Margaret Berkeley

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Thomas Berkeley is a son of this Margaret. Profile lockdown prevents non-curators from attaching Thomas to her.

Primary Sources

Oct 19. Westminster 1440
Licence, for 10l. paid in the hanaper, for Robert Harecourt, knight, to enfeoff Robert Longley and Roger Bothe and their heirs of two parts of the manor of Staunton Harecourt, held of the king in chief, and for them to grant the premises to the said Robert Harecourt and Margaret, late the wife of William Athirton, knight, for life, with successive remainders to the heirs male of his body, to Richard Harecourt, his brother, and the heirs male of his body, to John Harecourt, his brother, and the heirs male of his body, to William Harecourt, his brother, and the heirs male of his body, to Richard Harecourt, uncle of the said Robert, and the heirs male of his body, and to the said Robert's right heirs.

Source: Calendar of the patent rolls, preserved in the Public Record Office : Henry VI, Vol. III, 1436-1441, p. 470

Inquisition Post Mortem for Margaret Harecourt, widow, 21 June, 1 Henry VII [1486]. She died 25 May [1486]. Robert, aged 14 years and more, is her kinsman [grandson] and heir, to wit, son of John, her son by Robert Harecourt, knight.

Other Sources

• BYRON, Sir John (1386-1450), of Clayton, Lancs. and South Stoke, Lincs.
• b.c.1386, s. and h. of Sir Richard Byron (d. 7 June 1397) of Clayton by his w. Joan Colwick (d. 8 Oct. 1426) of Colwick, Notts. and South Stoke. m. Margery (d.c.1460), da. of John Booth I*, at least 5s. (1 d.v.p.), 5da. Kntd. by 1415.1
• .... Certainly, the sheriff, Sir Richard Radcliffe, had previously shown himself a firm supporter of the Booths, and he must have been further swayed by the presence at the election not only of John Booth the elder and several of his kinsmen and neighbours, but also of Sir William Atherton, by then the husband of Byron’s third daughter.7 ....
• .... Byron could count upon the support of his son-in-law, Thomas Assheton, who was present in 1429, along with Sir William Atherton, Sir Thomas Booth and other well-wishers to return him to his second Parliament.8 ....
• http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1386-1421/member/by...
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• DID JOHN BYRON & MARGERY BOOTH HAVE TWO DAU. BY THE NAME OF MARGARET OR IS THIS A CONFUSSION WITH THE DAU. ELIZABETH?
• A history and genealogy of the families of Bayard, Houstoun of Georgia: and ... By Joseph Gaston Baillie Bulloch
• http://books.google.com/books?id=XQc7AAAAMAAJ&pg=PA49&lpg=PA49&dq=E...
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• Ralph Assheton of Great Lever was son of Sir Ralph Assheton, second son, who was of Great Lever, who married Margaret Lever, heiress of Great Lever, daughter of Adam Lever of Great Lever; son of Sir Ralph Assheton of Middleton, second son, by Margaret, daughter of John Barton of Middleton; son of Sir John de Assheton, Knight of the Bath 1429, by Margaret, daughter of Sir John Byron of Clayton by Majory Booth, daughter of John Booth by a daughter of Sir Henry Trafford of Trafford; son of Sir Thomas Booth by Ellen, daughter of Thomas de Workesley of Workesley; son of John de Booth and Agnes, daughter of Sir Gilbert de Barton; son of Thomas, son of William Booths, living 1275, by Sibil, daughter of Sir Ralph de Bereton; son of Adams de Booths.
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• A History and Genealogy of the Families of Bayard, Houstoun of Georgia: And ... (1919)
• https://archive.org/details/ahistoryandgene02bullgoog
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  • BYRON
• The ancestor1 of this ancient line was Ralph du Burum, Burun, Biron, or Byron, of Horstan Castle, living in 1086, who was the possessor of several Lordships, and from whom Lord Byron, the famous poet, descends. His son Hugh du Burun, Lord of Horstan Castle, County Derby, had a son Hugh du Burun, Lord of Horstan Castle, temp. Henry II., and he had a son, Sir Roger or Ralph de Burun, living 1216, who married Nicola de Verdon, daughter of Roland de Verdon, and had Robert de Byron (the name appears to have at this time been changed to Byron), who married Cecelia Clayton, an heiress, daughter of Theirass, son of Richard Clayton of Clayton, County Lancaster. By this marriage Robert de Byron had : Robert de Byron, Lord of Clayton, living 1189, who married Maud, living 1292, and had: John de Byron, Lord of Clayton, Governor of York, who obtained Rochdale by marriage. He was living 1295 ; married Jean or Joan, living 1300, heiress of Rochdale, stated to be the widow of Sir Robert Holland and daughter of Sir Baldwin Thias or Sir Baldwin Teutonicus or de Tyas, and had Sir John de Byron, Lord of Clayton, living 1318, who married Alice Banastre, cousin and heiress of Robert Banastre of Hyndelay, County Lancaster, and had : Sir Richard de Byron, M. P., Lord of Clayton and Codenay, living 1308-1348, died ante 1349, who by his second marriage, to Elizabeth, had Sir James Byron, died ante 1350 ; married Elizabeth Berwake, Barnake or Barnack2 and had :
• I. Sir John Byron, knighted by Edward III., Siege of Calais.
• II. Sir Richard Byron, married Joan de Colewick, second
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• daughter and co-heiress of William de Colewick of Colewick, Nottingham, who married Joan de Peehe, daughter of John de Peche and Alice Hayward, daughter of Sir William Hayward and Joan de Huntingfield, daughter of Sir Savir de Huntingfield.
• By this marriage there was Sir John de Byron of Clayton, Member of Parliament 1428, who married Marjory, daughter of John Booth of Barton, son of John Booths by a daughter of Sir Henry Trafford of Trafford ; son of Sir Thomas Booth of Barton by Ellen, daughter of Thomas de Workesley of Workesley ; son of John Booth by Agnes Barton, daughter of Sir Gilbert de Barton ; son of William Booth, living 1275, by Sibil, daughter of Sir Ralph de Bereton ; son of Adam de Booth or Booths.
• Sir John Byron of Clayton and Marjory Booth had issue:
  • 1. Richard Byron.
  • 2. Sir Nicholas Byron, married a daughter of Sir John Boteler of Beausay, and was ancestor of Lord Byron.
  • 3. Margaret Byron, married first, Sir William Atherton ; married second. Sir Maurice Berkeley. (She perhaps married third, Sir John de Assheton as his second wife).
  • 4. Elizabeth Byron, married Thomas Assheton.
  • 5. Jane Byron, married William Radclyffe.
  • 6. Catharine Byron, married William Brereton.
  • 7. Helena Byron, married ___
• Of this marriage of Sir John Byron was a Margaret or Mary Byron who, according to authorities cited below, married Sir John de Assheton1 as his second wife. Sir John de Assheton's son by first marriage, Thomas Assheton, married Elizabeth Byron.
• Note. — Sir John Byron had a daughter Margaret or Mary who, according to both Burke and Foster, married as his second wife Sir John de Assheton, as heretofore stated. Foster says daughter of John Byron, Esq., of Clayton ; Burke says Sir John of Clayton. Other authority places her as daughter of Sir John Byron by Alice Boteler, but it was the son Nicholas who married Alice Boteler. See Robertson et Durbin.
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