William de la Ferte-Mace

• Preferred Name: William de la Ferte-Mace^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10]}
  
• Alternate Name: de la Ferte
  
• Gender: M
  
• Death: ABT 1216 in Kempsford, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom at LATI: N1.6712 LONG: E1.7757 with note: myheritage
  
• FSID: L4BD-WDB
  
• Birth: ABT 1164 in Kempsford, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom at LATI: N1.6712 LONG: E1.7757 with note: myheritage
  
• 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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  BIO: from Burke's A Genealogical History of the Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited, and Extinct Peerages of the British Empire, p. 111
  Heir to Margaret de la Ferte, 2nd daughter and co-heir of William de Briwere, a great feudal lord, who died in 1226.
  
  William de la Ferte s/o Matthew de la Ferte & Gundreda Paynel
  m- Margaret d/o & co-heir of William Briwere
  ch- Gundreda de la Ferte
  d- 1216
  
  Held - Holsworthy & Alphington, Devon & Marden & Lavington, Wiltshire
  he lost in lands in Normandy
  
  abt 1189-99 - Gunfred Paynell widow of Mathew de la Ferte - gave to her son William de la Ferte - Holsworthy, Wiltshire, which Fulk Paynel
  had given to her in free marr , in exchange for rents at Berlou (Bellou-en-Oulme, Normandy)
  1205 - Wiltshire - to the Sheriff of Wiltshire - to cause WILLIAM de la Ferte to have liberites of land in Mereden, out of the land belong
  to Robert Bonezbos, with houses, saving the chattels to the King,
  the rest is his to keep
  1205 - Wiltshire - to Sheriff of Wiltshire - to assign to WILLIAM de la Ferte 100pds worth of land, the remainder of manor of Mereden
  out of which he already granted to him 10 liberates - in exchange for equal value of WILLIAM's land in Devonshire
  1216 - Wiltshire - mandate to Thomas Sandford, to cause Ralph Gernon , to have full seisin of the lands of Mereden, Wiltshire,
  which the King had given him, saving the testament of WILLIAM FERTE
  1217 - Wiltshire - Thomas Gasteney to have the corn ,which belonged to WILLIAM de la Ferte, in Mereden & Lavington
  for the aquitance of the debts the deceased, by view of his executors
  19 Dec 1229 - Wiltshire - The King commmits during his pleasure -to- Gilbert Basset
  for his substenace in the Roayl service, the manor of Mereden, which Ralph gernon held, which was sometime
  in the hands of WILLIAM de la Ferte
  
  BIO
  BIO: from Burke's A Genealogical History of the Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited, and Extinct Peerages of the British Empire, p. 111
  
  Heir to Margaret de la Ferte, 2nd daughter and co-heir of William de B
  
  === 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].”
  
  === M E Sorley: The Sorley Pedigrees pp 39, ===
  M E Sorley: The Sorley Pedigrees pp 39, 34
  
  === !Brown book 5, P C 543. Banks: Dormant P ===
  !Brown book 5, P C 543. Banks: Dormant Peerage: 1807: V1 p41 & 263. Heraldry & Genealogy: by Eyton.
  
  === 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;
  
  === !Sir Bernard Burke's Dormant & Extinct P ===
  !Sir Bernard Burke's Dormant & Extinct Peerage p.111;
  
  === !SOURCE: "Royal Ancestors," PC #338. ===
  !SOURCE: "Royal Ancestors," PC #338.
  
  === William was heir to Margaret de la Ferte ===
  William was heir to Margaret de la Ferte, 2nd dau. & heir co-heir of William de Briwere, a great feudal lord who d. in 1226 - per Burke's "Dormant & Extinct Peerages," 1883, p.111

• m. ABT 1189 in England

1. Gundred de la Tour Ferte, b. ABT 1190 in Kempsford, Gloucestershire, England     d. AFT 1237 in Mereden, Wiltshire, England

1. Title: Book - Magna Charta Sureties
   
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4. Title: Book - Early Yorkshire Charters
   
5. Title: Book - Wiltshire Notes & Queries
   
6. Title: The Origins of Some Anglo-Norman Families
   Author: The Origins of Some Anglo-Norman Families, by Lewis C Loyd, 1999, Page number: 41
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9. Title: Book - Observation of the Norman Excequer
   
10. Title: Magna Charta Sureties 1215
    Author: Magna Charta Sureties 1215, Frederick Lewis Weis, additions by Walter Lee Sheppard Jr, 5th Edition, 1999, Page number: 16a-1
    Note: death: 1216; Holsworthy, Devonshire, England, United Kingdom
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