Maud (Whitney) de Braose (abt. 1280 - abt. 1321)

Born about 1280 in Herefordshire, England

Ancestors

Wife of Giles (Braose) de Braose — married after 1 Jun 1298 (to before 7 Jan 1305) in England [uncertain]

Descendants

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Biography

Maud Whitney was a member of the aristocracy in England.

Maud de Whitney, daughter of Eustace de Whitney of Herefordshire,^[1] was born about 1280^[2] (probably in Herefordshire).

She married Sir Giles de Brewes (Braose) of Buckingham, Buckinghamshire, and Woodlands (in Horton) and Knowleton, Dorset (son of Sir William, 1st Lord Brewes and Agnes de Moels).^[1] She was Sir Giles' second wife. His first wife, Beatrice, died June 1, 1298.^[1][3]

Children:

• John de Brewes, son and heir born May 26, 1301. Sir John married Sarah ____ (by settlement dated 1325)^[1]
• Maud de Brewes, married (by settlement dated 23 July 1320) William de Bykebury (or Bikebery)^[1]

Sir Giles died "shortly before 7 Jan. 1305"^[1] and Maud married (2) before 8 March 1321 Richard le Wolf.^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6} Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 5 vols., ed. Kimball G. Everingham, (Salt Lake City, Utah: the author, 2013), Vol III, p 43 FROME #9 Giles de Brewes; Vol I, p 532
2. ↑ date guess based on marriage after 1298 and son's birth in 1301 (see note 10, "Family: Eustace de Whitney" (#WRG)
3. ↑ Beatrice and Sir Giles had a daughter Lucy, who married (1) Robert Mautravers and (2) John de Paulesholt. (see Giles' profile)

See also:

• The Whitney Research Group: Family: Eustace de Whitney
• Collectanea topographica et genealogica, publ. 1840, p. 77 - https://books.google.ca/books?id=mycAAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA77&lpg=PA77&dq=maud+de+whitney+de+braose&source=bl&ots=OLth1vSkmn&sig=R44PJO-pMZ_VShXXcZlqjbsq6pA&hl=en&sa=X&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=maud%20de%20whitney%20de%20braose&f=false