Margaret (Grey) FitzBernard (1272 - 1311)

Born 1272 in Rotherfield, Oxfordshire, England

Ancestors

Died 2 Nov 1311 at about age 39 in Buckinghamshire, England

Biography

Inquisitions Post Mortem

Joan de Grey: Writ, 6 Sept. 6 Edw. II. [1312] ^[1]

OXFORD. Inq. (undated.)

Somerton. The manor with the hamlet of Fyringford (extents given), held in dower, of the inheritance of the heir of John de Grey of Retherfeld, who is under age, &c. of the king in chief by service of 66s. yearly for the guard of the castle of Dover.

John, son and heir of the said John de Grey, is aged 11.

OXFORD. Extent, 29 Nov. 6 Edw. II.

Somerton. The manor (extent given with names of tenants), held for life in dower, after the death of Robert de Grey, sometime her husband, of the king in chief by service of rendering 50s. yearly at his castle of Dover for guard (nomine warde).

Fyryngford hamlet. 1 carucate land (extent given), held as above by service of 16s. yearly at the castle of Dover.

John, son of John de Grey, aged 11 and in the king’s wardship, is next heir of the said Robert and Joan.

BUCKINGHAM. Inq. Friday after St. Luke, 6 Edw. II.

Schobyngton. The manor (extent given), including a tenement in Kyrtlyngt(on), held for life only of the prior of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem in England by service of 6s. 8d., and doing all services due to the lords of the fee; and after her death the manor ought to revert to the said prior and his successors for ever, as a fine between them levied in the court of the late King Edward testifies. The said manor descended to the said Joan after the death of Thomas de Valoignes her father, being held of Edmund, earl of Cornwall, who held of the king in chief; and the said Joan, with the king’s licence and by confirmation of the said earl, gave it to brother William de Totale, then prior of the said Hospital, and his successors in frank almoin, and the said prior afterwards gave it to her for life as in the said fine is contained.

Heir as above, aged 14.

Writ of certiorari, on the complaint of John de Rocheford and Joan his wife, that the escheator had taken into the king’s hand certain lands, &c. in Ikeford and Estcleydon with the advowson of the church of Ikeford, which Robert de Laventon, parson of the church of Estcleydon, gave to Joan de Grey for life, with remainders to Margaret her daughter for life, and to the said Joan and the heirs of her body, 24 July, 7 Edw. II. [1313]

BUCKINGHAM. Inq. 22 Oct. 7 Edw. II.

Est Cleydon. 8 messuages and 3 1/2 virgates land, held of the honour of Wallingford by knight’s service, were granted by the said Robert to the said Joan for life, with remainders to the said Margaret for life, and to the said Joan, daughter of the said Margaret, and the heirs of her body, and on failure of such heirs, then to one Thomas de Grey and his heirs, to be held of the chief lords of the fee by the services accustomed, viz.—of the honour of Wallingford by knight’s service. The said Joan de Grey survived the said Margaret, and after her decease the lands were taken by the escheator into the king’s hand in 6 Edw. II, who delivered them to Hugh le Despenser, the elder, and he delivered them to John de Haulo who now holds them, in what manner the jury know not.

Ikford. 5 messuages, 3 virgates and 19a. land, and 5a. meadow, with the advowson of the church, held of John son and heir of William ate Watere, were granted by the said Robert to the said Joan de Grey for life, with remainder to Thomas de Grey and the heirs of his body, with remainder to Joan, daughter of the said Joan de Grey, and her heirs. The said Joan de Grey survived the said Thomas, and immediately after her death one Joan, daughter and heir of the said Thomas, entered upon the said lands as her inheritance by the form of the said gift, and so holds them.

Fine made before the justices of the Bench, between the said Robert de Lavynton and Joan de Grey, whereby the said Joan warrants the above lands, &c. in Ikeford and Estcleydone to the said Robert against all men, dated in one month of Easter, 25 Edw. I.

Grant by the said Robert de Laventon, rector of the church of Est Claydon, to Lady Joan de Grey, the wife of Sir Robert de Gray, Margaret their daughter, late the wife of John le Fiz Bernard, and Joan daughter of the said John and Margaret, and the heirs of her body, of all the lands, &c. which he had of the gift of the said Lady Joan de Grey by a recognisance made before the justices of the Bench, in the town of Est Claydon and Bocleclaydon, to hold as abovesaid, with remainder to Thomas de Grey, son of the said Joan, and his heirs. (undated.)

Sources

1. ↑ J E E S Sharp and A E Stamp. "Inquisitions Post Mortem, Edward II, File 29," in Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem: Volume 5, Edward II, (London: His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1908), 213-222. British History Online, accessed June 3, 2017, [1].

• Cawley, Charles. Medieval Lands: A prosopography of medieval European noble and royal families. Hosted online by the Foundation for Medieval Genealogy (FMG), accessed 2021. [2]