Isabel de la Pole

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• Alternate death: 1464

Isabel married Thomas Morley before 6 Feb 1403. Thomas (son of Robert Morley and Isabel Moleyns) was born in 1394; died on 6 Dec 1435; was buried in Hingham, Norfolk, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Elizabeth Morley died between 12 Nov 1446 and Mar 1451.
2. Anne Morley died in 1471; was buried in Gressenhall, Norfolk, England.

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From Wikipedia:

Michael de la Pole, 2nd Earl of Suffolk (1367 – 17 September 1415), an English nobleman, supported Henry IV (reigned 1399-1413) against Richard II (reigned 1377-1399). He died during the Siege of Harfleur in 1415. He was a son of Michael de la Pole, 1st Earl of Suffolk and Katherine Wingfield, daughter of Sir John Wingfield.

His father fled abroad amid accusations of treason during the Merciless Parliament in 1388, forfeiting the title of Earl of Suffolk and the family estates. Over the next decade the younger Michael de la Pole made vigorous attempts to recover these lands, and obtained most of them piecemeal between 1389 and 1392, following his father's death. However, his close association with the Lords Appellant, particularly the Earl of Warwick and the Duke of Gloucester prejudiced Richard II against him. He finally obtained the restoration of the earldom in January 1398.

While he obeyed the summons of the Duke of York to defend the kingdom against Henry Bolingbroke in July 1399, Suffolk did not object to the disbandment of York's army and consented to the deposition of Richard II in the summer of 1399. While the first Parliament of Henry IV technically upheld the forfeitures of the Merciless Parliament, Henry IV immediately restored de la Pole's estates and title in recognition of his support. However, he would spend the remainder of his life trying to obtain possession of the remaining estates which had not been restored.

He played a relatively small role in national politics, although he regularly attended Parliament. He took part in the campaign in Scotland in 1400, in naval operations around 1405, and served as the senior English diplomat at the Council of Pisa (1409). Suffolk also acted as a lieutenant of the Duke of Clarence during his campaign of 1412–1413. However, he devoted most of his energies to re-establishing de la Pole influence in East Anglia. He took the role of a justice of the peace in Norfolk and Suffolk from 1399, and assembled a considerable following among the local gentry. He completed his father's building plans at Wingfield, Suffolk and enlarged the local church.

Suffolk brought 40 men-at-arms and 120 archers with him on the 1415 campaign of Henry V in France. He died of dysentery at Harfleur, and was succeeded by his eldest son Michael, who later died at Agincourt.

Michael married Katherine Stafford about 13 Apr 1383. Katherine (daughter of Hugh de Stafford and Philippe de Beauchamp) died on 8 Apr 1419; was buried in Wingfield, Suffolk, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Katherine Stafford (d. 1419)
Isabel de la Pole
Ann Morley
Elizabeth Hastings (b. 1440)
Margery Hildyard
William Ayscough (b. 1486)
Francis Ayscough
Roger Ayscough
James Ayscough
Hannah Ayscough (1623-1679)
Isaac Newton (1642-1727)

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1st Earl of Suffolk. Admiral of the Northern Fleet. Joint Governor to Richard II. Lord Chancellor of England. Keeper of the Great Seal.

From Wikipedia:

His father was a wool merchant from Hull who became a key figure during the reign of Edward III: after the collapse of the Bardi and Peruzzi families, he emerged as Edward's chief financier. Michael enjoyed even greater popularity at court than his father, becoming one of the most trusted and intimate friends of Edward's successor, Richard II.

He was appointed Chancellor in 1383, and created Earl of Suffolk in 1385, the first of his family to hold any such title. However, in the late 1380s his fortunes radically altered, in step with those of the king. During the Wonderful Parliament of 1386 he was impeached on charges of embezzlement and negligence, a victim of increasing tensions between Parliament and Richard. He was the first official in English history to be removed from office by the process of impeachment. Even after this disgrace, he remained in royal favour, although soon fell foul of the Lords Appellant. He was one of a number of Richard's associates accused of treason by the Appellants in November 1387. After the Appellants' victory at Radcot Bridge (December 1387) and before the so-called Merciless Parliament met in February 1388, De La Pole shrewdly fled to Paris, thus escaping the fate of Sir Nicholas Brembre and Chief Justice Robert Tresilian. He remained in France for the remainder of his life. Sentenced in his absence, his title was stripped from him.

Jean Froissart's references to de la Pole in the Chroniques (II.173) portray a devious and ineffectual counsellor, who dissuaded Richard from pursuing a certain victory against French and Scottish forces in Cumberland, and fomented undue suspicion of John of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster.

Michael married Katherine Wingfield before 18 Oct 1361. Katherine (daughter of John Wingfield and Eleanor de Brewes) was born in 1350; died before 1 Oct 1386; was buried in Church of the Carthusians, Kingston-upon-Hull, Yorkshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Earl of Stafford. Privy councillor, 1377. Sheriff of Cheshire, 1385. He was summoned to Parliament 8 Jan 1371 and from 6 Oct 1372. He died on the Isle of Rhodes while returning home from a pilgrimage to Jerusalem.

Hugh married Philippe de Beauchamp before 1 Mar 1351. Philippe (daughter of Thomas de Beauchamp and Katherine de Mortimer) died before 6 Apr 1386; was buried in Stone Priory, Staffordshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Alternate birth: of Kingston-upon-Hull, Yorkshire, England

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“Burgess from Hull to Parliament, 1328, 1332, 1334, 1335, 1336 and 1338; Mayor of Hull, 1333; appointed 2nd Baron of the Exchequer, 26 Sept 1339; a knight by 1340; arrested on orders of the King, Nov 1340, and imprisoned in Fleet Prison until his release 16 May 1342. Knight Banneret, 1355. He was judged by his contemporaries as ‘second to no merchant in England.’” [The Ancestry of Dorothea Poyntz, citation details below.]

The Ancestry of Dorothea Poyntz notwithstanding, his parentage is unproved.

From Wikipedia:

Sir William de la Pole was a wealthy wool merchant in Kingston upon Hull, England, a royal moneylender and briefly, Chief Baron of the Exchequer.

He established the de la Pole family as one of the primary houses of England through his mercantile and financial success, as well as initiating the foundation of the Charterhouse monastery in Hull.

William married Katherine. Katherine died on 28 Jan 1382. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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She was long thought to have been a daughter of Walter de Norwich, Chief Baron of the Exchequer, but this appears to be unproven.

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From Wikipedia:

Sir John de Wingfield was chief administrator to Edward the Black Prince. He and both his brothers fought at Crecy in 1346. He fought in the Normandy campaign from 1347-48. He was appointed 'governor of the prince's business' (in effect business-manager) to Edward the Black Prince round about 1351. In 1356 Wingfield fought at Poitiers capturing the head of the French King John II's bodyguard, Sire D'Aubigny. Edward III purchased this captive from Wingfield for £833. Wingfield died round about 1361, possibly of the second outbreak of the Black Death.

His will provided for the founding of Wingfield College in 1362. The college was endowed by the Black Prince. Sir John Wingfield's only child, his daughter and heiress, married Michael de la Pole, later 1st Earl of Suffolk and lived at Wingfield Castle in Suffolk.

John married Eleanor de Brewes. Eleanor (daughter of Richard de Brewes) was born about 1330; died in 1375. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Earl of Stafford. Steward of the Royal Household, 6 Jan 1341 to 29 Mar 1345, when he assumed the position of Seneschal of Aquitaine. King's lieutenant in Gascony, 1350 and onward. One of the 26 founding members, and the fifth knight, of the Order of the Garter. As a young man he supported the plot to free the young Edward III from his mother's lover, Roger Mortimer; he was subsequently a close member of Edward III's retinue for the rest of his life. He was also a notably competent soldier and diplomat in the Hundred Year's War.

Fought at Crécy.

Summoned to Parliament by writ 29 Nov 1336 to 25 Nov 1350.

"He [...] sensationally abducted Margaret de Audley, 2nd Baroness Audley, daughter of Hugh de Audley, 1st Earl of Gloucester and Margaret de Clare, who was worth at least £2314 a year, more than ten times his own estates. Her parents filed a complaint with King Edward III of England, but the King supported Stafford's actions. In compensation, the King appeased Hugh and Margaret by creating Hugh the 1st Earl of Gloucester. [Wikipedia]

Ralph married Margaret de Audley before 6 Jul 1336. Margaret (daughter of Hugh de Audley and Margaret de Clare) was born about 1323; died after 28 Jan 1348; was buried in Tonbridge, Kent, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Alternate birth: Between 1318 and 1322
• Alternate birth: Bef 1325
• Alternate death: 7 Sep 1349
• Alternate death: Bef 1 Mar 1351

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Hereditary Chamberlain of the Exchequer. Hereditary Sheriff of Worcestershire. Marshal of England, 1344-69. Sheriff of Warwickshire and Leicestershire, 1344-69.

He was a founding knight of the Order of the Garter, 1348. Fought at Crécy and at the siege of Calais. Accompanied Gaunt into France, 1369.

Thomas married Katherine de Mortimer after 22 Feb 1325. Katherine (daughter of Roger de Mortimer and Joan de Geneville) died on 4 Aug 1369; was buried in St. Mary's, Warwick, Warwickshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Summoned to Parliament by writs 6 Feb 1299 to 20 Aug 1307.

Edmund married Margaret Basset before 1299. Margaret (daughter of Ralph Basset and Hawise) died on 17 Mar 1337; was buried in Tysoe, Warwickshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Alternate birth: of Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England

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Earl of Gloucester.

King's bachelor; Sheriff of Rutland 1317-18; Chief Warden of the Ports and Coasts of Essex, Middlesex, and Hertford 1336; Joint Marshal of the Host (the English army in Flanders) 1339. Ambassador to France, 1341. Summoned to Parliament by writs 30 Nov 1317 to 15 May 1321. Fought on the side of Thomas, Earl of Lancaster at the battle of Boroughbridge. Taken prisoner; later escaped. After the execution of the Despensers and the overthrow of Edward II, he was again summoned to Parliament by writs 3 Dec 1326 to 24 Aug 1336.

"Hugh Audley or Aldithley (junior), 2nd son of Hugh A., who, afterwards,, (viz. in 1321), was also sum. to Parl., by Isolt, da. of Edmund de Mortimer, of Wigmore, was b. c. 1289. He was sum. v.p., to Parl. 20 Nov. (1317) II Edw. II to 15 May (1321) 14 Edw. II, by writs directed Hugoni Daudele juniori. He was with his father in the insurrection of 1321/2, but was pardoned. He was also sum. to Parl. 3 Dec. 1326 to 24 Aug. 1336, by writs directed Hugoni de Audele (only), his father having died in 1325, or early in 1326. In 1336 he was in the King's service in Scotland, and on 16 Mar. 1336/7 he was cr. Earl of Gloucester, his wife having, in 1313, become coh. to her br. Gilbert, Earl of Gloucester and Hertford. In 1341 he was Ambassador to France. He m., 28 Apr. 1317, at Windsor, Margaret, widow of Piers (Gavaston), Earl of Cornwall, 2nd da. of Gilbert (de Clare), Earl of Gloucester and Hertford, by Joan, da. of King Edward I. She, who was found to be aged 22 in her brother's Inq. p. m. of 12 Oct. (1314) 8 Edw. II, d. Apr. 1342, before Easter. Inq. p. m. 1342-3. He himself d. s.p.m., 10 Nov. 1347, and was bur. in the priory of Tunbridge, when, 'although the dignity [of the Earldom of Gloucester] was to him and his heirs, the title appears to have been considered as extinct.'" [Complete Peerage I:346]

Hugh married Margaret de Clare on 28 Apr 1317 in Windsor, Berkshire, England. Margaret (daughter of Gilbert de Clare and Joan of Acre) was born about 1292 in Caerphilly, Glamorgan, Wales; died on 9 Apr 1342; was buried in Queenhithe, London, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Alternate birth: Abt 1293
• Alternate birth: Between Aug 1293 and Nov 1294
• Alternate death: 13 Apr 1342, France

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• Alternate birth: 1278
• Alternate birth: Abt 1278, of Elmley, Worcestershire, England
• Alternate death: 12 Aug 1315, Warwick Castle, Warwickshire, England

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Earl of Warwick. Fought against the Scots at Falkirk; took part in the siege of Caerlaverock, July 1300. Hereditary Sheriff of Worcestershire, 1299-1315. Chamberlain of the Exchequer.

From Wikipedia:

Guy de Beauchamp, 10th Earl of Warwick, was an English magnate, and one of the principal opponents of King Edward II and his favourite, Piers Gaveston. Guy de Beauchamp was the son of William de Beauchamp, the first Beauchamp earl of Warwick, and succeeded his father in 1298. He distinguished himself at the Battle of Falkirk and subsequently, as a capable servant of the crown under King Edward I. After the succession of Edward II in 1307, however, he soon fell out with the new king and the king's favourite, Piers Gaveston. Warwick was one of the main architects behind the Ordinances of 1311, that limited the powers of the king and banished Gaveston into exile.

When Gaveston returned to England in 1312 -- contrary to the rulings of the Ordinances -- he was taken into custody by Aymer de Valence, 2nd Earl of Pembroke. Warwick abducted Gaveston and, together with Thomas, 2nd Earl of Lancaster, had him executed. The act garnered sympathy and support for the king, but Warwick and Lancaster nevertheless managed to negotiate a royal pardon for their actions. After the disastrous defeat at the Battle of Bannockburn in 1314, King Edward's authority was once more weakened, and the rebellious barons took over control of government. For Warwick the triumph was brief; he died the next year.

Guy de Beauchamp is today remembered primarily for his part in the killing of Gaveston, but by his contemporaries he was considered a man of exceptionally good judgement and learning. He owned what was for his time a large collection of books, and his advice was often sought by many of the other earls. Next to Lancaster, he was the wealthiest peer in the nation, and after his death his lands and title were inherited by his son, Thomas de Beauchamp, 11th Earl of Warwick.

Guy married Alice de Tony before 28 Feb 1310. Alice (daughter of Ralph VII de Tony and Mary) was born about 1283; died on 1 Jan 1325. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Alternate death: Bef 8 Jan 1325

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• Alternate birth: 25 Apr 1287

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Earl of March. Justiciar of Ireland, 1319. Steward of the Household to Queen Isabel, 1325. Justiciar of Wales, 1327.

From Wikipedia:

Roger Mortimer, 3rd Baron Mortimer, 1st Earl of March (25 April 1287 - 29 November 1330), was an English nobleman and powerful Marcher lord who gained many estates in the Welsh Marches and Ireland following his advantageous marriage to the wealthy heiress Joan de Geneville, 2nd Baroness Geneville. In November 1316, he was appointed Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. He was imprisoned in the Tower of London in 1322 for having led the Marcher lords in a revolt against King Edward II in what became known as the Despenser War. He later escaped to France, where he was joined by Edward's queen consort Isabella, whom he took as his mistress. After he and Isabella led a successful invasion and rebellion, Edward was subsequently deposed; Mortimer allegedly arranged his murder at Berkeley Castle. For three years, Mortimer was de facto ruler of England before being himself overthrown by Edward's eldest son, Edward III. Accused of assuming royal power and other crimes, Mortimer was executed by hanging at Tyburn.

Roger Mortimer (1286-1330) = Joan de Geneville (d. 1356)
Blanche Mortimer (1316-1347) = Piers Grandison (b. 1296)
Isabel Grandison = Baldwin Brugge (b. 1328)
Thomas Brugge (1355-1408) = Alice Berkeley (1379-1414)
Gyles Bruges (1396-1466) = Catherine Clifford
Thomas Bruges (1426-1493) = Florence Darell (1425-1506)
Henry Brydges (b. 1464) = Anne Hungerford (b. 1468)
Joane Brydges (b. 1503) = John Gifford (b. 1502)
Anne Gifford = Thomas Goddard
Richard Goddard (d. 1614) = Elizabeth Walrond
Edward Goddard (1584-1647) = Priscilla d'Oyly (1594-1681)
William Goddard (1630-1691) = Elizabeth Miles (1627-1697)
Edward Goddard (1675-1754) = Susanna Stone (1675-1754)
Ebenezer Goddard (1713-1762) = Sybil Brigham (1718-1807)
Susanna Goddard (1742-1837) = Phineas Howe (1735-1807)
Abigail Howe (1765-1815) = John Young (1763-1839)
Brigham Young (1801-1877)

Brigham Young (1801-1877) = Zina Diantha Huntington (1821-1901)
Zina Presendia Young (1850-1931) = Charles Ora Card (1839-1906)
Orson Rega Card (1891-1984) = Lucena Richards (b. 1893)
Willard Richards Card = Peggy Jane Park
Orson Scott Card (b. 1951)

Roger married Joan de Geneville on 20 Sep 1301 in Pembridge, Herefordshire, England. Joan (daughter of Peter de Geneville and Joan de la Marche) was born on 2 Feb 1286; died on 19 Oct 1356. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Also spelled Joinville.

Richard married Eleanor Furnival after 17 Mar 1296. Eleanor (daughter of Thomas de Furnival) was born about 1260; died after 1302. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Died at the siege of Droslin Castle in Wales, crushed by a falling wall.

Nicholas married (Unknown) de Langley. (Unknown) (daughter of Geoffrey de Langley and Matilda de Brightwell) died before 1287. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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CP calls her "probably da. of Geoffrey de Langley" and notes that "In 1272 a Staffordshire jury stated that the King had given [Nicholas de Stafford] in marriage to a da. of Geoffrey de 'Langeley'."

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"Ralph Basset, s. and h. of the above, served in the French and Scottish wars. He suc. his father 4 Aug. 1265. He held lands of Ralph Basset of Weldon 1284/5; he was sum. to attend the King at Shrewsbury, 28 June (1283) 11 Edw. I, and was sum. to Parl. 23 June (1295) 23 Edw. I to 10 Apr. (1299) 27 Edw. I, by writs directed Radulfo Basset de Drayton whereby he is held to have become Basset of Drayton. He m. Hawise. He d. 31 Dec. 1299, and was bur. at Drayton." [Complete Peerage II:2]

Ralph married Hawise. Hawise died before 20 Mar 1317. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Alternate death: Bef 20 May 1317

Notes:

This post by John P. Ravilious, from 2005, conjectures based on good circumstantial evidence that she was a daughter of Hugh le Despenser (d. 1265) by his wife Aline Basset (1245-1281).

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• Alternate death: 1 Apr 1325, Wallingford Castle, Oxfordshire, England
• Alternate death: Bef 12 Apr 1326

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Summoned to Parliament by writ, 1321. Joined the rebellion of Thomas, Earl of Lancaster in 1322, but surrendered before the battle of Boroughbridge. Died while a prisoner in Wallingford Castle.

"Hugh Audley, of Stratton Audley, Oxon, yst. s. of James Audley or Aldithley, of Heleigh, co. Stafford by Ela, da. of William Longespée (s. and h. ap. of Ela, suo jure Countess of Salisbury); was b. c. 1267, and obtained from his mother, soon after her husband's death, a reversionary grant, (1272-73) 1 Edw. I, of Stratton Audley, afsd., which had been her inheritance. He was in the French wars, 1294, &c.; a prisoner in France 2 Apr. 1299; in the Scottish wars, 1299-1302, and again 1313; he was in Gascony in 1304/5; Justice of North Wales 1306; and was Governor of Montgomery Castle, 1309. He was sum. to Parl. 15 May (1321) 14 Edw. II, the writ being directed Hugoni de Audele seniori, to distinguish him from his 2nd s., Hugh Audley, Junior, who had been so sum. in 1317. In 1321/2 he joined the insurrection of the Earl of Lancaster, but surrendered before the battle of Boroughbridge, 16 Mar. 1321/2, and was confined in Wallingford Castle. He m., before 7 Jan. 1293, and probably in 1288, Isolt, widow of Sir Walter de Balun, of Much Marcle, co. Hereford (who was living and m. to her in 1286/7), da. of Sir Edmund de Mortimer, 1st Lord Mortimer, of Wigmore, co. Hereford, by (____). She brought him the manors of Eastington, co. Gloucester, and of Thornbury, Co. Hereford. He d. between Nov. 1325, and Mar. 1325/6, probably while still a prisoner. No trace can be found of the pardon which he is sometimes said to have received, and any peerage which he may be held to have possessed, may be treated as having been forfeited by attainder. His widow was living 1336." [Complete Peerage I:347-48, as corrected in Volume XIV. See the entry on his wife for doubt she was was a daughter of Edmund de Mortimer.]

Hugh married Isolde le Rous before Jul 1291. Isolde (daughter of Roger le Rous and Eleanor de Avenbury) died before 4 Aug 1338. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Complete Peerage and Ancestral Roots give her as a daughter of Sir Edmund Mortimer, 7th Baron Mortimer of Wigmore, by an unidentified first wife, but various discussions on SGM and elsewere led to a consensus that this is chronologically improbable and that her parentage must be regarded as unknown. See also this page on Chris Phillips' site.

More recently, on 17 Dec 2017, Douglas Richardson posted to SGM evidence that she was a daughter of Roger le Rous and his wife Eleanor de Avenbury. Both pieces of evidence have to do with the known fact that her first husband was Walter de Balun, who died in 1287. In 1296 one Isolde sued Reynold de Balun in the Court of Common Pleas regarding the manor of Eastington, Gloucester, which she claimed as her right and which she was in fact holding at that time. Reynold de Balun was Walter de Balun's brother and heir. The record identifies Isolde, the plaintiff, as "daughter of Roger le Rus." The other document is a record of Walter de Balun and his wife, Isolde, being enfeoffed with the manor of Much Marcle, Herefordshire by Roger le Rous. Between these two it seems clear that the wife of Hugh de Audley, widow of Walter de Balun, was a daughter of Roger le Rous.

Complete Peerage and Ancestral Roots give her as a daughter of Sir Edmund Mortimer, 7th Baron Mortimer of Wigmore, by an unidentified first wife, but various discussions on SGM and elsewere led to a consensus that this is chronologically improbable and that her parentage must be regarded as unknown. See also this page on Chris Phillips' site.

More recently, on 17 Dec 2017, Douglas Richardson posted to SGM evidence that she was a daughter of Roger le Rous and his wife Eleanor de Avenbury. Both pieces of evidence have to do with the known fact that her first husband was Walter de Balun, who died in 1287. In 1296 one Isolde sued Reynold de Balun in the Court of Common Pleas regarding the manor of Eastington, Gloucester, which she claimed as her right and which she was in fact holding at that time. Reynold de Balun was Walter de Balun's nephew and heir. The record identifies Isolde, the plaintiff, as "daughter of Roger le Rus." The other document is a record of Walter de Balun and his wife, Isolde, being enfeoffed with the manor of Much Marcle, Herefordshire by Roger le Rous. Between these two it seems clear that the wife of Hugh de Audley, widow of Walter de Balun, was a daughter of Roger le Rous.

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• Alternate death: 1299

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Called "Red Gilbert" and "The Red Earl". Earl of Gloucester. Earl of Hertford. Steward of St. Edmund's Abbey. Held, among many other manors and lordships, the lordship of Glamorgan, one of the most wealthy holdings in the Welsh Marches. Built Caerphilly Castle.

A turbulent figure who fought on both sides of the Second Barons' War of 1263-64, first alongside Simon de Montfort at the battle of Lewes (where according to some accounts he personally took Henry III prisoner), and then on the side of the king, commanding one of the royal divisions at the decisive battle of Evesham where de Montfort was killed.

His subsequent relationships with Henry III and Edward I were complex and fraught. As one of the two or three most powerful non-royal individuals in the realm, he was both a desirable ally and also the very model of the kind of overweening subject that Edward was determined to tame -- and ultimately did.

As a side note, it is worth noting that while de Clare was still allied to the baronial party, he led the massacre of the Jews at Canterbury, which took place while other rebel leaders were conducting similar massacres in London. Ian Stone writes in "The Rebel Barons of 1264 and the Commune of London," quoted here: "The Dunstable annals report rumours that the Jews of London were preparing to betray the citizens: they had Greek fire to burn the city, copies of the keys to the city gates, and subterranean passages to each gate. Such tales were used to excuse an outbreak of looting and murder. One chronicler says that the Jews were suspected of betraying the barons and citizens, and almost all were killed. Another says that the Jewish quarter was pillaged, and any Jews who were caught were stripped, robbed and murdered. Estimates of the number killed range from 200 to 500, with the remainder forcibly converted or imprisoned (or, looking at it another way, the rest were saved by the justices and the mayor, who sent them to the Tower for protection). The chronicler Wykes, who tended to be less favourable to the baronial party, singled out the baronial leader John fitz John, who was said to have killed the leading Jew, Kok son of Abraham, with his own hands, and seized his treasure. Fitz John was then forced to share the proceeds with Simon de Montfort. It is possible that de Montfort was taking the Jewish treasure, not to enrich himself, but to finance his forces. At the same time, the cash of Italian and French merchants, deposited in religious houses around London, was also seized and taken to the city."

Gilbert married Joan of Acre in May 1290 in Westminster Abbey, Westminster, Middlesex, England. Joan (daughter of Edward I, King of England and Eleanor of Castile, Queen Consort of England) was born in 1272 in Acre, Palestine; died on 23 Apr 1307 in Clare, Suffolk, England; was buried in Austin Friars, Clare, Suffolk, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Alternate death: 7 Apr 1307
• Alternate death: 28 Apr 1307, Clare, Suffolk, England

Notes:

Also called Joan of England.

"The agreement for Joan's marriage to Gilbert de Clare, earl of Hertford and Gloucester, was made in 1283. Gilbert and his first wife, Alice de la Marche, had had only two daughters; this marriage was dissolved in 1285, and a papal dispensation for the marriage to Joan was obtained four years later. Gilbert surrendered all his lands to the king, and they were settled jointly on Gilbert and Joan for their lives, and were then to pass to their children; if however the marriage was childless, the lands were to pass to Joan's children by any later marriage. The wedding took place at Westminster in early May 1290." [Oxford Dictionary of National Biography]

Because of this agreement, Joan remained in control of the estates following Gilbert's death in 1295. Her father intended for her to marry Amadeus V of Savoy, but instead she secretly married Ralph de Monthermer, a squire of Earl Gilbert's household whom she had previously persuaded her father to knight. "She is reputed to have said 'It is not ignominious or shameful for a great and powerful earl to marry a poor and weak woman; in the reverse case it is neither reprehensible or difficult for a countess to promote a vigorous young man.'" [Oxford Dictionary of National Biography] Her enraged father slapped de Monthermer into prison and seized all of Joan's lands, but through the mediation of Anthony Bek, Bishop of Durham, father and daughter were reconciled and her estates restored to her. Subsequently the king "became much attached to his new son-in-law, who was summoned to Parliament as Earl of Gloucester and Hertford during the minority of his step-son Gilbert de Clare." [Royal Ancestry] De Monthermer went on to serve in a variety of offices and military roles.

Notes:

Royal Ancestry gives the date of their marriage as 23 April 1290; Complete Peerage as 30 April; the ODNB as "early May."

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• Alternate birth: Abt 1240, of Elmley, Worcestershire, England
• Alternate death: 5 Jun 1298, Elmley, Worcestershire, England
• Alternate death: 9 Jun 1298, Elmley, Worcestershire, England

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Earl of Warwick. Hereditary Chamberlain of the Exchequer, an office he inherited from the Mauduit family. Hereditary Sheriff of Worcestershire.

William married Maud fitz John before 1270. Maud (daughter of John fitz Geoffrey and Isabel le Bigod) died on 16 Apr 1301; was buried on 7 May 1301 in Friars Minor, Worcester, Worcestershire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Alternate death: 18 Apr 1301

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• Alternate death: Bef 29 Jul 1295, Gascony, France
• Alternate death: Bef 29 Jul 1295, Paris, France

Ralph married Mary before 1276. Mary died after 1283. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

"[P]robably a Scotswoman." [Ancestral Roots]

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• Alternate birth: Abt 1252
• Alternate birth: 1255, of Wigmore, Herefordshire, England
• Alternate death: Aft 17 Jul 1304, near Cilmiri, Powyth, Wales

Notes:

Mortally wounded at the Battle of Builth. "Intended for a church career, he was Treasurer of York 1265-1270. He commanded the troops that slew Llewelyn, Prince of Wales, at Buelt 1282, he not yet being a knight." [The Ancestry of Dorothea Poyntz, citation details below.]

Edmund married Margaret de Fiennes before 12 Dec 1285. Margaret (daughter of Guillaume de Fiennes and Blanche de Brienne) died on 7 Feb 1344. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Alternate death: Between 1333 and 1344

Peter married Joan de la Marche before 11 Oct 1283. Joan (daughter of Hugh XII de Lusignan and Jeanne de Fougères) died before 18 Apr 1323; was buried in Abbey of Valence, Vienne, Poitou-Charentes, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Also called Joan of Lusignan, Joan d'Angouleme.