Christiana (Chetham) de Trafford (abt. 1205 - aft. 1272)

Hi Michael. Thank you so much for posting! I adopted this profile because she is a direct ancestor. However, I am not pre-1500 certified. SO if you would like to make changes, I can add you to the trusted list for this profile or you can ask for someone in the G2G forum to make the changes.

Thanks! Paul

http://cybergata.com/roots/8020.htm

They say Richard de Trafford's wife was actually Margary de Mascy. I would lean on this source because this is at least documented, albeit by secondary sources.

In 1212 Stretford, rated as one plough-land and held by Hamon de Mascy by the service of a judge [Lancs. Inq. and Extents (Rec. Soc. Lancs. and Ches.), i. 72]; the other was Trafford, held by Henry de Trafford by a rent of 5s. yearly [Lancs. Inq. and Extents, i, 70]. Under Mascy a moiety of the former was held by Hugh de Stretford, who performed the service of the judge; and a fourth part was held by the abovenamed Henry de Trafford, who paid 4s. a year [Ibid. i, 72]. About 1250 another Hamon de Mascy gave the whole of Stretford to his daughter Margery [Final Conc. (Rec.Soc.Lancs. and Ches.), i, 154], who afterwards granted Stretford to Richard de Trafford. Margaret de Mascy, as widow of Roger Payn of Ashbourne, released all her right in the whole vill to Henry de Trafford. The moiety of the manor held by Hugh de Stretford in 1212 does not occur subsequently in the records. The Trafford family thus acquired the whole of Stretford and Trafford, and the two manors have descended together.

'Townships: Stretford', in A History of the County of Lancaster: Volume 4, pp. 329-335