Margery (Sampson) Felton (abt. 1477 - bef. 1512)

Born about 1477 in Suffolk, England [uncertain]

Ancestors

Wife of Robert Felton Gent — married about 1495 in England

Descendants

Died before 1512 before about age 35 in England

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Biography

Margery (or Margaret) Sampson was the daughter of Thomas Sampson^[1][2] and Elizabeth Say.^[3][4][5][6] Her date of birth is unknown and is estimated at about 1477 based on her brother Thomas' 1475 birth date.

Margery married first to Robert Felton, Gent.,^[5] of Shotley, Suffolk, son and heir of John Felton, Esq. and Joan Mosell.^[3][1][7] They had two sons:

• John, died sometime between 1506-1512^[3]
• Thomas, Esq., married Cecily Seckford and had issue;^[1] Thomas died 10 February 1533^[3] and was heir to his uncle, Sir Thomas Sampson in 1512^[5][6][7]

Robert Felton died in 1506, leaving a will dated 10 December 1506 and proved 1 February 1506/7.^[3]

Margery married second to Robert Tollemache^[5] (or Tallemache, Talmach), Gent., of Helmingham, Suffolk, son of John Tollemache.^[3]

Margery's date and place of death are unknown and need research. Richardson states that Margery died before 1512,^[3] but other sources say she was living 9 October 1534.^[5] The source for the 1534 date might be the 1561 Suffolk Visitations published in 1981 (not available online).

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} William Harvey, et al. The Visitations of Suffolk, 1561. Exeter: 1882, page 190. Archive.org.
2. ↑ Suffolk Institute of Archaeology and Natural History. Proceedings of the Suffolk Institute of Archaeology. Vol. IV. 1774, page 21, 26-31. Google Books.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6} Douglas Richardson. Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 5 vols., ed. Kimball G. Everingham. (Salt Lake City, UT: the author, 2013), vol. V, pages 73-74, STRATTON 15, Margery Sampson.
4. ↑ Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families. 2nd edition, 4 vols., ed. Kimball G. Everingham (Salt Lake City, UT: the author, 2011), vol. IV, page 131, STRATTON 11, Margery Sampson. Google Books.
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4} Hal Bradley. "A Royal Descent for John Stratton" in The New England Historical and Genealogical Register. Boston, MA: NEHGS, Apr 2006. Vol. 160, pp. 101-108. AmericanAncestors.org ($).
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1} Walter A. Copinger. The Manors of Suffolk. Vol. III. London: T.F. Unwin, 1908, page 88. Archive.org.
7. ↑ ^{7.0 7.1} Francis Blomefield, 'Hundred of Diss: Shelfhanger', in An Essay Towards A Topographical History of the County of Norfolk. Volume 1. London, 1805, pp. 114-124. British History Online.

• Sampson, Lilla E. Briggs. The Sampson Family. Williams & Wilkins Company, 1914, pages 19-20. Google Books.

Acknowledgements

Magna Carta Project

This profile was developed for the Magna Carta Project by Thiessen-117 on 9 May 2022 and reviewed for the Project by Michael Cayley on 10 May 2022.

Margery (Sampson) Felton was identified by the Magna Carta Project as being trails from

• Gateway Ancestor John Stratton to Magna Carta Surety Baron Robert FitzWalter. This trail was badged for the Project in May 2022.
• Gateway Ancestor John Stratton to Magna Carta Surety Baron Henry de Bohun (vol. IV, pages 129-132, STRATTON). This trail was badged for the Project in June 2022.

See both trails in the Magna Carta Trails section of John Stratton's profile.

See Base Camp for more information about Magna Carta trails. See the project's glossary for project-specific terms, such as a "badged trail".