Margaret (Lascelles) Fraunke (abt. 1425 - 1499)

Born about 1425 in Escrick, Yorkshire, England

Ancestors

Descendants

Died 17 Nov 1499 at about age 74 in England

Biography

Margaret was the daughter and heir of Roger Lascelles of Escrick, Yorkshire, and Barbon, Westmorland, and his wife Eleanor.^[1][2][3]

Her first husband was James Pickering of Killlington, Westmorland, and Ellerton, Yorkshire. He predeceased his father James Pickering, who died in December 1460. Margaret, as a widow, asked for relief in 1461 for herself and her seven children, including her son James, the minor heir to his grandfather.^[4]The names of only two of their children are known: James and John.^[5][6]

Margaret later married Geoffrey Fraunke or Franke. They were married before February 1482, when they made a fine regarding her properties in Yorkshire and Westmorland.^[7]

According to her Inquisition Post Mortem, she died 17 November 1499. Her heir was her grandson Christopher Pickering, age 15 and more, son of her son James Pickering.^[8]

Research Notes

Inaccurate pedigrees for Lassells or Lascelles of Escrick appear in two publications, Visitations of the north. Part 3. A visitation of the north of England circa 1480-1500 ^[9] and Visitations of the north. Part 4. Visitations of Yorkshire and Northumberland in A.D. 1575, and a book of arms from Ashmole ms. no. 834. ^[10] These pedigrees are the source of the parents Robert Lascelles and Catherine Grey previously listed on her profile.

Postings regarding the errors and the correct pedigree were made on soc.genealogy.medieval by John P. Ravilious in 2009^[11] and John Watson in 2017.^[12]

Sources

1. ↑ A P Baggs, G H R Kent and J D Purdy. "Escrick," in A History of the County of York East Riding: Volume 3, Ouse and Derwent Wapentake, and Part of Harthill Wapentake, ed. K J Allison (London: Victoria County History, 1976), 17-28. British History Online accessed July 21, 2023
2. ↑ "Parishes: Kirkby Knowle ," in A History of the County of York North Riding: Volume 2, ed. William Page (London: Victoria County History, 1923), 44-49. British History Online accessed July 21, 2023
3. ↑ "Barbon," in Records Relating To the Barony of Kendale: Volume 2, ed. William Farrer and John F Curwen (Kendal: Titus Wilson and Son, 1924), 364-373 British History Online accessed July 21, 2023
4. ↑ Calendar of the Patent Rolls...Edward IV, AD 1461-1467 (1897) p. 60 HathiTrust
5. ↑ Flowers, William. Visitation of Yorkshire in the Years 1563 and 1564. Edited by Charles Best Norcliffe (Publications of the Harleian Society, Vol. XVI (1881). p. 250 Internet Archive
6. ↑ Glover, Robert. Visitation of Yorkshire, Made in the Years 1584-5; to Which Is Added the Subsequent Visitation Made in 1612 by Richard St. George (1875). pp. 281, 630 HathiTrust
7. ↑ Abstracts of Feet of Fines, Some Notes on English Medieval Genealogy, CP 25/1/294/77, number 138 http://www.medievalgenealogy.org.uk/fines/abstracts/CP_25_1_294_77.shtml#138
8. ↑ Maskelyne and H. C. Maxwell Lyte. "Inquisitions Post Mortem, Henry VII, Entries 301-350," in Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem: Series 2, Volume 2, Henry VII, (London: His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1915), 197-223 #346 British History Online accessed July 21, 2023
9. ↑ [C. H. Hunter Blair, ed.] Visitations of the north. Part 3. A visitation of the north of England circa 1480-1500. Surtees Society, volume 144 (1930) p. 33 Wayback Machine
10. ↑ C. H. Hunter Blair, ed., Visitations of the north. Part 4. Visitations of Yorkshire and Northumberland in A.D. 1575, and a book of arms from Ashmole ms. no. 834. Surtees Society, volume 146 (1932) p. 17 Wayback Machine
11. ↑ "Lascelles lineage" posted by John P. Ravilious 14 March 2009 https://groups.google.com/g/soc.genealogy.medieval/c/zitglS_sWNg/m/JKn8qDnuTrQJ
12. ↑ "Fitz Randall of Spennithorne and Lascelles of Esckrick" posted by John Watson 17 December 2017 https://groups.google.com/g/soc.genealogy.medieval/c/hEXtUdC8Zl0/m/ZLed9LfXCAAJ

See also:

• www.disnorge.no/slektsforum/viewtopic.php?t=43221 (broken link not on archive.org 23 March 2024)
• https://www.geni.com/people/Margaret-Lascelles/6000000006444668543?through=6000000006444222587#/tab/overview NOTE: Family tree only; no sources