Lord William de la Ferte & Dame Margaret Briwere

 94559154. Lord William de la Ferte & 94559155. Dame Margaret Briwere

~1175, William born in Normandy, s/o §§Lord Radulf de Feritate & Gundred ?. (S) Notes and Queries, V99, 1899, P47.

~1180, Margaret born in England, 2^nd d/o 189118346. William Briwere & 189118347. Beatrice de Vaux.

~1195, William married Margaret. [William’s family held lands in England and France.]

4/6/1199, John succeeded Richard I as King of England.

1201, William’s father died, his mother surviving.

1204, William de la Ferte-Mace, the most powerful lord of the Passais [northwestern France], remaining loyal to King John, abandoned his Norman possessions. (S) Norman Frontier, Power, 2004, P442. [Many Normandy barons, having their English-titled lands captured by King Philip of France, moved to England in support of King John.]

10/28/1216, Henry III, age 9, crowned king of England.

3/24/1217, Margaret’s mother Beatrice died.

1219, Eodem modo scribitur {Vicecomiti, viridariis, forestariis, inquisitoribus} Cumberland. Nomina inquisitorum. {Radulfus de la Ferte, Rogerus de Beauchamp, … Thomas de Muleton, Willelmus de Yreby, Willemus de la Ferte.} Apud Karleol. (S) CPRs.

1220-24, William died.

[––Margaret––]

Margaret married 2^nd Odo de Dammartin.

Bef. 4/8/1225, Odo died.

6/1225 in Surrey, Margaret in litigation over her dowery of Dammartin before judge Martin de Pateshull.

By 11/1225, Margaret married 3^rd Geoffrey de Say of West Greenwich.

1227, Margaret’s father died; her brother William the heir.

8/19/1230, Geoffrey died; Margaret resuming her 1^st husband’s name.

1232, Margaret’s brother William died; co-heiress with her sister, and the heirs of her 3 deceased sisters. Somborne was the chief manor of Margaret’s share. (S) A History of the County of Hampshire: V 4, 1911.

6/10/1233, Margaret fined 100 marks for her share of her inheritance. [Seisin ordered on June 15^th.]

7/20/1233, William de Percy, married to Joan Briwer, and Margaret agreed over conflicting interests in the manors.

[Undated] Margaret de la Ferté demised to William of York at farm lands in the manor of Sneiton, Nottinghamshire. (S) FRsHIII, 6/5/1237.

1235, Margaret de la Ferte manorial lord of William de Ralegh, rector of King’s Somborne, Hampshire.

By 1236, Margaret died before her daughter Margaret.

(S) Studies in 13^th Century Justice and Administration, Meekings, 1981, PP 85,181.

Family notes:

·         1202, Ralph de Brai rendered 30m for having §§Gundred de la Ferte [William’s mother] as his wife with her land, which ought to have been rendered the preceeding year. (S) Early Yorkshire Charters, V6, Farrer, 2013, P54.

Children of William and Margaret:

i. Gundred de la Ferte (47279577), born ~1197 in England.

ii. Margaret de la Ferte, born ? in England.

1237, Margaret died leaving an heir.

4/1/1237, Payn de Chaworth [husband of Gundred] has made fine with the king by 200m. for having custody of the land and heir of Margaret de la Ferté , … to have full seisin of the land formerly of the same Margaret, one of the heirs of William Brewer. (S) FRsHIII.

5/1237, Payn died, his son Patrick succeeding.

5/1237, Margaret’s heir died.

6/5/1237, William de Cantilupe senior pledging 20m for Patrick de Chaworth (23639788), son and heir of Payn de Chaworth, nephew and heir of Margaret de la Ferté. (S) FRsIII.