Margaret de Tabley

Family/Spouse: Thomas Danyers. Thomas (son of William Danyers and Agnes de Legh) was born in of Bradley in Appleton, Cheshire, England; died in 1354. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate death: 1353

Notes:

Also called Thomas Daniers, Daniell.

In the church of St. Wilfred at Grappenhall, now a suburban village in Warrington, Cheshire, is a nineteenth-century plaque that reads:

In memory of Sir Thomas Danyers of Bradley, within Appleton, who died A.D. MCCCLIV. He was present at the Battle of Crescy, the XXVth day of May, A.D. MCCCXLVI, and there rescued the Standard of Edward the Black Prince, from the hands of the enemy, and made prisoner of the Comte de Tankerville, Chamberlain to the King of France. To preserve the memory of a gallant soldier, this monument was placed here, A.D. MDCCCCLXXVI.

Note that contrary to the plaque, the Thomas Danyers who fought at Crécy died in 1352. It was his father, also Thomas Danyers, who lived to 1354.

According to Ormerod (citation details below), "For this service the Black Prince, as earl of Chester, settled on him an annuity of 40 marks per ann. issuing out of his manor of Frodsham, until a convenient grant of land of the value of £20 per ann. could be made."

Family/Spouse: Isabel Baggiley. Isabel (daughter of William Baggiley and Clemence de Chedill) died about 1364. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate death: 1427

Notes:

Also called Margaret Daniers, Daniell.

Family/Spouse: John Ratcliffe. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Margaret married John Savage between 1375 and 1376. John (son of Roger le Savage and Isabel) was born in 1331 in of Stainsby, Derbyshire, England; died in 1386. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Margaret married Piers Legh on 26 Nov 1388. Piers (son of Robert de Legh and Maud de Norlegh) was born about 1360 in of Lyme in Handley, Cheshire, England; died on 10 Aug 1399 in Chester, Cheshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Bailiff of the Forest of Macclesfield. Constable of Halton Castle. Esquire to Henry, Prince of Wales. Fought at Agincourt, emerging from the battle as a banneret.

"Sir John (II) Savage (d. 1450) achieved success in royal service. Like his father, he served in France: Froissart records his complaint in 1390 at the tournament of St Inglevert that he had not crossed the sea merely to run one lance. Under Richard II he was appointed keeper of the park of Macclesfield, along with Piers Legh of Macclesfield. Yet he made the transition to the Lancastrian allegiance: soon after Bolingbroke's accession, Savage was granted a fee and in the first year of the reign he led troops in Henry IV's Scottish campaign. John (II) consolidated his interest around Macclesfield, receiving a lease of its mills in 1408, and he was often a justice on eyre in Cheshire. Knighted at Agincourt, in 1418 John (II) led 250 Cheshire men to Calais; he also received significant rewards from a ransom." [Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, citation details below]

John married Maud Swynnerton before 1401. Maud (daughter of Robert de Swynnerton and Elizabeth de Beke) was born about 1370; died between 8 Jun 1414 and 1424. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

John married Ellen Urswyck about 1428. Ellen (daughter of Robert Urswyck and Ellen) died after 1 Sep 1432. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Fought at Agincourt, where he was wounded.

Piers married Joan de Haydock about 1403. Joan (daughter of Gilbert de Haydock and Sibyl) died on 17 Jan 1440; was buried in Sefton, Lancashire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]