Emma (Tattershall) de Cailly (abt. 1246)

Born about 1246 in Lincolnshire, England

Ancestors

Wife of Adam (Cailly) de Cailly — married before 1282 in England

Descendants

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Biography

She was heiress to one third of the baronies of Tattersall and Old Buckenham.^[1]

Emma married Adam de Cailly. Their son Thomas was said to be 24 and more in 1306-7, pointing to a marriage date of before 1382.^[2][3] (Douglas Richardson gives a marriage date of before 1384.^[4]) They had two children:

• Thomas^[2][1][4]
• Margery/Margaret, who married Roger de Clifton^[2][4]

In 29 Henry VI (which began 1 September 1450) at Essex, John Knyvet, of Hamerton, Armiger, sued Thomas Freman for the manor of Little Waltham, which Robert Tateshale had given to Adam, son of Osbert Cayly, in frank marriage with Emma, his sister. This descent was given in the plea:^[5]

Adam, son of Osbert Cayley married Emma de Tateshale^[1] and had:

1. Margery who had:
   1. Adam who had:
      1. Constantine who had:
         1. John who had:
            1. Constantine who had:
               1. John who was dead and had no surviving children; and
               2. Elizabeth who had:
                  1. John Knyvet, the plaintiff in 1450;

Research Notes

Emma was connected to the wrong generation of Robert de Tattershall, as her father. Richardson says Emma's mother was Nicola Grey ^[6], which fits chronologically.

Emma's birthdate is unsourced. Her son and heir Thomas was born in about 1282, which suggests that the currently-shown birth year of 1246 may well be too early.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} I J Sanders. English Baronies, a Study of their Origin and descent 1086-1327, Oxford University Press, 1960, p. 88
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} G E Cokayne. Complete Peerage, revised edition, Vol. II, St Catherine Press, 1912, p. 470, Internet Archive
3. ↑ J E E S Sharp and A E Stamp, 'Inquisitions Post Mortem, Edward I, File 123', in Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem: Volume 4, Edward I (London, 1913), pp. 249-266, entry 391, British History Online, accessed 16 November 2021
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2} Douglas Richardson. Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 5 vols, ed. Kimball G. Everingham (Salt Lake City: the author, 2013), Vol. II, p. 256, CLIFTON 8
5. ↑ Wrottesley 1905, pp. 383-4
6. ↑ Richardson, Douglas. Royal Ancestry] (2013) Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 5 vols., ed. Kimball G. Everingham, (Salt Lake City, Utah: the author, 2013), Vol II, page 255, Robert de Tateshale and Nichole de Grey.

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