Beatrice (Mandeville) de Say (abt. 1105 - 1197)

Born about 1105 in Normandie, France

Ancestors

Descendants

Died 19 Apr 1197 at about age 92 in Rickling, Essex, England

Biography

Birth and Parents

Beatrice de Mandeville was born about 1105; she was aged 80 in 1185. ^[1]

First Marriage to Hugh Tallebot

She married first Hugh Tallebot. The marriage ended in divorce. ^[1]

Second Marriage to William de Say

She married second William de Say, who was killed in August 1144 at the Siege of Burwell Castle, Cambridgeshire ^[1]

1189 Beatrice inherits from nephew

In 1189 Beatrice was heiress to her nephew, William de Mandeville, 3rd Earl of Essex. On account of Beatrice's great age, her son Geoffrey, her only surviving son, was allowed to take her place. He was not willing or able to pay the fine to inherit, so Geoffrey Fitz Peter, husband of his niece Beatrice, stepped in to do so. ^[1]

Death

Beatrice died 19 April, on or before 1197, probably at Rickling, Essex, where she lived. She is buried in Walden Abbey, Essex. ^[1]

Issue

They had two sons, William and Geoffrey.

1. William, died before 1189. He a daughter Beatrice, married to Geoffrey Fitz Peter. ^[1]
2. Geoffrey ^[1]

Research Notes

Sawbridgeworth Manor

"Geoffrey the second Earl of Essex died in 1166, when he was succeeded by his brother William de Mandeville, third Earl of Essex. He died in 1189, leaving no issue, and Sawbridgeworth passed to his aunt Beatrice de Say, daughter of William de Mandeville, and on her death to her younger son Geoffrey de Say. From this family the manor (reduced by 74 librates from its extent in 1086, see below under Pishobury) took the name of SAYESBURY."^[2]

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: the author, 2013), volume IV, page 561 SAY #4
2. ↑ 'Parishes: Sawbridgeworth', in A History of the County of Hertford: Volume 3, ed. William Page (London, 1912), pp. 332-347 [1]