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Isabel de Verdun
- Preferred Name: Isabel de Verdun[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13]
- Alternate Name: de Ferrers
- Alternate Name: Van Groby
- Gender: F
- http://familysearch.org/v1/TitleOfNobility: Baroness Ferrers of GrobyBEF 1331 in England with note: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isabel_de_Verdun,_Baroness_Ferrers_of_Groby Her husband was baron before 1328 when Find a Grave says they were married
- Birth: 21 MAR 1316 in Amesbury, Wiltshire, England at LATI: N1.1722 LONG: E1.7806
- FSID: LTNL-X4L
- Burial: AUG 1349 in Ulverscroft, Charnwood, Leicestershire, England at LATI: N2.7055 LONG: E1.2645
- Fact+1: in Elizabeth was a English heiress at LATI: N0.6646 LONG: E74.2115 with note: GEDCOM data
- Death: 25 JUL 1349 in Groby, Leicestershire, England at LATI: N2.6592 LONG: E1.2236
- Christening: 12 JAN 1317 in Amesbury, Wiltshire, England at LATI: N1.1722 LONG: E1.7806 with note: GEDCOM data
- Notes:
=== Life Sketch ===
Isabel married Henry de Ferrers, 2nd Lord Ferrers of Groby (born before 1303- 15 September 1343) in 1328 at Newbold Verdon, Leicestershire. He was the son of William de Ferrers, 1st Lord Ferrers of Groby and Ellen de Seagrove. She was eleven years old at the time of her marriage. The marriage produced at least five children, four of whom survived infancy
Isabel de Verdun, Lady Ferrers of Groby was an heiress, who was related to the English royal family as the eldest daughter of Elizabeth de Clare, herself a granddaughter of King Edward I of England and the only child of Theobald de Verdun, 2nd Lord Verdun, Justiciar of Ireland. When she was a child, Isabel was imprisoned in Barking Abbey, along with her mother and half-sister, after her stepfather had joined the Earl of Lancaster's ill-fated rebellion against King Edward II.
Isabel married Henry de Ferrers, 2nd Lord Ferrers of Groby (born before 1303- 15 September 1343) in 1328 at Newbold Verdon, Leicestershire. He was the son of William de Ferrers, 1st Lord Ferrers of Groby and Ellen de Seagrove. She was eleven years old at the time of her marriage.
The marriage produced at least five children, four of whom survived infancy. Following the birth of her eldest child in February 1331, when Isabel was not quite 14 years of age, her mother sent her presents for her "churching". This was a special religious ceremony performed for the benefit of a woman shortly after childbirth.
The child, whose sex was not recorded, died in early infancy.
Infant (b.February 1331), whose name and sex is not known, died shortly after birth.
William de Ferrers, 3rd Lord Ferrers of Groby (28 February 1333 Newbold Verdon- 8 January 1371), married Margaret de Ufford, daughter of Robert d'Ufford, 1st Earl of Suffolk and Margaret de Norwich, by whom he had issue, including Henry de Ferrers, 4th Lord Ferrers of Groby, who married Joan de Hoo, and Margaret de Ferrers, who married Thomas de Beauchamp, 12th Earl of Warwick.
Ralph de Ferrers, married Joan de Grey of Codnor.
Elizabeth de Ferrers (died 22 October 1375), married firstly David de Strathbogie, 12th Earl of Atholl, by whom she had issue. She married secondly, John Malewayn.
Philippa de Ferrers (died 10 August 1384), married Guy de Beauchamp, son of Thomas de Beauchamp, 11th Earl of Warwick and Katherine Mortimer, by whom she had two daughters.
Isabel died on 25 July 1349 of the plague. Her husband had died on 15 September 1343 and was buried in Ulvescroft Priory.
BIO
BIO: from http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/ENGLISHNOBILITYMEDIEVAL3T-Z.htm#IsabelVerdunMHenryFerrers as of 6/15/2016
ISABEL de Verdun (Amesbury, Wiltshire 21 Mar 1317-25 Jul 1349). The Chronicle of
=== r. Isabel de Verdon, b. Amesbury, Witts. ===
r. Isabel de Verdon, b. Amesbury, Witts., 21 Mar. 1317/8; d. 25 Jul. 1349; m. bef. 20 Feb. 1330/1, Henry Ferrers (58-32), b. ca. 1294, d. Groby, co. Leicester, 15 Sep. 1343, 2nd Baron Ferrers of Groby. [Weis "60 Colonists" line 11-31, p. 16.]
=== !Archive Family Group sheet as child ===
!Archive Family Group sheet as child
=== Sources: Norr; A. Roots 11, 58. Roots: I ===
Sources: Norr; A. Roots 11, 58. Roots: Isabel de Verdun. Norr: Isabel de Verdon, 4th daughter of Theobald.
=== Source: David Faris, Plantagenet Ancestr ===
Source: David Faris, Plantagenet Ancestry of 17th Century Colonists, (Genealogical Publishing Company, 1996, Baltimore), 63-10
=== M E Sorley: The Sorley Pedigrees P. 45 ===
M E Sorley: The Sorley Pedigrees P. 45
=== ENGLAND PUBLICATION AF NS, VOL 14, P.195 ===
ENGLAND PUBLICATION AF NS, VOL 14, P.195; ENGLAND PUBLICATION 5 VOL 2 P.70, 71; ENGLAND PUBLICATION BJ, VOL 8 P.144; SHROPSHIRE PUBLICATION 1, P.34; DERBYSHIRE PUBLICATION A, VOL 31 P.304, WILSHIRE PUBLICATION 9 VOL 4 P.138; LEICESTERSHIRE PUBLICATION 9 P31;
=== !Plantagenet Ancestry of Seventeenth-Cen ===
!Plantagenet Ancestry of Seventeenth-Century Colonists The Descent from the Later Plantagenet Kings of England, Henry III, Edward I, Edward II, and Edward III, of Emigrants from England and Wales to the North American Colonies before 1701 by David Faris. First Edition
=== Married at age 11 ===
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=== !Our Noble & Gentle Families of Royal De ===
!Our Noble & Gentle Families of Royal Descent Together with Their Paternal Ancestry by Joseph Foster and p 719 1887 Edition: posthumous daughter.
=== Died of the Plague ===
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=== !Ancestral Roots by Weis, Seventh Editio ===
!Ancestral Roots by Weis, Seventh Edition Lines 11-31, 58-32
=== CHARLEMAGNE'S DESCENDANTS. ===
CHARLEMAGNE'S DESCENDANTS.
=== MAGNA CHARTA BARONS P.92-94, 242, 337, 4 ===
MAGNA CHARTA BARONS P.92-94, 242, 337, 441; HIST. PEER NICHOLSON P.1488-1489; ENGLAND PUBLICATION 5, VOL 3 P.244-245, VOL 4 P.425, VOL 8 P.444; ANCESTRAL FILE, LDS GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY;
=== !SOURCE: Plantagenet Ancestry of 17th Ce ===
!SOURCE: Plantagenet Ancestry of 17th Century Colonists p. 63.
Preferred Parents:
Father: Theobald de Verdun, b. 8 SEP 1278 in Alton Castle, Alton, Staffordshire, England d. 27 JUL 1316 in Alton, Staffordshire, England
Mother: Elizabeth de Clare , b. 16 SEP 1295 in Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, England d. 4 NOV 1360 in Alton Castle, Alton, Staffordshire, England
Family 1: Henry de Ferrers II, b. 1303 in Groby, Leicestershire, England d. 15 SEP 1343 in Groby, Leicestershire, England
- m. BEF 20 FEB 1331 in England
- m. in Newbold Verdon, Leicestershire, England
- William Ferrers, b. 28 FEB 1333 in Newbold Verdon, Leicestershire, England d. 8 JAN 1371 in Stebbing Green, Essex, England
Sources:
- Title: Legacy NFS Source: Isabel De Verdon -
Author: World Family Tree Vol. 3, Ed. 1, Brøderbund Software, Inc., Release date: February 9, 1996, Page number: Tree #6343
Note: Customer pedigree.
Source Media Type: Family Archive CD
birth:
Customer pedigree.
Source Media Type: Family Archive CD
death:
Customer pedigree.
Source Media Type: Family Archive CD
Page: Migrated from user-supplied source citation: urn:familysearch:source:2490800709
- Title: UK and Ireland, Find A Grave Index, 1300s-Current
Publication: Name: http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?dbid=60526&h=803122&indiv=try;
- Title: Elizabeth de Clare (1295-1360), Wikipedia
Publication: Name: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_de_Clare;
Note: Elizabeth de Clare, 11th Lady of Clare (16 September 1295 – 4 November 1360) was the heiress to the lordships of Clare, Suffolk, in England and Usk in Wales. She was the youngest of the three daughters of Gilbert de Clare, 6th Earl of Hertford and Joan of Acre. She is often referred to as Elizabeth de Burgh, due to her first marriage to John de Burgh. Her two successive husbands were Theobald II de Verdun and Roger d'Amory. Elizabeth married John de Burgh on 30 September 1308. February 1316, when Elizabeth was abducted from Bristol by Theobald II de Verdun, the former Justiciar of Ireland. He and Elizabeth had been engaged before she was called back to England. She was Lady Verdun for only six months when Theobald died on 27 July 1316, at Alton, Staffordshire, from typhoid. Theobald's posthumous daughter, Isabel de Verdun (named for the Queen), was born on 21 March 1317. Just a few weeks later after Isabel's birth, Edward II married Elizabeth to Sir Roger D'Amory. He died of his wounds at Tutbury Castle, Staffordshire after 16 March 1322. Elizabeth de Burgh died on 4 November 1360 and was buried at the convent of the Minoresses
- Title: Legacy NFS Source: Isabel De Verdon - birth-name: Isabella Verdun
Note: birth-name: Isabella Verdun
birth: about 1305; Wigmore, Herefordshire, England, United Kingdom
Page: Migrated from user-supplied source citation: urn:familysearch:source:3095001759
- Title: Edward I King of England descent to Ferrers, De Clare, and De Verdun families. Ancestral Roots... 8th Edition (Weis)
Author: Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America before 1700, 8th Edition, Frederick Weis, Baltimore, ISBN: 978-0-8063-1752-6.
Note: Line 11 29-33 pp. 15-16. Edward I King of England descent to Ferrars, de Clare, De Verdun families.
Page: Record of Henry Ferrers married Isabel de Verdun
- Title: Isabel de Verdun, Baroness Ferrers of Groby - Wikipedia
Author: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isabel_de_Verdun,_Baroness_Ferrers_of_Groby
Publication: Name: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isabel_de_Verdun,_Baroness_Ferrers_of_Groby;
Note: Isabel de Verdun, Baroness Ferrers of Groby (21 March 1317 – 25 July 1349) was an heiress, who was related to the English royal family as the eldest daughter of Elizabeth de Clare. Isabel was born at Amesbury Priory, Wiltshire, on 21 March 1317, the only child of the marriage of Theobald de Verdun, 2nd Baron Verdun, Justiciar of Ireland (born 8 September 1278) and Lady Elizabeth de Clare. She was born eight months after her father died of typhoid on 27 July 1316. On 3 May 1317, when Isabel was just about six weeks old, her mother married Sir Roger D'Amory, Lord D'Amory, Baron of Armoy (c.1290- 14 March 1322) a favourite of King Edward II, who encouraged the match. Isabel's wardship and marriage rights were awarded to her stepfather. Isabel married Henry Ferrers, 2nd Baron Ferrers of Groby (b. before 1303, d. 15 September 1343) in 1328 at Newbold Verdon, Leicestershire. Isabel died on 25 July 1349 of the plague. Her husband had died on 15 September 1343 and was buried in Ulvescroft Priory.
Page: information
- Title: Isabel Verdun (1317-1349), Our Royal, Titled, Noble, and Commoner Ancestors
Author: https://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/p383.htm#i11489 index to pedigrees [citations]
Publication: Name: https://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/p383.htm#i11489;
Note: Isabel Verdun [1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12]
Last Edited 4 Apr 2020
F, #11489, b. 21 March 1317, d. 25 July 1349
Father Sir Theobald de Verdun, Lord Weoberley, Baron Alton, 2nd Lord Verdun, Constable & Justiciar of Ireland [13,2,3,4,14,6,15,8,9,16,11,17] b. 8 Sep 1278, d. 27 Jul 1316
Mother Elizabeth de Clare [2,14,6,15,16,11,17] b. 16 Sep 1295, d. 4 Nov 1360
Isabel Verdun was born on 21 March 1317 at Amesbury, Wiltshire, England; Born posthumously. [2,6,11] She married Henry de Ferrers, 2nd Baron Ferrers of Groby, Justice of Chester, Keeper of the Channel Islands & Berwick on Tweed, son of Sir William Ferrers, 1st Lord Ferrers of Groby and Margaret/Alice de Segrave, before 20 February 1331; They had 1 son (Sir William, 3rd Lord Ferrers of Groby) and 2 daughters (Philippe, wife of Sir Guy de Beauchamp; & Elizabeth, David de Strathbogie, 12th Earl of Atholl, 3rd Lord Strathbogie, & of John Malewayn, Esq.) [13,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12] Isabel Verdun died on 25 July 1349 at age 32; Died of plague. [6,11]
Family: Henry de Ferrers, 2nd Baron Ferrers of Groby, Justice of Chester, Keeper of the Channel Islands & Berwick on Tweed b. c 1303, d. 15 Sep 1343
Children:
Elizabeth de Ferrers+ [13,2,3,6,8,11] d. 23 Oct 1375
Philippa de Ferrers [18,2,4,6,9,11] d. 5 Aug 1384
Sir William Ferrers, 3rd Baron Ferrers of Groby+ [2,6,11] b. 28 Feb 1333, d. 8 Jan 1371
Citations:
1. [S3164] The Complete Peerage, by Cokayne, Vol. V,, p. 346/7; Magna Charta Sureties, 1215, 4th Ed., by F. L. Weis, p. 112; Plantagenet Ancestry of 17th Century Colonists, by David Faris, p. 63.
2. [S5] Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, p. 208.
3. [S16] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. I, p. 65-66.
4. [S16] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. I, p. 143-144.
5. [S16] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. I, p. 362.
6. [S16] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. II, p. 296-297.
7. [S16] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. IV, p. 255.
8. [S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. I, p. 193-194.
9. [S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. I, p. 296.
10. [S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. II, p. 22.
11. [S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. III, p. 152-153.
12. [S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. V, p. 247.
13. [S5] Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, p. 51.
14. [S16] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. I, p. 359-360.
15. [S16] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. IV, p. 252-253.
16. [S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. II, p. 19-20.
17. [S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. V, p. 244-245.
18. [S11568] The Complete Peerage, by Cokayne, Vol. XII/2, p. 375.
Page: Relationships and 18 sources
- Title: Inquisitions Post Mortem (IPMs) for Isabel, late the wife of Henry de Farariis, de Ferrariis or de Ferers
Author: J. E. E. S. Sharp, E. G. Atkinson, J. J. O'Reilly and G. J. Morris, 'Inquisitions Post Mortem, Edward III, File 103', in Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem: Volume 9, Edward III (London, 1916), pp. 289-309. British History Online http://www.british-history.ac.uk/inquis-post-mortem/vol9/pp289-309 [accessed 22 January 2020].
Publication: Name: https://www.british-history.ac.uk/inquis-post-mortem/vol9/pp289-309;
Note: 379. ISABEL, LATE THE WIFE OF HENRY DE FARARIIS, DE FERARIIS or DE FERERS.
Writ, 18 August, 23 Edward III [1349].
OXFORD. Inq.. taken at La Hethe, 27 September, 23 Edward III [1349].
Hethe. The manor (extent given) held of the king in chief by service of half a knight’s fee.
There used to be twenty-seven villeins, but of these twenty-one are dead and their lands are lying fallow and untilled.
She held no other lands &c. in the county.
She died on Saturday before St. Lawrence last. William son of Henry de Ferariis, aged 18 years and more, is her heir.
Writ, 18 August, 23 Edward III.
SALOP. Inq. taken at Welynton, 6 October, 23 Edward III.
Stoke upon Tyrne. The manor (extent given) held of the king in chief by service of half a knight’s fee.
Lodelowe. A moiety of the town, in which there is no messuage or demesne lands but only 6l. rent of burgesses, held of the king in chief by service of half a knight’s fee.
She died on St. James’s day [25 July] last. William de Ferariis, her son, aged 18 years at the Nativity of St. John the Baptist last, is her heir.
STAFFORD. Inq. taken at Mukleston, 2 October, 23 Edward III.
Wotton. A park, 13s. 4d. rent and pleas &c. of court, worth only 2s. on account of the pestilence, parcel of the manor of Alveton, which manor is held of the king in chief by service of a knight’s fee.
Date of death and heir as in the last.
Writ, 18 August, 23 Edward III.
ESSEX. Inq. taken at Stebyngge, Friday after the Decollation of St. John, 23 Edward III.
Great Donemawe. Lands and tenements, sometime of Robert de Merk and Jacomina his wife, held of the king, as of the honour of Boulogne, by service of a fourth part of a knight’s fee, of the gift of John Brocas, rendering to the latter 10l. 5s. yearly for life. The premises were taken into the king’s hand by reason of the forfeiture of Ingram de Merk, son and heir of Robert and Jacomina, an adherent of Philip de Valesio, an enemy of the king, and granted by the king to the said John Brocas in fee simple.
Stebyngge and Wodham Ferrers. The manors held for her life of the gift of Hugh de Calk and William Garyng, chaplains, to Henry, sometime her husband now long dead, and the said Isabel and the heirs of their bodies, of the earl of Lancaster, as of the honour of Tottebery, services not known.
Neuport. The said Isabel held the manor and town, by what title the jury know not. After her death they were taken into the king’s hand and their tenants attorned to the king, and being in the king’s seisin Thomas Revely and John Ravene and others unknown entered the said manor and town in the name of Edward, prince of Wales, and caused the tenants to attorn to him, and ordered the issues to be levied to his use, so that the writ attached to this inquisition cannot be executed, so far as concerns the said manor and town.
She died on St. James’s day [25 July] last. Heir as above.
C. Edw. III. File 103. (27.)
Page: The main subject of this source.
- Title: Proof of age for Isabel, one of the daughters and heirs of Theobald de Verdon, whom Henry de Ferrariis married
Author: J E E S Sharp and A E Stamp, 'Inquisitions Post Mortem, Edward III, File 30', in Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem: Volume 7, Edward III (London, 1909), pp. 287-301. British History Online http://www.british-history.ac.uk/inquis-post-mortem/vol7/pp287-301 [accessed 23 January 2020].
Publication: Name: https://www.british-history.ac.uk/inquis-post-mortem/vol7/pp287-301;
Note: 395. ISABEL, ONE OF THE DAUGHTERS AND HEIRS OF THEOBALD DE VERDON, whom Henry de Ferrariis married.
Writ to the escheator to take the proof of age of the said Isabel, and to warn Queen Isabella, the king’s mother, who has the wardship, &c., or her bailiff, to be present, &c., 20 February, 5 Edward III [1331].
WILTS. Proof of age, Friday before the Annunciation, 5 Edward III [1331]. (defaced.)
John le Duyn, knight, aged 60 years, says that the said Isabel was 14 years of age on the feast of St. Benet [12 January] last past, for she was born at Aunbresbury on that day, 10 Edward II [1317], and baptized in the church there: at that time he was staying in his manor of Tudeworth, four leagues from Aunbresbury, and saw Queen Isabella come from the manor of Clarendon to lift the said Isabel from the font, and he was present.
Henry Borry, aged 50 years and more, says the like, and he saw Roger, then bishop of Salisbury, come from his manor of Wodeford to baptize the same Isabel, and he came in the company of the said bishop, whose servant (familiaris) he then was.
Walter de Hungerford, aged 45, says the like, for he was similarly present at her baptism, in the company of the aforesaid bishop.
John de Harnham, aged 46 years, says the like, and knows it because at the time of her birth he was sub-sheriff of Wilts and was assigned to conduct Queen Isabella from Clarendon to Aunbresbury, as abovesaid.
Richard de Wycombe, aged 47 years, says the like, and knows it because when Elizabeth de Burgh, mother of the said Isabel, lay in childbed (?) with her, King Edward, the king’s father, came from his manor of Clarendon to the said Elizabeth ………… . between the same Elizabeth and Roger Damory, and the said Richard was then groom (valettus) of Walter Gascelyn (?), who came in the king’s company.
John le Lange (?), aged 44 years, says the like, (and knows it because he saw?) the same Isabel lifted from the font.
John G … . and John le Frie (?) of Bulteford, say the like, and know it because they saw Lady Mary, the king’s aunt, lift her from the font.
Robert de la Foreste of Aunbresbury, aged 46 years, says the like, and knows it because ………… Isabel, Alice his wife brought forth a daughter Grace (?).
Walter de Thacham, aged 64 years, says the like, and knows it because ………… .
John Somer, aged 62 years, says the like, and knows it because …………… . . lifted from the font.
William de Staunton, aged 70 years, says the like ………… .
Page: The main subject of this source.
- Title: Find A Grave - Isabel de Verdun
Publication: Name: https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=88415606;
- Title: Inquisitions Post Mortem (IPMs) for Elizabeth de Burgo
Author: A. E. Stamp, E. Salisbury, E. G. Atkinson and J. J. O'Reilly, 'Inquisitions Post Mortem, Edward III, File 152', in Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem: Volume 10, Edward III (London, 1921), pp. 499-513. British History Online http://www.british-history.ac.uk/inquis-post-mortem/vol10/pp499-513 [accessed 23 January 2020].
Publication: Name: https://www.british-history.ac.uk/inquis-post-mortem/vol10/pp499-513;
Note: 637. ELIZABETH DE BURGO.
Writ, 6 November, 34 Edward III [1360].
LINCOLN. Inq. taken at Cathorp, 10 December, 34 Edward III [1360].
Cathorp. The manor, whereof Gilbert de Aton enfeoffed Roger Damory, now dead, and the aforesaid Elizabeth, then his wife, to hold to them and the heirs of Roger, held of the king in chief by service of one knight’s fee.
She died on 4 November, 34 Edward III [1360]. Elizabeth, daughter of the said Roger and Elizabeth, married to John Bardolf, knight, aged 30 years and more, is the said Roger’s heir to the said manor.
Writ, 6 November, 34 Edward III.
DORSET. Inq. taken at Craneburn, Monday before the Epiphany, 34 Edward III.
Craneburn. The manor.
Tarrente Goundevill. The manor.
Pymperne. The manor.
Stupel. The manor.
Warham. The borough.
Wyke. The manor.
Portlond. The manor.
Wymouth. The borough.
All held of the king in chief by knight’s service.
Craneburn. A toft, 45a. arable, 1a. meadow, several from the Purification until the hay is carried, and after that common, 6a. pasture, 12a. wood, 53s. 4d. rent, held for life of Maud Beauboys by service of 10s. yearly, the reversion of which belongs to Elizabeth, daughter and heir of Roger Dammori, married to John Bardulf, as of the inheritance of Roger her father.
The deceased died on Wednesday after All Saints last. Elizabeth, daughter of William de Burgo, her kinswoman, married to Lionel, earl of Ulster, aged 20 years and more, is her heir.
Writ to the escheator in co. Dorset. The king, wishing to shew special grace to his son Lionel, earl of Ulster, and Elizabeth his wife, kinswoman and heir of Elizabeth de Burgo, orders the escheator to deliver (dimittas) to John Bruynyng, John Motelot and Stephen Bonde, late servants of Elizabeth de Burgo, all her lands &c. taken into the king’s hand on her death and allow them to dispose of the issues until further orders. The inquisitions taken under the previous writ are to be sent into chancery. 10 November, 34 Edward III.
Certificate of the escheator that he has taken the manors of Cranebourn, Tarrente Goundevill, Pymperne, Wyke and Portlond and the boroughs of Warham and Wymouth (as in the inquisition) and delivered them into the custody of John Brunyng, John Motelot and Stephen Bounde, together with all the issues since the death of the said earl (sic). (Undated.)
Writ, 6 November, 34 Edward III.
[WARWICK.] Inq. taken at Wolrichestoun, Wednesday before St. Clement, 34 Edward III.
Braundon. The manor, with the hamlet of Bretford (extent given), held in dower by endowment of Sir Theobald de Verdon, formerly her husband, of the earl of Warwick by service of one knight’s fee.
Fleckenho. The manor, similarly held in dower of the earl of Warwick or the bishop of Worcester, the jurors know not which, and the reversion belongs to William de Ferariis, kinsman and one of the heirs of Theobald de Verdon, aged 24 years and more.
She died on 4 November last. The reversion of the manor of Braundoun and the hamlet of Bretford belongs to Bartholomew de Burghasch, son and heir of Elizabeth, daughter and one of the heirs of Theobald, and the said Bartholomew is 30 years of age and more.
LEICESTER. Inq. taken at Lutteworth, Thursday before St. Edmund the King, 34 Edward III.
Neubold Verdoun. The manor (extent given), including a chief messuage, a vivary, a park, two watermills and two views of frankpledge at Schefynton, held of the king in chief by service of a tenth part of a knight’s fee.
Cotesbech. The manor (extent given) held of the king in chief by service of a sixth part of a knight’s fee.
These two manors are held in dower of the endowment of Sir Theobald de Verdoun, sometime her husband, and the reversions belong to John de Croppehull, knight, and Margery his wife, daughter and one of the heirs of Theobald; the said Margery is 40 years of age and more.
Lutteworth. The manor (extent given), with the advowson of the church, including pasture called Longeleyes and two ovens, held in dower, as above, of the co-heirs of John de Wolretoun by service of 10s. yearly called ‘mauslyn,’ and the said co-heirs render the said 10s. for ward of the castle of Norhamton. The reversion belongs to William de Ferariis, knight, son of Isabel, one of the daughters and heirs of Theobald de Verdoun. (The extent contains the words est ibidem quoddam furnum, tolnet’ cum nundinis val’ per annum 46s. 8d.)
Date of death as in the last inquisition.
Writ, 6 November, 34 Edward III.
HERTFORD. Inq. taken at Staundon, Monday before St. Thomas the Apostle, 34 Edward III.
Staundon. A manor called ‘la Rous’ (extent given) held for life, of the inheritance of Elizabeth, wife of John Bardolf, daughter and heir of Roger Dammory, of the king in chief (service illegible).
Date of death as above.
HERTFORD. Inq. taken at Staundon, Monday before St. Thomas the Apostle, 34 Edward III.
Staundon. The manor (extent given), including a park with deer, held of the king in chief as parcel of the earldom of Gloucester.
Popeshale. A tenement so called held of the king in chief as of the honour of Dover by service of rendering 10s. yearly for ward of Dover castle.
Buntyngford. A market (forum) and fair worth 60s. yearly.
Date of death, 4 November, and heir Elizabeth, wife of Lionel, earl of Ulster, aged 22 years and more.
ESSEX. Inq. taken at Berdefeld, Tuesday after St. Nicholas, 34 Edward III.
Berdefeld. The manor (extent given), including a park with deer in which is an enclosed meadow of 7 1/2a. wont to be mown for sustenance of the deer in winter, 100s. rent from the borough and a leet at (circa) Easter, held of the king in chief as parcel of the earldom of Gloucester, service not known.
She died on 4 November last. Elizabeth, wife of Sir Lionel, earl of Ulster, aged 22 years and more, is her kinswoman and heir.
ESSEX. Inq. taken at Bernardiston, Tuesday after St. Nicholas, 34 Edward III.
Clarette. The manor (extent given), including a leet at (circa) Easter, held of the king in chief, service not specified.
Stanbourne. A court held as of the fee of Clare.
Norton. A leet.
Stanbourne. A leet.
Topesfeld. A leet.
Shaldeford. A leet.
Halstede Horold. A leet.
Stanbourne. A court held as of the fee of the Marshal.
Wikeberghe. A leet, and 9s. 10d. from divers tenants.
Date of death and heir as in the last inquisition.
NORFOLK. Inq. taken at Walsyngham, 15 December, 34 Edward III.
Walsyngham. The manor (extent given), including 2 watermills, a windmill, a fishery, customs called ‘bosage,’ ‘wrongsheryngselver,’ a leet about the feast of St. George and a part of a leet about Michaelmas, a fair (nundine) on the feast of the Nativity of the Virgin, and a market, held of the king in chief by service of rendering 10s. yearly at the king’s castle of Norwich for waytefee.
Brecham. The manor (extent given) held of the king in chief as parcel of the barony of Clare, service not known.
Stokesby, Owelton and elsewhere. 6l. 6s. 8d. foreign rents.
Sharneton. A leet held about the feast of the Invention of the Holy Cross.
Date of death and heir as in the last.
SUFFOLK. Inq. taken at Clare, Monday after St. Nicholas, 34 Edward III.
Sothewold. A messuage, 20a. land, 40s. rent and a last of herrings yearly worth five marks, a leet worth 10s. yearly, and perquisites of court worth 3s. 4d., held of the king in chief, service not known.
Date of death and heir not stated.
SUFFOLK. Inq. taken at Clopton, Wednesday before Christmas, 34 Edward III.
Clopton. The manor (extent given), including a leet about the feast of All Saints.
Ilketelishale. The manor.
Both held for life by gift of the present king, with remainder to John Bardolf and his wife Elizabeth, daughter of Roger Dammory, and the deceased as heir of the same Roger, and to the heirs of the said Elizabeth (Bardolf); held of the king by service of the fourth part of a knight’s fee.
Elizabeth de Burgo and John Bardolf and Elizabeth his wife by fine levied with the king’s licence granted the manor of Ilketelishale to John de Lenne for life, to be held of the king, rendering to the grantors 20l. yearly, with remainder as above.
Date of death, 4 November.
SUFFOLK. Inq. taken at Clare, Monday after St. Nicholas, 34 Edward III.
Hunden. The manor (extent given), including 987a. arable and fallow, and 30 customary tenants owing 2,500 winter and 1,900 summer works, and 2 windmills and a park with deer, held of the king in chief as parcel of the earldom of Gloucester.
Clare. The castle, market and fair held of the king in chief as of the barony of Clare.
Sudbery. The manor (extent given), including 2 watermills, 2 windmills, a leet at (circa) Easter, held of the king in chief as of the barony of Clare.
(Unspecified.) Foreign rents of the honour of Clare, 48s. 8d.
Mildenhale. 34s. 10d. rent (firm’) and a great court of the honour of Clare.
Bernardiston. A leet.
Multon. A leet.
Wodehall in Sudbery. The manor (extent given) including 31a. underwood, a windmill, 2 watermills and pasture called ‘Pormanescroft,’ and a market with fairs at St. Martin and St. Gregory held of the king in chief, service not known.
Date of death and heir Elizabeth, as above.
Writ, 6 November, 34 Edward III.
WILTS. Inq. made at Salisbury, 2 January, 34 Edward III.
Stoke Verdon. The manor (extent given) held for life in dower by endowment of Sir Theobald de Verdon, her former husband, by assignment in chancery, of the abbess of Wilton as of her manor of Chalk by service of 11l. fee farm yearly and suit at the hundred of Chalk every three weeks.
Wyvelesford. The manor (extent given) similarly held in dower of the bishop of Salisbury by service of finding a candle burning day and night continuously in the cathedral church of St. Mary, Salisbury, before the high altar.
Date of death, 4 November last. The reversion of the two manors belongs to Thomas de Fournewale, knight, aged 30 years and more, son and heir of Joan, daughter and one of the heirs of Theobald de Verdon, by assignment of the present king made in Chancery.
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Isabel de Verdun
BIRTH 21 Mar 1315 Amesbury, Wiltshire Unitary Authority, Wiltshire, England
DEATH 25 Jul 1349 (aged 34) Groby, Hinckley and Bosworth Borough, Leicestershire, England
BURIAL St Mary's Priory
Ulverscroft, Charnwood Borough, Leicestershire, England
MEMORIAL ID 88415606
Isabel married Henry de Ferrers, 2nd Lord Ferrers of Groby (born before 1303- 15 September 1343) in 1328 at Newbold Verdon, Leicestershire. Isabel died on 25 July 1349 of the plague. Her husband had died on 15 September 1343 and was buried in Ulvescroft Priory.
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