Nicholas de Verdun

• Preferred Name: Nicholas de Verdun^{[1] [2] [3]}
  
• Gender: M
  
• Acceded: in Alton, Cheadle, Staffordshire, England at LATI: N2.9778 LONG: E1.8918
  
• Death: 23 OCT 1231 in Farnham Royal, Buckinghamshire, England, United Kingdom at LATI: N1.538 LONG: E0.6171 with note: USER: Heather1,012: "The United Kingdom didn't exist before 1801, SO STOP ADDING IT!"
  
• FSID: L1ZM-MNW
  
• Birth: ABT 1174 in Alton, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom at LATI: N2.9778 LONG: E1.8918 with note: USER: Heather1,012: "The United Kingdom didn't exist before 1801, SO STOP ADDING IT!"
  
• Notes:

  === Life Sketch ===
  sir, Nicholas Verdun, of Alton
  yr s/o Bertram Verdun &
  b- 1175 - Alton, Chealde, Staffordshire, England
  m-1- Joan FitzPiers
  m-2- 1205 - Clemence Boteler
  d- before 23 October 1231 - Farmham Royal, Buckinghamshire, England
  
  1200 - heir of brother Thomas Verdun -Sheen & Ruston, Staffordshire & Hethe, Oxfordshire
  
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  Nicholas de Verdon († 1231 ) was an Anglo-Irish nobleman.
  
  Nicholas de Verdon was a younger son of Bertram de Verdon. After the death of his father in 1192 and the childless death of his older brother Thomas, Nicholas inherited the possessions of the family in Staffordshire and Ireland. Around 1195, he married his sister Lescelina with Hugh de Lacy, Lord of Meath. As a dowry for this marriage covenant with the powerful Lacy family, he offered about half of his possessions in Loath, Ireland. The marriage, however, did not lead to a strengthening of the position of the Verdon family in Ireland, but the conflict with Lacy. 1210 Nicholas belonged to the army of King John Ohnelandwith which this drove the Lacys from Ireland. In 1215, however, Nicholas supported the nobility opposition, which forced the king to recognize the Magna Carta. As a result, the king had his possessions occupied in England and Ireland. After the death of King John and the end of the War of the Barons in 1217 Nicholas received Dundalk and other possessions back. In 1230 he granted Dundalk the right to hold a fair. After his death, his only daughter Rohese his heir, he had married in 1225 at the instigation of the government with the Anglo-Irish nobleman Theobald le Botiller .
  
  «b»Biography«/b»
  Nicholas De Verdun, was born about 1169 in Alton, Staffordshire, England. He was the son of Bertram de Verdun and his second wife.
  
  «b»Land Holdings«/b»
  The Red Book of the Exchequer records "Nicholaus de Verdun" holding one knight's fee in "Lynberge et Stalburge de feodo Willelmi de Homez" in Lincolnshire, and three parts "in Kyrkeby" in Lancashire, in 1210/12.
  
  The Testa de Nevill lists knights who held land from bishop of Worcester, whose assets had been confiscated by King John, dated to 1208/13: "Nicholaus de Verdun" held "in Fekho dimidium militem de Eytropo Hasteing, et Eytropus de episcopo…in comitatu Warwic".
  
  The Testa de Nevill includes a writ of King John dated 1212 which records "Nicholaus de Verdon" holding land "in honore Lancastrie extra Limam" in Lancashire which "Roays mater eius" held.
  
  Henry III King of England granted the upbringing of "L. princeps Norwallie et Johanna uxor sua et…soror nostra Susannam filiam suam" to "Nicholao de Verdun et Clementie uxori sue" by order dated 24 Nov 1228.
  
  «b»Earlier Marriage to Joan Fitzpiers«/b»
  Married to Joan Fitzpiers
  
  «b»Later Marriage to Clementia«/b»
  He married Clementia. Clementia died after 1231. Clementia, possibly former mistress to King John of England and possibly mother of Joan Fitzjohn, wife of Llywelyn the Great of Wales.
  
  «b»Custody of Susanna«/b»
  In 1228 a certain Nicholas de Verdun appeared to be in Henry III's favor, and this favor manifested itself when the king's " dear and faithful Nicholas de Verdun and his wife Clementia were granted custody of 'Susanna' our niece, the daughter of Llywelyn, prince of North Wales and Joanna his wife, to be brought up safe and secure without all injury."
  
  «b»Death«/b»
  Nicholas died between 24 November 1228 and October 1231. "The Chronicle of Croxden records the death in 1199 of "Thomas de Verdun in Hibernia" and the succession of "Nicholaus frater suus".
  
  «b»Issue«/b»
  Nicholas & his wife had two children:
  
  1.) Rohese de Verdun (-10 Feb 1247, bur Priory of Grace-Dieu, Belton). A charter dated 19 Jul 1230 records that Henry III King of England granted custody of "the lands and heirs of Theobald Fitz Walter and marriage of the heirs" to Richard Earl of Cornwall "saving to Rohesia who was his wife, her dower out of them". Henry III King of England granted "terris que fuerunt...Theobaldi quondam viri sui in Anglia...dotem suam" to "Rohesie que fuit uxor Theobaldi pincerne", dated 1231. A charter dated 23 Oct 1231 records that "Rohesia daughter and heir of Nicholas de Verdun made with the king a fine of 700 marks for her relief that she may have seisin of her father's lands at his death…". The Chronicle of Croxden records the death "IV Id Feb" 1248 of "domina Roysia de Verdun fundatrix abbatiæ de Crokesden" and the succession of "dominus Johannes de Verdun filius eius". "John de Verdun made a fine with the king of 1,300 marks to have seisin of the lands both in England and Ireland which had belonged to Rohesia de Verdun his mother and whose heir he is" by charter dated 3 May 1247. Her son adopted his mother's family name Verdun and was ancestor of the Lords Verdun. m (1225) as his second wife, THEOBALD Butler [le Botiller], son of THEOBALD Walter & his wife Maud Le Vavasour (1200-1230). Born Alton, Staffordshire, 1204.
  
  2.) Matilda de Verdun (-27 Nov 1283). Her parentage and first marriage are confirmed by an inquisition after the death of "Robert Waleraund" which records that the deceased held "Stupellaunton [Wiltshire]...of the gift of Lady Maud de Albo Monasterio sometime the wife of Sir John son of Alan, who had the land in free marriage from Lady Clemence de Verdun her mother". Inquisitions "Wednesday after Epiphany 12 Edw I", after the death of "Maud (late) the wife of Richard de Amundevyl alias Lady Maud de verdun", name "Richard son of John (son) of the said Alan [no Alan previously mentioned] age unknown is her next heir...Richard son of Alan aged 18 at the feast of St. Michael last is her next heir", found that she died "on Saturday after St. Katherine 12 Edw I". m firstly (before 1240) JOHN FitzAlan, son of JOHN FitzAlan & his first wife Isabel d'Aubigny of the Earls of Arundel (May 1223-1267 before 10 Nov). m secondly RICHARD de Amundeville, son of --- (-after 1286).
  
  === (children) ===
  (children)
  
  === Sources: Norr; A. Roots 149-28; Kraentzl ===
  Sources: Norr; A. Roots 149-28; Kraentzler 1125. Roots: Nicholas de Verdun of Alton, Staffordshire. (See 70-30). K: Nicholaus de Verdun. Norr: Nocholas de Verdun.
  
  === Nicholas succeeded to his father's Irish ===
  Nicholas succeeded to his father's Irish lands, lost his English estates when King John warred on the barons but regained them when Henry III became king. Nicholas succeeded his brother William in 1199.
  
  === !Ancestral Roots by Weis, Seventh Editio ===
  !Ancestral Roots by Weis, Seventh Edition L 70-31, 149-28.
  
  === Ancestral File Number: V9SP-27 ===
  Ancestral File Number: V9SP-27
  
  "The Plantagenet Ancestry" by William Henry Turton, p. 108
  
  === !BIR-MAR: Bk, Medieval Knight by Stephen ===
  !BIR-MAR: Bk, Medieval Knight by Stephen Turnbull.
  
  === Nicholas de Verdon, in the 6th John [120 ===
  Nicholas de Verdon, in the 6th John [1205], paid to the king £100 as also a courser and palfrey for livery of those lands in Ireland whereof his father died possessed. But in 12 years afterwards he took part with the rebellious barons, whereupon all his lands were seized by special precepts from the crown to the sheriffs of Warwick, Leicester, Stafford, Lincoln, Bucks, and Oxford, and placed in the custody of William de Cantilupe, during the king's pleasure. On his submission, however, to King Henry III, those lands were restored to him in the first year of that monarch [1216] and he appears afterwards to have enjoyed the favour of the king. He died in 1231, leaving (by Joan, his wife) and only daughter and heiress, Roesia de Verdon. [Sir Bernard Burke, History of the Colonial Gentry, London, 1891-5, Vol. I, p. 234]
  
  === THE PLANTAGENET ANCESTRY (GS NUMBER Q940 ===
  THE PLANTAGENET ANCESTRY (GS NUMBER Q940 D2T) P.108; SORLEY'S PEDIGREES (GS NUMBER Q929.242 SO68) P.29, 34; ANCESTRAL FILE, LDS GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY;
  
  === !Sir Bernard Burke's Dormant & Extinct P ===
  !Sir Bernard Burke's Dormant & Extinct Peerage "page 548";. !Information:Nicholas Paid for Livery Of Lands in Ireland
  
  === 1. of Alton Co. Stafford. 2. see AR 70-3 ===
  1. of Alton Co. Stafford. 2. see AR 70-30 ? 1. of Alton, Co. Stafford. (see 70-30).
  
  === !NOTE: Ancestors of John Walton Frank.; ===
  !NOTE: Ancestors of John Walton Frank.; ; ; ; ;
  
  === !#21> Complete Peerage-v1-p239,-v2-p448, ===
  !#21> Complete Peerage-v1-p239,-v2-p448,-v12pt2-p247, (FHL 942 D22cok); !KIN> bro & h of Thomas de Verdun;
  
  === [DAHLENJULY00.GED] 1. of Alton Co. Staf ===
  [DAHLENJULY00.GED] 1. of Alton Co. Stafford. 2. see AR 70-30 ? 1. of Alton, Co. Stafford. (see 70-30).
  
  === sir, Nicholas Verdun, of Alton ===
  sir, Nicholas Verdun, of Alton
  yr s/o Bertram Verdun &
  b- 1175 - Alton, Chealde, Staffordshire, England
  m-1- Joan FitzPiers
  m-2- 1205 - Clemence Boteler
  d- before 23 October 1231 - Farmham Royal, Buckinghamshire, England
  
  1200 - heir of brother Thomas Verdun -Sheen & Ruston, Staffordshire & Hethe, Oxfordshire
  
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  Nicholas de Verdon († 1231 ) was an Anglo-Irish nobleman.
  
  Nicholas de Verdon was a younger son of Bertram de Verdon. After the death of his father in 1192 and the childless death of his older brother Thomas, Nicholas inherited the possessions of the family in Staffordshire and Ireland. Around 1195, he married his sister Lescelina with Hugh de Lacy, Lord of Meath. As a dowry for this marriage covenant with the powerful Lacy family, he offered about half of his possessions in Loath, Ireland. The marriage, however, did not lead to a strengthening of the position of the Verdon family in Ireland, but the conflict with Lacy. 1210 Nicholas belonged to the army of King John Ohnelandwith which this drove the Lacys from Ireland. In 1215, however, Nicholas supported the nobility opposition, which forced the king to recognize the Magna Carta. As a result, the king had his possessions occupied in England and Ireland. After the death of King John and the end of the War of the Barons in 1217 Nicholas received Dundalk and other possessions back. In 1230 he granted Dundalk the right to hold a fair. After his death, his only daughter Rohese his heir, he had married in 1225 at the instigation of the government with the Anglo-Irish nobleman Theobald le Botiller .
  
  «b»Biography«/b»
  Nicholas De Verdun, was born about 1169 in Alton, Staffordshire, England. He was the son of Bertram de Verdun and his second wife.
  
  «b»Land Holdings«/b»
  The Red Book of the Exchequer records "Nicholaus de Verdun" holding one knight's fee in "Lynberge et Stalburge de feodo Willelmi de Homez" in Lincolnshire, and three parts "in Kyrkeby" in Lancashire, in 1210/12.
  
  The Testa de Nevill lists knights who held land from bishop of Worcester, whose assets had been confiscated by King John, dated to 1208/13: "Nicholaus de Verdun" held "in Fekho dimidium militem de Eytropo Hasteing, et Eytropus de episcopo…in comitatu Warwic".
  
  The Testa de Nevill includes a writ of King John dated 1212 which records "Nicholaus de Verdon" holding land "in honore Lancastrie extra Limam" in Lancashire which "Roays mater eius" held.
  
  Henry III King of England granted the upbringing of "L. princeps Norwallie et Johanna uxor sua et…soror nostra Susannam filiam suam" to "Nicholao de Verdun et Clementie uxori sue" by order dated 24 Nov 1228.
  
  «b»Earlier Marriage to Joan Fitzpiers«/b»
  Married to Joan Fitzpiers
  
  «b»Later Marriage to Clementia«/b»
  He married Clementia. Clementia died after 1231. Clementia, possibly former mistress to King John of England and possibly mother of Joan Fitzjohn, wife of Llywelyn the Great of Wales.
  
  «b»Custody of Susanna«/b»
  In 1228 a certain Nicholas de Verdun appeared to be in Henry III's favor, and this favor manifested itself when the king's " dear and faithful Nicholas de Verdun and his wife Clementia were granted custody of 'Susanna' our niece, the daughter of Llywelyn, prince of North Wales and Joanna his wife, to be brought up safe and secure without all injury."
  
  «b»Death«/b»
  Nicholas died between 24 November 1228 and October 1231. "The Chronicle of Croxden records the death in 1199 of "Thomas de Verdun in Hibernia" and the succession of "Nicholaus frater suus".
  
  «b»Issue«/b»
  Nicholas & his wife had two children:
  
  1.) Rohese de Verdun (-10 Feb 1247, bur Priory of Grace-Dieu, Belton). A charter dated 19 Jul 1230 records that Henry III King of England granted custody of "the lands and heirs of Theobald Fitz Walter and marriage of the heirs" to Richard Earl of Cornwall "saving to Rohesia who was his wife, her dower out of them". Henry III King of England granted "terris que fuerunt...Theobaldi quondam viri sui in Anglia...dotem suam" to "Rohesie que fuit uxor Theobaldi pincerne", dated 1231. A charter dated 23 Oct 1231 records that "Rohesia daughter and heir of Nicholas de Verdun made with the king a fine of 700 marks for her relief that she may have seisin of her father's lands at his death…". The Chronicle of Croxden records the death "IV Id Feb" 1248 of "domina Roysia de Verdun fundatrix abbatiæ de Crokesden" and the succession of "dominus Johannes de Verdun filius eius". "John de Verdun made a fine with the king of 1,300 marks to have seisin of the lands both in England and Ireland which had belonged to Rohesia de Verdun his mother and whose heir he is" by charter dated 3 May 1247. Her son adopted his mother's family name Verdun and was ancestor of the Lords Verdun. m (1225) as his second wife, THEOBALD Butler [le Botiller], son of THEOBALD Walter & his wife Maud Le Vavasour (1200-1230). Born Alton, Staffordshire, 1204.
  
  2.) Matilda de Verdun (-27 Nov 1283). Her parentage and first marriage are confirmed by an inquisition after the death of "Robert Waleraund" which records that the deceased held "Stupellaunton [Wiltshire]...of the gift of Lady Maud de Albo Monasterio sometime the wife of Sir John son of Alan, who had the land in free marriage from Lady Clemence de Verdun her mother". Inquisitions "Wednesday after Epiphany 12 Edw I", after the death of "Maud (late) the wife of Richard de Amundevyl alias Lady Maud de verdun", name "Richard son of John (son) of the said Alan [no Alan previously mentioned] age unknown is her next heir...Richard son of Alan aged 18 at the feast of St. Michael last is her next heir", found that she died "on Saturday after St. Katherine 12 Edw I". m firstly (before 1240) JOHN FitzAlan, son of JOHN FitzAlan & his first wife Isabel d'Aubigny of the Earls of Arundel (May 1223-1267 before 10 Nov). m secondly RICHARD de Amundeville, son of --- (-after 1286).
  
  Nicholas succeeded to his father's Irish lands, lost his English estates when King John warred on the barons but regained them when Henry III became king. Nicholas succeeded his brother William in 1199.
  
  Ancestral File Number: V9SP-27
  
  "The Plantagenet Ancestry" by William Henry Turton, p. 108
  
  !Ancestral Roots by Weis, Seventh Edition L 70-31, 149-28.
  
  Nicholas de Verdon, in the 6th John [1205], paid to the king £100 as also a courser and palfrey for livery of those lands in Ireland whereof his father died possessed. But in 12 years afterwards he took part with the rebellious barons, whereupon all his lands were seized by special precepts from the crown to the sheriffs of Warwick, Leicester, Stafford, Lincoln, Bucks, and Oxford, and placed in the custody of William de Cantilupe, during the king's pleasure. On his submission, however, to King Henry III, those lands were restored to him in the first year of that monarch [1216] and he appears afterwards to have enjoyed the favour of the king. He died in 1231, leaving (by Joan, his wife) and only daughter and heiress, Roesia de Verdon. [Sir Bernard Burke, History of the Colonial Gentry, London, 1891-5, Vol. I, p. 234]
  
  1. of Alton Co. Stafford. 2. see AR 70-30 ? 1. of Alton, Co. Stafford. (see 70-30).
  
  !#21> Complete Peerage-v1-p239,-v2-p448,-v12pt2-p247, (FHL 942 D22cok); !KIN> bro & h of Thomas de Verdun;
  
  THE PLANTAGENET ANCESTRY (GS NUMBER Q940 D2T) P.108; SORLEY'S PEDIGREES (GS NUMBER Q929.242 SO68) P.29, 34; ANCESTRAL FILE, LDS GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY;
  
  !NOTE: Ancestors of John Walton Frank.; ; ; ; ;
  
  !Sir Bernard Burke's Dormant & Extinct Peerage "page 548";. !Information:Nicholas Paid for Livery Of Lands in Ireland
  
  (children)
  
  [DAHLENJULY00.GED] 1. of Alton Co. Stafford. 2. see AR 70-30 ? 1. of Alton, Co. Stafford. (see 70-30).
  
  !BIR-MAR: Bk, Medieval Knight by Stephen Turnbull.

1. Adeline de Verdun, b. ABT 1202 in Alton, Staffordshire, England     d. ABT 1228 in Alton, Staffordshire, England
2. Rohese de Verdun, b. ABT 1204 in Alton, Staffordshire, England     d. 10 FEB 1246/47

1. Title: British History Online
   
2. Title: The Medieval Lands Project, "NICHOLAS de Verdun"
   Author: fmg.ac
   Publication: Name: http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/ENGLISHNOBILITYMEDIEVAL3T-Z.htm#BertramVerdundied1191;
   
3. Title: The Medieval Lands Project, "NICHOLAS de Verdun"
   Author: fmg.ac
   Publication: Name: http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/ENGLISHNOBILITYMEDIEVAL3T-Z.htm#BertramVerdundied1191;
   Note: NICHOLAS de Verdun (-[24 Nov 1228/Oct 1231]). The Chronicle of Croxden records the death in 1199 of “Thomas de Verdun in Hibernia” and the succession of “Nicholaus frater suus”[688]. The Red Book of the Exchequer records "Nicholaus de Verdun" holding one knight’s fee in "Lynberge et Stalburge de feodo W[illelmi] de Hom[ez]" in Lincolnshire, and three parts "in Kyrkeby" in Lancashire, in [1210/12][689]. The Testa de Nevill lists knights who held land from bishop of Worcester, whose assets had been confiscated by King John, dated to [1208/13]: "Nicholaus de Verdun" held "in Fekho dimidium militem de Eytropo Hasteing, et Eytropus de episcopo…in comitatu Warwic"[690]. The Testa de Nevill includes a writ of King John dated 1212 which records "Nicholaus de Verdon" holding land "in honore Lancastrie extra Limam" in Lancashire which "Roays mater eius" held[691]. Henry III King of England granted the upbringing of "L. princeps Norwallie et Johanna uxor sua et…soror nostra Susannam filiam suam" to "Nicholao de Verdun et Clementie uxori sue" by order dated 24 Nov 1228[692]. m CLEMENTIA, daughter of --- (-after 1231). Henry III King of England granted the upbringing of "L. princeps Norwallie et Johanna uxor sua et…soror nostra Susannam filiam suam" to "Nicholao de Verdun et Clementie uxori sue" by order dated 24 Nov 1228[693]. Henry III King of England granted seisin of "terris quas Nicholaus de Verdun et Clemencia uxor eius tenuerunt in balliva sua nomine ipsius Clemencie" to "mortis predicti Nicholai, eidem Clemencie", dated 1231[694]. Nicholas & his wife had two children: a) ROHESE de Verdun (-10 Feb 1247, bur Priory of Grace-Dieu, Belton). A charter dated 19 Jul 1230 records that Henry III King of England granted custody of "the lands and heirs of Theobald Fitz Walter and marriage of the heirs" to Richard Earl of Cornwall "saving to Rohesia who was his wife, her dower out of them"[695]. Henry III King of England granted "terris que fuerunt...Theobaldi quondam viri sui in Anglia...dotem suam" to "Rohesie que fuit uxor Theobaldi pincerne", dated 1231[696]. A charter dated 23 Oct 1231 records that "Rohesia daughter and heir of Nicholas de Verdun made with the king a fine of 700 marks for her relief that she may have seisin of her father’s lands at his death…"[697]. The Chronicle of Croxden records the death “IV Id Feb” 1248 of “domina Roysia de Verdun fundatrix abbatiæ de Crokesden” and the succession of “dominus Johannes de Verdun filius eius”[698]. "John de Verdun made a fine with the king of 1,300 marks to have seisin of the lands both in England and Ireland which had belonged to Rohesia de Verdun his mother and whose heir he is" by charter dated 3 May 1247[699]. Her son adopted his mother’s family name Verdun and was ancestor of the Lords Verdun (see IRELAND). m ([1225]) as his second wife, THEOBALD Butler [le Botiller], son of THEOBALD Walter & his wife Maud Le Vavasour ([1200]-1230). b) MATILDA de Verdun (-27 Nov 1283). Her parentage and first marriage are confirmed by an inquisition after the death of "Robert Waleraund" which records that the deceased held "Stupellaunton [Wiltshire]...of the gift of Lady Maud de Albo Monasterio sometime the wife of Sir John son of Alan, who had the land in free marriage from Lady Clemence de Verdun her mother"[700]. Inquisitions "Wednesday after Epiphany 12 Edw I", after the death of "Maud (late) the wife of Richard de Amundevyl alias Lady Maud de verdun”, name “Richard son of John (son) of the said Alan [no Alan previously mentioned] age unknown is her next heir...Richard son of Alan aged 18 at the feast of St. Michael last is her next heir”, found that she died “on Saturday after St. Katherine 12 Edw I”[701]. m firstly (before 1240) JOHN FitzAlan, son of JOHN FitzAlan & his first wife Isabel d’Aubigny of the Earls of Arundel ([May 1223]-1267 before 10 Nov). m secondly RICHARD de Amundeville, son of --- (-after 1286).