Thebaud (Verdun) de Verdun (abt. 1248 - 1309)

Born about 1248 in Herefordshire, England [uncertain]

Ancestors

Husband of Margery (Bohun) de Verdun — married before 6 Nov 1276 in England

Descendants

Died 24 Aug 1309 at about age 61 in Alton, Staffordshire, England

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

Biography

Birth and Parentage

Thebaud de Verdun was the third, but eldest surviving, son of John de Verdun and his first wife Margery.^[1][2] He was born in about 1248^[1][2]: he was said to be 23 at the Inquisition Post Mortem of his brother Nicholas in 1271, and 26 at his father's IPM in 1274).^[2] He was his father's main heir.

Life

In 1274, Thebaud was granted his parents' share of the Lacy lands in England and Wales that had been given to his brother, Nicholas, who died in 1271.^[1][2] He inherited substantial lands in County Meath, Ireland and was frequently in Ireland.^[1][2] In England he held lands in Herefordshire, Shropshire, Staffordshire, Warwickshire.^[1][2]

In 1275 Thebaud and other lords with Irish interests granted Edward I duties on the expert from Ireland of wool and hides.^[1][2]

In 1278-9 he was accused of ordering his men to seize animals belonging to the Prior of Llanthony Prima, Wales and take them to his castle at Ewyas Lacy in Herefordshire.^[1]

He served with English armies in Wales and Scotland and was summoned to fight overseas in 1297.^[2]

In 1291 he became caught up in a dispute between the Earls of Hereford and of Gloucester, and this led to his imprisonment (Douglas Richardson says he was found guilty of high treason^[1]) and his being deprived for a time of Ewyas Lacy: he recovered it, and was freed, on payment of 500 marks.^[1][2]

Thebaud was summoned to Parliament from 1295 to 1309, and this is regarded as conferring on him the title Lord Verdun.^[1][2]

Marriage and Children

Before 6 November 1276 Thebaud married Margery (or Margaret) de Bohun, widow of Robert de W___ and daughter of Humphrey de Bohun and Eleanor de Braose.^[1][2] She brought him lands in Gloucestershire.^[1] They had eight children:

• John;^[1][2]
• Sir Thebaud, 2nd Lord Verdun;^[1][2]
• Miles;^[1]
• Bertram;^[1]
• Nicholas;^[1]
• Walter;^[1]
• William;^[1]
• Rose.^[1]

Death

Thebaud died at Alton, Staffordshire 24 August 1309 and was buried at Croxden Abbey, Staffordshire.^[1][2] The subsequent Inquisition Post Mortem (writ dated 28 Aug 1309 - 3 Edw. II) found his son, Theobald, aged 28 was his next heir.^[3]

Research Notes

MCA4 citations checked against hard copy of book, all other citations checked ~ Thiessen-117 00:38, 15 August 2019

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 1.15 1.16 1.17 1.18 1.19 1.20} Richardson, Douglas. Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 2nd Ed., Vol. IV, p. 250-251. VERDUN 5.
2. ↑ ^{2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11 2.12 2.13} 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 249-250
3. ↑ J. E. E. S. Sharp and A. E. Stamp. "Inquisitions Post Mortem, Edward II, File 14 and 15," in Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem, Vol. 5, Edward II, (London: His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1908), 90-107. Accessed online May 26, 2017 at British History Online, #187

• 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’’.
  • Vol. I, p. 418.
  • Vol. V, p. 243-245.
• 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 [link to MCP Gateway Ancestors Sarah and Frances Woodward]. See also WikiTree's source page for ‘’Magna Carta Ancestry.’’
• Cokayne, George Edward. The Complete Peerage or A History of the House of Lords and all its Members from the Earliest Times, Vol. XXII, Part II, London: St. Catherine Press, 1959. Accessed online at LDS.org, pages 249-250.

Acknowledgements

Magna Carta Project

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

Thebaud (Verdun) 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.

Thebaud (Verdun) 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".