Egeline (Courtenay) de Scales (abt. 1280 - bef. 1335)

Born about 1280 in England

Ancestors

Wife of Robert (Scales) de Scales KB — married about 1311 in England

Descendants

Died before 10 Oct 1335 before about age 55 in England

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Biography

Egeline was the daughter of Hugh de Courtenay and Eleanor Despenser.^[1][2][3] Her birth date is uncertain, but her husband was born in about 1279^[1][2] and her parents married no later than 1275 - their heir Hugh was born in September 1276:^[4][5] an estimate of about 1280 may be reasonable.

Egeline married Robert de Scales,^[6] who became second Lord Scales in 1305 on the death of his father.^[1][2] They probably married in about 1311: her husband's mother Isabella settled manors on her and her husband in 9 Edward II (1311-2).^[7] They had three children:

• Robert^[1][2]
• Hugh^[1][2]
• Eleanor^[1][2]

Stemmata Robertson et Durdin (published in 1893-5) says that John de Bovile married "Parnell or Petronella, daughter of Sir Robert Scales or Eckles of Norfolk."^[8] Marlyn Lewis gives Robert Scales and Egeline as Parnell's parents, with Stemmata Robertson et Durdin as his only source for her parentage and marriage.^[9] If this information is right, Egeline would almost certainly be the mother: but no good sources have been found to confirm that Robert Scales had a daughter called Parnell. So Parnell's parents must be regarded as uncertain.

Egeline's husband died on 20 March 1324/5. She survived him, dying before 10 October 1335.^[1][2][10]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6} Douglas Richardson. Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 4 vols, ed. Kimball G. Everingham, 2nd edition (Salt Lake City: the author, 2011), Vol. III, pp. 511-512, SCALES 5, Google Books
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6} Douglas Richardson. Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 5 vols, ed. Kimball G. Everingham (Salt Lake City: the author, 2013), Vol. IV, p. 573, SCALES 6
3. ↑ George Lipscomb. The History and Antiquities of the County of Buckingham, Vol. I, J and W Robins, 1847, p. 471, Internet Archive
4. ↑ Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, Vol. I, p. 538, COURTENAY 5, Google Books
5. ↑ Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. II, p. 323, COURTENAY-6
6. ↑ J L Vivian (ed.). The Visitations of the Country of Devon, with additions, privately printed, 1895, p. 244, Hathi Trust
7. ↑ Francis Blomefield. 'Freebridge Hundred: Middleton', in An Essay Towards A Topographical History of the County of Norfolk: Volume 9 (London, 1808), pp. 20-34, British History Online, accessed 9 May 2021
8. ↑ Herbert Robertson. Stemmata Robertson et Durdin, Mitchell and Hughes, 1893-5, Table 67A, p. 192, Internet Archive
9. ↑ Marlyn Lewis. 'Our Royal, Titled, Noble and Commoner Ancestors', entry for Parnell Petronella) Scales
10. ↑ G E Cokayne. Complete [eerage, revised edition, Vol. XI, pp. 500-501, SCALES II, viewable on Familysearch

• Richardson, Douglas. Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 4 vols, ed. Kimball G. Everingham. 2nd edition. Salt Lake City: the author, 2011. See also WikiTree's source page for "Magna Carta Ancestry".
• Richardson, Douglas. Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 5 vols, ed. Kimball G. Everingham. Salt Lake City: the author, 2013. See also WikiTree's source page for ‘’Royal Ancestry’’.

Acknowledgments

Magna Carta Project

This profile was developed for the Magna Carta project by Michael Cayley on 9 May 2021 and approved 11 May 2021 by Thiessen-117.

Egeline (Courtenay) de Scales is listed in Magna Carta Ancestry in a Richardson-documented trail between Gateway Ancestor Margaret Tyndal and Magna Carta Surety Baron Robert de Vere (vol. IV, pages 239-242 TYNDALL). The Magna Carta Project also identified this profile in a trail to Surety Saher de Quincy. Both trails were badged by the Project on 11 May 2021. See the Magna Carta Trails on John Tyndall's profile for a list of profiles in these trails and the development status of each profile.

See Base Camp for more information about identified Magna Carta trails and their status. See the project's glossary for project-specific terms, such as a "badged trail".