Margery (Bohun) de Verdun (bef. 1252 - bef. 1304)

Born before 1252 in England

Ancestors

Wife of Thebaud (Verdun) de Verdun — married before 6 Nov 1276 in England

Descendants

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Biography

Margery or Margaret de Bohun' was the widow of Robert de W_____ and daughter of Humphrey de Bohun, Knight, of Kimbolton, Huntingdonshire, and Eleanor de Braose.^[1][2][3] Her birth date is uncertain: Marlyn Lewis guesstimates it at about 1256,^[4] but Richardson posted in November 2020 that her mother died in June 1252, so she was born before that date.^[5]

Before 6 November 1276 she married Thebaud de Verdun.^[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]

Margery was alive in 1280, but died before 1304.^[1]

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} Richardson, Douglas. Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 2nd Ed., Vol. IV, p. 250-251. VERDUN 5.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3} 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. ↑ 'A New Bohun Daughter Discovered' - post by Douglas Richardson in src.genealogy.medieval, 11 January 2002, and discussion in the ensuing thread
4. ↑ Margery de Bohun entry in Our Royal, Titled, Noble, and Commoner Ancestors and Cousins (website, compiled by Marlyn Lewis, Portland, OR), accessed 11/15/18.
5. ↑ Douglas Richardson 20 Nov 2020 post in SGM.

• 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. 1, p. 417-418.
  • Vol. 2, p. 19, 20.
  • Vol. 5, p. 242, 243.
• 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. XII, Part II, London: St. Catherine Press, 1959. Accessed online at LDS.org, pages 249-250.