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Margaret Clare
(Abt 1287 - Bef 3 Jan 1334)
[[Category: Prisoners of the Tower of London]] [[Category: Lacy-284 Descendants]] [[Category: Quincy-226 Descendants]] [[Category: Clare-651 Descendants]] [[Category: Clare-673 Descendants]] }}
Margaret de Clare was a descendant of Magna Carta surety barons
[[Clare-651|Richard de Clare]], [[Clare-673|Gilbert de Clare]], [[Lacy-284|John de Lacy]], and [[Quincy-226|Saher de Quincy]].
== Biography ==Margaret was aged 40 in March 1326/7, so her estimated birth is circa 1287. She was shown as Baroness Badlesmere 26 Oct 1309. Margaret was arrested and imprisoned in Tower of London Nov 1321 to Nov 1322; she was the first female prisoner in the Tower's history. She was jailed for ordering armed assault on Isabella of France (Edward II's wife and Mortimer's lover). She surrendered 31 October 1321. During her lifetime, she resided at Castle Badlesmere and Chilham Castle, both in Kent. She retired to convent house of Minorite Sisters, outside Aldgate by 1323[http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=35371 British History Online] === Early Life === : b. Bunratty Castle in Thomond, Ireland on or abt 1 April 1287 : p. Thomas de Clare, Lord of Thomond and Juliana FitzGerald of Offaly ===Family===Siblings: Gilbert de Clare, Lord of Thomond; Richard de Clare, 1st Lord Clare, Lord of Thomondkilled at Battle of Dysert O'Dea in 1318; elder sister, Maud;m.1 Robert de Clifford, 1st Baron de Clifford. illegitimate half-brother, Richard the Clerk. 1st marriage: before 1303, Gilbert de Umfraville, son of Gilbert de Umphraville, Earl of Angus, and Elizabeth Comyn.Upon their marriage, the Earl of Angus granted Gilbert and Margaret the manors of Hambleton and Market Overton; however, when Gilbert died childless prior to 1307, the manors passed to Margaret. 2nd marriage: before 30 June 1308 Bartholomew de Badlesmere. Issue: 4 dau. 1 son and h. Giles Badlesmere (who died childless leaving his 4 sisters as co-heiresses).U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 Yates Publishing. Millennium File Heritage Consulting. Salt Lake City, UT ==Sources==This page has been edited according to [http://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Category:Styles_and_Standards January 2015 Style Standards]. See the Changes tab for descriptions of imported gedcoms.
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[[Category: Prisoners of the Tower of London]] [[Category: Lacy-284 Descendants]] [[Category: Quincy-226 Descendants]] [[Category: Clare-651 Descendants]] [[Category: Clare-673 Descendants]]
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Margaret de Clare was a descendant of Magna Carta surety barons
[[Clare-651|Richard de Clare]], [[Clare-673|Gilbert de Clare]], [[Lacy-284|John de Lacy]], and [[Quincy-226|Saher de Quincy]].
== Biography ==Margaret was aged 40 in March 1326/7, so her estimated birth is circa 1287.
She was shown as Baroness Badlesmere 26 Oct 1309. Margaret was arrested and imprisoned in Tower of London Nov 1321 to Nov 1322; she was the first female prisoner in the Tower's history. She was jailed for ordering armed assault on Isabella of France (Edward II's wife and Mortimer's lover). She surrendered 31 October 1321.
During her lifetime, she resided at Castle Badlesmere and Chilham Castle, both in Kent.
She retired to convent house of Minorite Sisters, outside Aldgate by 1323[http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=35371 British History Online]
=== Early Life ===
: b. Bunratty Castle in Thomond, Ireland on or abt 1 April 1287
: p. Thomas de Clare, Lord of Thomond and Juliana FitzGerald of Offaly
===Family===Siblings: Gilbert de Clare, Lord of Thomond; Richard de Clare, 1st Lord Clare, Lord of Thomondkilled at Battle of Dysert O'Dea in 1318; elder sister, Maud;m.1 Robert de Clifford, 1st Baron de Clifford. illegitimate half-brother, Richard the Clerk.
1st marriage: before 1303, Gilbert de Umfraville, son of Gilbert de Umphraville, Earl of Angus, and Elizabeth Comyn.Upon their marriage, the Earl of Angus granted Gilbert and Margaret the manors of Hambleton and Market Overton; however, when Gilbert died childless prior to 1307, the manors passed to Margaret.
2nd marriage: before 30 June 1308 Bartholomew de Badlesmere. Issue: 4 dau. 1 son and h. Giles Badlesmere (who died childless leaving his 4 sisters as co-heiresses).U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 Yates Publishing. Millennium File Heritage Consulting. Salt Lake City, UT
==Sources==
:See also:
*Magna Carta Ancestry 2011 2nd ed. Vol. I p. 90-91* Richardson, ''[http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1463561687/sr=8-1/qid=1397864689/ref=olp_product_details?ie=UTF8&me=&qid=1397864689&seller=&sr=8-1 Royal Ancestry]'' (2013) Douglas Richardson, ''[http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1463561687/sr=8-1/qid=1397864689/ref=olp_product_details?ie=UTF8&me=&qid=1397864689&seller=&sr=8-1 Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families]'', 5 vols., ed. Kimball G. Everingham, (Salt Lake City, Utah: the author, 2013), Volume I, pages 221-223, BADLESMERE 9, entry for MARGARET DE CLARE.* Magna Carta Ancestry: A study in Colonial and Medieval Families, Richardson, Douglas, (Kimball G. Everingham, editor. 2nd edition, 2011), [https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=8JcbV309c5UC&pg=PA90 vol. 1 p. 90]. Footnotes on page 93 give a useful list of descendants.* The complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant, Cokayne, George Edward, (Gloucester [England] : Alan Sutton Pub. Ltd., 1987), vol. 1 p. 149.
* British History Online
* [[Wikipedia: Margaret de Clare, Baroness Badlesmere]]
----This page has been edited according to [http://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Category:Styles_and_Standards January 2015 Style Standards]. See the Changes tab for descriptions of imported gedcoms.
[[Clare-651|Richard de Clare]], [[Clare-673|Gilbert de Clare]], [[Lacy-284|John de Lacy]], and [[Quincy-226|Saher de Quincy]].
== Biography ==Margaret was aged 40 in March 1326/7, so her estimated birth is circa 1287. She was shown as Baroness Badlesmere 26 Oct 1309. Margaret was arrested and imprisoned in Tower of London Nov 1321 to Nov 1322; she was the first female prisoner in the Tower's history. She was jailed for ordering armed assault on Isabella of France (Edward II's wife and Mortimer's lover). She surrendered 31 October 1321. During her lifetime, she resided at Castle Badlesmere and Chilham Castle, both in Kent. She retired to convent house of Minorite Sisters, outside Aldgate by 1323[http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=35371 British History Online] === Early Life === : b. Bunratty Castle in Thomond, Ireland on or abt 1 April 1287 : p. Thomas de Clare, Lord of Thomond and Juliana FitzGerald of Offaly ===Family===Siblings: Gilbert de Clare, Lord of Thomond; Richard de Clare, 1st Lord Clare, Lord of Thomondkilled at Battle of Dysert O'Dea in 1318; elder sister, Maud;m.1 Robert de Clifford, 1st Baron de Clifford. illegitimate half-brother, Richard the Clerk. 1st marriage: before 1303, Gilbert de Umfraville, son of Gilbert de Umphraville, Earl of Angus, and Elizabeth Comyn.Upon their marriage, the Earl of Angus granted Gilbert and Margaret the manors of Hambleton and Market Overton; however, when Gilbert died childless prior to 1307, the manors passed to Margaret. 2nd marriage: before 30 June 1308 Bartholomew de Badlesmere. Issue: 4 dau. 1 son and h. Giles Badlesmere (who died childless leaving his 4 sisters as co-heiresses).U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 Yates Publishing. Millennium File Heritage Consulting. Salt Lake City, UT ==Sources==
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[[Category: Prisoners of the Tower of London]] [[Category: Lacy-284 Descendants]] [[Category: Quincy-226 Descendants]] [[Category: Clare-651 Descendants]] [[Category: Clare-673 Descendants]]
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[[Clare-651|Richard de Clare]], [[Clare-673|Gilbert de Clare]], [[Lacy-284|John de Lacy]], and [[Quincy-226|Saher de Quincy]].
== Biography ==Margaret was aged 40 in March 1326/7, so her estimated birth is circa 1287.
She was shown as Baroness Badlesmere 26 Oct 1309. Margaret was arrested and imprisoned in Tower of London Nov 1321 to Nov 1322; she was the first female prisoner in the Tower's history. She was jailed for ordering armed assault on Isabella of France (Edward II's wife and Mortimer's lover). She surrendered 31 October 1321.
During her lifetime, she resided at Castle Badlesmere and Chilham Castle, both in Kent.
She retired to convent house of Minorite Sisters, outside Aldgate by 1323[http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=35371 British History Online]
=== Early Life ===
: b. Bunratty Castle in Thomond, Ireland on or abt 1 April 1287
: p. Thomas de Clare, Lord of Thomond and Juliana FitzGerald of Offaly
===Family===Siblings: Gilbert de Clare, Lord of Thomond; Richard de Clare, 1st Lord Clare, Lord of Thomondkilled at Battle of Dysert O'Dea in 1318; elder sister, Maud;m.1 Robert de Clifford, 1st Baron de Clifford. illegitimate half-brother, Richard the Clerk.
1st marriage: before 1303, Gilbert de Umfraville, son of Gilbert de Umphraville, Earl of Angus, and Elizabeth Comyn.Upon their marriage, the Earl of Angus granted Gilbert and Margaret the manors of Hambleton and Market Overton; however, when Gilbert died childless prior to 1307, the manors passed to Margaret.
2nd marriage: before 30 June 1308 Bartholomew de Badlesmere. Issue: 4 dau. 1 son and h. Giles Badlesmere (who died childless leaving his 4 sisters as co-heiresses).U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 Yates Publishing. Millennium File Heritage Consulting. Salt Lake City, UT
==Sources==
:See also:
*Magna Carta Ancestry 2011 2nd ed. Vol. I p. 90-91* Richardson, ''[http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1463561687/sr=8-1/qid=1397864689/ref=olp_product_details?ie=UTF8&me=&qid=1397864689&seller=&sr=8-1 Royal Ancestry]'' (2013) Douglas Richardson, ''[http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1463561687/sr=8-1/qid=1397864689/ref=olp_product_details?ie=UTF8&me=&qid=1397864689&seller=&sr=8-1 Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families]'', 5 vols., ed. Kimball G. Everingham, (Salt Lake City, Utah: the author, 2013), Volume I, pages 221-223, BADLESMERE 9, entry for MARGARET DE CLARE.* Magna Carta Ancestry: A study in Colonial and Medieval Families, Richardson, Douglas, (Kimball G. Everingham, editor. 2nd edition, 2011), [https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=8JcbV309c5UC&pg=PA90 vol. 1 p. 90]. Footnotes on page 93 give a useful list of descendants.* The complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant, Cokayne, George Edward, (Gloucester [England] : Alan Sutton Pub. Ltd., 1987), vol. 1 p. 149.
* British History Online
* [[Wikipedia: Margaret de Clare, Baroness Badlesmere]]
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Events
| Birth | Abt 1287 | Thomond, Connaught, Clare, Ireland | |||
| Marriage | 1303 | Gilbert Umfraville | |||
| Marriage | 1305 | Bartholomew Badlesmere Knt | |||
| Death | Bef 3 Jan 1334 | she retired to Minorite Sisters covent, without Aldgate, London | |||
| Alt name | Margaret "Lady Badlesmere" Clare | ||||
| Alt name | de Clare de Umfraville | ||||
| Reference No | 7891826 | ||||
| Reference No | 8224877 | ||||
| Reference No | 60 |
Families
| Spouse | Bartholomew Badlesmere Knt (1275 - 1322) |
| Child | Margery Badlesmere (1304 - 1363) |
| Child | Maud Badlesmere (1308 - 1366) |
| Child | Elizabeth Badlesmere (1313 - 1356) |
| Child | Giles Badlesmere (1314 - 1338) |
| Child | Margaret Badlesmere (1315 - 1347) |
| Spouse | Gilbert Umfraville (1280 - 1303) |
| Father | Sir Thomas "Lord of Thomond" Clare (1245 - 1287) |
| Mother | Juliana FitzMaurice (1263 - 1300) |
| Sibling | Maud Clare (1279 - 1327) |
| Sibling | Gilbert Clare (1281 - 1307) |
| Sibling | Richard Clare (1283 - 1318) |