It appears that Sir William de Witchingham did have a daughter named Dionysia, who married William Caley. Blomefield:[1]
Sir William de Wychingham, son of Richard de Wichingham, was lord in the 33d of Edward III.; he was bred to the law, of which he was a serjeant, and a judge of the Common-pleas in 1363; by his will proved March 25, 1381, he was buried in the south isle of Wichingham St. Mary's church, which he had built; gives legacies to Margaret his wife, (fn. 6) to Richer, Nicholas, and William, his sons, and to William Caley and Dionysia his wife, who was his daughter.
However, old pedigrees of the Clere family name the wife of William Clere as Dionysia, daughter of Sir William de Witchingham.[2]
Sources
↑ Francis Blomefield, 'Eynford Hundred: Witchingham, Magna and Parva', in An Essay Towards A Topographical History of the County of Norfolk: Volume 8 (London, 1808), pp. 297-311. British History Online http://www.british-history.ac.uk/topographical-hist-norfolk/vol8/pp297-311 [accessed 24 August 2016].
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ok ... so ... HOP is certain she married Clere. But Blomefield certainly states she married into the Cailly (Cayley) family. ... was that her first or second husband ... or a mistake?