Born after in Tunbridge Castle, Kent, England
Ancestors 
Daughter of Piers Gaveston
and [mother unknown]
Sister of
Joan Gaveston [half]
Wife of
John (Driby) de Driby
— married
before 18 Jun 1338 in Wokefield, Berkshire, England
Descendants 
Mother of
Alice (Driby) Bassett
Died after
at about age 28
in Wakefield, Yorkshire, England
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Biography
- Occupation: Damsel of the Chamber to Queen Philippa
| NOTE before changing: |
| Amie Gaveston was an illegitimate daughter of Piers Gaveston and not the daughter of Margaret Clare / d'Audley. |
Sources
- British History online: Stratfield Mortimer
- Edward II Blogspot: Piers Gaveston's Illegitimate Daughter Amie
- Weis, Frederick Lewis. Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America Before 1700. 7th ed. Genealogical Pub. Co., Baltimore, p. 20.
See Also:
The American Genealogist, 37:50 (JAN 2002). Craig, F.N. Corrections and Additions to the Purefoy Line in the Maternal Ancestry of Governor Thomas Dudley of Massachusetts Bay Vol. 77, No. 1, p. 60-61. This article cites:
- John G. Hunt, "Piers de Gaveston, Ancestor of Bulkeley and Other American Families," "The American Genealogist," 35 (1959):100-5, 245, 37 (1961):45-51, 40 (1964):95-99, 253.
- J.S. Hamilton, "Another daughter for Piers Gaveston? Amie de Gaveston, Damsel of the Queen's Chamber," "Medieval Prosopography" 19 (1998):177-86.
- David Faris, "Plantagenet Ancestry of Seventeenth-Century Colonists...," 2nd ed. (Boston, 1999) p.299.
- Paul C. Reed, "'Proving' Illegitimacy: Amie, the Daughter of the King's Favorite, Piers de Gaveston - Not That of His Wife," "National Genealogical Society Quarterly" 88 (2000):32-49.
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John Atkinson
Katherine (Alvis) Patterson
John Atkinson
As has been commented several times, Amy or Amie Gaveston was illegitimate and her mother is unknown. Margaret de Clare is not her mother.
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by John Atkinson
Stuart Spencer
Amie Gaveston was an illegitimate daughter of Piers Gaveston and not, as suggested here, the daughter of Margaret Clare / d'Audley.
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by Stuart Spencer
Katherine (Alvis) Patterson
Amy was the illegitimate daughter of Piers de Gaveston. Her mother has never been known.
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by Katherine (Alvis) Patterson
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