Margery (Lacy) de Verdun (abt. 1226 - 1256)

Born about 1226 in England

Ancestors

Wife of John (Butler) de Verdun — married before 20 Apr 1242 in England

Descendants

Died 1256 at about age 30 in England

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Margery de Lacy is a descendant of Magna Carta surety barons Roger le Bigod and Hugh le Bigod (see text below).

Biography

Margery de Lacy (or Lascy) was the elder daughter of Isabel le Bigod, daughter of Hugh le Bigod, Earl of Norfolk, and Gilbert de Lacy, of Ewyas Lacy, Herefordshire, son and heir apparent of Walter de Lacy of Weobley, Herefordshire.^[1][2] Her date of birth and birth place are uncertain.

Her brother Walter died between 1238 and 1241 and she was a co-heiress.^[1] In 1241 she also became co-heiress of her grandfather "Gilbert: this brought her half the barony of Weobley in Herefordshire (which included lands in Shropshire, Gloucestershire and Worcestershire), half the palatinate of Meath in Ireland and the hereditary position of Constable of Ireland.^[1]

Before 20 April 1242 she became the first wife of John de Verdun^[1] They had the following children:

• Nicholas;^[1][2]
• John;^[1][2]
• Thebaud (or Tebaud), Knight, 1st Lord Verdun, born 1248, married Margery de Bohun;^[1][2]
• Thomas.^[1]

Margery died in 1256.^[1] Before 1267 her husband remarried to Eleanor de Bohun.^[1][2]

Research Notes

MCA4 citations checked against hard copy of book 19:25, 21 August 2019 (UTC)

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9} Richardson, Douglas. Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 2nd Ed., Vol. IV, p. 249-250, VERDUN 4.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4} Cokayne, George Edward. The Complete Peerage or A History of the House of Lords and all its Members from the Earliest Times, Vol. XII, Part II, London: St. Catherine Press, 1959. Accessed online at LDS.org, pages 246-8.

See also:

• Richardson, Douglas. Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 5 vols, ed. Kimball G. Everingham. Salt Lake City: the author, 2013, Vol. V, pp. 242-243, 367. See also WikiTree's source page for Royal Ancestry.
• Richardson, Douglas, Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 2nd edition (Salt Lake City, Utah: the author, 2011), Vol. IV, p. 365, WOODWARD [MCP link to Gateway Ancestors Sarah and Frances Woodward]
• Margery de Lacy entry in Our Royal, Titled, Noble, and Commoner Ancestors and Cousins (website, compiled by Marlyn Lewis, Portland, OR), accessed 30 Sep 2019.
• Cokayne, George Edward. The Complete Peerage or A History of the House of Lords and all its Members from the Earliest Times, Vol. XII, Part II, London: St. Catherine Press, 1959. Accessed online at LDS.org, pages 246-8.

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This profile was was reviewed and approved on 25 September 2019 by Michael Cayley.

Margery (Lacy) de Verdun is a descendant of Magna Carta Surety Barons Hugh le Bigod and Roger le Bigod and appears in a trails badged by the Magna Carta Project between the Bigods and the following Gateway Ancestors:

• Edward Carleton: trail was badged in September 2021 and is outlined HERE.
• Woodward Gateways (Sarah and Frances) (MCA IV:365-368 WOODWARD): trail was badged in September 2019 and is outlined HERE.

Margery (Lacy) de Verdun also appears in unbadged trails (need further work) to the following Gateways:

• Edward Foliot (MCA II:224-225 FOLIOT): trail not yet developed, is outlined HERE.
• Mary Johanna Somerset (MCA II:388-390 HERBERT): trail needs further development. This trail is set out HERE.

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".