Margaret (Beke) Harcourt
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Margaret (Beke) Harcourt (abt. 1255 - bef. 1292)

Margaret Harcourt formerly Beke
Born about in Spilsby, Lincolnshire, Englandmap
Ancestors ancestors
Wife of — married about 1273 [location unknown]
Descendants descendants
Died before before about age 37 in Ayleston, Braunstone & Market Bosworth, Leicestershire, Englandmap
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Biography

Margaret Beke was born circa 1255 at The Manor of Eresby in the parish of Spilsby, Lincolnshire, England. Spilsby is the village nearest to Eresby Manor - about 1 mile away. She married Sir Richard de Harcourt, son of Sir William de Harcourt and Hillaria de Hastings, circa 1273. They had 1 son:[1][2]

  1. Sir John

Death

Margaret Beke died before 1292 at Ayleston, Braunstone & Market Bosworth, Leicestershire, England.[1]

Research Notes

The Manor of Eresby
An oft-repeated historical myth is that the Manor of Eresby, including the lands and parish of Spilsby, was awarded to Walter de Beke, sometime after 1083, by William the Conqueror. This myth is one of several generated in the writings of William Dugdale. However, the Domesday Book shows that the manor of Spilsby was held in 1086 by the Bishop of Durham (St Cuthbert's) as both Lord and tenant-in-chief. The only Domesday entry for Walter of Bec is as Lord of Singleborough, under Walter Giffard, the tenant-in-chief.[3]
Note: Removed-"Eresby &" from the birth location.

Sources

  1. 1.0 1.1 Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. II, p. 341-342.
  2. Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. III, p. 205.
  3. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spilsby

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Also, Eresby should not be an "& Spilsby" -- looks like somebody's got a case of the ampersands, with these two place names.

Rather, since it's a parish within Spilsby, probably:

Eresby, Spilsby, Lincolnshire, England

Her family had been seated at Eresby for some time.

posted by Isaac Taylor
Removed "Eresby &" from the birth location. She could have been born at The Manor of Eresby in Spilsby, Lincolnshire, England.
posted by Kenneth Shelton
Hello Anon S and Beke folks,

Looks like Braunstone and Market Bosworth are two different places, 10-15 miles apart. Neither is where Ayleston is. They're "close, but no cigar."

If she died in Ayleston, consider:

Ayleston, Leicester, Leicestershire, England

On the other hand if she died Market Bosworth or Braunstone Town, we should figure out where the disconnect / triple data crept in, before deleting it. Because some other important thing in her life might have occurred in those places too.

posted by Isaac Taylor

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