Margery de Radcliffe

- Aft 1323

• Name	Margery de Radcliffe  [1]
  Gender	Female
  Death	Aft 1323  [2]
  Siblings	2 siblings
  + 1. Margery de Radcliffe   d. Aft 1323 ▻ Henry de Bury + 2. Robert de Radclyffe ▻ Margaret de Shoresworth + 3. William de Radcliffe ,   b. 1280, of Radcliffe, Lancashire, England d. 1333  (Age 53 years) ▻ Margaret de Peasfurlong ,  m. 1303
  Person ID	I35970	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others | Ancestor of DDB
  Last Modified	10 Sep 2021

  
  

  Father	Richard de Radcliffe,   b. of Radcliffe, Lancashire, England d. 1326
  Mother	(Unknown daughter of Henry le Boteler),   b. of Warrington, Lancashire, England
  Family ID	F404	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Henry de Bury,   b. of Bury, Lancashire, England d. 1315, Bury, Lancashire, England
  Children	+ 1. Alicia de Bury   d. Abt 1374
  Family ID	F21147	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	9 Sep 2021

  
  

• Notes

  "Margaret, the third daughter, was married to Henry de Bury, and was one of the most remarkable women of her time. Her husband was slain at Bury in 1315, by partisans of Adam de Banastre, whereupon Margaret became the ruler of Bury Town, in the annals of which place she is known as Great Dame Margery, Lady of Bury. Two years before his death her husband made settlement of his lands, which were to remain to Margery, daughter of Richard de Radclyffe, for life; then to Henry, son of Henry de Bury, and in default of heirs, to Alice, Agnes, and Isabel, daughters of the elder Henry, failing whom, to Adam, son of Matthew de Bury, and his heirs. Shortly before the death of her husband, another son, Adam, was born to Margery, but his father's untimely end prevented any alteration of the settlement. Margery's elder son, Henry, was slain in another affray in 1318, one of the ringleaders in which was a relative of Roger de Freckleton, whom Margery had appointed Rector of Bury. She thereupon arranged an exchange of livings, sending Freckleton to Radclyffe, and bringing to Bury Richard de Radclyffe, her brother, that in the midst of a host of enemies she might have the support of one of her own indomitable clan. In the County Rolls, under date of 1323, it is recorded that 'Margt. de Burie held Manor of Burie, and renders Socage 8s. and the same Margery holds the town and renders for ward of the castle 10s.'"' On the death of Lady Margery, the Bury estate passed to the Pilkingtons, by the marriage of Alicia, eldest daughter of Margery, to Roger de Pilkington." [The Book of the Radclyffes, citation details below]

  
  

• Sources

  [S5944] History of the Pilkington Family of Lancashire by John Pilkington. London, 1912. [S853] The Book of the Radclyffes by Charles P. Hampson. Edinburgh, 1946.