Margaret (Quincy) de Wiltshire (abt. 1206 - bef. 1266)

Born about 1206 in England

Ancestors

Wife of John (Lacy) de Lacy — married before 21 Jun 1221 in England [uncertain]

Wife of Walter Marshal — married 6 Jan 1242 in England

Wife of Richard (Wiltshire) de Wiltshire — married before 7 Jun 1252 in England [uncertain]

Descendants

Died before 30 Mar 1266 before about age 60 in Hampstead, Middlesex, England

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Margaret de Quincy is the granddaughter of Magna Carta surety baron Saher de Quincy (see text below).

MERGE WARNING! See Research Notes (below).

Biography

Margaret (or Margery) de Quincy, the daughter and heiress of Robert de Quincy, by Hawise of Chester,^[1] suo jure Countess of Lincoln, daughter of Hugh, Earl of Chester.^[2] Margaret was born before 1217,^[2] probably about 1206, based on the birthdates of her children.

Marriages and Children

Margaret married first, as his second wife, John de Lacy, Knt., Earl of Lincoln,^[1] before 21 June 1221.^[2][3] John de Lacy was one of 25 Magna Carta Surety Barons.^[2] They had one son and three daughters.

• Edmund, Knt., Constable of Chester, was born about 1230, married at Woodstock early in 1247 to Alice (or Alasia) de Saluzzo^[3] and they had three children.^[2] Edmund died testate on 2 June 1258.^[2][3]
• Maud, married Richard de Clare, Knt., Earl of Gloucester and Hereford.^[2]
• Margaret, presumably died without issue before 1253.^[2]
• unnamed,^[2] perhaps Idonea.^[4] See "Idonia" under Research Notes on John de Lacy's profile.

Sir John de Lacy, Earl of Lincoln, died 22 July 1240,^[2] after a long illness.^[3] Margaret married second to Walter Marshal, Knt., 8th Earl of Pembroke^[1][3] on 6 January 1241/2 and they had no issue.^[2] Sir Walter Marshal, Earl of Pembroke, died at Goodrich Castle, Herefordshire, on 24 November 1245.^[2]

She married third to Richard de Wiltshire before 7 June 1252,^[3] when they received a grant to "Margery, countess of Lincoln and Pembroke, and Richard de Wilteshir, and their heirs, of a yearly fair at their manor of Chelebiry [Chelbury, Lincolnshire] on the vigil and the feast of St. Andrew and the six days following".^[5][6] Richardson mentions the grant, omitting the words "and their heirs", and does not state there was a marriage.^[2]

Lands and Titles

During/after first marriage:

• In 1231 John and Margaret released their claim to the main Quincy estates to Margaret's uncle, Roger de Quincy. In return, Roger granted them and their issue her mother's dower.^[2]
• On 22 November 1232, John de Lacy became the Earl of Chester at Margaret's mother's insistence.^[2] The position to be held in the name of the Count of Lincoln, to John and his heirs by Margaret, his wife.^[3]
• Margaret's dower was assigned in January 1240/1.^[3]

During/after second marriage:

• Walter was granted the Earldom of Pembroke on 27 October 1241, after the death of his brother, Gilbert, in a tournament.^[2]
• On 15 March 1242/3, Margaret and Walter were in receipt of the lands descending from her mother.^[3]
• After Walter's death, Margaret recovered dower out of lands in Ireland^[2] of Walter Marshal, granted by charter dated 28 June 1248.^[6]
• A charter dated 26 May 1250 records the restoration of property, granted to "Margaret Countess of Lincoln", to William de Vescy, et al.^[6]

Death and Burial

Margaret, Countess of Lincoln and Pembroke, died at Hampstead, Middlesex, shortly before 30 March 1266 and was buried near her father at the Church of the Hospitallers, Clerkenwell, Middlesex.^[2][3]

Research Notes

Merge Warning: Countess of Lincoln Margaret de Quincy (this profile), daughter of Robert de Quincy and wife of Sir John de Lacy (also wife of Sir Walter Marshal and Richard Wiltshire), is first cousin to Margaret de Quincy, daughter of Sir Roger de Quincy and wife of Sir William de Ferrers, 5th Earl of Derby. Do not merge them!

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Richardson, Douglas. Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 4 vols., ed. Kimball G. Everingham. 2nd edition. (Salt Lake City, UT: the author, 2011), vol. III, page 408, QUINCY 1.i.a.
2. ↑ ^{2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11 2.12 2.13 2.14 2.15 2.16 2.17} Richardson, Douglas. Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 4 vols., ed. Kimball G. Everingham. 2nd edition. (Salt Lake City, UT: the author, 2011), vol. II, pages 514-517, LACY 1.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.8 3.9} Cokayne, George Edward and H. A. Doubleday et. al eds. Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, vol. VII: Husee to Lincolnshire, 2nd edition. (London, 1929), online at Archive.org, vol. VII, pages 679-680.
4. ↑ Lewis, Marlyn . Margaret de Quincy, entry in "Our Royal, Titled, Noble, and Commoner Ancestors and Cousins" database (accessed 20 Dec 2019).
5. ↑ Calendar of the Charter Rolls (1908), online at Archive.org, vol. I, Henry III, part I, page 393.
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1 6.2} Cawley, Charles. Margaret de Quincy, entry in "Medieval Lands" database (accessed 20 Dec 2019): Earls of Winchester, 1207-1264 (QUINCY).

• Richardson, Douglas. Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 4 vols., ed. Kimball G. Everingham. 2nd edition. (Salt Lake City, UT: the author, 2011). See also WikiTree's source page for Magna Carta Ancestry.
• Richardson, Douglas. Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 5 vols., ed. Kimball G. Everingham. (Salt Lake City, UT: the author, 2013). See also WikiTree's source page for Royal Ancestry.

See also:

• Richardson, Royal Ancestry. (2013), vol. III, pages 466-470.
• Richardson, Royal Ancestry. (2013), vol. IV, pages 45-46, 442-443.
• Wilkinson, Louise Jane. Thirteenth Century Women in Lincolnshire, PhD thesis submitted to King's College, London, PDF, accessed 16 February 2024, especially pp. 66-91
• Wikipedia: Margaret de Quincy, Countess of Lincoln, accessed 19 Dec 2019.
• Cawley, Charles. John de Lacy, entry in "Medieval Lands" database (accessed 20 Dec 2019): Earls of Lincoln, 1232-1348 (LACY).
• Cawley, Charles. Hawise of Kevelioc, entry in "Medieval Lands" database (accessed 20 Dec 2019): Earls of Chester, 1120-1232 (family of RANULF "le Meschin").
• Weis, Frederick Lewis. Ancestral Roots of Sixty Colonists Who Came to New England between 1623 and 1650. 6th ed. (Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1988), online at HathiTrust, line 54, page 70.
• Hulton, William A. The Coucher Book or Cartulary of Whalley Abbey. Vol. I. (printed for The Chetham Society, 1846), online at Archive.org, vol. 1, page 3.
• Mitchell, Linda Elizabeth. Portraits of Medieval Women: Family, Marriage, and Politics in England 1225-1350. (New York: Palgrave, 2003), pages 32-35, 39, 40, 42. Not available online.

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Magna Carta Project

This profile was re-reviewed and approved on 20 Dec 2019 by Thiessen-117.

Margaret de Quincy is the granddaughter of Magna Carta surety baron Saher de Quincy and the wife of surety baron John de Lacy. She is in trails badged by the Magna Carta Project from her grandfather to the following Gateway Ancestors:

• Charles Barnes: badged Jan 2023. See the trail HERE
• Marmaduke Beckwith: badged 2015, see trails HERE. Also see Jennings, below.
• Bernard Gateways (Richard and William): badged in 2015. The trail is outlined HERE.
• Mary Bourchier: badged 2019. See it HERE.
• Nathaniel Burrough: badged in 2015. See the trail HERE.
• William Clopton: badged in 2020. See the trail HERE.
• Henry Corbin (MCA I:533-535 CORBIN): badged trail was connected to this Gateway before 2018. The trails are set out HERE.
• Coytemore Gateways (Elizabeth and Thomas): badged in 2015. See the trail HERE.
• Anne Derehaugh: trail was badged in June 2016. See it HERE.
• Edward Digges: badged after Jun 2015. See the trail HERE.
• William Farrar: badged in 2015, the trail is set out HERE.
• Anne Humphrey: badged in 2015 and re-reviewed in June 2020. See the trails HERE (see also West trail).
• Henry Isham: badged in 2015/16. The trail is set out HERE.
• Edmund Jennings: badged in May 2015. See the trail HERE
• Kempe Gateways (Richard, Edward, Edmund and Matthew): badged in 2015 and re-reviewed in 2019, can be viewed HERE.
• Levis Gateways (Samuel, Hannah, and Sarah): badged in February 2020. The trail can e seen HERE (see also: Need).
• Nathaniel Littleton: badged in Dec 2017. See the trail HERE.
• Manwaring Gateways (Oliver and Mary): badged, re-reviewed in February 2024. See the trail HERE.
• Richard More: connected to badged trail in 2020. See the trail HERE.
• Nelson Gateways (John and Margaret): badged in 2015 and 2016 and needs re-review. See the trail HERE.
• Richard Palgrave: trails badged 19 March 2021. See them HERE.
• Herbert Pelham: badged in 2015 and re-reviewed in June 2020. See the trails HERE (see also West trail).
• Robert Peyton, trails through both his mother and father: badged in 2015 and can be seen HERE.
• George Reade: badged 2015 and needs re-review. See the trail HERE.
• William Skepper: badged 2016, needs re-review. See the trail HERE.
• Jemima Waldegrave: badged March 2016. See the trail HERE.
• West Gateways (Thomas, Francis, John, Nathaniel, and Elizabeth): badged in 2015 and re-reviewed in June 2020. See the trail HERE.

Margaret de Quincy is also in unbadged trails (needing work) to the following Gateways:

• Blakiston Gateways (Nehemiah and George): needs development. See the trail HERE.
• Need Gateways (Mary and Joseph) (MCA II:221-223 NEED): Levis trail badged in February 2020. The trails can be seen HERE (see Levis). 3 profiles need development.

See the project's glossary for project-specific terms, such as a "badged trail". See Base Camp for information about identified trails and their status.