lands database, Foundation for Medieval Genealogy,[better source needed]
Jump up ^ Joe Power, The Normans in Thomond, retrieved on 28 May 2009
Jump up ^ Calendar of Patent Rolls, 1281–1292, pp.463, 476
Jump up ^ "Adam de Cretinge et Juliana uxor ejus (filia Mauritii filii Mauritii defuncti) quondam uxor Thomµ de Clare defuncti." Calendarium Genealogicum Henry III and Edward I, ed. Charles Roberts, 1:431, 448.

References

The Complete Peerage, Vol. VII, p. 200
Cawley, Charles, Medieval Lands, Ireland, Earls of Kildare, Medieval Lands database, Foundation for Medieval Genealogy,[better source needed]
Cawley, Charles, Medieval Lands, Earls of Gloucester (Clare), Medieval Lands database, Foundation for Medieval Genealogy,[better source needed]
Power, Joe. "The Normans in Thomond". Retrieved 28 May 2009.

Juliana married Sir Thomas de Clare, Knight, Lord of Thomond in 0Feb 1275 in (Ireland). Thomas (son of Sir Richard de Clare, Knight, 6th Earl of Gloucester and Maud de Lacy) was born in ~ 1245 in Tonbridge, Kent, England; died on 29 Aug 1287 in Ireland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alt Birth: 14 Nov 1301, Todham, Easebourne, Sussex, England

John married Cicely Filliol before 1343 in (England). Cicely (daughter of Sir John Filliol and Margery LNU) was born in ~ 1324 in (England); died on 13 Aug 1381 in (England). [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Sir Hugh de Hastings. Hugh (son of Sir John Hastings, 1st Baron Hastings and Isabel le Despencer) was born in ~ 1310 in (England); died on 30 Jul 1347. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: William Plumpton. William (son of Sir Robert Plumpton, II and Lucia Ros) was born in ~ 1295 in Plumpton, Yorkshire, England; died in 1362 in Plumpton, Yorkshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Military: Battle of Neville's Cross

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Mowbray /'mo?bri/ is an Anglo-Norman baronial house, derived from Montbray in Normandy. From this village came Geoffrey de Montbray who came to be Bishop of Coutances and accompanied Duke William of Normandy at the Conquest of England in 1066.[1]

For his support he was granted some 280 English manors (each about the size of a village). His nephew Robert de Montbrai became Earl of Northumberland in 1080, but he rebelled against William II (Rufus) and was captured and imprisoned in Windsor Castle for thirty years. His divorced wife, Matilda, married Nigel d'Aubigny (sometimes spelt d'Albini) whose family came from Saint-Martin-d'Aubigny, 16 km. west of Saint-Lão and 15 km. north of Coutances. However, Robert was the maternal uncle of Nigel and although Nigel inherited Robert's vast landholdings, the marriage was annulled for consanguinity before any issue. By his second wife, Gundred, he had a son and heir Roger whose name was changed by royal command from d'Aubigny to de Montbray. The family flourished (Baronial Pedigree) and the name spelling evolved to Mowbray.[citation needed]

The baronial line died out in England with a young heiress ca. 1475, although a son of an earlier generation had founded a dynasty in Scotland where issue has survived. The family was active up and down the east side of the country and settled predominantly in the counties of Durham, Lincolnshire and Leicestershire in historic times. Since then there has been the usual migration into other areas and overseas.[citation needed]

As with any name, there are numerous spelling variations over time, but the major ones are Moubray, the Scottish version, and Mowberry which stemmed from a Leicestershire migration into Glinton, Northamptonshire, where the variant became established and eventually spread into a Lincolnshire branch. One of the many heraldic badges of the house was a mulberry tree.[citation needed]

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John de Mowbray, 3rd Baron Mowbray (29 November 1310 - 4 October 1361) was the only son of John de Mowbray, 2nd Baron Mowbray, by his first wife, Aline de Brewes,[1] daughter of William de Braose, 2nd Baron Braose.

He was born 29 November 1310 at Hovingham, Yorkshire.[1]

Mowbray's father, the 2nd Baron, sided with Thomas, 2nd Earl of Lancaster, at the Battle of Boroughbridge on 16 March 1322 against Edward II, and was taken prisoner at the battle. He was hanged at York on 23 March 1322, and his estates forfeited.[1] His wife and son John were imprisoned in the Tower of London until Edward II was deposed by his wife, Queen Isabella, and Roger Mortimer, 1st Earl of March. The Mowbrays were released in 1327.

The 3rd Baron de Mowbray was reportedly in Edward III's good graces, being present in France in the War of the Breton Succession for the sieges of Nantes and Aguillon. He was also on the English side at the Battle of Neville's Cross in the Second War of Scottish Independence.

He died of the plague at York on 4 October 1361, and was buried at the Friars Minor in Bedford.[2]

Marriages and issue

He married firstly, before 26 February 1322, Maud de Holand, daughter of Robert de Holland, 1st Baron Holand, by Maud la Zouche, daughter and coheiress of Alan la Zouche, 1st Baron la Zouche of Ashby. The marriage was later declared void.[3]

He married secondly, between 28 February 1327 and 4 June 1328, Joan of Lancaster, sixth and youngest daughter of Henry, 3rd Earl of Lancaster, by whom he had a son and two daughters:[3]

Blanche Mowbray (d. 21 July 1409), who was contracted to marry Edward de Montagu (d. before February 1359), son and heir apparent of Edward de Montagu, 1st Baron Montagu (died 3 July 1461), by Alice of Norfolk, daughter and heiress of Thomas of Brotherton; however the marriage did not take place.

She married firstly, by papal dispensation dated 21 March 1349, John de Segrave (d. before 1 April 1353), son and heir apparent of John Segrave, 4th Baron Segrave by Margaret, Duchess of Norfolk, daughter and heiress of Thomas of Brotherton;
secondly, as his second wife, Sir Robert Bertam (d.1363);
thirdly, before 5 June 1372, Thomas de Poynings, 2nd Baron Poynings (d. before 25 June 1375), son and heir of Michael de Poynings, 1st Baron Poynings;
fourthly, before 21 March 1378, Sir John de Worth (d. before 1 June 1391); and
fifthly, before 5 November 1394, Sir John Wiltshire. She had no issue by any of her husbands.[5]

Eleanor Mowbray, who married firstly, as his second wife, Roger la Warr, 3rd Baron De La Warr (d. 27 August 1370),[6] by whom she had a daughter, Joan La Warr, who married Thomas West, 1st Baron West; and secondly Sir Lewis Clifford of Princes Risborough, Buckinghamshire, brother of Hugh de Clifford.[6][7][8][9]

He married thirdly, by papal dispensation of 4 May 1351, Elizabeth de Vere (d. 14 or 16 August 1375), widow of Sir Hugh Courtenay (d. before 2 September 1349), and daughter of John de Vere, 7th Earl of Oxford, by Maud de Badlesmere, daughter of Bartholomew de Badlesmere, 1st Baron Badlesmere.[2]

After Mowbray's death, his widow, Elizabeth de Vere, married, before 26 November 1368, Sir William de Cossington.[2]

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3rd Lord Mowbray, Baron of Axholme, Lincolnshire, Baron of Bramber, Sussex, lord of Gower in Wales, Keeper of Berwick-Upon-Tweed.

Only son and heir to Sir John de Mowbray and Aline de Brewes. grandson of Sir Roger de Mowbray and Rose de Clare, William de Brewse and Agnes.

Husband of Joan of Lancaster Plantagenet, youngest daughter of Henry of Lancaster and Maud de Chaworth. They were married between 1327 and 1328 and had one son and two daughters:
Sir John, 4th Lord Mowbray
Blanche, who would marry John Seagrave, Sir Robert Bertram, Lord Thomas de Poynings, John de Worth and John Wiltshire.
Eleanor, who married Roger de la Warre

Secondly, husband of Elizabeth de Vere, daughter of John, Earl of Oxford and Maud Badlesmere, daughter of Lord Badlesmere. They married before 04 May 1351, the date of their papal dispensation as they were related in the 3rd and 4th degree. John and Elizabeth had no surviving children.

John was baptized at Hoveringham, and betrothed to Maud de Holand, daughter of Sir Robert de Holand and Maud de la Zouche at an early age, but the marriage never took place. After his father's execution in 1322, John was twelve, he and his mother were imprisoned at the Tower of London by the Despensers. When Edward III became King, they were released, their lands and properties returned. John was summoned to Parliament 1327 to 160, and served in the Scottish and French wars.

Sir John was one of the commanders of the English Army at the Battle of Neville's Cross, Durham in 1346, where Lanercost (one of the chroniclers of the times) loudly sang his praises: "He was full of grace and kindness - the conduct both of himself and his men was such as to resound to their perpetual honour." He was also present at the siege of Calais in 1347. In 1354 his title to Gower was contested by Thomas Beauchamp, the Earl of Warwick, and the Court of Common Pleas settled with Warwick. Sir John witnessed the surrender of Balliol of the Scottish crown in favor of Edward in 1356.

John died of the pestilence at York, and was buried at the Church of Friars Minor at Bedford. Elizabeth would remarry to Sir William Cossington of Kent, and she died 16 August 1375.

Military:
The Battle of Neville's Cross took place to the west of Durham, England, on 17 October 1346. The culmination of a Scottish invasion of northern England, the battle ended with the rout of the Scots and the capture of their king, David II of Scotland.

Died:
He died of the plague at York...

John married Lady Joan Plantagenet, Baroness Mowbray in 1326-1327 in (Yorkshire, England). Joan (daughter of Sir Henry Plantagenet, 3rd Earl of Lancaster and Leicester and Lady Maud Chaworth) was born in ~ 1312 in Norfolk, England; died on 7 Jul 1349 in Yorkshire, England; was buried in Byland Abbey, Coxwold, North Yorkshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alt Birth: ~ 1330, Kirklington, North Yorkshire, England

Notes:

About Alexander Mowbray, Lord Chief Justice
'John de Mowbray, 2nd Baron Mowbray

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

John de Mowbray married Aliva de Braose, (b. 1291 d. ca 1331),

daughter of William de Braose, Lord Braose of Gower.

They had at least two sons:

John,(b. 29 Nov 1310,Yorkshire,England d.1361 who succeeded his father to the barony.

Alexander, (c. 1314 – c. 1391.)

Alexander MOWBRAY [Pedigree]

r. Kirklington, York, Eng.
Married Elizabeth MUSTERS

Children:

Elizabeth MOWBRAY m. William GASCOIGNE Chief Justice (-1419)

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Alexander married Elizabeth MustersKirklington, North Yorkshire, England. Elizabeth was born about 1339 in Kirklington, North Yorkshire, England; died about 1391 in Harewood, Yorkshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Margaret married Sir John Montacute, 1st Baron Montacute on 2 Jul 1340 in Stokenham, Devonshire, England. John (son of Sir William Montagu, Knight, 1st Earl of Salisbury and Lady Catherine Grandison, Countess of Salisbury) was born in ~1330 in Donyatt, Somersetshire, England; died on 3 Feb 1389 in Salesburg, Berkshire, England; was buried in 1389-1390 in Salisbury Cathedral, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Joan Cherleton. Joan (daughter of John Cherleton and Maud Mortimer) was born in ~1355 in (Welshpool, Montgomeryshire, Wales); died in ~1373. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Sir Edmund Mortimer (1302/1303 – 16 December 1331) was the eldest son of Roger Mortimer, 1st Earl of March and Joan de Geneville, 2nd Baroness Geneville. By his wife Elizabeth de Badlesmere he was the father of Roger Mortimer, 2nd Earl of March. Though Edmund survived his father by one year, he did not inherit his father's lands and titles as they were forfeited to the Crown and his son only reacquired them gradually.

Family and early life

Edmund's father, Lord Roger, married the great heiress Joan de Geneville on 20 September 1301. Edmund and another sibling were born within three years of the marriage.[1] Ian Mortimer places Edmund's birth in late 1302 or early 1303, with the earliest possible date being nine months after the wedding. As evidence, Mortimer writes that Edmund would probably have married at a similar age to his father, who was fifteen when he married Joan.[2] The Wigmore Abbey Annals, however, did not record his birth, so it is possible that the boy was born nearer to 1305, after the birth of his eldest sister Margaret.[2]

Marriage and issue

In the spring of 1316 at Westminster, Bartholomew de Badlesmere, 1st Baron Badlesmere negotiated an alliance with Roger, which took place at the same time that they undertook Edward II's order to attack the town of Bristol and seize eighty men who had been indicted. In mid-May, Roger and his household travelled to Wigmore to celebrate the marriage of his eldest son, fourteen-year-old Edmund, to the three-year-old Elizabeth de Badlesmere.[3][4] With Bartholomew de Badlesmere agreeing to pay Roger the "substantial sum" of ¹2000,[5] the two were married at Kinlet, Shropshire on 27 July 1316.[6] Edmund and Elizabeth's eldest son, Roger, would be born at Ludlow Castle on 11 November 1328.[7] A short-lived brother, John, soon followed.[2]

During the time of Edmund's marriage, his father named him the heir to his mother Margaret's estates in Somerset and Buckinghamshire, which included Bridgwater Castle.[5] During their father's later exile abroad, Edmund and his younger brother Roger were imprisoned at Windsor Castle, along with the sons of the Earl of Hereford. Edmund and his two brothers were moved to the more secure Tower of London on 1 October 1326.[8] Once freed, a triumphant Roger had Edmund and his brothers wear earls' attire as they were knighted by the young king Edward III on 1 February 1327.[9] Roger was made Earl of March in September 1328, and Edmund's eldest son Roger was born eleven days later.[10] The Earl of March was beheaded in 1330,[11] one year before the death of his son Edmund. Edmund did not inherit his father's lands and titles as they were forfeited to the Crown.

Alison Weir cites Edward III's behaviour towards Edmund as evidence of the young king's sense of justice. In October 1331, Edmund was restored to the family lands at Wigmore as well as to other lordships.[12] He died several months later from a fever, on 16 December 1331, and was survived by his three-year-old son, Roger.[12] Four years later, Elizabeth remarried to William de Bohun, a close companion of Edward III and future Earl of Northampton.[7] Edmund's son Roger was allowed to succeed as the 2nd Earl of March in 1354.[13]

Birth:
History, map & images of Wigmore Castle ... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wigmore_Castle

Edmund married Elizabeth Badlesmere, Countess of Northampton on 27 Jun 1316 in (Badlesmere Manor, Kent, England). Elizabeth (daughter of Sir Bartholomew de Badlesmere, Knight, 1st Baron Badlesmere and Lady Margaret de Clare, Baroness Badlesmere) was born in 0___ 1313 in Badlesmere Manor, Kent, England; died on 8 Jun 1356 in (Lancashire) England; was buried in Black Friars, Blackburn, Lancashire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Margaret Mortimer, Baroness Berkeley (2 May 1304 – 5 May 1337) was the wife of Thomas de Berkeley, 3rd Baron Berkeley. She was the eldest daughter of Roger Mortimer, 1st Earl of March, the de facto ruler of England from 1327 to 1330, and his wife Joan de Geneville, Baroness Geneville.[1]

Birth:
History, map & images of Wigmore Castle ... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wigmore_Castle

Family/Spouse: Sir Thomas de Berkeley, Knight, 3rd Baron Berkeley. Thomas (son of Sir Maurice de Berkeley, III, Knight, 2nd Baron Berkeley and Eva la Zouche) was born in 1293-1296 in Berkeley Castle, Berkeley, Gloucestershire, England; died on 27 Oct 1361 in Gloucestershire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Joan de Geneville, 2nd Baroness Geneville, Countess of March, Baroness Mortimer (2 February 1286 – 19 October 1356), also known as Jeanne de Joinville, was the daughter of Sir Piers de Geneville and Joan of Lusignan. She inherited the estates of her grandparents, Geoffrey de Geneville, 1st Baron Geneville, and Maud de Lacy, Baroness Geneville. She was one of the wealthiest heiresses in the Welsh Marches and County Meath, Ireland. She was the wife of Roger Mortimer, 1st Earl of March, the de facto ruler of England from 1327 to 1330. She succeeded as suo jure 2nd Baroness Geneville on 21 October 1314 upon the death of her grandfather, Geoffrey de Geneville.[1][2]

As a result of her husband's insurrection against King Edward II of England, she was imprisoned in Skipton Castle for two years. Following the execution of her husband in 1330 for usurping power in England, Joan was once more taken into custody. In 1336, her lands were restored to her after she received a full pardon for her late husband's crimes from Edward II's son and successor, Edward III of England.

Family and inheritance

Ludlow Castle in Shropshire, the birthplace of Joan de Geneville
Joan was born on 2 February 1286 at Ludlow Castle in Shropshire.[3] She was the eldest child of Sir Piers de Geneville, of Trim Castle and Ludlow, whose father Sir Geoffrey de Geneville, 1st Baron Geneville, was Justiciar of Ireland. Her mother Jeanne of Lusignan was part of one of the most illustrious French families, daughter of Hugh XII of Lusignan, Count of La Marche and of Angoulãeme, and sister of Yolanda of Lusignan, the suo jure Countess of La Marche. Joan had two younger sisters, Matilda and Beatrice who both became nuns at Aconbury Priory.[4] She also had two half-sisters from her mother's first marriage to Bernard Ezi III, Lord of Albret: Mathe, Dame d'Albret (died 1283), and Isabelle, Dame d'Albret (died 1 December 1294), wife of Bernard VI, Count of Armagnac.

When her father died in Ireland shortly before June 1292, Joan became one of the wealthiest and most eligible heiresses in the Welsh Marches, with estates that included the town and castle of Ludlow, the lordship of Ewyas Lacy, the manors of Wolferlow, Stanton Lacy, and Mansell Lacy in Shropshire and Herefordshire as well as a sizeable portion of County Meath in Ireland.[5][6] She was due to inherit these upon the death of her grandfather, but in 1308, Baron Geneville conveyed most of the Irish estates which had belonged to his late wife Maud de Lacy to Joan and her husband Roger Mortimer. They both went to Ireland where they took seisin of Meath on 28 October of that same year. The baron died on 21 October 1314 at the House of the Friars Preachers at Trim, and Joan subsequently succeeded him, becoming the suo jure 2nd Baroness Geneville.[1][2]

Marriage

Joan married Roger Mortimer, eldest son of Edmund Mortimer, 2nd Baron Wigmore, and Margaret de Fiennes on 20 September 1301 at the manor of Pembridge.[7] Marriage to Joan was highly beneficial to Mortimer as it brought him much influence and prestige in addition to the rich estates he gained through their matrimonial alliance.[8][9] Three years later in 1304 he succeeded as Baron Mortimer, making Joan Baroness Mortimer. He was knighted on Whitsunday 22 May 1306 by King Edward I. The knighting ceremony took place in Westminster Abbey and was known as the Feast of the Swan as all those present made their personal vows upon two swans.[10] Two hundred and fifty-nine other young men received knighthoods along with Mortimer including the Prince of Wales who would shortly afterwards succeed his father as Edward II. Following the ceremony was a magnificent banquet held at the Great Hall of Westminster.[11]

Upon taking seizen of her Irish lands in 1308, Joan and Mortimer travelled back and forth between their estates in Ireland and those in the Welsh Marches. Given that Joan opted to accompany her husband to Ireland rather than remain at home, and that she produced 12 surviving children over a period of just 17 years led Roger Mortimer's biographer Ian Mortimer to suggest they enjoyed a closer and more affectionate relationship than was typical of noble couples in the 14th-century. He described their union as having been " a mutually beneficial secure medieval partnership".[12]

Issue

Together Joan and Mortimer had twelve surviving children:[12][13][14]


Effigies of Joan's daughter, Katherine Mortimer and her husband Thomas de Beauchamp, 11th Earl of Warwick. St. Mary's Church, Warwick
Margaret Mortimer (2 May 1304- 5 May 1337), married Thomas de Berkeley, 3rd Baron Berkeley, by whom she had issue.
Sir Edmund Mortimer (died 16 December 1331), married Elizabeth de Badlesmere, daughter of Bartholomew de Badlesmere, 1st Baron Badlesmere, and Margaret de Clare, by whom he had two sons, Roger Mortimer, 2nd Earl of March, and John, who died young.
Roger Mortimer, married Joan Le Botiller
Geoffrey Mortimer, Lord of Towyth (died 1372/5 May 1376), married Jeanne de Lezay, by whom he had issue.
John Mortimer. He was killed in a tournament at Shrewsbury sometime after 1328.
Katherine Mortimer (1314- 4 August 1369), married Thomas de Beauchamp, 11th Earl of Warwick, by whom she had fifteen children, including Thomas de Beauchamp, 12th Earl of Warwick, and William de Beauchamp, 1st Baron Bergavenny, who married Lady Joan FitzAlan.
Joan Mortimer (died between 1337–1351), married James Audley, 2nd Baron Audley, by whom she had issue.
Agnes Mortimer, married Laurence Hastings, 1st Earl of Pembroke, by whom she had issue
Isabella Mortimer (died after 1327)
Beatrice Mortimer (died 16 October 1383), married firstly Edward of Norfolk, and secondly, Thomas de Braose, 1st Baron Braose. She had issue by her second husband.
Maud Mortimer (died after August 1345), married John de Charlton, Lord of Powys, by whom she had issue.
Blanche Mortimer (c.1321- 1347), married Peter de Grandison, 2nd Baron Grandison, by whom she had issue.
Mortimer's affair with Queen Isabella[edit]

Joan's husband Roger Mortimer, 1st Earl of March, is allegedly depicted in the foreground with Queen Isabella in this 14th-century manuscript illustration
Mortimer was appointed Lord Lieutenant of Ireland on 23 November 1316 and left for Ireland with a large force in February 1317.[15] While there, he fought against the Scots Army led by Edward Bruce, the younger brother of Robert the Bruce (who hoped to make Edward king of Ireland), and Bruce's Norman-Irish allies, the de Lacy's. Joan accompanied her husband to Ireland. They returned to England in 1318 after Mortimer had driven the Scots north to Carrickfergus, and dispersed the de Lacys, who were Joan's relatives. For the next few years, Mortimer occupied himself with baronial disputes on the Welsh border; nevertheless, on account of the increasing influence of Hugh Despenser, the Elder, and Hugh Despenser the Younger over King Edward II, Roger Mortimer became strongly disaffected with his monarch, especially after the younger Despenser had been granted lands which rightfully belonged to Mortimer.[16]

In October 1321 King Edward and his troops besieged Leeds Castle, after the governor's wife, Margaret de Clare, Baroness Badlesmere, refused Queen Isabella admittance and subsequently ordered her archers to fire upon Isabella and her escort after the latter attempted to gain entry to the castle. Elizabeth, the third Badlesmere daughter, was married to Joan and Mortimer's eldest son, Edmund. King Edward exploited his new popularity in the wake of his military victory at Leeds to recall to England the Despensers, whom the Lords Ordainers, led by Thomas, 2nd Earl of Lancaster, had forced him to banish in August 1321.[17] The Marcher lords, already in a state of insurrection for some time prior to the Despensers' banishment,[n 1] immediately rose up against the King in full force, with Mortimer leading the confederation alongside Ordainer Humphrey de Bohun, 4th Earl of Hereford.[18] The King quelled the rebellion, which is also known as the Despenser War; Mortimer and his uncle Roger Mortimer de Chirk both surrendered to him at Shrewsbury on 22 January 1322. Mortimer and his uncle were dispatched as prisoners to the Tower of London,[16] where they were kept in damp, unhealthy quarters. This was likely a factor in Roger Mortimer de Chirk's death in 1326. Joan's husband had fared better; by drugging the constable and the Tower guards, he managed to escape to France on 1 August 1323.[19] It was there that he later became the lover of Queen Isabella, who was estranged from the King as a result of the Despensers' absolute control over him. She had been sent to France on a peace mission by Edward but used the occasion to seek help from her brother, Charles IV to oust the Despensers.[20] The scandal of their love affair forced them to leave the French court for Flanders, where they obtained help for an invasion of England.[21]

Joan's imprisonment

Skipton Castle, Yorkshire, where Joan was imprisoned from 1324 to 1326
While the couple were still in France, King Edward had retaliated against Mortimer by taking Joan and all of their children into custody, and "treating them with severity".[22] In April 1324 Joan was removed from Hampshire where she had been confined in a lodging under house arrest and sent to Skipton Castle in Yorkshire; there she was imprisoned in a cell and endured considerable suffering and hardship.[23] Most of her household had been dismissed and she was permitted a small number of attendants to serve her. She was granted just one mark per day for her necessities, and out of this sum she had to feed her servants.[24] She was additionally allowed ten marks per annum at Easter and Michaelmas for new clothes.[25] Her daughters suffered worse privations having been locked up inside various religious houses with even less money at their disposal.[24] Joan was transferred from Skipton to Pontefract Castle in July 1326.[26]

Countess of March

Mortimer and Isabella landed in England two months later in September 1326, and they joined forces with Henry, 3rd Earl of Lancaster. On 16 November, King Edward was taken prisoner and eventually murdered at Berkeley Castle, presumably by Mortimer's hired assassins.[27] From 1327 to 1330, Mortimer and Isabella jointly held the Office of Regent for her son, King Edward III who was duly crowned following his father's death. Mortimer was made constable of Wallingford Castle; in September 1328, Mortimer was created Earl of March. This made Joan henceforth, the Countess of March; although it is not known what she thought about her husband's illegal assumption of power and flagrant affair with the Queen. What has been established is that Joan was never an active participant in her husband's insurrection against King Edward.[28]

Mortimer and Queen Isabella were the de facto rulers of England. Hostility against the power Mortimer wielded over the kingdom and the young King Edward III, increased; his former friend Henry of Lancaster encouraged the King to assert his authority to oust Mortimer. When Mortimer ordered the execution of Edmund, Earl of Kent, half-brother of the late King Edward, anger and outrage engulfed the country. The King deposed his mother and her lover; Roger Mortimer was seized, arrested, and on 29 November 1330, hanged at Tyburn, London.[29]

Following her husband's execution, Joan – as the wife of a traitor – was imprisoned again, this time in Hampshire where years before she had been placed under house arrest; her children were also taken into custody. In 1331, she was given an allowance for household expenses; however, her lands were only restored to her in 1336 after King Edward III granted her a full pardon for her late husband's crimes. In 1347 she received back the Liberty of Trim.[30]

Death

Joan de Geneville, Baroness Geneville, the widowed Countess of March, died on 19 October 1356 at the age of seventy. She was buried in Wigmore Abbey beside her husband, whose body had been returned to her by Edward III as she had requested. Her tomb no longer exists as the abbey was destroyed during the Dissolution of the Monasteries and only the ruins remain to this day.

Lady Geneville's numerous direct descendants include the current British Royal Family, Sir Winston Churchill, and the 1st American President George Washington.

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Joan Mortimer1

F, #47256, d. between 1337 and 1351
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Joan Mortimer was the daughter of Roger de Mortimer, 1st Earl of March and Joan de Geneville, Baroness Geneville.1 She married James Audley, 2nd Lord Audley (of Heleigh), son of Nicholas Audley, 1st Lord Audley (of Heleigh) and Joan Martin, before 13 June 1330.1 She died between 1337 and 1351.1
From before 13 June 1330, her married name became Audley.1
Children of Joan Mortimer and James Audley, 2nd Lord Audley (of Heleigh)

Joan Audley+2
Sir Nicholas Audley, 3rd Lord Audley (of Heleigh)2 b. c 1328, d. 22 Jul 1391
Roger Audley2 b. a 1328
Margery Audley2 b. b 1351, d. 1410/11
Citations

[S6] G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed., 13 volumes in 14 (1910-1959; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), volume I, page 339. Hereinafter cited as The Complete Peerage.
[S6] Cokayne, and others, The Complete Peerage, volume I, page 340.

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Joan married Sir James Audley, 2nd Baron Audley (of Heleigh) on 20 Sep 1301. James (son of Sir Nicholas de Audley, 1st Baron Audley and Joan FitzMartin) was born on 8 Jan 1313 in (Heleigh Castle, Staffordshire, England); died on 1 Apr 1386. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Katherine Mortimer, Countess of Warwick (1314 - 4 August 1369) was the wife of Thomas de Beauchamp, 11th Earl of Warwick KG, an English peer, and military commander during the Hundred Years War. She was a daughter and co-heiress of Roger Mortimer, 1st Earl of March and Joan de Geneville, Baroness Geneville.

Sometime before 1355, she became an important figure at the royal court of King Edward III.

Family and lineage

Katherine Mortimer was born at Ludlow Castle, Shropshire, England, in 1314, one of the twelve children and a co-heiress of Roger Mortimer, 1st Earl of March and Joan de Geneville, Baroness Geneville. Her paternal grandparents were Edmund Mortimer, 2nd Baron Mortimer and Margaret de Fiennes, and her maternal grandparents were Sir Piers de Geneville, of Trim Castle and Ludlow, and Jeanne of Lusignan.

Her father was de facto ruler of England together with his mistress Isabella of France, Queen consort of King Edward II, until his eventual capture and execution by the orders of King Edward III, eldest son of Isabella and King Edward II. The latter had been deposed in November 1326, and afterwards cruelly murdered by assassins acting under the orders of Mortimer and Queen Isabella. Katherine was sixteen years old when her father was hanged, Tyburn, London on 29 November 1330. Roger Mortimer was NOT Hanged drawn and quartered as stated but only hanged and his body was left until monks from Greyfriars in London took it down.

Marriage

On 19 April 1319, when she was about five years old, Katherine married Thomas de Beauchamp, 11th Earl of Warwick, eldest son of Guy de Beauchamp, 10th Earl of Warwick and Alice de Toeni.[1] Their marriage required a Papal dispensation as they were related within the prohibited third and fourth degrees. Beauchamp had succeeded to the earldom at the age of two, therefore Katherine was styled Countess of Warwick from the time of her marriage until her death. The marriage had been arranged in July 1318 in order to settle a quarrel between the two families over the lordship of Elfael, which was thus given to Katherine as her marriage portion.[2] For the term of his minority, Beauchamp's custody had been granted to Katherine's father, Roger Mortimer.[3]

Katherine later became an important personage at the court of King Edward III. As a sign of royal favour she was chosen to stand as one of the godmothers, along with Queen Philippa of Hainault, to the latter's granddaughter, Philippa, Countess of Ulster in 1355. This honour bestowed on Katherine is described by 19th century author Agnes Strickland according to the Friar's Genealogy: "Her [Philippa, Countess of Ulster] godmother also was of Warwick Countess, a lady likewise of great worthiness".[4]

Issue

Katherine and Beauchamp together had fifteen children:[5]

Guy de Beauchamp (died 28 April 1360), married Philippa de Ferrers, daughter of Henry de Ferrers, 2nd Lord Ferrers of Groby and Isabel de Verdun, by whom he had two daughters.[6]
Thomas de Beauchamp, 12th Earl of Warwick (16 March 1339- 1401), married Margaret Ferrers, daughter of William Ferrers, 3rd Lord of Groby and Margaret de Ufford, by whom he had issue, including Richard de Beauchamp, 13th Earl of Warwick.
Reinbrun de Beauchamp
William de Beauchamp, 1st Baron Bergavenny (c. 1343- 8 May 1411), on 23 July 1392, married Lady Joan FitzAlan, daughter of Richard Fitzalan, 11th Earl of Arundel and Elizabeth de Bohun, by whom he had a son Richard de Beauchamp, 1st Earl of Worcester, and a daughter, Joan de Beauchamp, 4th Countess of Ormond. Queen consort Anne Boleyn was a notable descendant of the latter.
Roger de Beauchamp (died 1361)
Maud de Beauchamp (died 1403), married Roger de Clifford, 5th Baron Clifford, by whom she had issue, including Thomas de Clifford, 6th Baron Clifford.
Philippa de Beauchamp, married Hugh de Stafford, 2nd Earl of Stafford, by whom she had nine children.
Alice Beauchamp (died 1383), married firstly John Beauchamp, 3rd Baron Beauchamp of Somerset, and secondly Sir William Gournay.[7] She died childless.
Joan de Beauchamp, married Ralph Basset, 3rd Baron Basset of Drayton. She died childless.
Isabella de Beauchamp (died 29 September 1416), married firstly John le Strange, 5th Baron Strange, and secondly, William de Ufford, 2nd Earl of Suffolk. Upon the latter's death, she became a nun. She died childless.
Margaret de Beauchamp, married Guy de Montfort, and after his death, she became a nun. She died childless.
Elizabeth de Beauchamp, married Thomas de Ufford KG,
Anne de Beauchamp, married Walter de Cokesey.
Juliana de Beauchamp
Katherine de Beauchamp, became a nun at Shouldham Priory.

Death and effigy

Katherine Mortimer died on 4 August 1369 at the age of about fifty-five. Two years before her death, in 1367, Katherine was a legatee in the will of her sister Agnes de Hastings, Countess of Pembroke.[8] Katherine was buried in St. Mary's Church, Warwick, Warwickshire. She lies alongside her husband, who died three months after her of the Black Death. Their tomb with well-preserved, alabaster effigies can be seen in the centre of the quire. Katherine is depicted wearing a frilled veil with a honeycomb pattern and she is holding hands with Beauchamp. The sides of the tomb chest are decorated with figures of mourners, both male and female.

Katherine married Sir Thomas de Beauchamp, Knight, 11th Earl of Warwick on 19 Apr 1319 in (Warwickshire) England. Thomas (son of Sir Guy de Beauchamp, Knight, 10th Earl of Warwick and Lady Alice de Toeni, Countess of Warwick) was born on 14 Feb 1313 in Warwick Castle, Warwick, Warwickshire, England; died on 13 Nov 1369 in (Warwickshire) England; was buried in St. Mary's Church, Warwick, Warwickshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: John Cherleton. John was born in ~1316 in Welshpool, Montgomeryshire, Wales; died before 30 Aug 1360. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Name: Margery de VERDUN , Heiress of Weobley 1
Sex: F
ALIA: Margeret de /Verdon/
Birth: 10 AUG 1310 in Alton Castle, Cheadle, Staffordshire, England 1
Death: BEF 1377 1
Note:
(iii) Margery, born and baptised 10 August 1310 at Alton, married, 1stly, before 20 February 1326/7, William (le Blount), Lord Blount, who died s.p. shortly before 3 October 1337. She married, 2ndly, before 18 October 1339, Sir Mark Husee (son and heir apparent of Henry, 2nd Lord Husee), who died v.p. shortly before 10 February 1345/6. She married, 3rdly, before 10 September 1355, as his 1st wife, Sir John de Crophull, of Bonnington, Notts, who died 3 July 1383. She died before him in or before 1377. Her representatives would appear to be those of Thomas Husee, her descendant by her 2nd marriage, living 1478 (g). [Complete Peerage XII/2:252, (transcribed by Dave Utzinger)]

(g) As, however, her issue by her 2nd husband appears to have been disinherited and her lands descended to the issue of her 3rd marriage, it is possible that her representatives may be found among those of Robert Devereux, Earl of Essex (who dsps 1646).

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He [William le Blount] m. before 20 Feb 1326/7, Margery, 3rd daughter and coheir of Sir Theobald de Verdon, of Alton, co. Stafford [Lord Verdun], by his 1st wife, Maud, daughter of Sir Edmund de Mortimer, of Wigmore, co. Hereford. He and his wife had livery of her lands, 30 Oct 1328 and 26 Mar 1332. He dsp. shortly before 3 Oct 1337, when any Barony, that may be supposed to have been created by the writ of 1330, became extinct. His widow, who was b. 10 Aug 1310, at Alton, aforesaid, and baptized there the same day, inherited Weobley Castle, co. Hereford, &c., of which she (again) had livery, 15 Dec 1337. She m. before 18 Oct 1339, Sir Mark Husse. They had livery of her lands, 1 Mar 1343/4. He d. before 21 Jul 1349. She m., 3rdly, before 10 Sep 1355, as 1st wife, Sir John Crophull, of Bennington, co. Notts. He d. 3 Jul 1383. [Complete Peerage II:196]




Father: Theobald 2nd Baron de VERDUN , MP, Sir b: 8 SEP 1278 in Alton Castle, Cheadle, Staffordshire, England
Mother: Maud de MORTIMER b: ABT 1285 in Wigmore, Ludlow, Herefordshire, England

Marriage 1 William 1st Baron le BLOUNT , of Sodington, Sir b: ABT 1295 in Sodington Hall, Mamble, Cleobury Mortimer, Worcestershire, England
Married: BEF 20 FEB 1326/27 in 1st husband 2

Marriage 2 Mark HUSEE , of Moreton & Standen, Sir b: ABT 1315 in South Moreton, Wallingford, Berkshire, England
Married: BEF 18 OCT 1339 in 2nd husband 1
Children
Has No Children Henry 3rd Baron HUSEE , of Standen & Stourmouth b: ABT 1340 in Standen Hussey Manor, Hungerford, Berkshire, England

Marriage 3 John de CROPHULL , of Bonnington, Sir b: ABT 1312 in Hemington, Leicestershire, England
Married: BEF 10 SEP 1355 in 3rd husband 1st wife 1
Children
Has Children Thomas CROPHULL , of Newbold, Sir b: ABT 1355 in Sutton Bonington, Loughborough, Nottinghamshire, England

Sources:
Title: Complete Peerage of England Scotland Ireland Great Britain and the United Kingdom, by G. E Cokayne, Sutton Publishing Ltd, 2000
Page: XII/2:252
Title: Complete Peerage of England Scotland Ireland Great Britain and the United Kingdom, by G. E Cokayne, Sutton Publishing Ltd, 2000
Page: II:196, XII/2:252

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Family/Spouse: Sir William le Blount, of Sodington. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Margery married Sir John Crophull in 1334 in Hemington, Northamptonshire, England. John was born in ~ 1322 in Bonnington, Nottinghamshire, , England; died on 3 Jul 1383 in Bosworth Field, Leicestershire, England; was buried in Gracedieu Priory, Leicestershire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Sir Bartholomew de Burghersh, Knight, 1st Baron Burghersh. Bartholomew (son of Sir Robert de Burghersh, Knight, 1st Baron Burghersh and Maud de Badlesmere) was born in Burghersh, Sussex, England; died on 3 Aug 1355 in Dover, Kent, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Isabel married Sir Henry de Ferrers, 2nd Baron Ferrers of Groby before Feb 1330. Henry (son of William de Ferrers and Ellen de Segrave) was born in ~ 1302 in Groby, Leicestershire, England; died on 15 Sep 1343; was buried in Ulverscroft Priory, Leicestershire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Chief Butler of Ireland

Notes:

Father: Sir Edmund Butler of Gowran (1268-1321)

Mother: Joan Fitzgerald, Lady Butler of Gowran (~1282-1320)

Birth: 18 Mar 1305 Ireland

“28 Feb. 1327, Westminster…Order to deliver to James le Botiller, son and heir of Edmund le Botiler of Ireland, the issues of his father’s lands from 2 December, in the 19th year of the late king’s reign, when the said king took his homage for his father’s land, and rendered the same to him…that although he entered the lands in Ireland that are of his inheritance by pretext of the said order, the issues thereof from the said 2 December until 18 March following are detained from him” [CCR 1327-1330]; “25 Oct. 1327, Nottingham…as well of the inheritance of James le Botiller, lately a minor, as of others” [CPR 1327-1330]; “He was ‘lately a minor,’ 25 Oct. 1327. Possibly he came of age 18 Mar. 1325/6, to which date the issues of his lands were retained by the King’s officers.”1

Baptism:

“James’s name may reflect his father’s devotion to Santiago de Compostela, for in 1320 Edmund, his wife, and son were released from a vow to visit the shrine of St James.”2

Death: 16 Feb 1338 Gowran Castle, Co. Kilkenny, Ireland

“1337…Item, eodem anno, obiit apud Baligaveran, dominus Jacobus le Botiller, primus comes Hermonie; vir liberalis et amicabilis, facetus et decorus, in flore juventutis flos emarcuit xii. Kal: Marcii, die Martis in sero” [Annalium Hiberniae Chronicon];3 “The account of James le Botiller, lately Earl of Ormond, father of James, now Earl, for the issues of the King’s prise of wines in Ireland from the feast of St. Hilary 8 Edward III…to February 16, 12 Edward III, on which day the said Earl died…August, 1364.”4 Friar Clyn stated the Earl died on 18 February, but the writs following his death were issued on that day, and instead 16 February, as reported by his son the second Earl in 1364, would seem to be the accurate date of death.

Burial: St Mary Collegiate Church, Gowran, co. Kilkenny, Ireland

“And was bur. at Gowran, the chief seat of the family before the purchase of Kilkenny Castle. His father had founded a chantry there (Journal, R. Soc. Antiq. [I.], vol. xl, p. 344; O.D., vol. i, no. 470).”1

Occupation: 1st Earl of Ormond 1328-1338

Spouse:



Eleanor de Bohun, Countess of Ormond

Marriage: 21 Nov 1328

Date is of marriage pardon: “21 Nov. 1328, Westminster. Pardon and acquittance to James le Botiller, earl of Ormound, the king’s kinsman, who married Eleanor de Bohoun, the king’s kinswoman, with his consent, of the arrears of the fine of 2,000 marks, made by him with the late king for the marriage” [CPR 1327-1330]; “Having, in 1327, married Eleanor, fecond daughter of Humphrey Bohun, the fourth Earl of Hereford and Effex.”5 Lodge, whom CP follows, provides no source for his marriage date of 1327, and the Patent Rolls show Eleanor was unmarried as late as February 1328. The marriage likely took place in the autumn of that year, close to the time James was created Earl of Ormond.

Children:

John Butler (1330-by 1332)

James Butler (1331-1382)

Pernel Butler (~1335-1368)



Sources

1. The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct, or Dormant – New Edition, Revised and Much Enlarged, George Edward Cokayne et al (eds.), St. Catherine Press Limited (London: 1910-1959), 13 vols.

2. Robin Frame, “Butler, James, first earl of Ormond (c.1305–1338),” Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, 2004.

3. The Annals of Ireland by Friar John Clyn, Together with the Annals of Ross, Very Rev. Richard Butler (ed.), Irish Archaeological Society (Dublin: 1849).

4. Calendar of Ormond Deeds: Volume III, 1413-1509 A.D., Edmund Curtis (ed.), Irish Manuscripts Commission (Dublin: 1935).

5. John Lodge, The Peerage of Ireland: or, a Genealogical History of the Present Nobility of that Kingdom: Revised, Enlarged and Continued to the Present Time, Mervyn Archdall (ed.), James Moore (Dublin: 1789), 7 vols.

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James Butler, 1st Earl of Ormond (c. 1305 – 6 January 1338. James is buried in St. Mary's Collegiate Church Gowran, Gowran, Co. Kilkenny), was a noble in the Peerage of Ireland.

Ancestry

He was the son of Edmund Butler, Earl of Carrick, Justiciar of Ireland, (1268- 13 September 1321) and Joan FitzGerald, Countess of Carrick. His paternal grandparents were Theobald le Botiller (1242–1285), (son of Theobald le Botiller and Margery de Burgh), and Joan FitzJohn (FitzGeffrey) (died 4 April 1303), daughter of John FitzGeoffrey, Lord of Shere,[1] Justiciar of Ireland, and Isabel Bigod. His maternal grandfather was John FitzThomas FitzGerald, 1st Earl of Kildare.

Titles

Upon his father's death in 1321, the only hereditary title that James held was that of Chief Butler Of Ireland. As the 7th Chief Butler, he inherited the title from his ancestor Theobald Fitzwalter whose successors adopted the surname Butler.[2] A gap of 7 years was to follow before James was rewarded for his loyalty to the Crown with an earldom in his own right. His benefactor, King Edward III created him the first Earl of Ormond by patent, bearing date 2 November 1328 at Salisbury, the King then holding a Parliament there, with the creation fee of ¹10 a year.[3] Seven days afterwards, by patent dated at Wallingford, in consideration of his services, and the better to enable him to support the honour, the King gave to him the regalities, liberties, knights fees, and other royal privileges of the county of Tipperary, and the rights of a palatine in that county for life.

At the same time, the king created Roger Mortimer as the 1st Earl of March.[4]

In 1336 he founded the friary of Carrick-Begg (a townland on the River Suir opposite Carrick-on-Suir) for Franciscan Friars. On 3 June of that year, he gave the friars his castle and estate of Carrick, of which they took possession on Sunday the feast of SS. Peter and Paul.

Marriage and issue

In 1327, he married Eleanor de Bohun, daughter of The 4th Earl of Hereford and The Lady Elizabeth, herself a daughter of King Edward I of England, and they had two daughters and two sons:

John Butler (born at Ardee on St. Leonard's day (6 November) 1330, died an infant)
Petronella Butler (d. 23 April 1368), married Gilbert Talbot, 3rd Baron Talbot, son of Richard Talbot, 2nd Baron Talbot and Elizabeth Comyn, and had issue.
Alianore Butler (died 1392), married after 20 July 1359, Gerald FitzGerald, Earl of Desmond, son of Maurice FitzThomas, Earl of Desmond and Aveline FitzMorice, and had issue.
James Butler, 2nd Earl of Ormond (4 Oct 1331 – 18 Oct 1382), married Elizabeth Darcy daughter of Sir John Darcy, Lord Justice of Ireland, and Joan de Burgh, and had issue. James was born at Kilkenny and given in ward, 1 September 1344, to Maurice, Earl of Desmond, for the fine of 2306 marcs; and afterward to Sir John Darcy who married him to his daughter Elizabeth. He was usually called the noble Earl, on account of his descent from the Royal Family.[5]
James' successors held the title Earl of Ormond, later merged with the higher title of Duke of Ormonde and held palatine rights in County Tipperary[4] until the County Palatine of Tipperary Act 1715.

See also

Barony of Iffa and Offa East
Butler dynasty

References

Jump up ^ H.E. Malden (editor) (1911). "Parishes: Shere". A History of the County of Surrey: Volume 3. Institute of Historical Research. Retrieved 7 November 2013.
Jump up ^ http://encyclopedia.farlex.com/Butlers+of+Ormond
Jump up ^ Lodge, John The Peerage of Ireland or, A Genealogical History Of The Present Nobility Of That Kingdom, 1789, Vol IV, p 7.
^ Jump up to: a b Mountmorres of Castlemorres, Hervey Redmond Morres; Robert Southwell (1792). The History of the Principal Transactions of the Irish Parliament, from ... 1634 to 1666: Containing Proceedings of the Lords and Commons During the Administration of the Earl of Strafford, and of the First Duke of Ormond. New York Public Library: T. Cadell. p. 194.
Jump up ^ Lodge, John The Peerage of Ireland or, A Genealogical History Of The Present Nobility Of That Kingdom, 1789, Vol IV, p 8.

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History of The Butler Dynasty from Wikipedia ... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butler_dynasty

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James Butler, 1st Earl of Ormond. Knight of the Garter, Knight of Knocktopher, Kilkeney, Nenah and Thurles, Tipperary, Aylesbury, Grewt Lindford and Rotherfield Peppard, Buckinghamshire. Of Sopley, Hampshire, of LaVacherie and Shere, Surrey, of Weeton, Lancashire. Hereditary Chief Butler of Ireland, Lieutenant of Ireland.

Son and heir of Sir Edmund Butler, Earl of Carrick, Justiciar of Ireland and Joan FitzThomas.

First husband of Eleanor de Bohun, 2nd surviving daughter of Humphrey de Bohun and Elizabeth of England. They had two sons and one daughter: John, James, Pernel.

He was only three when he served as a hostage for his father, held in Dublin Castle in 1317. His father's will was dated 1321, and death the same year, listed James, who would be the 7th Chief Butler of Ireland, from long line of ancestors named FitzWalter, adopting the surname of Butler. He received protection (permission) to cross to Ireland in 1326. In 1327, Eleanor was offered to James with an arrangement of the castle and manor of Kilpeck, Herefordshire for life.

King Edward III created him the first Earl of Ormond by patent, bearing date 2 November 1328 at Salisbury with the creation fee of ¹10 a year. At the same time, the king created Roger Mortimer as the 1st Earl of March.

In 1336 he founded the friary of Carrick-Begg for Franciscan Friars. On 3 June of that year, he gave the friars his castle and estate of Carrick, of which they took possession on Sunday the feast of SS. Peter and Paul.

James died 06 Jan 1338 and was buried at Gowran. His widow would remarry to Sir Thomas de Dagworth.

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Buried:
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James married Lady Eleanor de Bohun, Countess of Ormonde in 1327. Eleanor (daughter of Sir Humphrey de Bohun, VII, 4th Earl of Hereford and Lady Elizabeth Plantagenet, Princess of England) was born on 17 Oct 1304 in Knaresborough Castle, North Yorkshire, England; died on 7 Oct 1363. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Joan married Sir Robert Fitzwalter, 2nd Lord FitzWalter in ~ 1317. Robert (son of Sir Robert FitzWalter, 1st Baron FitzWalter and Eleanor de Ferrers) was born in 0___ 1300 in (Henham, Essex, England); died on 6 May 1328. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Joan married Sir John Pennington, Knight in ~1329. John (son of Sir William Pennington, Knight, MP and Alicia Molecastre) was born in 1305 in Lancashire, England; died in 1332 in Lancashire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

About

history:

http://www.thepeerage.com/p43184.htm#i431837

Elizabeth de Multon is the daughter of Thomas de Multon.2 She married Sir Robert Haverington, son of Sir John de Haverington, 1st Lord Harington and Joan Dacre, before 1327.1 From before 1327, her married name became Haverington.1

Children of Elizabeth de Multon and Sir Robert Haverington

Robert Harington+2
Simon Harington2
John de Harington, 2nd Lord Harington+2 b. b 1315, d. 28 May 1363

Citations

[S37] Charles Mosley, editor, Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes (Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003), volume 2, page 1789. Hereinafter cited as Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 107th edition.
[S37] Charles Mosley, Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 107th edition.

Birth:
Mulgrave Castle refers to one of three structures on the same property in Lythe, near Whitby, Yorkshire, England. One of these, known as the "old" or "ancient" castle, was by legend founded by Wada, a 6th-century ruler of Hèalsingland. The second castle, (54.4935°N 0.7055°W) caput of the feudal barony of Mulgrave, was of Norman construction and remained active until destroyed by order of Parliament in 1647. The third is a country house (54.5012°N 0.6922°W) which was constructed by Lady Catherine Darnley and passed in 1718 by marriage into the Phipps family, when her daughter Lady Catherine Annesley married William Phipps. The Phipps family later held the titles of Baron Mulgrave, Earl of Mulgrave and Marquess of Normanby. ... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mulgrave_Castle

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Elizabeth married Sir Robert Harington, Knight in ~1327. Robert (son of Sir John de Harington, Knight, 1st Baron Harington and Margaret Burlingham) was born in 1305 in Melling, Lancashire, England; died in 1334 in Aldingham, Cumbria, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alt Birth: East Gevedale, England

Thomas married unnamed spouse in ~ 1333. unnamed was born in ~ 1311 in Cumbria, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

David married Joan of the Tower, Queen of Scotland on 17 Jul 1328. Joan (daughter of Edward II, King of England and Isabella of France, Queen of England) was born on 5 Jul 1321 in Tower Hill, London, Middlesex, England; died on 7 Sep 1362 in Hertford, Hertfordshire, England; was buried in Grey Friars Church, London, Middlesex, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Matilda married Thomas Isaac before 1345. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Elizabeth DARCY (C. Ormonde)

Born: ABT 1332, probably Platten Meath, Ireland

Died: 24 Mar 1389

Father: John DARCY (1° B. Darcy of Knaith)

Mother: Joan BURGH (B. Darcy of Knaith)

Married: James BUTLER (2° E. Ormonde) 14 May 1346, Ormonde, Ireland

Children:

1. Ralph BUTLER

2. Eleanor BUTLER (C. Desmond)

3. James BUTLER (3° E. Ormonde)

4. Thomas BUTLER

5. Catherine BUTLER

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Elizabeth married Sir James Butler, 2nd Earl of Ormond on 14 May 1346 in Ormonde, Ireland. James (son of Sir James Butler, 1st Earl of Ormond and Lady Eleanor de Bohun, Countess of Ormonde) was born on 4 Oct 1331 in (Arlow, County Wicklow, Ireland); died on 18 Oct 1382 in Knocktopher, Ireland; was buried in St. Canice's Cathedral, Kilkenny, Ireland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Robert married Elizabeth O'Rowallan Mure in 1336. Elizabeth was born in ~1320; died in 0May 1355. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Isabella Euphame Stewart. Isabella was born in 1348 in Dundonald, Ayrshire, Scotland; died on 26 Oct 1410. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alt Birth: ~1279, Gloucestershire, England

Notes:

Maud "Lady Clifford" de Welle formerly Clare aka de Clare, de Clifford, de Welles
Born about 1279 in Gloucestershire, England
ANCESTORS ancestors
Daughter of Thomas (Clare) de Clare and Juliana (FitzMaurice) Avenel
Sister of Gilbert (Clare) de Clare, Richard (Clare) de Clare and Margaret (Clare) de Badlesmere
Wife of Robert (Clifford) de Clifford — married 13 Nov 1295 [location unknown]
Wife of Robert (Welle) de Welle — married before 16 Dec 1315 [location unknown]
DESCENDANTS descendants
Mother of Idoine (Clifford) de Percy, Roger (Clifford) de Clifford, Robert (Clifford) de Clifford and Margaret (Clifford) de Mauley
Died before 24 May 1327 in Badlesmere, Kent, Englandmap

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1 Biography
1.1 Marriage
1.2 Death of Robert de Clifford
1.3 Abduction
1.4 Marriage to Sir Robert de Welles
1.5 Death
2 Issue
2.1 Documented
2.2 Unproven Issue
3 Sources
Biography

Maud (Clare) de Welle was a member of aristocracy in England.
Maud de Clare was the daughter of Sir Thomas de Clare of Thomond and his wife Julian FitzMaurice.[1][2][3]

Sir Thomas de Clare was a descendant of Magna Carta surety barons
Richard de Clare, Gilbert de Clare, John de Lacy, and Saher de Quincy.

Marriage
On 13 November 1295, she married Sir Robert de Clifford,[4] 1st Lord Clifford, hereditary Sheriff of Westmorland, Governor of Carlisle & Nottingham Castles, Guardian of Norham Castle. He was the son of Roger de Clifford, Justice of the Forest south of Trent and Isabel de Vipont.

Death of Robert de Clifford
Maud's husband Robert was slain at the Battle of Bannockburn, 24 June 1314.

Abduction
In November 1315, while still a widow, Maud was abducted by John le Irish, Keeper of Barnard Castle.

Marriage to Sir Robert de Welles
Very soon afterwards, before 16 December 1315, she married (without license) Sir Robert de Welles, Constable of Pendragon Castle. They had no issue.[5][6][7]

Death
Maud de Clare died shortly before 24 May 1327.[7]

Issue
Documented
Maude de Clare and her husband Robert de Clifford had 2 sons (Roger[8] and Robert[9], successively 2nd and 3rd Barons Clifford) and 2 daughters (Idoine[10][11], and Margaret[12], [5][6][7][13][14]

Roger, IV
Robert
Idione, wife of Sir Henry de Percy, 2nd Lord Percy;
Margaret, wife of Sir Peter de Mauley, 3rd Lord Mauley
Unproven Issue
Catherine
John
Andrew
Sources
? Magna Carta Ancestry, Vol. I, p. 86-87
? Royal Ancestry, Vol. I, p. 216-217
? profile for Clare-788 had father as Thomas de Clare Clare-790, son of Sir Richard Clare-99 and Maud de Lucie
? Dictionary of National Biography, page 72
? 5.0 5.1 Magna Carta Ancestry, Vol. I, p. 90
? 6.0 6.1 Royal Ancestry, Vol. I, p. 220
? 7.0 7.1 7.2 Royal Ancestry, Vol. II, p. 242
? Complete Peerage, Vol. III, p. 291
? Plantagenet Ancestry, p. 214
? Plantagenet Ancestry, p. 575
? Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. III, p. 335
? Magna Carta Ancestry, Vol. III, p. 135
? Royal Ancestry, Vol. IV, p. 67
? Royal Ancestry, Vol. IV, p. 348-349
Ancestral Roots 8th ed. 2004 F.L. Weis Line 64-32 pp. 72-73
Richardson, Douglas: Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 5 vols., ed. Kimball G. Everingham, (Salt Lake City, Utah: the author, 2013), Vol. II p. 242-243
Richardson, Douglas: Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition (2011), 4 vols, Vol 1, p. 502, CLIFFORD 6.
Richardson, Douglas: Plantagenet Ancestry, 1st Edition (2005)
Gibbs, Vicary: The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland. Great Britain, and the United Kingdom, 2nd Edition (1910).
See also:
The Royal Descents of 500 Immigrants, by Gary Boyd Roberts, p. 354.
Burke's Peerage, 1938, p. 759.
Maud de Clare, "Our Royal, Titled, Noble, and Commoner Ancestors and Cousins" (website, compiled by Mr. Marlyn Lewis, Portland, OR; accessed June 5, 2015), citing
Richardson's Magna Carta Ancestry, Plantagenet Ancestry, and Royal Ancestry
Unknown author, The Complete Peerage, by Cokayne, Vol. III, p. 291; The Royal Descents of 500 Immigrants, by Gary Boyd Roberts, p. 354; Burke's Peerage, 1938, p. 759.
The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom, by George Edward Cokayne, Vol. III, p. 291
Mary Hillard Hinton, Genealogist, Raleigh, NC
•Extinct and Dormant Peerages, 1831 •Magna Carta Barons and their Descendants, pgs. 159, 241, 269, 270, 292 •Virginia Heraldica, pgs. 66, 69, 87, 88 •Ancestral Papers #119, of the National Society of Runnymeade •Wurt's Magna Carta •The Carter Family
Wikipedia: Maud de Clare

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Maude married Sir Robert de Clifford, Knight, 1st Baron de Clifford in 1295 in Clifford Castle, Herefordshire, England. Robert (son of Sir Roger de Clifford, II, Knight and Isabella Vipont, Lady of Appleby) was born on 1 Apr 1274 in Clifford Castle, Herefordshire, England; died on 24 Jun 1314 in Bannockburn, Scotland; was buried in Shap Abbey, Cumbria, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Margaret de Clare, Baroness Badlesmere (ca. 1 April 1287 – 22 October 1333/3 January 1334, disputed) was a Norman-Irish noblewoman, suo jure heiress, and the wife of Bartholomew de Badlesmere, 1st Baron Badlesmere.[1]

She was arrested and subsequently imprisoned in the Tower of London for the duration of a year from November 1321 to November 1322, making her the first recorded female prisoner in the Tower's history.[2][3] She was jailed on account of having ordered an armed assault on Isabella of France, Queen consort of King Edward II of England. Before Margaret had instructed her archers to fire upon Isabella and her escort, she had refused the Queen admittance to Leeds Castle where her husband, Baron Badlesmere held the post of governor, but which was legally the property of Queen Isabella as part of the latter's dowry. Margaret surrendered the castle on 31 October 1321 after it was besieged by the King's forces using ballistas. Edward's capture of Leeds Castle was the catalyst which led to the Despenser War in the Welsh Marches and the north of England.

Upon her release from the Tower, Margaret entered a religious life at the convent house of the Minorite Sisters outside Aldgate. King Edward granted her a stipend to pay for her maintenance.

Background

Margaret was born at an unrecorded place in either Ireland or England on or about 1 April 1287, the youngest child of Thomas de Clare, Lord of Thomond and Juliana FitzGerald of Offaly, and granddaughter of Richard de Clare, Earl of Hertford and Gloucester. She had two brothers, Gilbert de Clare, Lord of Thomond, and Richard de Clare, 1st Lord Clare, Lord of Thomond, who was killed at the Battle of Dysert O'Dea in 1318;[4] and an elder sister, Maud, whose first husband was Robert de Clifford, 1st Baron de Clifford. Margaret had an illegitimate half-brother, Richard.[5] Her parents resided in both Ireland and England throughout their marriage;[6] it has never been established where Juliana was residing at the time of Margaret's birth although the date is known.

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Her father died on 29 August 1287, when she was almost five months of age. His cause of death has never been ascertained by historians. Her mother married her second husband, Nicholas Avenel sometime afterwards, but the exact date of this marriage is not known. Between 11 December 1291 and 16 February 1292, Margaret acquired another stepfather when her mother married her third husband, Adam de Cretynges.

Inheritance

A series of inquisitions post mortem held in response to writs issued on 10 April 1321 established that Margaret, the wife of Bartholomew de Badlesmere and Maud, wife of Sir Robert de Welle (sisters of Richard de Clare and both aged 30 years and above) were the next heirs of Richard's son Thomas.[7] Thomas' estate included the stewardship of the Forest of Essex, the town and castle at Thomond and numerous other properties in Ireland that are listed in the reference.

First Marriage

She married firstly before the year 1303, Gilbert de Umfraville, son of Gilbert de Umfraville, Earl of Angus, and Elizabeth Comyn. Upon their marriage, the Earl of Angus granted Gilbert and Margaret the manors of Hambleton and Market Overton; however, when Gilbert died childless prior to 1307, the manors passed to Margaret.

Second Marriage

On an unrecorded date earlier than 30 June 1308, when the couple were jointly granted the manor of Bourne, Sussex,[8] Margaret married Bartholomew de Badlesmere, an English soldier and court official who was afterwards created 1st Baron Badlesmere by writ of summons. He had held the post of Governor of Bristol Castle since 1307, and during his life accumulated many renumerative grants and offices. It is feasible that Margaret's marriage to Badlesmere had been arranged by her brother-in-law, Baron Clifford; Badlesmere having been one of Clifford's retainers during the Scottish Wars. Clifford was later killed at the Battle of Bannockburn, where Badlesmere also fought.

Margaret was styled as Baroness Badlesmere on 26 October 1309 (the date her husband was by writ summoned to Parliament by the title of Baron Badlesmere) and henceforth known by that title.[9]

When Margaret was visiting Cheshunt Manor in Hertfordshire in 1319, she was taken hostage by a group of sixty people, both men and women.[10] Her captors demanded a ransom of ¹100 for her release. She was held prisoner for one night before being rescued on the following day by the King's favourite, Hugh Despenser the Younger.[10] Hugh was married to Margaret's first cousin, Eleanor de Clare, eldest daughter of Gilbert de Clare, 7th Earl of Gloucester and Joan of Acre and also Eleanor was Edward II's niece. The King ordered the arrest and imprisonment of twenty of Margaret's kidnappers; they all, however, were eventually pardoned.

Issue

The five children of Margaret and Baron Badlesmere were:

Margery de Badlesmere (1308/1309- 18 October 1363), married before 25 November 1316 William de Ros, 2nd Baron de Ros of Hamlake, by whom she had six children.
Maud de Badlesmere (1310- 24 May 1366), married firstly, Robert FitzPayn; secondly, John de Vere, 7th Earl of Oxford, by whom she had seven children.
Elizabeth de Badlesmere (1313- 8 June 1356), married firstly in 1316 Sir Edmund Mortimer, eldest son of Roger Mortimer, 1st Earl of March and Joan de Geneville, 2nd Baroness Geneville; she married secondly in 1335, William de Bohun, 1st Earl of Northampton. Both marriages produced children.
Giles de Badlesmere, 2nd Baron Badlesmere (18 October 1314- 7 June 1338), married Elizabeth Montagu, but did not have any children by her.
Margaret de Badlesmere (born 1315), married Sir John Tiptoft, 2nd Lord Tiptoft, by whom she had one son, Robert Tiptoft.
The siege of Leeds Castle[edit]

Queen consort Isabella, whom Margaret offended by refusing her admittance to Leeds Castle
Margaret's husband, Baron Badlesmere was appointed Governor of the Royal Castle of Leeds in Kent in the fifth year of Edward II's reign (1312).[11] In October 1321, nine years after his assumption of the office, the queen consort Isabella went on a pilgrimage to the shrine of St. Thomas at Canterbury. She decided to interrupt her journey by stopping at Leeds Castle which legally belonged to her as the fortress and its demesne were Crown property and part of her dowry to be retained in widowhood.[12] Badlesmere, who by then had become disaffected with King Edward and had joined the swelling ranks of his opponents, was away at a meeting of the Contrariants[n 1] in Oxford at the time and had left Margaret in charge of the castle.

Shortly before, Baron Badlesmere had deposited all of his treasure and goods inside Leeds Castle for safe-keeping.[13]

Due to her strong dislike of Isabella as well as her own belligerent and quarrelsome character,[14][n 2] Margaret refused the Queen admittance.[15] It was suggested by Francis Lancellott that Margaret's antipathy towards Queen Isabella had its origins in about 1317 when she had asked Isabella to use her influence on behalf of a friend who was seeking an appointment in the Exchequer Office. When Isabella refused her request, for reasons unknown, a quarrel ensued and henceforth Margaret became the Queen's enemy.[16] Margaret allegedly told Isabella's marshal, whom she met on the lowered drawbridge, that "the Queen must seek some other lodging, for I would not admit anyone within the castle without an order from my lord [Baron Badlesmere]".[17] After issuing her message, she subsequently ordered her archers to loose their arrows upon Isabella from the battlements when the Queen (having apparently ignored Margaret's communication) approached the outer barbican,[18][19] in an attempt to enter the castle by force.[20] The unexpected, lethal volley of arrows, which killed six of the royal escort, compelled Isabella to make a hasty retreat from the castle and to seek alternative accommodation for the night.[21] Historian Paul C. Doherty suggests that the pilgrimage was a ruse on the part of the King and Queen in order to create a casus belli. Edward would have known beforehand that Baron Badlesmere was with the Contrariants in Oxford and had left Leeds Castle in the hands of the belligerently hostile Baroness Badlesmere; therefore he had given instructions for Isabella to deliberately stop at Leeds aware she would likely be refused admittance. Using the insult against the Queen as a banner, he would then be able to gather the moderate nobles and outraged populace to his side as a means of crushing the Contrariants.[22]

When King Edward heard of the violent reception his consort was given by Margaret, he was predictably outraged and personally mustered a sizeable force of men "aged between sixteen and sixty", including at least six earls,[23] to join him in a military expedition which he promptly led against Margaret and her garrison at Leeds Castle to avenge the grievous insult delivered to the Queen by one of his subjects. Following a relentless assault of the fortress, which persisted for more than five days[n 3] and with the King's troops using ballistas, Margaret surrendered at curfew on 31 October having received a "promise of mercy" from Edward.[24] Throughout the siege, she had expected the Earl of Lancaster to arrive with his soldiery to relieve her, but this he had refused to do;[23][n 4] nor had any of the other Contrariants or the Marcher Lords[n 5] come to her assistance, which left her to defend the castle with merely her husband's nephew, Bartholomew de Burghersh, and the garrison troops.[23] Baron Badlesmere, although supportive of Margaret's conduct, had during that crucial time, sought refuge at Stoke Park, seat of the Bishop of Lincoln; however he did manage to despatch some knights from Witney to augment the garrison troops in the defence of Leeds.[15] Once King Edward had gained possession of the castle and the Badlesmere treasure within, the seneschal, Walter Colepepper and 12 of the garrison were hanged from the battlements.[23][25][n 6] Margaret was arrested and sent as a prisoner, along with her five children and Bartholomew de Burghersh, to the Tower of London;[14][26] she therefore became the first recorded woman imprisoned in the Tower.[2][3] On her journey to the fortress, she was insulted and jeered at by the citizens of London who, out of loyalty to Isabella, had followed her progression through the streets to vent their fury against the person who had dared maltreat their queen.[27]

Aftermath

Main article: Despenser War

The King's military victory at Leeds, accomplished with the help of six influential earls including the Earls of Pembroke and Richmond, encouraged him to reclaim and assert the prerogative powers that Lancaster and the Lords Ordainers had so long denied him.[28][n 7] The dominant baronial oligarchy broke up into factions. Many of the nobles who had previously been hostile to Edward rushed to his side to quell the insurrection of the Marcher Lords, known as the Despenser War, which had erupted in full force after the King defiantly recalled to England the two Despensers (father and son,) whom the Ordainers had compelled him to banish in August 1321.[29] The first sparks to the uprising had been ignited when, prior to his expulsion, the rapacious Hugh le Despenser the Younger had persuaded the infatuated King to grant him lands in the Welsh Marches which rightfully belonged to entrenched Marcher barons such as Roger Mortimer,[30] his uncle Roger Mortimer de Chirk, and Humphrey de Bohun, 4th Earl of Hereford, a staunch Ordainer albeit the King's brother-in-law.[n 8] They had formed a confederation and made devastating raids against Despenser holdings in Wales; and Mortimer led his men in an unsuccessful march on London. These mutinous events, in addition to other incidents which created a tense situation and called for a mobilisation of forces throughout the realm, eventually led to the Ordainers constraining the King to exile the favourites. However, subsequent to his capture of Leeds Castle and the harsh sentences he had meted out to the insubordinate Margaret de Clare and her garrison, King Edward defied the Contrariants by persuading the bishops to declare the Despensers' banishment illegal at a convocation of the clergy, and he summoned them home.[28] This act had dire consequences in addition to the Despenser War: it paved the way for the complete domination of the grasping Despensers over Edward and his kingdom, leading to Roger Mortimer and Queen Isabella's 1326 Invasion of England, their assumption of power, the execution of the two Despensers, and finally, Edward's deposition.

Imprisonment

Margaret was the first recorded woman imprisoned in the Tower of London[2][3]

Baron Badlesmere excused his wife's bellicose actions at Leeds with his declaration that when he had left Margaret in charge of Leeds, he had given her strict instructions not to admit anyone inside the castle without his specific orders.[18] This, he had insisted, included the Queen, with the words that "the royal prerogative of the King in the case of refusal of entry should not be assumed to provide a legal right for the Queen, who was merely his wife".[25] As a result of Margaret's imprisonment, Badlesmere remained firmly aligned with the King's opponents; shortly afterwards he participated in the Earl of Lancaster's rebellion. Badlesmere was captured after taking part in the Battle of Boroughbridge on 16 March 1322 which had ended with a royalist victory. Following trial at Canterbury, he was executed at Blean on 14 April 1322.[20]

Margaret remained imprisoned in the Tower until 3 November 1322, when she was released on the strength of a bond from her son-in-law William de Ros and five others.[31] Presumably her children were released with her, but a record of the exact dates of their liberation has not been found.

Later life

Margaret retired to the convent house of the Minorite Sisters, outside Aldgate,[32] where the abbess Alice de Sherstede was personally acquainted with Queen Isabella, who took an interest in the convent's business affairs.[33] On 13 February 1322/3, the King granted Margaret a stipend of two shillings a day for her maintenance, which was paid to her by the Sheriff of Essex.[34] She also received a considerable proportion of her late husband's manors for her dowry.[35]

Edward demonstrated his good will toward Margaret again on 1 July 1324, by giving her "permission to go to her friends within the realm whither she will, provided that she be always ready to come to the king when summoned".[36] It appears that after then she lived at Hambleton, Rutland as it was from there that on 27 May 1325 she submitted a petition in connection with property at Chilham.[37]

Her son Giles obtained a reversal of his father's attainder in 1328, and succeeded by writ to the barony as the 2nd Baron Badlesmere. By this time Edward III had ascended the throne; however, the de facto rulers of England were Queen Isabella and her lover, Marcher Lord Roger Mortimer, 1st Earl of March (father-in-law of Margaret's daughter Elizabeth), who jointly held the Office of Regent for the new king. Edward II had been deposed in January 1327 and allegedly murdered in September by Mortimer's hired assassins.[38] The regency of Queen Isabella and Lord Mortimer ended in October 1330 when Edward III now nearly 18 had Mortimer hanged as a traitor and Queen Isabella exiled for the remaining 28 years of her life at Castle Rising in Norfolk.

Margaret died between 22 October 1333 [39] and 3 January 1333/4.[40]

Died:
in the Convent house of the Minorite Sisters...

Margaret married Sir Bartholomew de Badlesmere, Knight, 1st Baron Badlesmere before 30 Jun 1308. Bartholomew (son of Gunselm de Badlesmere and Joan LNU) was born on 18 Aug 1275 in Blean, Canterbury, Kent, England; died on 14 Apr 1322 in Blean, Canterbury, Kent, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

John De BOHUN of Midhurst (Sir)
Born: 6 Jan 1361/62, Bradninch, Devonshire, England
Died: 25 Jan 1431/32
Notes: was never called to Parliament in recognition of his Barony.
Father: John De BOHUN (1º B. Bohun of Midhurst)
Mother: Cecily FILLIOL
Married 1: Alice ?

Children:
1. Beatrice De BOHUN

Married 2: Anne HALSHAM (dau. of John Halsham and Maud Mawle)

Children:

2. John De BOHUN of Midhurst (Sir)
From: http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/BOHUN.htm#John De BOHUN of Midhurst (Sir)2
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Sir John Bohun
Birth: unknown, England
Death: Jan. 25, 1433, England
Knight of Midhurst, Sussex. First surviving son of Sir John Bohun and his second wife, Cecily Filoll, daughter of Sir John.
John married an Anne and had a son Sir Humphrey and one daughter, Beatrice.
Secondly, he married Anne Halsham, the daughter and heiress of John Halsham of West Grinstead and Applesham, Sussex.
Sir John died 25 Jan 1433 and was buried next to his first wife at Easebourne Priory. His widow married Sir Robert Ros of More End, Northamptonshire, Keeper of Rockingham Castle.
Burial: Easebourne Priory, Easebourne, Chichester District, West Sussex, England
Find A Grave Memorial# 107887818
From: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=bohun&GSfn=john&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GScntry=5&GSob=n&GRid=107887818&df=all&

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Birth: Jan. 6, 1363, England
Death: Jan. 25, 1433, England

Knight of Midhurst, Sussex, 2nd Lord Bohun. First surviving son of Sir John Bohun, 1st Lord Bohun 1301-1367, and his second wife, Cecily Filoll d 1381, daughter of Sir John. He succeeded to his title 05 Dec 1367 but was never summoned to Parliament. He had livery of his inheritance 02 Feb 1384, and he lived at Midhurst, Sussex.

John married an unknown Alice and had a son Sir Humphrey and one daughter, Beatrice.

Secondly, he married Anne Halsham, the daughter and heiress of John Halsham of West Grinstead and Applesham, Sussex.

Sir John died 25 Jan 1433 and was buried next to his first wife at Easebourne Priory. His widow married Sir Robert Ros of More End, Northamptonshire, Keeper of Rockingham Castle.

Family/Spouse: Anne Halsham. Anne was born in ~ 1380 in England; died in 0___ 1449 in England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Sir Hugh de Hastings1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13
M, #31764, b. circa 1335, d. September 1369
Father Sir Hugh de Hastings, Captain & Lieutenant of the King in Flanders2,14,15 b. c 1310, d. 30 Jul 1347
Mother Margery Foliot2,14,15 b. c 1313, d. 8 Aug 1349

Sir Hugh de Hastings was born circa 1335 at of Brisley, Elsing, & Grimston, Norfolk, England; Age 25 in 1360.2,4,9 He married Margaret de Everingham, daughter of Sir Adam de Everingham, 2nd Lord Everingham and Joan d' Eiville, before 1355; They had 2 sons (Sir Hugh; & Sir John) and 4 daughters (Margaret, wife of Sir John Wingfield, & of Sir John Russell; Joan, wife of Sir Thomas, 4th Lord Morley; Alice, wife of Sir John Rochford; & Elizabeth, wife of Thomas Cateston, & of Sir William Elmham).2,4,5,6,9,10,11,13 Sir Hugh de Hastings died in September 1369 at Kalkwell Hill, Calais, Normandy, France; Buried at Friars Preachers, Doncaster, Yorkshire.2,4,9

Family

Margaret de Everingham

Children

Alice Hastings+16,4,17,9,12,18 d. 1409
John Hastings
Elizabeth Hastings4,9
Anne Hastings+7,8,11
Joan Hastings+19,4,5,9,13 b. c 1354, d. b 10 Jun 1380
Sir Hugh Hastings+20,4,9 b. c 1356, d. 6 Nov 1386
Margaret Hastings+21,2,22,4,23,9,24 b. c 1357

Citations

[S9782] Unknown author, The Complete Peerage, by Cokayne, Vol. VI, p. 355; Plantagenet Ancestry of 17th Century Colonists, by David Faris, p. 98; Wallop Family, p. 412.
[S5] Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, p. 288.
[S16] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. I, p. 370-371.
[S16] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. II, p. 113.
[S16] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. III, p. 179-180.
[S6] Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry: 2nd Edition, Vol. II, p. 3.
[S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. II, p. 39-40.
[S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. II, p. 417-418.
[S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. II, p. 495.
[S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. II, p. 533.
[S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. III, p. 71.
[S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. III, p. 80-81.
[S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. IV, p. 153-154.
[S16] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. II, p. 111-112.
[S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. II, p. 494.
[S5] Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, p. 609.
[S16] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. III, p. 441.
[S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. IV, p. 481-482.
[S5] Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, p. 517.
[S5] Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, p. 288-289.
[S15] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, p. 893.
[S5] Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, p. 768.
[S16] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. IV, p. 352.
[S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. V, p. 378.

Buried:
...at Friars Preachers...

Hugh married Margaret de Everingham before 1355. Margaret (daughter of Sir Adam de Everingham, 2nd Lord Everingham and Joan Deville) was born in (1335-1345) in (Laxton, Nottinghamshire, England); died in 0___ 1375; was buried in Doncaster, Yorkshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Christopher Selby. Christopher was born in ~1320 in Yorkshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alt Birth: ~ 1335, Plumpton, Yorkshire, England
• Alt Death: Aft 6 Nov 1408, Bewsey Hall, Warrington, Lancashire, England

Alicia married Richard Sherburne in 1351. Richard was born in 1327 in Aighton, Mitton, Lancashire, England; died in 1372 in Stonyhurst, Lancashire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Alicia married Sir John Botiller, MP, Knight in 1374. John (son of Sir William Botiller, Jr., Knight, Lord of Warrington and Elizabeth Argentine) was born in 1328-1335 in Bewsey, Warrington, Lancashire, England; died in 1399-1400 in Bewsey Hall, Warrington, Lancashire, England; was buried in St Elphin Churchyard, Warrington, Lancashire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Isabella Scrope. Isabella (daughter of Sir Henry le Scrope, Knight, 1st Baron Scrope of Masham and Joan LNU) was born on 24 Aug 1337 in Masham, Yorkshire, England; died on 18 Dec 1405 in Clifton, Otley, West Riding, Yorkshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Probate: 17 May 1369, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England

Notes:

John de Mowbray, 4th Baron Mowbray (24 June 1340 – 1368) was an English peer. He was slain near Constantinople while en route to the Holy Land.

Family

John de Mowbray, born 25 June 1340 at Epworth, Lincolnshire, was the son of John de Mowbray, 3rd Baron Mowbray, of Axholme, Lincolnshire, by his second wife, Joan of Lancaster, sixth and youngest daughter of Henry, 3rd Earl of Lancaster.[1][2][3] He had two sisters, Blanche and Eleanor (for details concerning his sisters see the article on his father, John de Mowbray, 3rd Baron Mowbray.[4]

Career

He and twenty-six others were knighted by Edward III in July 1355[3] while English forces were at the Downs before sailing to France. In 1356 he served in a campaign in Brittany.[2][3] He had livery of his lands on 14 November 1361; however his inheritance was subject to the dower which his father had settled on his stepmother, Elizabeth de Vere.[3] By 1369 she had married Sir William de Cossington, son and heir of Stephen de Cossington of Cossington in Aylesford, Kent; not long after the marriage she and her new husband surrendered themselves to the Fleet prison for debt.[2][4] According to Archer, the cause may have been Mowbray's prosecution of his stepmother for waste of his estates; he had been awarded damages against her of almost ¹1000.[3]

In about 1343 an agreement had been made for a double marriage between, on the one hand, Mowbray and Audrey Montagu, the granddaughter of Thomas of Brotherton, and on the other hand, Mowbray's sister, Blanche, and Audrey's brother, Edward Montagu. Neither marriage took place.[3] Instead, about 1349 a double marriage was solemnized between, on the one hand, Mowbray and Elizabeth Segrave, and on the other hand, Mowbray's sister Blanche, and Elizabeth Segrave's brother John, Pope Clement VI having granted dispensations for the marriages at the request of the Earl of Lancaster in order to prevent 'disputes between the parents', who were neighbours.[5][3] Mowbray had little financial benefit from his marriage during his lifetime as a result of the very large jointure which had been awarded to Elizabeth Segrave's mother, Margaret, Duchess of Norfolk, who lived until 1399.[6][3] However, when Elizabeth Segrave's father, John de Segrave, 4th Baron Segrave, died on 1 April 1353, Edward III allowed Mowbray to receive a small portion of his wife's eventual inheritance. Estate accounts for 1367 indicate that Mowbray enjoyed an annual income of almost ¹800 at that time.[3]

Mowbray was summoned to Parliament from 14 August 1362 to 20 January 1366.[2] On 10 October 1367 he appointed attorneys in preparation for travel beyond the seas; these appointments were confirmed in the following year.[7] He was slain by the Turks near Constantinople while en route to the Holy Land.[8] A letter from the priory of 'Peyn' written in 1396 suggests that he was initially buried at the convent at Pera opposite Constantinople;[9][10] according to the letter, 'at the instance of his son Thomas' his bones had now been gathered and were being sent to England for burial with his ancestors.[7]

His will was proved at Lincoln on 17 May 1369.[11][5] His wife, Elizabeth, predeceased him in 1368 by only a few months.[5]

Marriage and issue

Mowbray married, by papal dispensation dated 25 March 1349,[5] Elizabeth de Segrave (born 25 October 1338 at Croxton Abbey),[5] suo jure Lady Segrave, daughter and heiress of John de Segrave, 4th Baron Segrave (d.1353),[3] by Margaret, daughter and heiress of Thomas of Brotherton, son of Edward I.[12]

They had two sons and three daughters:[12]

John de Mowbray, 1st Earl of Nottingham (1 August 1365 – before 12 February 1383), who died unmarried, and was buried at the Whitefriars, London.[13]
Thomas de Mowbray, 1st Duke of Norfolk.[14]
Eleanor Mowbray (born before 25 May 1364),[5] who married John de Welles, 5th Baron Welles.[13][15]
Margaret Mowbray (d. before 11 July 1401), who married, by licence dated 1 July 1369, Sir Reginald Lucy (d. 9 November 1437) of Woodcroft in Luton, Bedfordshire.[16]
Joan Mowbray, who married firstly Sir Thomas Grey (1359 – 26 November or 3 December 1400) of Heaton near Norham, Northumberland, son of the chronicler Sir Thomas Grey, and secondly Sir Thomas Tunstall of Thurland in Tunstall, Lancashire.[17][13]

Died:
while en route to the Holy Land...

was slain by the Turks at Thrace on 17 June 1368.

John married Elizabeth Segrave in ~1343. Elizabeth (daughter of Sir John Segrave, 4th Baron Segrave and Lady Margaret Brotherton, Countess of Norfolk) was born on 25 Oct 1338 in Blaby, Leicestershire, England; died on 24 May 1368 in Leicestershire, England; was buried in Croxton Abbey, Blaby, Leicestershire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alt Birth: 0___ 1362, Kirklington, North Yorkshire, England
• Alt Death: 0___ 1391, Harewood, Yorkshire, England

Notes:

In 1369, Gascoigne married firstly Elizabeth de Mowbray (1350-1396), granddaughter of Alexander Mowbray, son of Roger de Mowbray, 1st Baron Mowbray.

Elizabeth married Sir William Gascoigne, VIII, Knight in 0___ 1369 in Harewood, Yorkshire, England. William (son of Sir William Gascoigne, VII, Knight and Margaret Agnes Franke) was born in ~ 1350 in Gawthorpe, Wakefield, Yorkshire, England; died on 17 Dec 1419 in Harewood, Yorkshire, England; was buried in Harewood, Yorkshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Early life

He was the son of Sir John de Montacute, 1st Baron Montacute (died in 1390), and Margaret de Monthermer.[3] His father was the younger brother of William Montacute, 2nd Earl of Salisbury. His mother was the daughter of Thomas de Monthermer, 2nd Baron de Monthermer (1301 – Battle of Sluys, 1340), and Margaret Teyes (died in 1349), and granddaughter and heiress of Ralph de Monthermer, 1st Baron Monthermer, and Joan of Acre.[4] As a young man Montagu or Montacute distinguished himself in the war with France, and then went to fight against the pagans in Prussia, probably on the expedition led by Henry Bolingbroke (the future Henry IV of England). Bolingbroke was to entrust his young son and heir, later Henry V, to the care of Sir John and his wife Maud following the death of his wife Mary de Bohun. Lady Margaret cared for the young boy at a Montacute house in Welsh Bicknor near Monmouth until her death in 1395.

He was summoned to parliament in 1391 as Baron Montagu. Montagu was a favorite of the King during the early years of the reign of Richard II. He accompanied the King during his expeditions to Ireland in 1394 and 1395, and as a privy councillor was one of the principal advocates of the King's marriage to Isabella of Valois. During the trips to France associated with the marriage, he met and encouraged Christine de Pisan, whose son was educated in the Montacute household. Montacute was a prominent Lollard, and was remonstrated by the King for this.

With the death of his mother around this time, John inherited the barony of Monthermer and its estates. In 1397, he became Earl of Salisbury on the death of his uncle and inherited Bisham Manor and other estates. He continued as one of the major aristocratic allies of King Richard II, helping to secure the fall of the Duke of Gloucester and the Earl of Warwick. He persuaded the king to spare the life of Warwick. He received a portion of the forfeited Warwick estates, and in 1399 was made a Knight of the Garter.

Early in 1399, he went to on a successful mission to France to prevent the proposed marriage of Henry Bolingbroke and a daughter of the Duke of Berry. In May, he again accompanied Richard II on an expedition to Ireland. When news reached them of that Bolingbroke had returned to England, Montacute was sent to Wales to raise opposing forces. When these deserted, Montacute advised King Richard to flee to Bordeaux. Instead Richard was imprisoned, Henry took the throne and, in the October, Montacute was arrested along with many of Richard's former councillors, and held in the Tower of London.

Issue

By Maud Francis, John had three sons and three daughters:

Thomas Montacute, 4th Earl of Salisbury (c. 1388–1428), married firstly Lady Eleanor Holland, daughter of Thomas Holland, 2nd Earl of Kent and Lady Alice FitzAlan by whom he had issue.[3] Their descendants include Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick and Queen consort Catherine Parr, sixth wife of Henry VIII. Thomas married secondly, Alice Chaucer by whom he had no issue.[3][5]

Robert Montecute, married Mary deDevon

Richard Montacute (d. after 1400), never married; died d.s.p (decessit sine prole).[3][6][7]

Anne Montacute (d.1457), who married firstly (as his 2nd wife) Sir Richard II Hankford[3] (c.1397-1431) of Annery, Monkleigh in Devon, feudal baron of Bampton in Devon.[8] Their descendants include Queen consort Anne Boleyn, second wife of Henry VIII. After the death of Sir Richard, Anne married secondly Sir John FitzLewis by whom she had further issue, and thirdly, she married John Holland, 2nd Duke of Exeter by whom she had no issue.[3][9]

Margaret Montacute (d. before 1416), married William Ferrers, 5th Baron Ferrers of Groby; no issue.[3][5]

Elizabeth Montacute (d. about 1448), married Robert Willoughby, 6th Baron Willoughby de Eresby;[3] they had one daughter, Joan, who became suo jure 7th Baroness.[10]

Downfall and death

Montacute had to answer charges related to the arrest and subsequent death of the Duke of Gloucester in 1397. Eventually he was released, due to the intercession of King Henry's sister Elizabeth, Countess of Huntingdon. Not long after his release, Montacute joined with the Earl of Huntingdon and a group of other barons in the Epiphany Rising, a plot to kill King Henry IV and restore Richard II. After the plot failed, mob violence ensued, and he was caught by a mob of townspeople at Cirencester, held without trial, and executed by beheading on 7 January 1400. His eldest son, Thomas – by Maud Francis daughter of London citizen, Adam Francis – eventually recovered the earldom, though the attainder against John Montacute was not reversed until the accession of Edward IV in 1461.

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John MONTAGUE (3º E. Salisbury)

Born: ABT 1327 / 1350, Donyatt, Somersetshire, England

Died: 5 Jan 1399/00, Cirencester, Gloucester, England

Buried: Salisbury Cathedral, Wiltshire, England

Notes: Knight of the Garter. Lord Montagu [1299], Lord Monthermer [1309], and Lord Montagu [1357], nephew and heir, being son and heir of the Earl's younger brother John (sum. to Parl. in 1357), by Margaret, according to modern doctrine suo jure Baroness Monthermer, daughter and heir of Thomas (De Monthermer), Lord Monthermer (d. 1340). He succeeded his father, 25 Feb 1389/90, when he was aged 39, and his mother, 24 Mar 1394/5. In 1369 he was knighted by the Earl of Cambridge in the field at Bourdeilles, and in 1383 was the King's Knight. In the 15th year of Richard II he obtained leave to serve in Prussia. He was sum. to Parl. 23 Nov 1392 to 30 Nov 1396, as Lord Montagu (1357); and, as Earl of Salisbury, to the succeeding Parl. of Richard II (18 Jul and 15 Oct 1397, and 19 Aug 1399) and to the 1st Parl. of Henry IV (30 Sep 1399). Chief Commissioner of array in Herts, 1385. In 1392 he was one of the King's supporters against the Appellants of 1387; K.G.; and one of the executive committee of the adjourned Parl. to whom the bussiness remaining uncompleted was committed. In Sep 1398 Marshal of England; in Oct a commissioner to receive the Queen's dower, and envoy to Paris, upon the rumour of the proposed marriage of Hereford to Marie De Berri. Keeper of Trowbridge Castle, and commissioner to treat of peace with Scotland, in Mar 1398/9. In May he accompanied Richard to Ireland; but he was sent back, in advance of the King, to raise forces with which to meet the invading Hereford. Later they joined company in England. This Earl of Salisbury was the only temporal Nobleman, who remained firm to King Richard's interest AFT the invasion of the Duke of Lancaster. With the other Lords Appellant of 1397, he was committed to the Tower 20 Oct 1399; on the 29th in Parl. he was challenged by Lord Morley upon his defence and accepted the challenge, and the matter was referred to the Constable and Marshal. He joined the conspiracy of the Earls of Kent and Huntingdon to murder Henry IV and his sons at Windsor, at a Christmas mumming; but the King was warned and the conspirators marched across England proclaiming that King Richard was alive. At Cirencester the people rose against them, and beheaded the Earls of Kent and Salisbury, 5 Jan 1399/1400. He was attained of treason in Parl. Mar 1400/1; but this judgement was reversed in 1461. He married, before 4 May 1383, Maud, relict of John, son of Andrew Aubrey (d. 1380/1), widow (having been 2nd wife) of Sir Alan Buxhall of Sussex, Dorset and Staffs (d. 2 Nov 1381), and daughter of Adam Francis, Mayor of London, 1352-54, M.P. for London in 7 Parl., 1352-69, by Agnes, daughter and coheir of William Champnes' [Visitation of Kent, Harl. Soc., vol. lxxv, p. 31]. He died (as above) and was buried at Cirencester. His widow, for whom robes of the Garter were prepared, had a grant, in Feb 1398/9, of the manor of Stokenham, Devon. She died in 1424, before 5 Aug. His body was buried at Bisham Abbey (which his ancestor the first Earl had founded) by the side of the second Earl of Salisbury, having been removed thither by order of his widow.

Father: John MONTAGUE (Sir)

Mother: Margaret De MONTHERMER

Married: Maud FRANCIS (dau. of Sir Adam Francis and Agnes Champnes') (w.1 of John Aubrey - w.2 of Sir Allan Boxhull, Knight of the Garter) BEF 4 May 1383

Children:

1. Thomas MONTAGUE (4º E. Salisbury)

2. Richard MONTAGUE

3. Elizabeth MONTAGUE (B. Willoughby of Eresby)

4. Margaret MONTAGUE (B. Ferrers of Groby)

5. Anne MONTAGUE (D. Huntington)

6. Robert MONTAGUE

end of biography

Died:
the Earl of Salisbury was executed for treason by King Henry IV

John married Lady Maud Francis, Countess of Salisbury(England). Maud (daughter of Sir Adam Francis and Agnes Champnes) was born in ~ 1370 in London, Middlesex, England; died in ~ 1424 in (England). [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Eleanor Montagu
Also Known As: "Eleanor", "Ellen", "Alianor"
Birthdate: 1358
Birthplace: Warblington, Havant, Hampshire, England
Death: September 22, 1387 (29)
Hartland Quay, Bideford, Devon, England
Place of Burial: Kingswear Church Cemetery, Devon, England
Immediate Family:
Daughter of John de Montacute, 1st Baron Montacute and Margaret de Montacute
Wife of Sir John Dinham, 5th Lord Dynham
Mother of Muriel de Hastings (de Dinham)
Sister of Sir Simon de Montagu; John Montacute, 3rd Earl of Salisbury; Sybil de Montagu, Nun; Katherine de Montagu; Thomas de Montagu, Dean Of Salisbury and 4 others

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Eleanor Montagu's Timeline
1358
1358
Birth of Eleanor
Warblington, Havant, Hampshire, England
1382
1382
Age 24
Birth of Muriel de Hastings (de Dinham)
Hartland, Devon, England
1387
September 22, 1387
Age 29
Death of Eleanor at Hartland Quay, Bideford, Devon, ...
Hartland Quay, Bideford, Devon, England
1937
October 9, 1937
Age 29
baptised (LDS) on 10/9/1937
November 3, 1937
Age 29
endowed (LDS) on 11/3/1937
1963
July 22, 1963
Age 29
child sealed (LDS) on 7/22/1963
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Burial of Eleanor
Kingswear Church Cemetery, Devon, England

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Eleanor married Sir John Dinham, Knight, 5th Lord Dynham on 3 Feb 1380 in Hartland, Devon, England. John (son of Sir John Dinham, Knight and Muriel Courtenay) was born in ~ 1359 in Hartland, Devon, England; died on 25 Dec 1428 in Hartland, Devon, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Thomas Boteler. Thomas (son of Sir William Boteler, 2nd Baron Boteler of Wem and Joan Sudeley) was born in 1354 in Staffordshire, England; died on 21 Sep 1398. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Sir Roger de Mortimer, 2nd Earl of March, 4th Baron Mortimer, KG (11 November 1328 – 26 February 1360) was an English nobleman and military commander during the Hundred Years' War.

He was the son of Sir Edmund Mortimer (d. 1331) and Elizabeth de Badlesmere, and grandson of Roger Mortimer, 1st Earl of March.

Inheritance

The Mortimer family lands and titles were lost after the first Earl of March's revolt and death by hanging in 1330, which was followed the next year by the death of Roger's father. Roger thus grew up with uncertain prospects, and re-acquired the family honours only gradually.

Around 1342, he received back Radnor, and the next year the old family baronial seat at Wigmore, Herefordshire.

Heraldic Coat of Arms: Barry Or and azure, on a chief of the first three pallets between two gyronnies based on the second, over all an inescucheon argent.

Military career

As a young man he distinguished himself in the wars in France, fighting at Crâecy and elsewhere in the campaign of 1347. Afterwards he was given livery of the rest of his lands, was one of the knights admitted at the foundation of the Order of the Garter,[1] and was summoned to parliament as a baron both in 1348.

Earldom

In 1354, the sentence passed against Mortimer's treacherous grandfather, the first earl, was reversed, and the next year he was summoned to parliament as Earl of March. Also in 1355 he received a number of important appointments, including Constable of Dover Castle and Warden of the Cinque Ports, and accompanied Edward III's expedition to France.

Other honour

On 19 October 1356 his grandmother, Joan de Geneville, 2nd Baroness Geneville, widow of the first earl, died, and Roger inherited her vast estates, including Ludlow Castle, which was thereafter the Mortimer family seat and power base.

In the following years he became a member of the Royal Council, and was appointed Constable at the castles of Montgomery, Bridgnorth in Shropshire, and Corfe in Dorset.

In 1359, and continuing into 1360, he was Constable of Edward III's invasion of France, fighting in the failed siege of Reims and capturing Auxerre. The English forces then moved into Burgundy, where Roger died suddenly at Rouvray near Avallon.

Marriage and children

Roger married Philippa de Montagu (1332–1381), daughter of William Montagu, 1st Earl of Salisbury and Catherine Grandison and had by her at least four children:

Roger Mortimer, who died young;
Edmund Mortimer, 3rd Earl of March;
Margery Mortimer.[2]
Janet Mortimer, who married Andrew Gray, father of Andrew Gray, 1st Lord Gray.
Mortimer also had at least one illegitimate child:[3]

Sir Thomas Mortimer, who acted as his nephew's (Roger Mortimer, 4th Earl of March) deputy in Ireland (1382–1383) and stood trial for the slaying of Richard II's commander, Sir Thomas Molineux after the Battle of Radcot Bridge (1387).

Birth:
Click this link to view images, history & map of the massive Ludlow Castle in Shropshire ... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludlow_Castle

Roger married Philippa Montagu(England). Philippa (daughter of Sir William Montagu, Knight, 1st Earl of Salisbury and Lady Catherine Grandison, Countess of Salisbury) was born in ~1332 in Salisbury, Wiltshire, England; died on 5 Jan 1392 in Bisham, Berkshire, England; was buried in Bisham Abbey, Berkshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Maurice married Elizabeth Despencer in 0___ 1338. Elizabeth (daughter of Sir Hugh le Despenser, IV, Knight, Baron Despenser and Lady Eleanor de Clare, Baroness of Despencer) was born in 0___ 1322 in Bishop's Stoke, Westbury Upon Trym, Gloucester, England; died on 13 Jul 1389; was buried in St. Botolph Aldersgate, London, Middlesex, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Joan married Sir Reynold Cobham, KG, 1st Lord CobhamEngland. Reynold was born in 1300 in Sterborough, Lingfield, Surrey, England; died on 5 Oct 1361 in Sterborough, Lingfield, Surrey, England; was buried in Lingfield Church, Lingfield , Surrey, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Joan married Sir John Touchet, Knight, Lord of Markeaton in 0___ 1349 in Heleigh, Staffordshire, England. John was born on 25 Jul 1327 in Derby, Derbyshire, England; died on 22 Jun 1371 in Derby, Derbyshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Sir Roger de Clifford, Knight, 5th Baron de Clifford. Roger (son of Sir Robert de Clifford, Knight, 3rd Baron de Clifford and Isabel de Berkeley) was born on 10 Jul 1333 in Brougham Castle, Moor Lane, Penrith, Cumbria, England CA10 2AA; died on 13 Jul 1389 in Brougham Castle, Moor Lane, Penrith, Cumbria, England CA10 2AA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Guy married Phillippa de Ferrers before 1353. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Sheriff of Worcestershire
• Military: Admiral of the North Fleet

Notes:

Thomas de Beauchamp, 12th Earl of Warwick, KG (16 March 1338 - 8 April 1401[1]) was an English medieval nobleman, and one of the primary opponents of Richard II.

Birth and Marriage

Richard FitzAlan, 11th Earl of Arundel; Thomas of Woodstock, 1st Duke of Gloucester; Thomas de Mowbray, Earl of Nottingham; Henry, Earl of Derby (later Henry IV); and Thomas de Beauchamp, 12th Earl of Warwick, throw down their gauntlets and demand Richard II to let them prove by arms the justice for their rebellion

He was the son of Thomas de Beauchamp, 11th Earl of Warwick and Katherine Mortimer,[2] a daughter of Roger Mortimer, 1st Earl of March, and succeeded his father in 1369. He married Margaret Ferrers, daughter of Sir William Ferrers, 3rd Baron Ferrers of Groby and Margaret d'Ufford, daughter of Robert d'Ufford, 1st Earl of Suffolk.

Royal Service

Seal of Thomas de Beauchamp, 12th Earl of Warwick
Knighted around 1355,[2] Beauchamp accompanied John of Gaunt in campaigns in France in 1373, and around that time was made a Knight of the Garter. In the parliaments of 1376 and 1377 he was one of those appointed to supervise reform of King Richard II's government. When these were not as effective as hoped, Beauchamp was made Governor over the King. He brought a large contingent of soldiers and archers to King Richard's Scottish campaign of 1385.

Conflict with King Richard II

In 1387 he was one of the Lords Appellant, who endeavored to separate Richard from his favorites. After Richard regained power, Beauchamp retired to his estates, but was charged with high treason in 1397, supposedly as a part of the Earl of Arundel's alleged conspiracy. He was imprisoned in the Tower of London (in what is now known as the "Beauchamp Tower"), pleaded guilty and threw himself on the mercy of the king. He forfeited his estates and titles, and was sentenced to life imprisonment on the Isle of Man. The next year, however, he was moved back to the Tower, until he was released in August 1399 after Henry Bolingbroke's initial victories over King Richard II.

Restored by Bolingbroke

After Bolingbroke deposed Richard and became king as Henry IV, Beauchamp was restored to his titles and estates. He was one of those who urged the new King to execute Richard, and accompanied King Henry against the rebellion of 1400.

Death

Monumental effigies of Thomas de Beauchamp, 12th Earl of Warwick and his wife
Beauchamp died in 1401 (sources differ as to whether on 8 April or 8 August).[3]

Succession

He was succeeded by his son Richard de Beauchamp, 13th Earl of Warwick.

Died:
(sources differ as to whether on 8 April or 8 August)

Family/Spouse: Lady Margaret de Ferrers, Countess Warwick. Margaret (daughter of Sir William de Ferrers, Knight, 3rd Baron Ferrers of Groby and Lady Margaret de Ufford) was born in ~ 1347 in Groby, Leicestershire, England; died on 22 Jan 1407 in Warwick, Warwickshire, England; was buried in St. Mary's, Warwick, Warwickshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Philippa de Beauchamp (before 1344-6 April 1386) was the daughter of Thomas de Beauchamp, 11th Earl of Warwick and Katherine Mortimer.

On or before 1 March 1350 she married Hugh de Stafford, 2nd Earl of Stafford, son of Ralph de Stafford, 1st Earl of Stafford and Margaret Audley, Baroness Audley.

Philippa and Hugh had seven children.[1]

Sir Ralph de Stafford (born about 1354–1385). Ralph was killed by King Richard II's half-brother, Sir John Holland in a feud during an expedition against the Scots in May 1385, over a retainer's death by one of Ralph's archers.
Margaret de Stafford, (b. abt. 1364–9 June 1396), married Ralph de Neville, 1st Earl of Westmorland.
Thomas de Stafford, 3rd Earl of Stafford (b. abt. 1368–4 July 1392). Inherited at age of 18. Married Anne Plantagenet, daughter of Thomas of Woodstock, 1st Duke of Gloucester and Eleanor de Bohun. No issue.(marriage was reportedly never consummated)
William Stafford, 4th Earl of Stafford (21 September 1375–6 April 1395). Inherited from his brother at the age of 14. He was a ward of the Thomas of Woodstock, 1st Duke of Gloucester. He died at 19, no issue.
Katherine de Stafford (b. abt. 1376–8 April 1419), married Michael de la Pole, 2nd Earl of Suffolk
Edmund Stafford, 5th Earl of Stafford (2 March 1377–22 July 1403), inherited title from his brother at the age of 17. He married Anne of Gloucester, the widow of his elder brother Thomas.
Joan de Stafford (1378–1 October 1442), married Thomas Holland, 1st Duke of Surrey. No issue.

Philippa married Sir Hugh Stafford, Knight, 2nd Earl of Stafford before 1368 in Stone, Kent, England. Hugh (son of Sir Ralph Stafford, Knight, 1st Earl of Stafford and Lady Margaret de Audley, 2nd Baroness Audley) was born in ~ 1344 in Stafford Castle, Stafford, Staffordshire, England; died on 16 Oct 1386 in Rhodes, Greece; was buried in Stone Priory, Staffordshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

William de Beauchamp, 1st Baron Bergavenny, KG (circa 1343 - 8 May 1411) was an English peer.

A younger son of Thomas de Beauchamp, 11th Earl of Warwick and Katherine Mortimer, he was summoned to Parliament on 23 July 1392 as "Willilmo Beauchamp de Bergavenny", by which he is held to have become Baron Bergavenny.

Marriage and heirs

On 23 July 1392, he married Lady Joan FitzAlan, daughter of the Richard FitzAlan, 11th Earl of Arundel and Elizabeth de Bohun, and they had the following children:

Richard de Beauchamp (c.1394-1422), later 2nd Baron Bergavenny and then 1st Earl of Worcester
Joan de Beauchamp, married the 4th Earl of Ormond

*

Sir William Beauchamp, 1st Lord Bergavenny. Knight, Knight of the Garter, of Feckenham, Worcestershire. Constable of Castle and County of Pembroke. King's Chamberlain, Captain of Calais, Justice of South Wales.

Fourth of fifteen children and fourth of five sons of Thomas de Beauchamp and Katherine de Mortimer, born after 1344. Husband of Lady Joan FitzAlan Arundel, daughter of Richard de Arundel, beheaded for high treason against Richard II, and Elizabeth Bohun, married before 04 Mar 1393, the date of her father's will. They had one son and two daughters:
* Sir Richard, Knight of the Garter m Isabel Despenser
* Joan m James Butler
* Elizabeth

1358 - studied at Oxford until 1361
1358 - granted canonry of Sarum, but would give up a clerical career around 1361
1367 - served with John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster at the Battle of Najera in April
1367 - set out with his brother to join the crusades with the Knights of the Teutonic Order
1370 - Gascony campaign with John of Gaunt
1371 - at the capture of Limoges
1372 - siege of Montpaon
1373 - served John of Gaunt in France
1376 - vested as a Knight of the Garter
1380 - to Brittany to aid John de Montfort
1382 - commanded the assault and capture on Figueras
1383 - Captain of Calais
1386 - in Portugal with John of Gaunt
1386 - acquired the manors of Snitterfield, Warwickshire from Sir Thomas West
1389 - acquired the Castle of Abergavenny, Monmouthsire, titled Lord Abergavenny
1399 - Governor of Pembroke, Justiciar of South Wales

William died testate 08 May 1411, (inquest held June 5) and his will directed his remains to be buried next to and beneath the tomb of John Hastings, Earl of Pembroke at the Black Friars in Hereford.

His widow, Lady Joan, was found by inquisition to have "raised a murderous affray at Birmingham." She died in 1435 and was buried next to her husband at Black Friars.

William married Lady Joan FitzAlan, Baroness Bergavenny on 23 Jul 1392. Joan (daughter of Sir Richard FitzAlan, Knight, 11th Earl of Arundel and Lady Elizabeth de Bohun, Countess of Arundel, Countess of Surrey) was born in 0___ 1375 in Arundel Castle, Arundel, West Sussex, England; died on 14 Nov 1435 in Herefordshire, England; was buried in Black Friars Churchyard, Hereford, Herefordshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: John Beauchamp. John (son of Giles Beauchamp and Katherine Bures) was born in ~1330 in Powick, Worcestershire, England; died before 7 Feb 1389. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Sybil de la Bere. Sybil (daughter of Sir John Bere and Agnes Turberville) was born in 1338 in Weobley, Herefordshire, England; died before 18 Nov 1381 in England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Soldier

Notes:

Bartholomew de Burghersh, 2nd Baron Burghersh KG (bef. 1329 – 5 April 1369) was an English nobleman and soldier.

Life

He was the son of Bartholomew Burghersh the elder, adopted his father's profession of arms and rivalled him in military distinction. [1]

His recorded career begins in 1339, when he accompanied Edward III in his expedition to Flanders and took part in the first invasion of French territory. We find his name also as attending the king on his third inglorious and unprofitable campaign in Brittany in 1342-3. In 1346, he was one of the retinue of Edward the Black Prince, then in his fifteenth year, in the Battle of Crâecy, and in the following year was present at the siege of Calais, being rewarded for his distinguished services there by a rich wardship. In 1349, he was in the campaign in Gascony. [1]

On the institution of the Order of the Garter in 1350, he was chosen to be one of the first knights companions. In 1354, he fulfilled a religious vow by taking a journey to the Holy Land. [1]

On his return home he joined the Black Prince in the expedition, in 1355. He was one of the most eminent of the commanders of the invading army, and had aleading share in the events of the campaign, especially in the battle of Poitiers, 19 September 1356. A daring exploit of Burghersh is recorded by Froissart shortly before the battle. In company with Sir John Chandos and Sir James Audley, and attended by only four-and-twenty horsemen, he made an excursion from the main body of the army, and, falling on the rear of the French army, took thirty-two knights and gentlemen prisoners. His prowess and skill were again tried about the same time, when, on his return with a small foraging party at Romorantin near Berry, he was attacked from an ambuscade by a much more formidable force, which, however, he managed to keep at bay till relieved by the Black Prince. During this campaign his father, Lord Burghersh, died, and he received livery of his lands as his heir. [1]

In 1359, he again accompanied Edward III on his last and most formidable invasion of France, ending in the decisive treaty of Bretigny, 8 May 1360. He was deputed to aid in the negotiation of this treaty between ‘the firstborn sons of the kings of England and France’ at Chartres, for which letters of protection were given him. He and his brother commissioners were taken prisoners in violation of the bond, and Edward had to interpose to obtain their liberation. During this campaign Knighton records his successful siege of the castle of Sourmussy in Gascony, in which he appears to have evidenced no common skill. [1]

In 1362, he was appointed one of the commissioners on the state of Ireland. When, in 1364, King John II of France, to make atonement for the Louis I, Duke of Anjou’s breach of faith, determined to yield himself back to captivity, to die three months alter his Landing at the Savoy Palace, Burghersh was one of the nobles deputed to receive him at Dover and conduct him by Canterbury to Edward‘s presence at Eltham. In 1366 he was one of the commissioners sent to Urban V, who had rashly demanded the payment of the arrears of the tribute granted by King John. [1]

His death took place in 1369. By his desire he was buried in the lady chapel of Walsingham Abbey. [1]

Family

He married before 10 May 1335 Cecily de Weyland, by whom he had one daughter:

Elizabeth Burghersh (c. 1342–1409), suo jure Baroness Burghersh, she married Edward le Despencer, 1st Baron le Despencer before December 1364.
After the death of Cecily, he married Margaret Gisors, by whom he had no children.

Buried:
Image & History ... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walsingham_Priory

Bartholomew married Cicely de Weyland before 1335. Cicely (daughter of Richard Weyland and Joan Ufford) was born in 0___ 1319 in Blaxhall, Suffolk, England; died in 0Aug 1354 in Sussex, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

William married Lady Margaret de Ufford before 25 Apr 1344. Margaret (daughter of Sir Robert de Ufford, (II), Knight, 1st Earl of Suffolk and Margaret Norwich) was born in ~ 1330 in Ufford, Suffolk, England; died before 25 May 1368 in Eresby, Spilsby, Lincolnshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Margaret de Umfraville. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Phillippa married Sir Guy de Beauchamp before 1353. Guy (son of Sir Thomas de Beauchamp, Knight, 11th Earl of Warwick and Lady Katherine de Mortimer, Countess of Warwick) was born in ~1337. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Lord Justice of Ireland

Notes:

James Butler, 2nd Earl of Ormond (4 October 1331 – 18 October 1382) was a noble in the Peerage of Ireland. He was Lord Justice of Ireland in 1359, 1364, and 1376, and a dominant political leader in Ireland in the 1360s and 1370s.

The son of James Butler, 1st Earl of Ormond and Lady Eleanor de Bohun. James was born at Kilkenny and given in ward, 1 September 1344, to Maurice FitzGerald, 1st Earl of Desmond for the fine of 2306 marks; and afterward to Sir John Darcy who married him to his daughter Elizabeth. He was usually called The Noble Earl, being a great-grandson, through his mother, of King Edward I of England.[1]

Career

In 1362, he slew 600 of Mac Murrough's followers at Teigstaffen (County Kilkenny). On 22 April 1364, was appointed Lord Deputy of Ireland to Lionel of Antwerp, Duke of Clarence: Clarence, from his first arrival in Ireland, placed great trust in him, and for a few years it seems that as Deputy he was almost all-powerful. In the 1360s he clashed with Maurice FitzGerald, 4th Earl of Kildare. In 1364 the Irish House of Commons sent a delegation to England, headed by Kildare, to complain of misgovernment, and to ask for the removal of "corrupt" officials, some of whom had links to Ormond. A number of these officials were removed, but Ormomd's position was not seriously threatened.

He was Lord Justice by 24 July 1376, with a salary of ¹500 a year, in which office he was continued by King Richard II of England. On 2 April 1372, he was made constable of Dublin Castle, with the fee of ¹18 5s. a year.[2] He was summoned to the Parliaments held by Richard II.

He died 18 October 1382 in his castle of Knocktopher (near which he had, in 1356, founded a Friary for Carmelite friars). He was buried in St. Canice's Cathedral, Kilkenny.

Marriage and Children

On 15 May 1346, he married Elizabeth Darcy, daughter of Sir John Darcy, Knight of Knaith (another Lord Justice of Ireland) and Joan de Burgh. They had four children:

James Butler, 3rd Earl of Ormond (1359–1405).
Thomas Butler, Justice of Cork
Eleanor Butler who married Gerald FitzGerald, 3rd Earl of Desmond. She died in 1404.
Jean Butler who married Teige O'Carroll, Prince of âEile. She died of the plague in 1383.

*

Buried:
Images and history ... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Canice%27s_Cathedral

James married Lady Elizabeth Darcy, Countess of Ormonde on 14 May 1346 in Ormonde, Ireland. Elizabeth (daughter of Sir John Darcy, 1st Baron Darcy, Knight of Knaith and Joan de Burgh) was born on 13 Apr 1332 in County Meath, Ireland; died on 24 Mar 1389 in Kilkenny Castle, Leinster, Kildare, Ireland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Petronella married Sir Gilbert Talbot, 3rd Baron Talbot before 8 Sep 1352. Gilbert (son of Sir Richard Talbot, 2nd Baron Talbot and Elizabeth Comyn) was born in 1332 in Goodrich Castle, Hereford, England; was christened in Ecclesfield, West Riding, Yorkshire, England; died on 24 Apr 1386 in Roales del Pan, Spain. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

John married Alianore Percy in ~ 1342. Alianore (daughter of Sir Henry Percy, Knight, 2nd Baron Percy of Alnwick and Idonia Clifford) was born in ~ 1336 in Alnwick Castle, Alnwick, Northumberland, England NE66 1NQ; died before 1361. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alt Birth: 1330, Lancashire, England
• Alt Death: Aft 1368

Notes:

A minor on the death of his father, he was anAbbot’s ward for 19 years until he came of age in1352.

At an inquisition held at Egremont on 8thSeptember 1363 after the death of his mother, Joan, “it was found that William de Penitone held of the said Joan the manor of Mulcaster by homage, fealty and service of one-twelfth part of a knight’s fee … as granted to Alan dePenington” (his Great, Great, GreatGrandfather).

Died sometime after 1368.

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William married Elizabeth Multon in 1360 in Pennington, Lancashire, England. Elizabeth (daughter of Thomas de Multon and unnamed spouse) was born in 1331 in Pennington, Lancashire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: London, Middlesex, England

Notes:

John Harington, 2nd Baron Harington (1328-1363)[2] of Aldingham in Furness, Lancashire, was an English peer, who inherited the title Baron Harington in 1347 on the death of his grandfather John Harington, 1st Baron Harington (1281-1347).

Origins

He was the son of Sir Robert Harington (d.1334), who predeceased his own father the 1st Baron.[4]

His mother was Elizabeth de Multon (born 1306), daughter of Thomas de Multon and one of the three sisters and co-heiresses of John de Multon.[5] She was the heiress of several estates including: Thurston in Suffolk; Moulton, Skirbeck and Fleet in Lincolnshire , of Egremont in Cumbria and of manors in County Limerick, Ireland.[6]

Elizabeth outlived her husband and in about 1334 remarried to Walter de Birmingham.[7]

Career

In 1353 he confirmed the agreement made by his grandfather with the Abbot of Furness Abbey,[8] his feudal overlord at Aldingham.[9] In 1355 he nominated an attorney to act for him in Ireland, where he had inherited lands in County Limerick from his mother.[10] John Harington was granted a lease of the manor of Hornby by Henry of Grosmont, 1st Duke of Lancaster and also held the manors of Bolton-le-Moors, Chorley and Aighton. In 1358 he moved to London to take part in services for king Edward III.

Marriage & progeny

The name of his wife is not known, possibly she was Joan de Birmingham, daughter of his step-father Walter de Birmingham.[11] By his wife he had progeny including:

Robert Harington, 3rd Baron Harington (1356–1406)

Death & burial

He died on 28 May 1363 at his seat Gleaston Hall[12] in the manor of Aldingham,[13] and was buried in Cartmel Priory in Lancashire.[14]

Gleaston Castle where Harrington died in 1363 https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/North-Tower-from-NW.jpg/220px-North-Tower-from-NW.jpg

Sources

GEC Complete Peerage, Vol.6, pp. 314–321, Baron Harington, pp. 314–16, biography of John Harington, 1st Baron Harington

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Died:
Gleaston Castle is situated in a valley about 0.5 km north-east of the village of Gleaston, which lies between the towns of Ulverston and Barrow-in-Furness in the Furness peninsula, Cumbria, England.

The castle is first mentioned specifically in 1389, although Sir John de Harrington, 2nd Baron Harington of Aldingham is said to have died at Gleaston in 1369. It is generally assumed that the castle was begun by his grandfather Sir John, 1st Baron Harington at around the time he was summoned to Parliament in 1326. It has been suggested that the Harington family may have found it necessary to move from Aldingham as the sea was eating away at the cliff on which their tower was built. Another alternative explanation is that they needed more room for a greater number of servants.

Map, image & source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gleaston_Castle

Buried:
Cartmel Priory church serves as the parish church of Cartmel, Cumbria (formerly in Lancashire). The priory was founded in 1190 by William Marshal, created 1st Earl of Pembroke, intended for the Augustinian Canons and dedicated to Saint Mary the Virgin and Saint Michael. To support the new house William granted it the whole fief of the district of Cartmel.[1] It was first colonised by a prior and twelve monks from Bradenstoke Priory in Wiltshire.[2] The only other surviving monastic building is the gatehouse which faces the village square. The church is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Windermere, the archdeaconry of Westmorland and Furness, and the diocese of Carlisle. Its benefice is united with those of St Mary, Allithwiate, St Peter, Field Broughton, St John the Baptist, Flookburgh, St Paul, Grange-over-Sands, Grange Fell Church, Grange-Over-Sands, and St Paul, Lindale, to form the benefice of Cartmel Peninsula.[3] The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building.

Between 1327 and 1347 a chapel with four traceried windows was provided by Lord Harrington in the south choir aisle, and in fact his tomb is still in the building. The gatehouse, which apart from the church itself is the only surviving structure of the priory, was built between 1330 and 1340.

Map, image & source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cartmel_Priory

Family/Spouse: Lady (Joan de Birmingham), Baroness of Harington. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Elizabeth married William de Neville about 1340 in Aldingham, Cumbria, England. William was born about 1322 in Liversedge, Birstall, West Riding, Yorkshire, England; died about 1369. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alt Birth: ~1333, Givendale, Ripon, West Riding, Yorkshire, England

Elizabeth married Sir William Pennington, Knight in 1360 in Pennington, Lancashire, England. William (son of Sir John Pennington, Knight and Joan de Multon) was born in ~1330 in Preston Richard, Heversham, Westmorland, Englan; died in 1405 in Lancashire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Eoin Ergadia. Eoin was born in ~1335 in Lorn, Argyllshire, Scotland; died before 1377. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

James Butler, 3rd Earl of Ormond (c. 1359 - 7 September 1405), was a noble in the Peerage of Ireland. He acceded to the title in 1382 and built Gowran Castle three years later in 1385 close to the centre of Gowran making it his usual residence, whence his common epithet, The Earl of Gowran. James died in Gowran Castle in 1405 and is buried in St. Mary's Collegiate Church Gowran together with his father James Butler, 2nd Earl of Ormond, his grandfather James Butler, 1st Earl of Ormond and his great great grandfather Edmund Butler, Earl of Carrick and 6th Chief Butler of Ireland.[1] James the 2nd Earl was usually called The Noble Earl, being a great-grandson, through his mother, of King Edward I of England.

Career

In 1391 he purchased Kilkenny Castle[2] by deed from Sir Thomas le Despencer, 1st Earl of Gloucester and Isabel his wife, daughter of Gilbert de Clare[disambiguation needed][verification needed]. He also built the castle of Dunfert (also called Danefort) and in 1386 founded a Friary of minorities at Aylesbury in Buckinghamshire.[3]

In 1384 he was deputy to Sir Philip Courtenay the then Lieutenant of Ireland who was the nephew of the Archbisop of Canterbury, William Courtenay. Butler's title was Governor of Ireland. A rift occurred between them over the disagreement between the Archbishop of Canterbury and Richard II with Butler taking the side of the latter. Insurrection followed which prompted Richard II to send an expedition under the banner of his close friend Robert de Vere, Duke of Ireland to quell it. This enterprise was led by John I Stanley of the Isle of Man who was accompanied by Bishop Alexander de Balscot of Meath and Sir Robert Crull.[4] Butler joined them upon their arrival in Ireland. The result of its success was Stanley's appointment as Lieutenant of Ireland, Bishop Alexander as chancellor, Crull as treasurer, and Butler again as governor.[5] On 25 July 1392, he was appointed Lord Justice of Ireland as he was again in 1401. On the departure of Sir Stephen Scrope to England on 26 October 1404, by commission, dated at Carlow, 12 February 1388-9, he was appointed keeper of the peace and governor of counties Kilkenny and Tipperary. He was vested with full power to treat with, to execute, to protect, and to give safe conduct to any rebels, etc. In 1397 he assisted Edmond Earl of March, L.L. against O Brien, and in 1390 took prisoner Teige O Carrol, Prince of Elye.

Marriage and Children

Some time before 17 June 1386, he married Anne Welles, the daughter of John de Welles, 4th Baron Welles by his spouse Maud (nâee de Roos). Anne Welles died on 13 November 1397, around the age of 37. They had five children:

James Butler, 4th Earl of Ormond (1392–1452), married firstly Joan de Beauchamp, daughter of William Beauchamp, 1st Baron Bergavenny and Lady Joan FitzAlan, and had issue. He married secondly, Lady Joan, widow of Jenico Grey, and daughter and heiress of Gerald FitzGerald, 5th Earl of Kildare, but had no children.
Sir Richard Butler of Polestown, county Kilkenny, (b. b 1396). His godfather was King Richard II of England. He married Catherine, daughter of Gildas O'Reilly of Cavar, Lord of East Breffny, and had issue.
Anne Butler, married John Wogan, and had issue.
Sir Philip Butler, married Elizabeth, daughter of Sir John Cockayne, Chief Baron of the Exchequer, by his wife Ida de Grey, and had issue. Ancestor of Barons Boteler of Brantfield.[6][7][8]
Sir Ralph Butler, married Margaret de Berwick, and had issue.
In 1399 the Earl married Katherine FitzGerald of Desmond. They had four children:

James "Gallda" Butler,
Edmund Butler
Gerald Butler
Theobald Butler
By an unknown mistress he had at least one illegitimate son, Thomas Le Boteller (died 1420) aka Thomas Bacach (the lame). Thomas joined the order of Knights Hospitaller. He was Lord Deputy of Ireland and Prior of Kilmainham, a distinguished soldier who led an Irish force of 700 men at the Siege of Rouen in 1419.

*

James married Anne Welles before 17 Jun 1386 in Kilkenny, Ireland. Anne (daughter of Sir John Welles, Knight, 4th Lord Welles and Maud de Ros, Lady Welles) was born in ~1360; died on 13 Nov 1397. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Sir Gerald FitzGerald, 3rd Earl of Desmond. Gerald (son of Sir Maurice FitzThomas FitzGerald, 1st Earl of Desmond and Aveline LNU) was born in 1335 in Ireland; died in 1398. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Anabella Drummond. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Walter was beheaded in Edinburgh (some sources say Stirling) for his involvement in the murder of his nephew King James I of Scotland.

Walter married Margaret de Barclay before 19 Oct 1378 in (Scotland). Margaret was born in (Scotland); died in BY 1404 in (Scotland). [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Egidia married William Douglas(Scotland). William was born in ~1370 in Nithsdale, Dumfries-Shire, Scotland; died in 1391. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
An image gallery of Clifford Castle:

https://www.pinterest.com/app2branchbc/clifford-castle-herefordshire/

Buried:
Images, History & Source ... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beverley_Minster

Idonia married Sir Henry Percy, Knight, 2nd Baron Percy of Alnwick in 1314 in Yorkshire, England. Henry (son of Sir Henry de Percy, Knight, 1st Baron Percy and Eleanor FitzAlan) was born in 1299 in Alnwick Castle, Alnwick, Northumberland, England NE66 1NQ; died in 1352. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Robert de Clifford, 3rd Baron de Clifford, also 3rd Lord of Skipton (5 November 1305–20 May 1344) was a member of the Clifford family which held the seat of Skipton from 1310 to 1676.

He was the second son of Robert de Clifford, 1st Baron de Clifford and Maud de Clare, eldest daughter of Thomas de Clare, Lord of Thomond and Juliana FitzGerald.

His title was restored to him in 1327 after being forfeited by his elder brother Roger de Clifford, 2nd Baron de Clifford who was hanged for treason.

He married Isabel de Berkeley, daughter of Maurice de Berkeley, 2nd Baron Berkeley at Berkeley Castle in 1328. They had 7 children. He was succeeded as Baron De Clifford by the eldest, Robert de Clifford, 4th Baron de Clifford

Birth:
An image gallery of Clifford Castle:

https://www.pinterest.com/app2branchbc/clifford-castle-herefordshire/

Robert married Isabel de Berkeley in 0Jun 1328. Isabel (daughter of Sir Maurice de Berkeley, III, Knight, 2nd Baron Berkeley and Eva la Zouche) was born in 0___ 1307; died on 25 Jul 1362 in Berkeley Castle, Berkeley, Gloucestershire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Margery married Sir William de Ros, Knight, 2nd Baron de Ros before 25 Nov 1316. William (son of Sir William de Ros, Knight, 1st Baron de Ros of Hamlake and Maud de Vaux) was born in 1288 in Helmsley, Yorkshire, England; died on 3 Feb 1343 in Kirkham, Yorkshire, England; was buried in Kirkham Priory, Kirkham, North Yorkshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Maud de Badlesmere, Countess of Oxford (1310 – May 1366) was an English noblewoman, and the wife of John de Vere, 7th Earl of Oxford. She, along with her three sisters, was a co-heiress of her only brother Giles de Badlesmere, 2nd Baron Badlesmere, who had no male issue.

At the age of 11 she was imprisoned in the Tower of London along with her mother, Margaret de Clare, Baroness Badlesmere and her four siblings, after the former refused Queen consort Isabella admittance to Leeds Castle and ordered an assault upon her when she attempted entry.

Family

Maud was born at Castle Badlesmere, Kent, England in 1310, the second eldest daughter of Bartholomew de Badlesmere, 1st Baron Badlesmere and Margaret de Clare. She had three sisters, Margery, Elizabeth, and Margaret; all of whom eventually married and had issue. She had one brother, Giles.

Her paternal grandparents were Guncelin de Badlesmere and Joan FitzBernard, and her maternal grandparents were Thomas de Clare, Lord of Thomond and Juliana FitzGerald of Offaly.

On 14 April 1322, when she was twelve years of age, Maud's father was hanged, drawn and quartered by orders of King Edward II, following his participation in the Earl of Lancaster's rebellion and his subsequent capture after the Battle of Boroughbridge. Maud, her siblings,[1] and her mother had been arrested the previous October after the latter had ordered an assault upon Queen consort Isabella after refusing her admittance to Leeds Castle where Baron Badlesmere held the post of governor.[2] Maud's mother, Baroness Badlesmere, remained imprisoned in the Tower of London until 3 November 1322,[3] although it is not known when Maud and her siblings were released. Her brother Giles obtained a reversal of their father's attainder in 1328, and he succeeded to the barony as 2nd Baron Badlesmere. Maud, along with her three sisters, was Giles's co-heiress, as he had married but fathered no children by his wife, Elizabeth Montagu.

Marriages and issue

In June 1316, Maud, aged six, married her first husband, Robert FitzPayn, son of Robert FitzPayn. Welsh historian R. R. Davies relates in his book, Lords and lordship in the British Isles in the late Middle Ages how her father, Lord Badlesmere, when drawing up the marriage contract, sought to provide for Maud's future by ensuring that she would have independent means. He granted her land worth 200 marks per year, and her future father-in-law was constrained to endow her with three manors and their revenues.[4] The marriage did not produce children; and on an unknown date sometime before March 1335 Maud married secondly, John de Vere, 7th Earl of Oxford. Upon her marriage, Maud assumed the title Countess of Oxford. John was a captain in King Edward III's army, and as such participated in the Battle of Crâecy and the Battle of Poitiers.

The marriage produced seven children:[5]

John de Vere (December 1335- before 23 June 1350), married Elizabeth de Courtney as her first husband.
Thomas de Vere, 8th Earl of Oxford (1336- 18 September 1371), married Maud de Ufford, by whom he had a son Robert de Vere, 9th Earl of Oxford
Aubrey de Vere, 10th Earl of Oxford (1338- 15 February 1400), married Alice FitzWalter, by whom he had three children, including Richard de Vere, 11th Earl of Oxford
Robert de Vere (died 1360)
Elizabeth de Vere (died 23 September 1375), married firstly in 1341, Sir Hugh de Courtney, by whom she had one son, Hugh de Courtney, Lord Courtney; she married secondly John de Mowbray, 3rd Lord Mowbray; she married thirdly on 18 January 1369 Sir William Costyn
Margaret de Vere (died 15 June 1398), married firstly Henry de Beaumont, 3rd Baron Beaumont (4 April 1340- 17 June 1369), the son of John de Beaumont, 2nd Baron Beaumont and Eleanor of Lancaster, by whom she had issue; she married secondly Sir Nicholas de Loveyne; she married thirdly after 1375 Sir John Devereux, by whom she had issue.
Maud de Vere

In June 1338, Maud's brother Giles died without leaving any legitimate issue. A considerable portion of the Badlesmere estates was inherited by Maud and her husband.

Maud died at the de Vere family mansion Hall Place in Earls Colne, Essex in May 1366 at the age of fifty-six years. Evidence given at the various inquisitions post mortem held after her death differ as to whether she died on the 19th, 23rd or 24th day of the month.[6] This source gives details of her numerous properties which were to be found in Essex and six other counties.

Maud was buried in Colne Priory. Her husband had died in 1360.

who was the second of the four daughters of Bartholomew de Badlesmere, 1st Baron Badlesmere, of Badlesmere in Kent and Margaret de Clare.

Maude married Sir John de Vere, 7th Earl of Oxford in 0___ 1336. John (son of Sir Alphonse de Vere and Jane Foliot) was born on 12 Mar 1312 in Hedingham Castle, Essex, England; died on 24 Jan 1360. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Elizabeth de Badlesmere, Countess of Northampton (1313 – 8 June 1356) was the wife of two English noblemen, Sir Edmund Mortimer and William de Bohun, 1st Earl of Northampton. She was a co-heiress of her brother Giles de Badlesmere, 2nd Baron Badlesmere.

At the age of eight she was sent to the Tower of London along with her mother, Margaret de Clare, Baroness Badlesmere and her four siblings after the former maltreated Queen consort Isabella by ordering an assault upon her and refusing her admittance to Leeds Castle.

Family

Elizabeth was born at Castle Badlesmere, Kent, England in 1313 to Bartholomew de Badlesmere, 1st Baron Badlesmere and Margaret de Clare. She was the third of four daughters. She had one younger brother, Giles de Badlesmere, 2nd Baron Badlesmere, who married Elizabeth Montagu, but did not have any children.

Her paternal grandparents were Guncelin de Badlesmere and Joan FitzBernard, and her maternal grandparents were Thomas de Clare, Lord of Thomond and Juliana FitzGerald of Offaly.

Elizabeth's father was hanged, drawn and quartered on 14 April 1322 for having participated in the Earl of Lancaster's rebellion against King Edward II of England; and her mother imprisoned in the Tower of London until 3 November 1322. She had been arrested the previous October for ordering an assault upon Queen consort Isabella after refusing her admittance to Leeds Castle, where Baron Badlesmere held the post of Governor.[1] Elizabeth and her siblings were also sent to the Tower along with their mother.[2] She was eight years old at the time and had been married for five years to her first husband; although the marriage had not yet been consummated due to her young age.

In 1328, Elizabeth's brother Giles obtained a reversal of his father's attainder, and he succeeded to the barony as the 2nd Baron Badlesmere. Elizabeth, along with her three sisters, was a co-heiress of Giles, who had no children by his wife. Upon his death in 1338, the barony fell into abeyance. The Badlesmere estates were divided among the four sisters, and Elizabeth's share included the manors of Drayton in Sussex, Kingston and Erith in Kent, a portion of Finmere in Oxfordshire as well as property in London.[3]

Marriages and issue

On 27 June 1316, when she was just three years old, Elizabeth married her first husband Sir Edmund Mortimer (died 16 December 1331)[4] eldest son and heir of Roger Mortimer, 1st Earl of March and Joan de Geneville. The marriage contract was made on 9 May 1316, and the particulars of the arrangement between her father and prospective father-in-law are described in Welsh historian R. R. Davies' Lords and Lordship in the British Isles in the late Middle Ages. Lord Badlesmere paid Roger Mortimer the sum of ¹2000, and in return Mortimer endowed Elizabeth with five rich manors for life and the reversion of other lands.[5] The marriage, which was not consummated until many years afterward, produced two sons:

Roger Mortimer, 2nd Earl of March (11 November 1328 Ludlow Castle- 26 February 1360), married Philippa Montacute, daughter of William Montacute, 1st Earl of Salisbury and Catherine Grandison, by whom he had issue, including Edmund Mortimer, 3rd Earl of March).
John Mortimer (died young)
By the order of King Edward III, Elizabeth's father-in-law, the Earl of Mortimer was hanged in November 1330 for having assumed royal power, along with other crimes. His estates were forfeited to the Crown, therefore Elizabeth's husband did not succeed to the earldom and died a year later. Elizabeth's dower included the estates of Maelienydd and Comot Deuddwr in the Welsh Marches.[6]

In 1335, just over three years after the death of Edmund Mortimer, Elizabeth married secondly William de Bohun, 1st Earl of Northampton (1312–1360), fifth son of Humphrey de Bohun, 4th Earl of Hereford and Elizabeth of Rhuddlan. He was a renowned military commander and diplomat. Their marriage was arranged to end the mutual hostility which had existed between the Bohun and Mortimer families.[7] A papal dispensation was required for their marriage as de Bohun and her first husband, Sir Edmund Mortimer were related in the third and fourth degrees of consanguinity by dint of their common descent from Enguerrand de Fiennes, Seigneur de Fiennes. Elizabeth and de Bohun received some Mortimer estates upon their marriage.[8]

By her second marriage, Elizabeth had two more children:[9]

Humphrey de Bohun, 7th Earl of Hereford 6th Earl of Essex, 2nd Earl of Northampton (24 March 1342 - 16 January 1373), after 9 September 1359, married Joan Fitzalan, by whom he had two daughters, Eleanor de Bohun, Duchess of Gloucester, and Mary de Bohun, wife of Henry of Bolingbroke (who later reigned as King Henry IV).
Elizabeth de Bohun (c.1350- 3 April 1385), on 28 September 1359, married Richard Fitzalan, 11th Earl of Arundel, by whom she had seven children including Thomas Fitzalan, 12th Earl of Arundel, Elizabeth FitzAlan, and Joan FitzAlan, Baroness Bergavenny.
In 1348, the earldom of March was restored to her eldest son Roger who succeeded as the 2nd Earl.

Death

Elizabeth de Badlesmere died on 8 June 1356, aged about forty-three years old. She was buried in Black Friars Priory, London. She left a will dated 31 May 1356, requesting burial at the priory. Mention of Elizabeth's burial is found in the records (written in Latin) of Walden Abbey which confirm that she was buried in Black Friars:

Anno Domini MCCCIxx.obiit Willielmus de Boun, Comes Northamptoniae, cujus corpus sepelitur in paret boreali presbyterii nostri. Et Elizabetha uxor ejus sepelitur Lundoniae in ecclesia fratrum praedictorum ante major altare.[10]

Elizabeth married Sir Edmund Mortimer on 27 Jun 1316 in (Badlesmere Manor, Kent, England). Edmund (son of Sir Roger de Mortimer, 1st Earl of March and Baroness Joan de Geneville, 2nd Baroness Geneville) was born in ~ 1304 in Wigmore Castle, Wigmore, Herefordshire, England; died on 16 Dec 1331 in Wigmore Castle, Wigmore, Herefordshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Elizabeth married Sir William de Bohun, Knight, 1st Earl of Northampton in 0___ 1335 in Badlesmere Castle, Badlesmere, Kent, England. William (son of Sir Humphrey de Bohun, VII, 4th Earl of Hereford and Lady Elizabeth Plantagenet, Princess of England) was born in 0___ 1312 in Caldecot, Rutland, Northampton, England; died on 16 Sep 1360 in (England). [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Margaret Estfield. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Alice married Sir John Rochford(England). John was born in ~ 1350 in (England); died on 13 Dec 1410. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: FNU Hopton. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Margaret married Richard Bayley before 1377. Richard was born in 1358 in Stonyhurst, Lancashire, England; died before 1388 in Stonyhurst, Lancashire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Member of Parliament, 1406

Notes:

ConstituencyDates
LANCASHIRE
1406
Family and Education
s. and h. of Sir John Boteler*. m. (1) — Hoghton, div.; (2) c. June 1403, Elizabeth (d.1442), da. of Sir Robert Standish of Standish, Lancs. by his w. Iseult, wid. of John Wrottesley (1379-1402) of Wrottesley and Butterton, Staffs., 1s. John†, 1da. Kntd. 11 Oct. 1399.1

Offices Held
Commr. of array, Lancs. Mar. 1400,2 Aug. 1402; to prevent the spread of treasonous rumours May 1402; lead men against the northern rebels July 1403; make an arrest 1410.3

J.p. Lancs. Feb. 1404.4

Biography

William Boteler had evidently come of age by November 1393, when he joined with his father, Sir John, in taking on the lease of a small estate in and around Marton in Lancashire. Sir John may not have lived to see his eldest son’s inclusion among the 46 gentlemen who received the honour of knighthood on the eve of Henry IV’s coronation in October 1399, nor the reward to ‘nostre trescher bacheler’ by the King of an annuity of ¹40 payable for life from the revenues of Lancashire, although the precise date of his death is now unknown. By January 1400, however, Sir William had succeeded to an impressive estate comprising the barony of Warrington (which produced at least ¹195 p.a.) as well as the manors of Crophill in Nottinghamshire (alone worth an additional ¹20 a year) and Exhall in Warwickshire. An assignment of dower was made to his widowed mother in March, and by May he had obtained seisin of his inheritance from the Crown. Within a year or so of entering his patrimony, Sir William became involved in three separate lawsuits for the recovery of property to which he advanced a title. All of these reached the Lancaster assizes in August 1401, although only one, concerning holdings in Burtonwood and Great Sankey, was determined in his favour. Indeed, he twice protested about the tactics of his kinsman, Sir Gilbert Haydock, whose attempts as defendant to influence the composition of the jury threatened to undermine his case. Sir William himself performed jury service at this time on an important assize between Sir John Massey of Tatton and Robert Worsley* over the fate of the Worsley estates.5

In April 1403, Sir William received an additional fee of 40 marks, assigned to him by King Henry for ‘good and agreeable service’ from the lordship of Halton in Cheshire. He may already then have been contemplating a second marriage, for his first, contracted while he was still very young, had ended in divorce. Finding it impossible to tolerate his wife, who belonged to the influential Hoghton family, Sir William ‘avoydet the sayd gentillwoman from hym ... as hit was supposit with awten any lawfull particion hade be ywene thaym’. Anxiety lest Sir William might once again behave in such a cavalier fashion led his prospective father-in-law, Sir Robert Standish, to insist that his daughter, Elizabeth, should first receive as jointure one third of the barony of Warrington, thus guaranteeing her a more than competent means of support whatever the outcome of the marriage. Sir William duly conveyed several manors to a body of trustees, including Sir John Assheton II* and his wife’s cousin, Ralph Standish, who implemented all the arrangements. (Prominent among the witnesses to this transaction was Sir Thomas Gerard*, whose son and heir, John†, was by now Sir William’s brother-in-law.) As the widow of the Staffordshire landowner, John Wrottesley, Elizabeth already possessed a life interest in the manors of Wrottesley and Butterton, as well as certain other unspecified property in Cheshire. Sir William managed these estates for her, and thus became embroiled in a dispute at Wrottesley with neighbouring tenants of Richard, earl of Warwick. Never one to countenance any slight to his authority, Warwick first of all began litigation against Sir William and the Standishes; but later, in December 1406, he took the even harsher step of insisting that they should submit the matter (under heavy securities of ¹200) to his own arbitration. Sir William had, meanwhile, assumed a seat on the Lancashire bench and had also been returned by the county to Parliament, although he was none the less still in no position to risk offending the earl.6

In 1410 Sir William sat on a jury summoned to determine the ownership of land in Culcheth. Two years later he found himself in difficulties for making an unlicensed alienation of the three Cheshire manors of Coddington, Clutton and Beachin, possibly on behalf of his wife. The manors were seized by the government, although he had no trouble in obtaining permission from the recently crowned Henry V, in May 1413, to settle other property, in Warwickshire, upon the Augustinian house of Arbury. On this occasion he may well have been acting as a trustee of the future judge, (Sir) William Babington, who joined with him in the endowment. So far as we know, Sir William Boteler did not again enter the House of Commons, but he attended the elections for Lancashire to the Parliaments of May 1413 and November 1414. The new reign began auspiciously for him, since his second annuity (from Cheshire) was increased to 100 marks, and the prospect of warfare overseas soon offered itself. In May 1415, he indented to serve on Henry V’s first expedition to Normandy with a personal retinue of ten men-at-arms and 30 archers; and he subsequently contracted to provide the sheriff of Lancashire with an additional force of 50 archers. Wages and expenses for the former came to just over ¹140, although in the event it was his widow’s third husband, William, Lord Ferrers of Groby, who collected the money.7

Sir William died during the last stages of the siege of Harfleur, in late September 1415, his body being shipped back to England for burial in the friary church, Warrington. His widow, Elizabeth (who, with Sir John Byron* and a clerk named William Cowper, had been chosen to execute his will), married Lord Ferrers within the next year and was fined for failing to obtain the necessary royal licence. Sir William’s only son, John, was then aged 12, so custody of his inheritance was farmed out at 100 marks p.a. by the Crown to a group of local landowners, including Sir William’s former adversary, Sir Gilbert Haydock, who himself had designs on the Boteler estates. The findings of an inquisition post mortem held on Sir William’s property in Warwickshire may have encouraged the belief that John was born out of wedlock, since they denied the existence of any legitimate issue. Certainly, from 1417 onwards, attempts were made to prevent John from succeeding his father, although none prevailed. Sir William also left a daughter named Elizabeth, who later married the son and heir presumptive of Nicholas Boteler* of Rawcliffe, John’s colleague in the Leicester Parliament of 1426.8

Ref Volumes: 1386-1421
Author: C.R.
Notes
1.Chetham Soc. lxxxvi. 227-8; xcv. 112-14; CP, v. 355; Wm. Salt Arch. Soc. n.s. vi(2), 174, 184. Boteler’s first wife cannot, on chronological grounds, have been Sir Henry Hoghton’s* daughter (M.J. Bennett, ’Late Med. Soc. in N.W. Eng.’ (Lancaster Univ. Ph.D. thesis, 1975), 59, 62), but she may well have been his sister.
2.DKR, xl. 528.
3.Chetham Soc. n.s. xcvi. 113.
4.DKR, xl. 532.
5. DL28/27/3; DL29/738/12100; DL42/15, ff. 8, 80, 165; E179/159/48; DKR, xliii. 1; Chetham Soc. lxxxvi. 215, 226-7; n.s. lxxxvii. 8, 31, 53, 79-80, 103, 110.
6. DL42/15, f. 167v; Chetham Soc. lxxxvi. 227-8; xcv. 112-14; Wm. Salt Arch. Soc. n.s. vi(2), 174, 184; Bennett, 59, 62-63, 67; CCR, 1405-9, p. 279.
7. C219/11/1A, 4; C143/464/14; DL42/17(1), f. 2v; E404/31/237; DKR, xxxvi(2), 46; xliv. 568; CPR, 1413-16, p. 29; Bennett, 68; Chetham Soc. lxxxvi. 232, 245-6.
8. C138/12/25; DKR, xxxiii. 12-14, 25; CFR, xiv. 148-9; CP, v. 355; Chetham Soc. lxxxvi. 240-1, 247; xcv. 112-14.

*

William was the son of John le Boteler and Alice Plumpton.

Sir William married Elizabeth Standish, daughter of Sir Robert Standish of Standish, knight on April 4, 1404.

William was one of the forty- six knights made a knight of bath at the coronation of Henry IV on 12 Oct 1399. Among these knights was also Sir John Ashton of Ashton-under-Lyne and Richard Beauchamp, then only 19 years of age. In 1407, he was elected and served as a knight of the shire for Lancashire.

Sir William Boteler joined the king, August 1415, with his retinue of nine men-at-arms in his campaign in France. At a siege of Harflete in France, the English camp, sitting in the marshes, was struck with a disease killing about five thousand men. Among those who died were Sir William le Boteler, as well as Thomas earl of Arundel, Michael de la Pole, earl of Suffolk, the lords Morris and Brunel, Richard Courtenay bishop of Norwich, Sir Roger Trumpington, Sir John Southworth and Sir Hugh Standish.

Sir William died on either the 20 or 26 Sep 1415.

Children of Sir William and Dame Elizabeth were:

John, who succeeded him as Baron of Warrington
Elizabeth, married John, son and heir of Nicholas Boteler of Rawsliffe, and died in 1428

Buried:
Plot: The Queen's Lancashire Regiment Chapel

William married Elizabeth Standish on 4 Apr 1404. Elizabeth (daughter of Robert Standish and Isolda Isuede) was born in ~ 1370 in Standish, Lancashire County, England; died in 0Feb 1442 in Warrington, Lancashire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Elizabeth married Sir Peter Dutton, Knight in ~ 1391. Peter (son of Edmund Dutton and Joan Minshull) was born in 1367 in Dutton, Cheshire, England; died on 17 Oct 1433 in Warrington, Cheshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: John Walton. John was born in 0___ 1372. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Died:
executed in 1405 for treason by Henry IV

William married Alice of Gisburn in ~1382 in York, Yorkshire, England. Alice was born in ~1364 in (England); died on ~5 Dec 1423 in Yorkshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Joan married Sir Thomas Grey in ~1375. Thomas was born in 1359 in Norham, Northumberland, England; was christened in Wark-Upon-Tweed, Northumberland, England; died on 26 Nov 1400. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Sir Thomas Tunstall, Knight. Thomas (son of Sir William Tunstall, Knight of the Shire and Alice Lindsay) was born in ~1358 in Thurland Castle, Tunstall, Lancashire, England; died on 6 Nov 1415 in Thurland, Lancashire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Thomas de Mowbray, 1st Duke of Norfolk, KG, Earl Marshal (22 March 1367 or 1368 - 22 September 1399) was an English peer. As a result of his involvement in the power struggles which led up to the fall of Richard II, he was banished and died in exile in Venice.

Family

Mowbray was the second son of John de Mowbray, 4th Baron Mowbray, and Elizabeth de Segrave, suo jure Lady Segrave, daughter and heiress of John de Segrave, 4th Baron Segrave, by Margaret, daughter and heiress of Thomas of Brotherton, son of Edward I.[1] He had an elder brother, John de Mowbray, 1st Earl of Nottingham, and three sisters, Eleanor, Margaret and Joan (for details concerning his siblings see the article on his father, John de Mowbray, 4th Baron Mowbray)

Career[

Depiction of Mowbray, Arundel, Gloucester, Derby and Warwick demanding of Richard II that he let them prove by arms the justice of their rebellion
In April 1372, custody of both Thomas and his elder brother, John, was granted to Blanche Wake, a sister of their grandmother, Joan of Lancaster.[2]

On 10 February 1383, he succeeded his elder brother, John Mowbray, 1st Earl of Nottingham, as Baron Mowbray and Segrave, and was created Earl of Nottingham on 12 February 1383.[3] On 30 June 1385 he was created Earl Marshal for life, and on 12 January 1386 he was granted the office in tail male.[4] He fought against the Scots and then against the French. He was appointed Warden of the East March towards Scotland in 1389, a position he held until his death.

He was one of the Lords Appellant to King Richard II who deposed some of the King's court favourites in 1387. The King's uncle, Thomas of Woodstock, 1st Duke of Gloucester, was imprisoned at Calais, where Nottingham was Captain. When Gloucester was killed in 1397, it was probably at the King's orders and probably with Nottingham's involvement. On 29 September 1397 he was created Duke of Norfolk.[4][3]

In 1398, Norfolk quarrelled with Henry of Bolingbroke, 1st Duke of Hereford (later King Henry IV), apparently due to mutual suspicions stemming from their roles in the conspiracy against the Duke of Gloucester. Before a duel between them could take place, Richard II banished them both. Mowbray left England on 19 October 1398.[5] While in exile, he succeeded as Earl of Norfolk when his grandmother, Margaret, Duchess of Norfolk, died on 24 March 1399.[5]

He died of the plague at Venice on 22 September 1399.[3] Bolingbroke returned to England in 1399 and usurped the crown on 30 September 1399; shortly afterward, on 6 October 1399, the creation of Mowbray as Duke of Norfolk was annulled by Parliament, although Mowbray's heir retained his other titles.[5][3]

Arms of Mowbray



Arms of Thomas de Mowbray as Earl Marshall, , ca.1395
The traditional, and historic arms for the Mowbray family are "Gules, a lion rampant argent". Although it is certain that these arms are differenced by various devices, this primary blazon applies to all the family arms, including their peerages at Norfolk. They are never indicated to bear the arms of Thomas Brotherton, nor any other English Royal Arms.

Sir Bernard Burkes, C.B., LL.D.,Ulster King of Arms, in his book 'A General Armory of England, Scotland, Wales, and Ireland', 1884, page 713, provides the following detailed listing of the Mowbray/Norfolk arms:

"Mowbray (Duke of Norfolk, Earl of Nottingham, Earl of Warren and Surrey, Earl Marshal of England, and Baron Mowbray: dukedom and earldoms extinct 1475, when the barony fell into abeyance. The Mowbrays descended from Roger de Mowbray, son of Nigel d'Albini, who, possessing the lands of Mowbray [Montbray], assumed that surname by command of Henry I., his descendant, Roger de Mowbray, was summoned to Parliament 1295, the fifth baron was created Earl of Nottingham, 1377, d.s.p., his brother, the sixth Baron, was re-created Earl of Nottingham, 1383, constituted Earl Marshal, and created Duke of Norfolk, 139G, the fourth duke was created Earl of Warren and Surrey, vita patris, and d. without surviving issue, when all his honours became extinct except the barony, which fell into abeyance among the descendants of the daus. of the first Duke, of whom Lady Isabel is represented by the Earl of Berkeley, and Lady Margaret by the Lords Stourton and Pttre, as heirs general, and by the Duke of Norfolk, as heir male).

Marriages and issue

He married firstly, after 20 February 1383, Elizabeth le Strange (c. 6 December 1373 – 23 August 1383), suo jure Lady Strange of Blackmere, daughter and heiress of John le Strange, 5th Baron Strange of Blackmere, by Isabel Beauchamp, daughter of Thomas Beauchamp, 11th Earl of Warwick, by whom he had no issue.[3]

He married secondly Elizabeth Arundel (c.1372 – 8 July 1425), widow of Sir William Montagu, and daughter of Richard FitzAlan, 11th Earl of Arundel, by Elizabeth Bohun, daughter of William de Bohun, 1st Earl of Northampton, by whom he had two sons and three daughters:[3]

Thomas de Mowbray, 4th Earl of Norfolk.[6]
John de Mowbray, 2nd Duke of Norfolk.[6]
Elizabeth Mowbray, who married Michael de la Pole, 3rd Earl of Suffolk.[6]
Margaret Mowbray, who married firstly Sir Robert Howard, by whom she was the mother of John Howard, 1st Duke of Norfolk, and secondly Sir John Grey of Ruthin, Derbyshire.[6]
Isabel Mowbray; married firstly Sir Henry Ferrers, son of 5th Baron Ferrers of Groby, and secondly James Berkeley, 1st Baron Berkeley.[6]

Shakespeare

Mowbray's quarrel with Bolingbroke and subsequent banishment are depicted in the opening scene of Shakespeare's Richard II.[7] Thomas Mowbray (as he is called in the play) prophetically replies to King Richard's "Lions make leopards tame" with the retort, "Yea, but not change his spots." Mowbray's death in exile is announced later in the play by the Bishop of Carlisle.

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Died:
As a result of his involvement in the power struggles which led up to the fall of Richard II, he was banished and died in exile in Venice.

Thomas married Lady Elizabeth FitzAlan, Duchess of Norfolk in 0Jul 1384 in Arundel Castle, Arundel, West Sussex, England. Elizabeth (daughter of Sir Richard FitzAlan, Knight, 11th Earl of Arundel and Lady Elizabeth de Bohun, Countess of Arundel, Countess of Surrey) was born in 1366 in Derbyshire, England; died on 8 Jul 1425 in Hoveringham, Nottinghamshire, England; was buried in (St Michael's Church) Hoveringham, Nottinghamshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Eleanor de Mowbray (before 1361 – before 13 August 1417) was the daughter of John de Mowbray, 4th Baron Mowbray, and Elizabeth de Segrave, 5th Baroness Segrave (born 25 October 1338), daughter and heiress of John de Segrave, 4th Baron Segrave. She had two brothers and two sisters:[1]

John de Mowbray, 1st Earl of Nottingham, who died unmarried shortly before 12 February 1383 and was buried at the Whitefriars, London.[2]
Thomas de Mowbray, 1st Duke of Norfolk.[1]
Margaret Mowbray (d. before 11 July 1401), who married, by licence dated 1 July 1369, Sir Reginald Lucy (d. 9 November 1437) of Woodcroft in Luton, Bedfordshire.[3]
Joan Mowbray, who married firstly Sir Thomas Grey (1359 – 26 November or 3 December 1400) of Heaton near Norham, Northumberland, son of the chronicler Sir Thomas Grey, and secondly Sir Thomas Tunstall of Thurland in Tunstall, Lancashire.[4][2]
Eleanor de Mowbray's father, the 4th Baron, was slain by the Turks at Thrace on 17 June 1368.[1][5]

She died before 13 August 1417, when her husband, the 5th Baron, married a second wife named Margaret (d. 8 April 1426), whose surname is unknown.[6]

Marriage and issue

Before 1386 she married John de Welles, 5th Baron Welles (d. 8 April 1426), son of John de Welles, 4th Baron Welles (d. 11 October 1361), and Maud de Roos (d. 9 December 1388), daughter of William de Roos, 2nd Baron Roos of Helmsley, by Margery de Badlesmere, by whom she had a son and daughter:[5]

Eude de Welles, who predeceased his father.[7]
Eleanor.[7]

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Eleanor married John de Welles before 1396. John (son of Sir John Welles, Knight, 4th Lord Welles and Maud de Ros, Lady Welles) died on 8 Apr 1426. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Sir Reginald Lucy, Knight. Reginald (son of Geoffrey Lucy and Katherine Grey) was born in 1359 in Epworth, Isle of Axholme, Lincolnshire, England; died on 9 Nov 1437. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]