Nielsen Hayden genealogy
Godfrey de Lovaine
![Male](img/tng_male.gif)
1. Godfrey de Lovaine died before 26 Apr 1226. Other Events and Attributes:
- Alternate death: Abt 26 Apr 1226
Notes:
Custodian of the honor and castle of Eye, Suffolk. CP notes that he passed most of his life in England, and that toward the end of John's reign Godfrey was in arms against him but returned to allegiance in 1217.
Godfrey married Alice de Hastings about 1199. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 2. Matthew de Lovaine
was born in of Little Easton, Essex, England; died before Jun 1258.
Generation: 2
2. Matthew de Lovaine (1.Godfrey1) was born in of Little Easton, Essex, England; died before Jun 1258.
Notes:
Custodian of the honor of Eye.
Family/Spouse: Muriel. Muriel died after 1274. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 3. Matthew de Lovaine
was born about 1237 in of Little Easton, Essex, England; died before 24 May 1302.
- 3. Matthew de Lovaine
Generation: 3
3. Matthew de Lovaine (2.Matthew2, 1.Godfrey1) was born about 1237 in of Little Easton, Essex, England; died before 24 May 1302.
Notes:
Steward of Eye.
Matthew married Helisant before 1 Jun 1268. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 4. Eleanor de Lovaine
died after 3 May 1326; was buried in Dunmow Priory, Little Dunmow, Essex, England.
- 5. Thomas de Lovaine
was born on 11 Jul 1291 in Bildeston, Suffolk, England; was christened in Chelsworth, Suffolk, England; died on 9 Apr 1345.
- 4. Eleanor de Lovaine
Generation: 4
4. Eleanor de Lovaine (3.Matthew3, 2.Matthew2, 1.Godfrey1) died after 3 May 1326; was buried in Dunmow Priory, Little Dunmow, Essex, England.
Other Events and Attributes:
- Alternate death: Aft Jun 1305
Notes:
Also called Eleanor de Ferrers. After the death of her second husband William Douglas, she married William Bagot of Staffordshire, son of another William Bagot and his wife Isabel. This union had no issue.
Royal Ancestry (citation details below; volume 3, page 147) shows her as a daughter of Matthew de Lovaine of Little Easton and his wife Muriel. Based on chronology she seems much more likely to have been a daughter of this Matthew's son Matthew de Lovaine and his wife Helisant, as shown by Ravilious (citation details below).Family/Spouse: William de Ferrers. William (son of William de Ferrers and Margaret de Quincy) was born about 1240 in of Groby, Leicestershire, England; died before 20 Dec 1287. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Eleanor married William Douglas after 18 Feb 1290. William (son of William of Douglas and Constance) was born after 24 Apr 1235; died before 24 Jan 1299 in Tower of London, London, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 6. Archibald Douglas
was born after 18 Feb 1290; died on 19 Jul 1333 in Halidon Hill, Northumberland, England.
5. Thomas de Lovaine (3.Matthew3, 2.Matthew2, 1.Godfrey1) was born on 11 Jul 1291 in Bildeston, Suffolk, England; was christened in Chelsworth, Suffolk, England; died on 9 Apr 1345.
Notes:
Fought for Edward II at Boroughbridge.
Family/Spouse: Joan. Joan died in 1318. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 7. John de Lovaine
was born about 1318 in of Little Easton, Essex, England; died on 30 Jan 1347.
- 7. John de Lovaine