Margaret (Clifford) Melton (abt. 1370)

Born about 1370 in Brough Castle, Westmorland, England

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Biography

Margaret Clifford was the daughter of the 5th Lord Clifford and his wife Maud de Beauchamp.

On some date before 1415 she married Sir John Melton of Aston and Kilham, Yorks.

They had 2 sons (Sir John, and Anthony) and 3 daughters (Thomasin, wife of Henry Pierrepont Esq, Margaret, wife of John Markenfield Esq, and _____, wife of _____ Hastings).

Sources

• Richardson, Douglas Royal Ancestry 2013 Vol. IV pp. 79-80
• Richardson, Douglas: Plantagenet Ancestry, 2nd edn. (2011), 4 vols, Volume 1, page 540, CLIFFORD 9iv.
• Marlyn Lewis.
• VIsitation of Yorkshire Page 203: Melton

Acknowledgements

Magna Carta Project

Margaret (Clifford) Melton appears in Magna Carta Ancestry in a Richardson-documented trail from Gateway Ancestor Anne Mauleverer to Magna Carta Surety Barons Hugh le Bigod and Roger le Bigod (vol. III, pages 131-135 MAULEVERER). This trail has not yet been developed by the Magna Carta project and can be viewed in the Magna Carta Trails section of the Gateway's profile.

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