Lady Margaret Godolphin

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Lady Margaret Godolphin (Trenowith)

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Fentongollan, Cornwall, England (United Kingdom)
Death: after 1508
Efford, Devon, England (United Kingdom)
Place of Burial: Devon, England
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Sir John of Fenton Trenoweth, IV and Lady Honor Trenowith
Wife of Sir Richard Whitleigh, I; Sir John Godolphin, Esq. and William Hoare
Mother of Margaret Grenville; Lady Joan Halse; Amye Drake; Sir William Godolphin; Thomasin Godolphin and 6 others
Sister of Catherine Stradling (Trenowith); Maude Matilda Trenouth; Philippa Carminow and Mary Whitley

Managed by: James Fred Patin, Jr.
Last Updated:

About Lady Margaret Godolphin

Source: Link: https://archive.org/details/b2201195x_0002 An historical survey of the county of Cornwall: to which is added, a complete heraldry. Of the same: with numerous engravings. Vol 2. by Gilbert, Charles Sandoe, 1760-1831

Possible husbands: (Note that the husband list may be accidentally combined with another Margaret Trenowith relative, to be sorted out.)

Margaret, heir of Trenouth was married in 1476 at age 12 to Sir Richard Whitley (Whitleigh) Lord of Compton, with whom she had one daughter, Margaret Whitely Grenville.

After the death of the first husband, in 1485 she married Sir John Godolphin the Sheriff of Cornwall.

After being widowed a second time, Margaret then married a third time to William Hoare of Trenouth with whom she had one son, Richard Hoare; whose son, John Hore married two wives also from prominent Cornish families: Catherine Penkevill and Elisabeth Roscarock.

(See the attached document, from the Visitations of Cornwall, which is the Medieval authority for English genealogies. The dates may indicate that another generation of Margaret is combined.)

Discombobulated info found online: https://www.myheritage.com/names/margaret_trenowyth

Margaret Trenowyth (born Trenouth) was born in 1464.

Her father was John Trenowith, who was born on September 8 1426 in Fentogollon, St Michael Penkevil, Cornwall, England. Her mother was HONOR TREGARTHEN who was born in 1432, in Efford, Devon, England.

Margaret had 5 siblings: Philippa Carminow (born Trenwith), Maude Matilda Trenouth and 3 others.

Margaret married Richard Whitleigh in 1476, at age 12. Richard was born in 1456, in Efford, Devon, England. His occupation was Lord of Compton. They had 2 daughters: Margaret Granville (born Whitley / Whitleigh) and one other child.

Margaret married William Hoare / Hore in 1481, at age 17. William was born in 1475, in Falmouth, Cornwall, England. They had one son: Richard Hore.

Margaret married John Godolphin circa 1485, at age 21. John was born in 1463, in Helston, Cornwall, England. His occupation was Sheriff of Cornwall They had 3 children: William Godolphin, Florence Crane (born Godolphin) and another child.

Margaret passed away in 1482, at age 18.

Death and marriages do not agree. Confirmation to correct these details needs to confirmed from copies of original documents.

So far, attached to her profile is the venerable Visitations of Cornwall listing the marriage to Hoare.

I do not have time at the moment to sort it all out.

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Lady Margaret Godolphin's Timeline

1464
1464
Fentongollan, Cornwall, England (United Kingdom)
1474
1474
Efford, Devon, England (United Kingdom)
1475
1475
Devon, England, United Kingdom
1486
1486
Helstan, Cornwall, England (United Kingdom)
1488
1488
Of, Helstan, Cornwall, England
1490
1490
Of Godolphin, Cornwall, England (United Kingdom)
1492
1492
<Of, Helstan, Cornwall, England>
1498
1498