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Margaret de Mortimer
- Preferred Name: Margaret de Mortimer[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12]
- Alternate Name: de Vere
- Alternate Name: Margaret de Mortimer
- Alternate Name: De Vere
- Gender: F
- Burial: AFT 5 MAY 1337 in St. Augustines, Bristol, Gloucestershire, England at LATI: N1.454 LONG: E2.592
- Fact: 1324 in Sholdham Priory, England at LATI: N2.4379 LONG: E1.6496 with note: Description: Arrested after father's fall from power
- http://familysearch.org/v1/TitleOfNobility: Countess of Oxford
- Title (Nobility): with note: Description: Baroness Berkeley
- FSID: LTH9-RKH
- Death: 5 MAY 1337 in Berkeley Castle, Thornbury, Gloucestershire, England at LATI: N1.6904 LONG: E2.4572
- Alt. Birth: 2 MAY 1304 in Wigmore, Herefordshire, England at LATI: N2.3161 LONG: E2.861
- Birth: 2 MAY 1304 in Wigmore Castle, Herefordshire, England at LATI: N2.3181 LONG: E2.869
- Notes:
=== Life Sketch ===
His first marriage, by contract dated 10 May 1319, and papal dispensation dated 28 Aug 1329 as they were related by 4th degree, was to Margaret de Mortimer, daughter of Sir Roger de Mortimer and Joan de Joinville. Margaret's maritagium consisted on £2000 and the manor of Langley-Burrel in Wiltshire. Thomas and Margaret had four sons; Sir Maurice, Thomas, Roger and Alphonse, and well as one daughter, Joan the wife of Sir Reynold Cobham.
Thomas married a second time to Katherine de Clivedon, the daughter of Sir John de Clivedon and the widow of Sir Peter de Veel. Thomas and Katherine had four sons; Thomas, Maurice, Edmund and Sir John.
Margaret Mortimer, Baroness Berkeley
Margaret Mortimer, Baroness Berkeley
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Margaret Mortimer
Baroness Berkeley
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=== !Ancestral Roots by Weis, Seventh Editio ===
!Ancestral Roots by Weis, Seventh Edition L 39-31
=== My PAF Notes ===
from thepeerage.com, 7/2009:
Maud de Mortimer1
F, #215859
Maud de Mortimer||p21586.htm#i215859|Roger de Mortimer, 1st Earl of March|b. 1287\nd. 1330|p10697.htm#i106962|Joan de Geneville, Baroness Geneville||p10297.htm#i102965|Edmund de Mortimer, 1st Lord Mortimer|b. bt 1270 - 1275\nd. 1304|p10255.htm#i102549||||Sir Piers de Geneville||p10697.htm#i106964||||
Last Edited=11 Jan 2007
Maud de Mortimer is the daughter of Roger de Mortimer, 1st Earl of March and Joan de Geneville, Baroness Geneville .1 She married John Cherleton, 2nd Lord Cherleton , son of John Cherleton, 1st Lord Cherleton and Hawyse ap Owen , before 13 April 1319.1
From before 13 April 1319, her married name became Cherleton.1 She was living in August 1345.1
Child of Maud de Mortimer and John Cherleton, 2nd Lord Cherleton
John Cherleton, 3rd Lord Cherleton + b. c 1336, d. 13 Jul 13741
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 III, page 161. Hereinafter cited as The Complete Peerage.
=== !BIR-MAR-DEA-BUR: Bk, Medieval Knight by ===
!BIR-MAR-DEA-BUR: Bk, Medieval Knight by Stephen Turnbull.
=== My PAF Notes ===
from thepeerage.com 4/2009"
Margaret Mortimer1
F, #12029, b. after 1307, d. 5 May 1337
Margaret Mortimer|b. a 1307\nd. 5 May 1337|p1203.htm#i12029|Roger de Mortimer, 1st Earl of March|b. 1287\nd. 1330|p10697.htm#i106962|Joan de Geneville, Baroness Geneville||p10297.htm#i102965|Edmund de Mortimer, 1st Lord Mortimer|b. bt 1270 - 1275\nd. 1304|p10255.htm#i102549||||Sir Piers de Geneville||p10697.htm#i106964||||
Last Edited=15 Mar 2008
Margaret Mortimer was born after 1307.1 She was the daughter of Roger de Mortimer, 1st Earl of March and Joan de Geneville, Baroness Geneville .1 She married Thomas de Berkeley, 3rd Lord Berkeley , son of Maurice de Berkeley, 2nd Lord Berkeley and Eva la Zouche , before 25 July 1320.1 She died on 5 May 1337.1 She was buried at St. Augustine's, Bristol, Gloucestershire, England .1
From before 25 July 1320, her married name became de Berkeley.1
Children of Margaret Mortimer and Thomas de Berkeley, 3rd Lord Berkeley
Joan de Berkeley + d. 2 Oct 13692
Maurice de Berkeley, 4th Lord Berkeley + b. c 1330, d. 8 Jun 13681
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 II, page 130. Hereinafter cited as The Complete Peerage.
[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 1, page 347. Hereinafter cited as Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 107th edition.
=== r. [Weis "60 Colonists" line 39-31, p. ===
r. [Weis "60 Colonists" line 39-31, p. 46.]
=== From Ancestral File (TM), data as of 2 J ===
From Ancestral File (TM), data as of 2 January 1996.
=== !Colonial Dames of Royal Descent page 11 ===
!Colonial Dames of Royal Descent page 118
=== !Spouse-Hants Visitation 1565,1623,1686 ===
!Spouse-Hants Visitation 1565,1623,1686 GS 452543 It 3 Name,Spouse,Md,Father,DD-Burke's Peerage & Baronetage,1949 Bk 942 D22bup Md,Spouse,SS,SP-IGI addendum Bap-IGI Name,Spouse,MD,children,Bap,End-TIB FHL 884567 Bd also listed as 1306,1280,1300;Bpla as Berkley Castle;Wigmore,Here;Md as 1328;Mpla as Warw
=== Source: Norr. ===
Source: Norr.
Preferred Parents:
Father: Roger de Mortimer, b. 25 APR 1287 in Wigmore Castle, Herefordshire, England d. 29 NOV 1330 in Tyburn Elms, London, England
Mother: Joan de Geneville, b. 2 FEB 1286 in Ludlow Castle, Shropshire, England d. 19 OCT 1356 in King's Stanley, Gloucestershire, England
Family 1: Thomas de Berkeley 3rd Baron Berkeley, b. 8 JAN 1293 in Berkeley Castle, Berkeley, Gloucestershire, England d. 27 OCT 1361 in Berkeley Castle, Berkeley, Gloucestershire, England
- m. MAY 1319 in Gloucestershire, England
- Joane De Berkeley, b. 1325 in Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom d. 2 OCT 1369 in Southwark, London, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom
- Maurice de Berkeley 4th Baron Berkeley, b. 1330 in Berkeley, Gloucestershire, England d. 8 JUN 1368 in Berkeley, Gloucestershire, England
Sources:
- Title: Margaret de Mortimer, "Find A Grave Index"
Author: "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2BT-G67F : 1 August 2020), Margaret de Mortimer, ; Burial, Buckenham, Broadland District, Norfolk, England, Buckenham Priory; citing record ID 174319275, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
Publication: Name: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2BT-G67F;
- Title: Thomas de Berkeley & Mortimer in Family Group Records Collection, Archives Section, 1942-1969; https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L9QT-R3F6?cc=2060211&wc=WWF8-F3H%3A352086301%2C352498101
Author: "Family Group Records Collection, Archives Section, 1942-1969," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L9QT-R3F6?cc=2060211&wc=WWF8-F3H%3A352086301%2C352498101 : 20 May 2014), D > Deats, Peter (1782) - Debnam, John (1723) > image 739 of 1258; 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-L9QT-R3F6;
Note: Thomas de Berkeley (1293-1361) married Margaret Mortimer in 1320 and had children according to research before 1961
Page: Names, dates, locations, and relationships match research
- Title: Margaret de Mortimer Berkeley (1304-1337), Find a Grave
Author: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/27841448/margaret-berkeley
Publication: Name: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/27841448/margaret-berkeley;
Note: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/27841448/margaret-berkeley
Margaret de Mortimer Berkeley
BIRTH 2 May 1304
DEATH 5 May 1337 (aged 33)
BURIAL Bristol Cathedral
Bristol, Bristol Unitary Authority, Bristol, England
MEMORIAL ID 27841448
Eldest daughter and eldest of twelve children of Roger de Mortimer and Joan de Geneville. Her marriage to Thomas de Berkeley ("Thomas the Rich") was arranged specifically to connect their family with an important Marcher Lord family. Margaret was arrested and jailed in 1322, then sent to Sholdham Priory in 1324.
- Title: Margaret Mortimer, Baroness Berkeley (1304–1337), Wikipedia
Author: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_Mortimer,_Baroness_Berkeley
Publication: Name: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_Mortimer,_Baroness_Berkeley;
Note: 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. Margaret was duly married to Thomas de Berkeley in May 1319. He succeeded his father as 3rd Baron Berkeley in 1326. Margaret died on 5 May 1337. She was buried at St. Augustine's Abbey, Bristol, Gloucestershire.
- Title: Roger V de Mortimer, Earl of March, in the Foundation for Medieval Genealogy ~http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/ENGLISH%20NOBILITY%20MEDIEVAL2.htm#RogerMortimerdied1330B [See document in the Memories section]
Note: http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/ENGLISH%20NOBILITY%20MEDIEVAL2.htm#RogerMortimerdied1330B
Page: Roger V de Mortimer, Earl of March, in the Foundation for Medieval Genealogy ~http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/ENGLISH%20NOBILITY%20MEDIEVAL2.htm#RogerMortimerdied1330B [See document in the Memories section]
- Title: "The Berkeley manuscripts. The lives of the Berkeleys, lords of the honour, castle and manor of Berkeley, in the county of Gloucester, from 1066 to 1618," by Smyth, John, 1567-1640
Author: Publication date: 1883 Publisher: Gloucester, Printed by J. Bellows Collection: robarts; toronto Digitizing sponsor: University of Toronto Contributor: Robarts - University of Toronto Language: English Volume: 1
Publication: Name: https://archive.org/details/berkeleymanuscri01smyt/page/372/mode/2up?q=elizabeth;
Note: John Smyth of Nibley (1567-1640) used original sources, documents and manuscripts held in the Berkeley archives, to create a historical record of the lives the family from 1066 -1618.
Volume I covers the lives from Harding to Maurice 'the fourth' (d. 1368).
It was John Smyth who gave the Barons their supposed nicknames in order to distinguish between the various characters.
Page: See chapter 'The life of Thomas the Third' p345 onward for information on Margaret Mortimer.
- Title: Margaret de Mortimer Berkeley, "Find A Grave Index"
Author: "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVV5-4NM1 : 20 May 2020), Margaret de Mortimer Berkeley, 1337; Burial, , ; citing record ID , Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
Publication: Name: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVV5-4NM1;
- Title: Margaret de Mortimer de Vere, "Find A Grave Index"
Author: "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVG9-QZBN : 17 July 2020), Margaret de Mortimer de Vere, ; Burial, , ; citing record ID , Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
Publication: Name: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVG9-QZBN;
- Title: Margaret (Mortimer) de Vere on WikiTree
Author: WikiTree contributors, "Margaret (Mortimer) de Vere", WikiTree, http://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Mortimer-108 (accessed 26 April 2022)
Publication: Name: http://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Mortimer-108;
- Title: Magna Carta Ancesstry
Author: Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry: a study in colonial and medieval families (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Pub. Co., 2005), p. 856.
- Title: Legacy NFS Source: Margaret - death: about 1351; ,,England
Note: death: about 1351; ,,England
Page: Migrated from user-supplied source citation: urn:familysearch:source:3245440558
- Title: Thomas de Berkeley, Lord Berkeley, in the Foundation for Medieval Genealogy ~http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/ENGLISHNOBILITYMEDIEVAL3.htm#ThomasBerkeleydied1361 [See document in the Memories section]
Publication: Name: http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/ENGLISHNOBILITYMEDIEVAL3.htm#ThomasBerkeleydied1361;
Note: Thomas de Berkeley, Lord Berkeley, in the Foundation for Medieval Genealogy ~http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/ENGLISHNOBILITYMEDIEVAL3.htm#ThomasBerkeleydied1361 [See document in the Memories section]
Page: Thomas de Berkeley, Lord Berkeley, in the Foundation for Medieval Genealogy ~http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/ENGLISHNOBILITYMEDIEVAL3.htm#ThomasBerkeleydied1361 [See document in the Memories section]
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