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Margaret (Margery) De BRAOSE

Margaret (Margery) De BRAOSE[1, 2]

Female 1260 - 1335  (75 years)

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  • Name Margaret (Margery) De BRAOSE  [3, 4, 5
    Born 1260  Stainton Manor, Norfolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Gender Female 
    FamilySearch ID LYZG-8ZZ 
    Name Margaret DE BREWES  [6
    _UID EA4BCFC1DCC54FB489F54C7BDFCFC0ABC793 
    Died 12 May 1335  Castle Bytham, Stanford, Lincolnshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 5, 6
    Person ID I12863  Carney Wehofer Feb 2024 Genealogy
    Last Modified 12 Dec 2022 

    Father Richard De BRAOSE, Of Stinton, Sir,   b. Bef 1232, Bramber, Sussex, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef 18 Jun 1292, Stinton, Norfolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 60 years) 
    Mother Alice Le RUS, Heiress Of Stinton,   b. 25 Dec 1245, Stinton, Norfolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef 28 Jan 1300-1301, Stinton, Norfolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 55 years) 
    Married 9 Sep 1265  Stinton Hall, Norfolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [7, 8
    Family ID F6698  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Roger COLVILL, Of Bytham, Sir Knight,   b. Abt 1251, Bytham Castle, Bourne, Lincolnshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef 6 Mar 1288, Bitham, Lincolnshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 37 years) 
    Married 1st Husband Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Children 
     1. Elizbeth COLVILL,   b. Abt 1272, Bytham Castle, Bourne, Lincolnshire, England (Dspm) Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef 1295  (Age ~ 22 years)
     2. Alice COLEVILLE,   b. Abt 1286, Castle Bytham, Stanford, Lincoln, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 28 Feb 1334  (Age ~ 48 years)
     3. Edmund DE COLEVILLE,   b. 25 Jan 1287, Castle Bytham, Lincolnshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1315, Bitham, Lincolnshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 27 years)
    Last Modified 12 Dec 2022 
    Family ID F6467  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Walter DEVEREUX, Of Lenhales, Sir,   b. Abt 1261, Lenhales, Herefordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1320, Lenhales, Herefordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 59 years) 
    Married Aft 1288  2ND Husband Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Robert COLVILLE, Sir,   b. Abt 1293, Of, Arncliffe, Yorkshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     2. William DEVEREUX, Of Bodenham, Sir,   b. Abt 1298, Bodenham, Leominster, Herefordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1376  (Age ~ 78 years)
    Last Modified 29 Aug 2016 
    Family ID F6468  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Photos
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  • Notes 
    • He [Roger de Coleville] married Margaret, daughter of Sir Richard DE BREWES, of Stinton, Norfolk, by Alice, daughter and heir of William Le Rus, of Stinton. He died 1287/8, before 6 March, date of writ for Inq. p. m. His widow died 1335, before 12 May, when the writ for her Inq. p. m. is dated. [Complete Peerage III:374, (transcribed by Dave Utzinger)]

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      Margaret (or Margery) de Braose, died shortly before 12 May 1335; married Sir Roger de Coleville, Knight, born c1251, aged 26 in 1277, died shortly before 6 Mar 1287/8, Lord of Bytham, co Lincoln, son of Walter de Coleville, Lord of Bytham, co Lincoln, died 1277, by Isabel or Elizabeth. [Magna Charta Sureties]

      Note: Neither Ancestral Roots, CP, or MCS mention a second marriage for Margaret, but Roger's death in 1288 would certainly allow for a 2nd marriage.

      Biography
      Margaret (Margery) de Brewes was born circa 1260 at Stainton Manor, Norfolk, England, the daughter of Sir Richard de Brewes and Alice le Rus.

      Marriage & Children
      She married Sir Roger de Coleville, 2nd Baron Colville, son of Walter de Coleville and Isabel/Elizabeth, circa 1276.

      They had 1 son & 2 daughters:
      1.) Edmund

      2.) Elizabeth, wife of Ralph Basset

      3.) Alice, wife of Guy Gobaud, & of Sir John Gernon

      Death
      Margaret (Margery) de Brewes died circa 12 May 1335.

      Records
      4 May 1288 Westminster. To Master H. de Bray, escheator this side Trent. Order to deliver to Margaret, late the wife of Roger de Coleville, tenant in chief of the king as of the honour of Albemarle, the following of Roger's lands, which the king has assigned to her in dower: the manor of Conythorp, a member of the manor of Bitham, the wood called ' Morkelawe,' with the meadow, herbage and all appurtenances, in the same manor, the wood called ' La More,' with the meadow, herbage and all other appurtenances, in the same manor and rent in Estbitham, which is a member of the manor aforesaid. Total value of land yearly assigned approx 70/.

      7 May 1290 Westminster. To Henry de Bray, eschaetor this side of Trent. Order to cause dower to be assigned to Margaret, late the wife of Roger de Colville tenant in chief.

      24 May 1290 Westminster. Assignment of dower to Margaret, late the wife of Roger de Colevill, of the knights' fees that belonged to Roger by Master Henry de Bray, escheator this side Trent, by the king's writ. There are assigned to her three quarters of a fee that Ralph de Sancto Laudo holds in Cunesby, co. Lincoln. Also the eighth of a fee that Robert Walran holds in Estbitham, in the said county. Also a fee that Laurence de Preston holds in Somerdeby, in the said county.

      12 May 1335. Order to William de Clapham, escheator in the counties of York, Northumberland, Cumberland and Westmoreland, to take into the king's hand the lands late of Margaret late the wife of Roger de Colville, deceased, tenant in chief.

      Margaret, late the wife of Roger de Coleville. Writ 19 May 9EIII. Robert de Colville, knight, her kinsman, aged 26 or more, is her next heir.

      8 July 1335. Order to William de Clapham, escheator in the counties of York, Northumberland, Cumberland and Westmoreland, pursuant to an inquisition made by him shewing that Margaret late the wife of Roger de Colville held in her demesne as of fee the manor of Ayketon, county Cumberland, with certain tenements in Burgh on Sands pertaining thereto, in chief by homage and the service of rendering 27s a year at the Exchequer of Carlisle at the Assumption for cornage, and that Robert de Coleville, knight, her kinsman, is her next heir and of full age, to deliver the premises to him, he having done homage.



  • Sources 
    1. [S579] Jim Weber.

    2. [SAuth] Jim Carney, compiled by James H Carney [(E-ADDRESS), & MAILING ADDRESS FOR PRIVATE USE], Buderim, Queensland 4556 AUSTRALIA.

    3. [S63] Complete Peerage of England Scotland Ireland Great Britain and the United Kingdom, by G. E Cokayne, Sutton Publishing Ltd, 2000, III:374 (Reliability: 3).

    4. [S845] Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists, 7th Edition, by Frederick Lewis Weis, additions by Walter Lee Shippard Jr., 1999, 246-30 (Reliability: 3).

    5. [S25] Magna Charta Sureties 1215, Frederick Lewis Weis, additions by Walter Lee Sheppard Jr, 5th Edition, 1999, 28a-5 (Reliability: 3).

    6. [S1160] FamilySearch Family Tree (http://www.familysearch.org), The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 12 Dec 2022), entry for Margaret (Margery) De BRAOSE, person ID LYZG-8ZZ. (Reliability: 3).

    7. [S25] Magna Charta Sureties 1215, Frederick Lewis Weis, additions by Walter Lee Sheppard Jr, 5th Edition, 1999, 28a-4 (Reliability: 3).

    8. [S63] Complete Peerage of England Scotland Ireland Great Britain and the United Kingdom, by G. E Cokayne, Sutton Publishing Ltd, 2000, II:304 (Reliability: 3).