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{{Short description|Cambro-Norman noblewoman}}
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'''Margaret Grey''' (born c. 1397 - died after April 1426 and before October 1427)<ref>Roskell, J. S. ''The Commons in the Parliament of 1422: English Society and Parliamentary Representation Under the Lancastrians''. (Manchester: Manchester University Press, 1954): p. 153. ''''.</ref><ref name=HOP1>] ''The History of Parliament: The House of Commons 1386–1421''. Vol. 2. (Stroud: Alan Sutton Publishing, 1993): pp. 284–288.</ref> was a ] noblewoman, the daughter of ], a powerful Welsh ], who was the implacable enemy of ]. '''Margaret Grey''' ({{c.}} 1397 – after April 1426 and before October 1427)<ref>Roskell, J. S. ''The Commons in the Parliament of 1422: English Society and Parliamentary Representation Under the Lancastrians''. (Manchester: Manchester University Press, 1954): p. 153. ''''.</ref><ref name=HOP1>] ''The History of Parliament: The House of Commons 1386–1421''. Vol. 2. (Stroud: Alan Sutton Publishing, 1993): pp. 284–288.</ref> was a ] noblewoman, the daughter of ], a powerful Welsh ], who was the implacable enemy of ].


Margaret was the first wife of ] who was decapitated by Queen consort ] following the ] defeat at the ]. Margaret was the great-grandmother of ] who succeeded to the estates and baronies of Bonville and Harington, thus becoming the wealthiest heiress in England.<ref> Retrieved 23-02-1</ref> Margaret was the first wife of ], who was decapitated by Queen consort ] following the ] defeat at the ].


==Family== ==Family==
Margaret Grey was born in ], ], ] circa 1397, daughter of Reginald Grey, Knt., 3rd Baron Grey de Ruthyn (c. 1362 - 1440) and Margaret de Ros (c. 1363 - c. 1413/4). She had two full-blooded brothers and two full-blooded sisters. Her elder brother was ], K.G., who married Constance Holland, the granddaughter of ]. Her paternal grandparents were ] and Alianore Le Strange of Blackmere, and her maternal grandparents were ] and Beatrice de Stafford. Margaret Grey was born in ], ], ] circa 1397, daughter of Reginald Grey, Knt., 3rd Baron Grey de Ruthyn ({{circa|1362}} – 1440) and Margaret de Ros ({{circa|1363}} – {{circa|1413}}/4). She had two full-blooded brothers and two full-blooded sisters. Her elder brother was ], K.G., who married Constance Holland, the granddaughter of ]. Her paternal grandparents were ] and Alianore Le Strange of Blackmere, and her maternal grandparents were ] and Beatrice de Stafford.


Her father was a powerful Marcher Lord of the ]. It was his dispute with Owain Glyndŵr over a piece of moorland called the common of Croisau that caused the latter's rebellion against King ].<ref>Costain, pp. 252–8.</ref> Margaret's father was taken prisoner by Glyndŵr in January 1402, and ransomed for the sum of 10,000 marks which was paid by King Henry.<ref>Costain, pp. 257–8.</ref> In September 1400, the town of Ruthin had been razed to the ground by the Welsh in revenge for the destruction of Glyndŵr's manor of ] by Grey and his men,<ref>Costain, pp. 253–4.</ref> however, the castle was left standing, and its inhabitants unharmed. Her father was a powerful Marcher Lord of the ]. It was his dispute with Owain Glyndŵr over a piece of moorland called the common of Croisau that caused the latter's rebellion against King ].<ref>Costain, pp. 252–8.</ref> Margaret's father was taken prisoner by Glyndŵr in January 1402, and ransomed for the sum of 10,000 marks which was paid by King Henry.<ref>Costain, pp. 257–8.</ref> In September 1400, the town of Ruthin had been razed to the ground by the Welsh in revenge for the destruction of Glyndŵr's manor of ] by Grey and his men;<ref>Costain, pp. 253–4.</ref> however, the castle was left standing, and its inhabitants unharmed.


On 7 February 1415, her father married secondly, Joan de Astley, by whom he had another six children. On 7 February 1415, Margaret's father married, secondly, Joan de Astley, by whom he had another six children.


==Marriage and issue== ==Marriage and issue==
On 12 December 1414, Margaret Grey married William Bonville, K.G., first Lord Bonville (1392–1461), eldest son of Sir John Bonville and Elizabeth FitzRoger. She was his first wife.{{efn|Vivian (1895), p. 102 states, "Sir William Bonville of Chewton <nowiki>=</nowiki> Margaret, da. of ... Meriet." However in Weis (1985),<ref>Weis, Frederick Lewis. ''The Magna Charta Sureties, 1215''. third ed. (1985), p. 16 (author states, "Robert Behra, El Paso, Tex., has identified the wife of Sir William, Lord Bonville, as Margaret, dau. of Reginald, 3rd Lord Grey of Ruthyn, and Margaret de Ros.").</ref> "Margaret, da. of Meriet" was identified as Margaret, the daughter of Reynold Grey, Knt., 3rd Lord Grey of Ruthin and his 1st wife, Margaret de Ros by Robert Behra based on Calendar Close Rolls, 1413-1419, p. 199. (see also Cokayne, Complete Peerage. Vol. 2. (1912): p. 218, author states in footnote (d), "She is generally said to be 'da. and h. of (-) MERRIETT.' See Maclean's *Trigg Minor*; but this is apparently a mistake for the wife of Lord Bonville's grandfather, i.e., Margaret, da. of Sir William d'Aumale, cousin and h. of Sir John Meriet, junior, which Margaret d. 25 May 1399...").}} They made their home at the Manor of ],<ref>Vivian (1895), p. 102. Pedigree of Bonville.</ref> in ], and together they had one son and three daughters:<ref>Faris. ''Plantagenet Ancestry of Seventeenth-Century Colonists''. 2nd ed. (1999): p. 37 : (author states, "MARGARET GREY, was married, with marriage contract dated 12 Dec. 1414, to WILLIAM BONVILLE, Knt., K.G., of Chewton Mendip, Somerset, Sheriff of Devonshire, M.P. for Somerset and Devonshire. . . . They had one son and three daughters.").</ref><ref>Glenn, Justin. ''The Washingtons: A Family History: Volume Three: Royal Descents of the Presidential Branch''. (2015): p. 179 (author states, “Elizabeth Bonville (third daughter of William Bonville and his first wife Margaret Grey). . . .”).</ref> On 12 December 1414, Margaret Grey married William Bonville, K.G., first Lord Bonville (1392–1461), eldest son of Sir John Bonville and Elizabeth FitzRoger. She was his first wife.{{Refn|Vivian (1895), p. 102 states, "Sir William Bonville of Chewton <nowiki>=</nowiki> Margaret, da. of ... Meriet." However, in Weis (1985),<ref>Weis, Frederick Lewis. ''The Magna Charta Sureties, 1215''. third ed. (1985), p. 16. Line 22-10.</ref> "Margaret, da. of Meriet" was identified as Margaret, the daughter of Reynold Grey, Knt., 3rd Lord Grey of Ruthin and his 1st wife, Margaret de Ros by Robert Behra based on Calendar Close Rolls, 1413–1419, p. 199.|group=note}} They made their home at the Manor of ],<ref>Vivian (1895), p. 102. Pedigree of Bonville.</ref> in ], and had several children:


*Philippa Bonville{{efn|name=P|There is conflicting evidence regarding Philippa's relationship to William Bonville. The only two 17th-century sources differ: a ] of 1620 states that she was his sister,<ref>Vivian, ''The Visitation of the County of Cornwall in the year 1620''. (1874), p. 8.</ref> but ] (1561-1635) recorded that she was his daughter.<ref>Pole, p. 387.</ref> Scholars have disagreed which is correct, see for example ], 1993,<ref>Roskell, J. S.; Clark, L.; Rawcliffe, C. R. ''The History of Parliament: The House of Commons 1386–1421''. Vol. 2. (1993): pp. 284–288 (biog. of Sir William Bonville II): (author states, "These ties were to be strengthened by the marriage . . . of two of his daughters, Philippa and Margaret, respectively to William Grenville . . . and William Courtenay. . . .").</ref> and ], 1999.<ref>Weis, Frederick Lewis. ''The Magna Charta Sureties, 1215''. fifth ed. (1999)</ref> However, while William Pole was compiling pedigrees of West Country families by 1604 as evident from his letter published on pp. iv-vi of the introduction to his ''Collections Towards a Description of the County of Devon'', he would subsequently comment on the many errors found in the 1620 Visitation of the County of Cornwall-Grenville pedigree (or Heraldic visitation of 1620). Additionally, Weis' third and earlier editions of ''The Magna Charta Sureties, 1215'' stated that Philippa was the daughter of William Bonville, 1st Baron Bonville.}} (living 1464).<ref> ''Date'': The day after the Purification of the Blessed Mary, 3 Edward IV . ''Parties'': John Sydenham of Colmestoke and William Pomeray, querents, and John Almyscombe and Philippe, his wife, deforciants...</ref> She married twice, firstly after 12 May 1427, to William Grenville, (died c. 1448), of Bideford, Devon and Kilkhampton, Cornwall.<ref>Weis, Frederick Lewis. ''The Magna Charta Sureties, 1215''. third ed. (1985): p. 16 (author states, "William Grenville of Biddeford, d. c. 1451; m. Philippa, dau. of William Bonville, K.G., Lord Bonville, of Chewton-Mendip, near Wells Somerset.").</ref> They had three sons and two daughters. Her second marriage, by 1451, was to John Almescombe.<ref>Granville, p. 57 and "A Pedigree of the Granville Family" at the back of the book.</ref> *Philippa Bonville (uncertain){{Refn|name="P"|There is conflicting evidence regarding Philippa's relationship to William Bonville. The only two 17th-century sources differ: a ] of 1620 states that she was his sister,<ref>Vivian, ''The Visitation of the County of Cornwall in the year 1620''. (1874), p. 84.</ref> but ] (1561–1635) recorded that she was his daughter.<ref>Pole, p. 387.</ref> Scholars continue to disagree which is correct, see for example ], 1993,<ref>Roskell, J. S.; Clark, L.; Rawcliffe, C. R. ''The History of Parliament: The House of Commons 1386–1421''. Vol. 2. (1993): pp. 284–288 (biog. of Sir William Bonville II): (author states, "These ties were to be strengthened by the marriage ... of two of his daughters, Philippa and Margaret, respectively to William Grenville ... and William Courtenay ...").</ref> and ], 1999.<ref>Weis (1999), pp. 29–30. (Line 22-9 and 10 shows Philippa Bonville as daughter of Elizabeth Fitz Roger and John Bonville ). This was revised from earlier editions of the work.</ref>|group=note}} (living 1464).<ref> ''Date'': The day after the Purification of the Blessed Mary, 3 Edward IV . ''Parties'': John Sydenham of Colmestoke and William Pomeray, querents, and John Almyscombe and Philippe, his wife, deforciants ...</ref> She married twice, firstly after 12 May 1427, to ] (died c. 1450), of Bideford, Devon and Kilkhampton, Cornwall.<ref>Weis (1999), p. 29. Line 22-10.</ref> Her second marriage, by 1451, was to John Almescombe.{{citation needed|date=April 2019}}
⚫ *William Bonville, Esq. (died 30 December 1460), married Elizabeth Harington, by whom he had one son, ] of Aldingham, who in his turn married ]; they were the parents of ], Marchioness of Dorset. William Bonville, Esq., and his son, the 6th Baron Harington were both slain and left dead on the field during the Yorkist defeat at the ].
**Sir Thomas Grenville I (born by 21 January 1432 - died c. 1483).<ref>Weis, Frederick Lewis. ''The Magna Charta Sureties, 1215'', fifth ed. (1999): p. 30 (author states, "THOMAS GRENVILLE, ESQ., b. say 1430, d. c. 1483.”).</ref>
⚫ *Margaret Bonville (died before July 1487), married Sir William Courtenay<ref>Vivian (1895), pp. 102, 246.</ref> ({{circa|1428}} – September 1485) of Powderham (Bonville's ally against the latter's cousin the Earl of Devon of Tiverton Castle), by whom she had four sons and one daughter:<ref>Vivian (1895), p. 246. Pedigree of Courtenay.</ref>
**John Grenville, Gent.
⚫ * Elizabeth Bonville (died 14 February 1491), married Sir William Tailboys, by whom she had at least one son, Sir Robert Tailboys (1451 – 10 January 1495).
**William Grenville
**Margaret Grenville (wife of John Thorne)
**Ellen Grenville (born c. 1438). She married William Yeo of ], Devon in 1453/5.<ref>Vivian (1895), p. 834. Pedigree of Yeo</ref> Several medieval stained glass heraldic shields (or ]) survive in the vestry of St. Petroc's Church in Petrockstowe, Devon, England showing the arms of William Yeo (''Argent, a chevron sable between three ducks azure''), Grenville,<ref>Granville, p.57</ref> Bonville (''Sable, six mullets argent pierced gules''),<ref name="yeosociety">{{cite web|url=http://www.yeosociety.com/heraldry/yeo%20evidence.htm |title=The Yeo Society |publisher=yeosociety.com|accessdate=1 December 2015}}</ref> and others.
⚫ *William Bonville, Esq., (died 30 December 1460), married Elizabeth Harington, by whom he had one son, ] of Aldingham, who in his turn married ]; they were the parents of ], Marchioness of Dorset. William Bonville, Esq., and his son, the 6th Baron Harington were both slain and left dead on the field during the Yorkist defeat at the ].
⚫ *Margaret Bonville (died before July 1487), married Sir William Courtenay<ref>Vivian (1895), pp. 102, 246.</ref> (c. 1428 – September 1485) of Powderham (Bonville's ally against the latter's cousin the Earl of Devon of Tiverton Castle), by whom she had four sons and one daughter:<ref>Vivian (1895), p. 246. Pedigree of Courtenay.</ref>
**Sir William Courtenay
**Edward Courtenay
**Philip Courtenay
**James Courtenay
**Joan Courtenay, wife of Sir William Carew
⚫ * Elizabeth Bonville (died 14 February 1491), married Sir William Tailboys, by whom she had at least one son, Sir Robert Tailboys (1451 - 10 January 1495). Sir Robert was an ancestor of Virginian colonist, Colonel George Reade.


Margaret Grey's husband, William Bonville, K.G., first Lord Bonville, was knighted before 1417 during the campaigns in France of King Henry V. He was Knight of the Shire for Somerset in 1421, and for Devon in 1422, 1425 and 1427. In 1423, he was appointed by the king as Sheriff of Devon. On 8 February 1461, he was elected as a Knight of the Garter.<ref name=HOP1 /><ref>Cokayne ''Complete Peerage''. Vol. 2. (1912): p. 218</ref> Margaret Grey's husband, William Bonville, K.G., first Lord Bonville, was knighted before 1417 during the campaigns in France of King Henry V. He was Knight of the Shire for Somerset in 1421, and for Devon in 1422, 1425 and 1427. In 1423, he was appointed by the king as Sheriff of Devon. On 8 February 1461, he was elected as a Knight of the Garter.<ref name=HOP1/><ref>Cokayne ''Complete Peerage''. Vol. 2. (1912): p. 218</ref>


Margaret Grey herself died sometime after April 1426 and before October 1427. Her husband married secondly about 9 October 1427 to Elizabeth Courtenay, the daughter of ]. Lord Bonville and Elizabeth Courtenay had no issue. On 10 March 1449, he received a writ of summons to Parliament as Lord Bonville of Chewton and became 1st Baron Bonville. Margaret Grey herself died sometime after April 1426 and before October 1427. Her husband married secondly about 9 October 1427 to Elizabeth Courtenay, the daughter of ]. Lord Bonville and Elizabeth Courtenay had no issue. On 10 March 1449, he received a writ of summons to Parliament as Lord Bonville of Chewton and became 1st Baron Bonville.

The Bonvilles were staunch Yorkist supporters during the ]. Lord Bonville and Margaret's son, William Bonville, Esq., and their grandson, William Bonville, 6th Baron Harington, were both slain on 30 December 1460 during the Battle of Wakefield. On 17 February 1461, William Bonville, K.G., first Lord Bonville was taken prisoner after another Yorkist defeat at the Second Battle of St Albans. Queen Margaret, remembering that Lord Bonville was one of the men who had taken King ] into custody after the ], ordered his execution the next day.

Margaret Grey's great-granddaughter, ], less than a year old, inherited the Bonville titles and estates, becoming the ] ], and ''suo jure'' ]. On 18 July 1474, she married ], a descendant of Margaret's father, by his second marriage to Joan de Astley.


==Ancestry== ==Ancestry==
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|5= 5. Eleanor le Strange |5= 5. Eleanor le Strange
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|7= 7. Beatrice de Stafford |7= 7. Beatrice de Stafford
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|11= 11. Ankaret le Boteler |11= 11. Ankaret le Boteler
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|13= 13. Margery de Badlesmere |13= 13. Margery de Badlesmere
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|16= 16. ] |16= 16. ]
|17= 17. Maud de Verdun |17= 17. Maud Basset
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|19= 19. Isabel de Valence |19= 19. Isabel de Valence
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|24= 24. ] |24= 24. ]
|25= 25. Maud de Vaux |25= 25. Maud de Vaux
|26= 26. Bartholomew de Badlesmere, Knt., 1st Baron Badlesmere |26= 26. Bartholomew de Badlesmere, Knt., 1st Baron Badlesmere
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|29= 29. Margaret Basset |29= 29. Margaret Basset
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|31= 31. ], daughter of Gilbert de Clare, 6th Earl of Hertford |31= 31. ], Countess of Gloucester, Countess of Cornwall
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==Notes== ==Notes==
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==References== ==References==
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==Bibliography== ==Bibliography==
*Cokayne, George Edward. ''The Complete Peerage edited by Vicary Gibbs''. Vol. II. (London: St Catherine Press, 1912). *]. ''The Complete Peerage edited by Vicary Gibbs''. Vol. II. (London: St Catherine Press, 1912).
*Costain, Thomas B. ''The Last Plantagenets''. (New York: Popular Library, 1962). *Costain, Thomas B. ''The Last Plantagenets''. (New York: Popular Library, 1962).
*Dalton, John, M.A., F.S.A. ''The Collegiate Church of Ottery St Mary''. (Cambridge, 1917). *Dalton, John, M.A., F.S.A. ''The Collegiate Church of Ottery St Mary''. (Cambridge, 1917).
*Edmondson, Joseph, Esq., F.S.A. ''A Complete Body of Heraldry''. Vol. I. (London, 1780). *Edmondson, Joseph, Esq., F.S.A. ''A Complete Body of Heraldry''. Vol. I. (London, 1780).
*Faris, David. ''Plantagenet Ancestry of Seventeenth-Century Colonists''. 2nd ed. (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1999). *Faris, David. ''Plantagenet Ancestry of Seventeenth-Century Colonists''. 2nd ed. (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1999).
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*Glenn, Justin. ''The Washingtons: A Family History: Volume Three: Royal Descents of the Presidential Branch''. (El Dorado Hills, CA: Savas Publishing, 2015).
⚫ *]. ''Collections Towards a Description of the County of Devon''. (London, 1791).
*Granville, Roger, M.A., (Rector of Bideford). ''''. (Exeter, 1895).
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⚫ *Pole, William. ''Collections Towards a Description of the County of Devon''. (London, 1791).
*Rogers, W.H. Hamilton. ''The Strife of the Roses and Days of the Tudors in the West''. (Exeter, 1890). *Rogers, W.H. Hamilton. ''The Strife of the Roses and Days of the Tudors in the West''. (Exeter, 1890).
*Roskell, J. S.; Clark, L.; Rawcliffe, C. R. ''The History of Parliament: The House of Commons 1386-1421''. Vol. 2. (Stroud: Alan Sutton Publishing, 1993). *]; Clark, L.; Rawcliffe, C. R. ''The History of Parliament: The House of Commons 1386–1421''. Vol. 2. (Stroud: Alan Sutton Publishing, 1993).
*], (Ed.) ''The Visitations of the County of Devon: Comprising the Heralds' Visitations of 1531, 1564 & 1620''. (Exeter, 1895). *], (Ed.) ''The Visitations of the County of Devon: Comprising the Heralds' Visitations of 1531, 1564 & 1620''. (Exeter, 1895).
*Weis, Frederick Lewis. ''The Magna Charta Sureties, 1215''. third ed. (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1985): *]., et al. ''The Magna Charta Sureties, 1215''. Fifth edition. (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1999).


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Cambro-Norman noblewoman

Margaret Grey
Bornc. 1397
Ruthin Castle, Denbighshire, Wales
Diedafter April 1426 and before October 1427
Noble familyGrey
Spouse(s)William Bonville, 1st Baron Bonville
IssuePhilippa Bonville (uncertain)
William Bonville
Margaret Bonville
Elizabeth Bonville
FatherReginald Grey, Knt., 3rd Baron Grey de Ruthyn
MotherMargaret de Ros

Margaret Grey (c. 1397 – after April 1426 and before October 1427) was a Cambro-Norman noblewoman, the daughter of Reginald Grey, 3rd Baron Grey de Ruthyn, a powerful Welsh Marcher Lord, who was the implacable enemy of Owain Glyndŵr.

Margaret was the first wife of William Bonville, K.G., first Lord Bonville, who was decapitated by Queen consort Margaret of Anjou following the Yorkist defeat at the Second Battle of St Albans.

Family

Margaret Grey was born in Ruthin Castle, Denbighshire, Wales circa 1397, daughter of Reginald Grey, Knt., 3rd Baron Grey de Ruthyn (c. 1362 – 1440) and Margaret de Ros (c. 1363 – c. 1413/4). She had two full-blooded brothers and two full-blooded sisters. Her elder brother was Sir John Grey, K.G., who married Constance Holland, the granddaughter of John of Gaunt. Her paternal grandparents were Reginald Grey, 2nd Baron Grey de Ruthyn and Alianore Le Strange of Blackmere, and her maternal grandparents were Thomas de Ros, 4th Baron de Ros and Beatrice de Stafford.

Her father was a powerful Marcher Lord of the Welsh Marches. It was his dispute with Owain Glyndŵr over a piece of moorland called the common of Croisau that caused the latter's rebellion against King Henry IV of England. Margaret's father was taken prisoner by Glyndŵr in January 1402, and ransomed for the sum of 10,000 marks which was paid by King Henry. In September 1400, the town of Ruthin had been razed to the ground by the Welsh in revenge for the destruction of Glyndŵr's manor of Sycharth by Grey and his men; however, the castle was left standing, and its inhabitants unharmed.

On 7 February 1415, Margaret's father married, secondly, Joan de Astley, by whom he had another six children.

Marriage and issue

On 12 December 1414, Margaret Grey married William Bonville, K.G., first Lord Bonville (1392–1461), eldest son of Sir John Bonville and Elizabeth FitzRoger. She was his first wife. They made their home at the Manor of Chewton Mendip, in Somerset, and had several children:

  • Philippa Bonville (uncertain) (living 1464). She married twice, firstly after 12 May 1427, to William Grenville (died c. 1450), of Bideford, Devon and Kilkhampton, Cornwall. Her second marriage, by 1451, was to John Almescombe.
  • William Bonville, Esq. (died 30 December 1460), married Elizabeth Harington, by whom he had one son, William Bonville, 6th Baron Harington of Aldingham, who in his turn married Katherine Neville; they were the parents of Cecily Bonville, Marchioness of Dorset. William Bonville, Esq., and his son, the 6th Baron Harington were both slain and left dead on the field during the Yorkist defeat at the Battle of Wakefield.
  • Margaret Bonville (died before July 1487), married Sir William Courtenay (c. 1428 – September 1485) of Powderham (Bonville's ally against the latter's cousin the Earl of Devon of Tiverton Castle), by whom she had four sons and one daughter:
  • Elizabeth Bonville (died 14 February 1491), married Sir William Tailboys, by whom she had at least one son, Sir Robert Tailboys (1451 – 10 January 1495).

Margaret Grey's husband, William Bonville, K.G., first Lord Bonville, was knighted before 1417 during the campaigns in France of King Henry V. He was Knight of the Shire for Somerset in 1421, and for Devon in 1422, 1425 and 1427. In 1423, he was appointed by the king as Sheriff of Devon. On 8 February 1461, he was elected as a Knight of the Garter.

Margaret Grey herself died sometime after April 1426 and before October 1427. Her husband married secondly about 9 October 1427 to Elizabeth Courtenay, the daughter of Edward Courtenay, 3rd Earl of Devon. Lord Bonville and Elizabeth Courtenay had no issue. On 10 March 1449, he received a writ of summons to Parliament as Lord Bonville of Chewton and became 1st Baron Bonville.

Ancestry

Ancestors of Margaret Grey
16. John Grey, 2nd Baron Grey de Wilton
8. Roger Grey, 1st Baron Grey de Ruthyn
17. Maud Basset
4. Reginald Grey, 2nd Baron Grey de Ruthyn
18. John de Hastings, 1st Baron Hastings of Bergavenny
9. Elizabeth de Hastings
19. Isabel de Valence
2. Reginald Grey, Knt., 3rd Baron Grey de Ruthyn
20. Fulk le Strange, Knt., 1st Baron Strange of Blackmere
10. John le Strange, Knt., 2nd Baron Strange of Blackmere
21. Eleanor Giffard
5. Eleanor le Strange
22. William le Boteler, 1st Baron Boteler
11. Ankaret le Boteler
23. Ela de Herdeburgh, heiress of Weston
1. Margaret Grey
24. William III de Ros, 1st Baron Ros of Helmsley
12. William IV de Ros, 2nd Baron Ros of Helmsley
25. Maud de Vaux
6. Thomas de Ros, Knt., 4th Baron Ros of Helmsley
26. Bartholomew de Badlesmere, Knt., 1st Baron Badlesmere
13. Margery de Badlesmere
27. Margaret de Clare, Baroness Badlesmere, daughter of Thomas de Clare, Lord of Thomond, Gov. of London
3. Margaret de Ros
28. Edmund de Stafford, Knt., 1st Baron Stafford
14. Ralph de Stafford, K.G., 1st Earl of Stafford
29. Margaret Basset
7. Beatrice de Stafford
30. Hugh de Audley, Knt., 1st Earl of Gloucester
15. Margaret de Audley, 2nd Baroness Audley
31. Margaret de Clare, Countess of Gloucester, Countess of Cornwall

Notes

  1. ^ There is conflicting evidence regarding Philippa's relationship to William Bonville. The only two 17th-century sources differ: a Heraldic visitation of 1620 states that she was his sister, but William Pole (1561–1635) recorded that she was his daughter. Scholars continue to disagree which is correct, see for example Roskell, 1993, and Weis, 1999.
  2. Vivian (1895), p. 102 states, "Sir William Bonville of Chewton = Margaret, da. of ... Meriet." However, in Weis (1985), "Margaret, da. of Meriet" was identified as Margaret, the daughter of Reynold Grey, Knt., 3rd Lord Grey of Ruthin and his 1st wife, Margaret de Ros by Robert Behra based on Calendar Close Rolls, 1413–1419, p. 199.

References

  1. Roskell, J. S. The Commons in the Parliament of 1422: English Society and Parliamentary Representation Under the Lancastrians. (Manchester: Manchester University Press, 1954): p. 153. OCLC 797541879.
  2. ^ Roskell, J. S. "BONVILLE, Sir William II (1392–1461), of Chewton-Mendip, Som. and Shute, Devon." The History of Parliament: The House of Commons 1386–1421. Vol. 2. (Stroud: Alan Sutton Publishing, 1993): pp. 284–288.
  3. Costain, pp. 252–8.
  4. Costain, pp. 257–8.
  5. Costain, pp. 253–4.
  6. Weis, Frederick Lewis. The Magna Charta Sureties, 1215. third ed. (1985), p. 16. Line 22-10.
  7. Vivian (1895), p. 102. Pedigree of Bonville.
  8. Vivian, The Visitation of the County of Cornwall in the year 1620. (1874), p. 84.
  9. Pole, p. 387.
  10. Roskell, J. S.; Clark, L.; Rawcliffe, C. R. The History of Parliament: The House of Commons 1386–1421. Vol. 2. (1993): pp. 284–288 (biog. of Sir William Bonville II): (author states, "These ties were to be strengthened by the marriage ... of two of his daughters, Philippa and Margaret, respectively to William Grenville ... and William Courtenay ...").
  11. Weis (1999), pp. 29–30. (Line 22-9 and 10 shows Philippa Bonville as daughter of Elizabeth Fitz Roger and John Bonville ). This was revised from earlier editions of the work.
  12. Feet of Fines: CP 25/1/294/74, number 20. Date: The day after the Purification of the Blessed Mary, 3 Edward IV . Parties: John Sydenham of Colmestoke and William Pomeray, querents, and John Almyscombe and Philippe, his wife, deforciants ...
  13. Weis (1999), p. 29. Line 22-10.
  14. Vivian (1895), pp. 102, 246.
  15. Vivian (1895), p. 246. Pedigree of Courtenay.
  16. Cokayne Complete Peerage. Vol. 2. (1912): p. 218

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