Elizabeth Markham

Origins

BURDON, Nicholas (d.1403), of Maplebeck, Notts. s. of John Burdon (fl. 1388) of Maplebeck. m. Millicent (d. Sept. 1419), da. of John Bekering, 1da. Kntd. between 1402 and d.1. He left but one child, a daughter named Elizabeth, who married Sir Robert Markham. Her mother, Millicent, retained one third of the Burdon estates as dower, and it was clearly with the intention of gaining possession of the entire inheritance that Sir Robert’s father, the judge, John Markham, made her his second wife. On his death in 1409, Millicent married her influential neighbour, Sir William Meryng*, to whom she brought two dowers, as well as the property left to her by her father, John Bekering.4

Find a Grave ID: 220037052 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/220037052/elizabeth-baroness_ma...

Born and died in Sedgebrook, Lincolnshire, England Elizabeth's birth date may have been 1403, as her father died in battle in that year. He is the father on record. My Heritage Family Tree lists her birthdate as 1403.

HER PARENTS: Daughter of Nicholas Bourdon (1380 Leicestershire, England - 1403 Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England - (d. 21 Jul 1403 Battle of Shrewsbury) and Millicent de Beckering (1384 Sedgebrook, Lincolnshire, England - 1408 Somme, Picardie, France), daughter of John (Beckering) de Beckering.

Elizabeth's mother remarried to Sir John Markham of East Markham (d. 1409); and eventually took a third husband, Sir William Meryng, the same year her second husband died.

ELIZABETH'S HUSBAND (Robert Markham): Buried - East Markham, Bassetlaw District, Nottinghamshire, England

HUSBAND'S PARENTS: Sir Knight John "Justice" Markham (1368-1409) Lady Elizabeth Cressy (1370-1408)

Robert Markham married in 1435, Sedgebrook, Lincolnshire, England, to Elizabeth Lady, Baroness Markham Bourdon 1408-1460 with a son Sir Robert "Lord Cotham Knight of Bath" Markham 1430-1495.

CHILDREN: 1. John Markham (1425–1495) 2. Katherine Markham (1425–____) 3. Elizabeth Markham (1426–1494) 4. Ruby Lane Markham (1430–1463)

5. Sir Robert Markham II Lord of Cotham and Knight of Bath (1430–1495)

Sir Robert "Lord Cotham Knight of Bath" Markham. He was born in 1430 in Cotham Hall, Nottinghamshire, England. He died in 1476 in Newark, Nottinghamshire, England. He married Jane Frances “Baroness Cotham” DAUBENY, daughter of Sheriff of Dorset & Somerset KG KS Sir Giles D’Aubeny 6th Baron DAUBENY and Mary “Baroness Daubeny” LEKE Lady in 1471 in Somerset, England. She was born in 1440 in Houghton, Norfolk, England. She died in 1495 in Cotham Hall, Nottinghamshire, England.

6. Lady Joan Markham (1436–1524) 7. Lady Jane Markham (1446–1498)

Sources Roskell, Clark & Rawcliffe, (1993). BURDON, Nicholas (d. 1403), of Maplebeck, Notts

SIR JOHN MARKHAM, Lord of East Markham, Puisne Judge of Common Pleas from A.D. 1396 to 1406.3 He drew up the instrument for the deposition of Richard II.4 He married first Elizabeth, daughter and co-heir of Sir Roger de Cressy of Hodsac, who bought him Cressy Hall, Risegate, Braytoft, and Exton in Lincolnshire. He married secondly Milicent, daughter and heir of Sir John de Bekeryng. This lady was widow of Nicholas de Burdon, who was killed in the battle of Shrewsbury in 1403. Her only daughter by Burdon was ELIZABETH, wife of her step-son Sir Robert Markham. Judge Markham died in 1409, and was buried in Markham church, where there is an altar-tomb to his memory. https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:GENEALOGY_OF_THE_MARKHAMS