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Marjorie de Briwere
- Preferred Name: Marjorie de Briwere[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
- Gender: F
- FSID: MZLT-8KV
- Birth: ABT 1183 in Stoke, Devonshire, England at LATI: N0.9935 LONG: E4.5137
- Burial: 1237
- Death: BEF 1237 in Holsworthy, Devonshire, England
- Notes:
=== Life Sketch ===
“Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial & Medieval Families,” Douglas Richardson (2013):
"vii. MARGERY (or MARGARET) BRIWERRE, married (1st) WILLIAM DE LA FERTÉ, Knt., of Alphington, Devon. They had one daughter, Gundred. WILLIAM DE LA FERTÉ, died in 1216. His widow, Margery, married (2nd) (as his 2nd wife) EUDES DE DAMMARTIN. They had no issue. EUDES DE DAMMARTIN died shortly before 8 April 1225. His widow, Margery, married (3rd) before Michaelmas 1225 (date of lawsuit) (as his 2nd wife) GEOFFREY DE SAY, Knt (died 1265/71), of Rickling, Essex, and Denham, Suffolk, younger son of Geoffrey de Say, of Edmonton, Middlesex, Sawbridgeworth, Hertfordshire, Denham, Suffolk, etc., Bailiff of Argues, by his 2nd wife, Alice, daughter of Aubrey de Vere, Earl of Essex. They had no issue. Margery and Geoffrey were divorced probably before Hilary term 1230, when Margery occurs alone in a lawsuit as Margery de la Ferte) and definitely by Trinity term, 1231. She was co-heiress in 1233 to her brother, William Briwerre, by which she inherited the manor of King's Sombome, Hampshire. Margery died shortly before 4 Feb. 1237. Rye Holt Cal. of Feet of Fines for Norfolk 1 (1885): 63. Maitland Bracton's Note Book 2 (1887): 445-446. Dallas & Porter Note-book of Tristram Risdon (1897): 74-75. Desc. Cat. Ancient Deeds 2 (1894): 521. Denham Parish Regs., 1539-1850, with Hist. Notes & Notices (1904): 180-181. VCH Hampshire 4 (1911): 469-480. VCH Surrey 3 (1911): 321-326. Clay Early Yorkshire Charters 6 (1939): 53-54. C.P. 11 (1949): 467, footnote o (sub Say). C.R.R. 12 (1957): 295, 302-303, 322; 13 (1959): 115, 520; 14 (1961): 332-333; 15 (1972): 110; 16 (1979): 388, 389, 392, 398; 17 (1991): 131, 133, 287, 426, 479-480; 18 (1999): 212. Paget Baronage of England (1957) (citing Cl. 16 John. m.7). Sanders English Baronies (1960): 123. VCH Cambridge 6 (1978): 52-53. Aston Lollards &Reformers (1984): 181-182 (which erroneously assigns Margery Briwerre as the wife of Geoffrey de Say (died 1230), the Magna Carta baron). Dodwell Charters of Norwich Cathedral Priory 2 (Pubs. Pipe Roll Soc. n.s. 46) (1985): 247-248. VCH Northampton 5 (2002): 374-413. National Archives, C 241/18/95, C 241/25/121, C 241/25/247 (available at www.catalogue.nationalarchives.gov.uk/search.asp). Henry III Fine Rolls Project (available at www.finerollshenrylorg.uk/home.html).
Child of Margery Briwerre, by William de la Ferte:
a. GUNDRED DE LA FERTÉ, married PAIN DE CHAWORTH, of Kempsford, Gloucestershire [see CHAWORTH 5].”
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Margaret /Margery Briwere
co-heir of her brother William Briwere
2nd d/o William Briwere
m-1- William de la ferte d- 1216
m-2- after 1216 - Eudes Dammarton d- 1225
m-3- after 1225 - Geoffrey Say d- 1230
d- after 1233 by 1237
1233 - co-heir of brother William - Weston Underwood, Buckinghamshire (moiety) & Kings Somborne, Hampshire
after 1233 - her sister Joan & her husband William Percy- gave up their rights in Longstock, Hampshire - to Margery her sister
BIO
BIO: from http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/ENGLISHNOBILITYMEDIEVAL3.htm#GreciaBriwereMReynoldBriouse as of 6/5/2016
MARGARET de Briwere (-1237). “Margeria de la Ferte” donated property to Motisfont
=== Royal Ancestry Biography ===
“Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial & Medieval Families,” Douglas Richardson (2013):
"vii. MARGERY (or MARGARET) BRIWERRE, married (1st) WILLIAM DE LA FERTÉ, Knt., of Alphington, Devon. They had one daughter, Gundred. WILLIAM DE LA FERTÉ, died in 1216. His widow, Margery, married (2nd) (as his 2nd wife) EUDES DE DAMMARTIN. They had no issue. EUDES DE DAMMARTIN died shortly before 8 April 1225. His widow, Margery, married (3rd) before Michaelmas 1225 (date of lawsuit) (as his 2nd wife) GEOFFREY DE SAY, Knt (died 1265/71), of Rickling, Essex, and Denham, Suffolk, younger son of Geoffrey de Say, of Edmonton, Middlesex, Sawbridgeworth, Hertfordshire, Denham, Suffolk, etc., Bailiff of Argues, by his 2nd wife, Alice, daughter of Aubrey de Vere, Earl of Essex. They had no issue. Margery and Geoffrey were divorced probably before Hilary term 1230, when Margery occurs alone in a lawsuit as Margery de la Ferte) and definitely by Trinity term, 1231. She was co-heiress in 1233 to her brother, William Briwerre, by which she inherited the manor of King's Sombome, Hampshire. Margery died shortly before 4 Feb. 1237. Rye Holt Cal. of Feet of Fines for Norfolk 1 (1885): 63. Maitland Bracton's Note Book 2 (1887): 445-446. Dallas & Porter Note-book of Tristram Risdon (1897): 74-75. Desc. Cat. Ancient Deeds 2 (1894): 521. Denham Parish Regs., 1539-1850, with Hist. Notes & Notices (1904): 180-181. VCH Hampshire 4 (1911): 469-480. VCH Surrey 3 (1911): 321-326. Clay Early Yorkshire Charters 6 (1939): 53-54. C.P. 11 (1949): 467, footnote o (sub Say). C.R.R. 12 (1957): 295, 302-303, 322; 13 (1959): 115, 520; 14 (1961): 332-333; 15 (1972): 110; 16 (1979): 388, 389, 392, 398; 17 (1991): 131, 133, 287, 426, 479-480; 18 (1999): 212. Paget Baronage of England (1957) (citing Cl. 16 John. m.7). Sanders English Baronies (1960): 123. VCH Cambridge 6 (1978): 52-53. Aston Lollards &Reformers (1984): 181-182 (which erroneously assigns Margery Briwerre as the wife of Geoffrey de Say (died 1230), the Magna Carta baron). Dodwell Charters of Norwich Cathedral Priory 2 (Pubs. Pipe Roll Soc. n.s. 46) (1985): 247-248. VCH Northampton 5 (2002): 374-413. National Archives, C 241/18/95, C 241/25/121, C 241/25/247 (available at www.catalogue.nationalarchives.gov.uk/search.asp). Henry III Fine Rolls Project (available at www.finerollshenrylorg.uk/home.html).
Child of Margery Briwerre, by William de la Ferte:
a. GUNDRED DE LA FERTÉ, married PAIN DE CHAWORTH, of Kempsford, Gloucestershire [see CHAWORTH 5].”
=== BAKER'S NORTHAMPTONSHIRE VOL 2 P.239; HI ===
BAKER'S NORTHAMPTONSHIRE VOL 2 P.239; HISTORY OF GLAMORGAN BY PHILLIPS; SORLEY'S PEDIGREES (GS NUMBER Q929.242 SO68) P.39; BEDFORDSHIRE 5, VOL 10 PEDIGREE 12; ENGLAND PUBLICATION A.L., P.517; NOTTINGHAMSHIRE 1, VOL 7 P.139; ANCESTRAL FILE, LDS GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY;
=== Margery (divorce 12--), sister of Willi ===
Margery (divorce 12--), sister of William Briwere and wido w of (a) ? de la Ferte and (b) Eudes de Dammartin (died 122 5). [Burke's Peerage]
=== Margery (divorce 12--), sister of Willia ===
Margery (divorce 12--), sister of William Briwere and widow of (a) ? de la Ferte and (b) Eudes de Dammartin (died 1225). [Burke's Peerage]
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Marjorie, widow 1st of William de la Ferte, d. 1216, 2nd of Eudes de Dammartin, d. 1225, daughter and eventual coheir of William de Briwere, the elder, d. 1226, lord of Horsley, co. Derby. Geoffrey and Marjorie were divorced. She was living 1233, dead 1237. [Magna Charta Sureties]
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He [Geoffrey de Say] married, 2ndly, Margery, widow of [i] . . . DE LA FERTÉ, (ii) Eudes DE DAMMARTIN (died 1225), sister and coheir of William BRIWERRE, by whom he was divorced. He died in 1230, in Poitou, shortly before 26 August, [? 19 August] and was buried at the Hospital of St. Mary, Dover, to which he had given his manor of Coldred with his body. [Complete Peerage XI:468-70, XIV:571, (transcribed by Dave Utzinger)]
=== 1SOURCES; Q942.55 H2ba Baker`s Northampt ===
1SOURCES; Q942.55 H2ba Baker`s Northamptonshire Vol 2, p 239; Q940 D2t Plantagene. Ancestry p 106, 162, 164; Q942.575 H21i Lipscombe`s Buchinghamshire Vol 4, p 126; 942.74\B5 History and Antiquities of Beverly Oliver p 462; 920. 042 D56;n Dictionary of National Biography Vol 6, 298, 299; Temple Index Bureau,
=== Source: Burke, Dormant & Extinct Peerage ===
Source: Burke, Dormant & Extinct Peerages, 111.
=== Royal Ancestors of Some LDS Families, by ===
Royal Ancestors of Some LDS Families, by Micheal Call, Chart 338 - # 11
Preferred Parents:
Father: William de Briwere Baron of Horsley, b. 22 AUG 1145 in Stoke, Devonshire, England d. 24 NOV 1226 in Belper, Derbyshire, England
Mother: Beatrice de Vaux, b. 21 JUL 1149 in Gilsland, Northumberland, England d. 24 MAR 1217 in Stoke Damerel, Devon, England
Family 1: William de la Ferte-Mace, b. ABT 1164 in Kempsford, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom d. ABT 1216 in Kempsford, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom
- Gundred de la Tour Ferte, b. ABT 1190 in Kempsford, Gloucestershire, England d. AFT 1237 in Mereden, Wiltshire, England
Family 2: Eudes de Dammartin, b. ABT 1170 in of Mendlesham, Suffolk, England d. ABT 8 APR 1225 in of Mendlesham, Suffolk, England
Sources:
- Title: William de Briwere & Vaux in Family Group Records Collection, Archives Section, 1942-1969; https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-99QY-ZW39?cc=2060211&wc=WWF8-F3S%3A352086301%2C352507701
Author: "Family Group Records Collection, Archives Section, 1942-1969," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-99QY-ZW39?cc=2060211&wc=WWF8-F3S%3A352086301%2C352507701 : 20 May 2014), D > Debnam, John (1726) - De Bruijn, William (1744) > image 985 of 1316; The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, compiler, Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah.
Publication: Name: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-99QY-ZW39;
Note: William de Briwere married Beatrice de Vaux and had children according to research before 1968
Page: Names, dates, locations, and relationships match research with some variations due to available sources
- Title: JOAN de Briwere in Foundation for Medieval Genealogy -William de Briwere [See document in the Memories section]
Publication: Name: http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/enguntac.htm#FatherWilliamBriwereA;
Note: JOAN de Briwere (-before 12 Jun 1233, bur Sandown Hospital, Surrey). The Testa de Nevill includes a list of fees of William Briwere, dated 1234, records "porcio Willelmi de Percy cum filiabus suis...filiarum et heredum Johanne que fuit uxor Willelmi de Percy"[1160]. m as his first wife, WILLIAM de Percy, son of HENRY de Percy & his wife Isabel de Brus ([1196/98]-shortly before 28 Jul 1245, bur Sawley Abbey, his heart bur at Sandown Hospital with his first wife).
Page: William de Briwere in the Foundation for Medieval Genealogy ~ http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/enguntac.htm#FatherWilliamBriwereA [See document in the Memories section]
- Title: Find a Grave
Publication: Name: https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=69921382;
- Title: Book - Early Yorkshire Charters
- Title: Book - Magna Charta Ancestry
- Title: Margaret de Briwere, "Find A Grave Index"
Author: "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV28-DT1S : 21 July 2020), Margaret de Briwere, ; Burial, , ; citing record ID , Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
Publication: Name: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV28-DT1S;
- Title: British History Online
- Title: William de Briwere and descendants in British History Online ~www.british-history.ac.uk [See document in the Memories section]
Publication: Name: http://www.british-history.ac.uk;
Note: William de Briwere and descendants in British History Online ~www.british-history.ac.uk [See document in the Memories section]
Page: William de Briwere and descendants in British History Online ~www.british-history.ac.uk [See document in the Memories section]
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