Margaret Clarell, ‘Dame of the Garter’

Margaret Clarell, ‘Dame of the Garter’

The Order of the Garter

In medieval times, King Edward III was so inspired by tales of King Arthur and the chivalry of the Knights of the Round Table that he set up his own group of honourable knights, called the Order of the Garter. Nearly 700 years later, the Order is the oldest and most senior Order of Chivalry in Britain. The Knights, now both male and female, used to be limited to aristocracy, but today they are chosen from a variety of backgrounds, in recognition for their public service

The patron saint of the Order is St George (patron saint of soldiers and also of England) and if there are vacancies in the Order, appointments are announced on St George's Day (23 April). The spiritual home of the Order is St George's Chapel, Windsor. Every knight is required to display a banner of his arms in the Chapel, together with a helmet, crest and sword and an enamelled stallplate.

These 'achievements' are taken down on the knight's death and the insignia are returned to the Sovereign. The stallplates remain as a memorial and these now form one of the finest collections of heraldry in the world.

Today, the Order includes the Queen, who is Sovereign of the Garter, several senior Members of the Royal Family, and twenty-four knights chosen in recognition of their work. Knights of the Garter are chosen personally by the Sovereign to honour those who have held public office, who have contributed in a particular way to national life or who have served the Sovereign personally. These have included Marshal of the RAF, Lord Stirrup, and former Prime Ministers Sir John Major and Sir Winston Churchill.

Motto: Honi soit qui mal y pense (Shame on him who thinks this evil)

Chapel: St. George's Chapel, Windsor

Ranks: Knight or Lady

Post-nominals: KG or LG

Founded: 1348

Garter Day
The annual iconic Garter Day procession, where The Queen and the Knights process in grand velvet robes, glistening insignia and plumed hats, is one of the most traditional ceremonies in the Queen's calendar.

Every June, a grand procession of the knights takes place at Windsor Castle, accompanied by a marching band and Officers of the Order, all in grand ceremonial dress.

The day begins with The Queen formally investing any new Companions with the Order's insignia in the Throne Room of the Castle. The Queen and The Duke of Edinburgh entertain the members and officers at a lunch, and then all process on foot to a service in St. George's Chapel. There is a short service where any new Companions are installed. The Sovereign and other members of the Order then return to the Upper Ward of the castle in carriages and cars.

• Find A Grave Memorial
• Margaret Clarell1,2
• F, d. after 1467
• Father Thomas Clarell, Esq.2 b. c 1368, d. 1 May 1442
• Mother Maud Montgomery2 b. c 1368, d. b 17 Mar 1457
• Margaret Clarell was born at of Aldwark, Yorkshire, England. A contract for the marriage of Margaret Clarell and Sir John FitzWilliam was signed on 19 January 1410; They had 2 sons (William & John) and 1 daughter (Eleanor).2,3 Margaret Clarell married Sir Robert Waterton, son of Sir Robert Waterton and Joan Sayville, after 28 December 1421.2 Margaret Clarell married Sir William Gascoigne, Sheriff of York, son of Sir William Gascoigne and Jane Wyman, on 7 February 1426; Married secretly. They had 4 sons (William, Robert, John, & Ralph) and 5 daughters (Jane, Anne, Margaret, (daughter who married Robert Darnsfeld) & (daughter who married Hamon Sutton)).2 Margaret Clarell died after 1467.2
• Family 1 Sir William Gascoigne, Sheriff of York d. c 1462
• Children
  • Jane (Joan) Gascoigne+
  • Anne Gascoigne+4 d. a 7 Jun 1488
  • Sir William Gascoigne+5 b. c 1426, d. bt 15 Jul 1461 - 13 Jan 1464
  • Robert Gascoigne b. c 1432
• Family 2 Sir John FitzWilliam b. 27 May 1397, d. 28 Dec 1421
• Children
  • Eleanor FitzWilliam+6 d. a 20 Jun 1475
  • Margaret FitzWilliam
  • Sir William FitzWilliam+2 b. c 1417, d. 1 Dec 1474
• Family 3 Sir Robert Waterton d. 17 Jan 1425
• Children
  • Margaret Waterton b. c 1422
  • Elizabeth Waterton+ b. c 1424
• Citations
• 1.[S4834] Unknown author, Lineage and Ancestry of HRH Prince Charles by Paget, Vol. II, p. 408; Wallop Family, Vol. 4, line 436.
• 2.[S5] Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, p. 634.
• 3.[S15] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, p. 350.
• 4.[S5] Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, p. 290.
• 5.[S5] Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, p. 349.
• 6.[S5] Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, p. 623.
• From: http://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/p555.htm#i...

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• Margaret Clarell1
• F, #325792
• Last Edited=22 Dec 2008
• Margaret Clarell is the daughter of Sir Thomas Clarell.2 She married Sir John Fitzwilliam, son of Sir John Fitzwilliam and Eleanor Green.1
• Her married name became Fitzwilliam.
• Child of Margaret Clarell and Sir John Fitzwilliam
  • 1.Sir William Fitzwilliam+2 d. 1 Dec 1474
• Citations
• 1.[S37] BP2003 volume 1, page 983. See link for full details for this source. Hereinafter cited as. [S37]
• 2.[S37] BP2003. [S37]
• From: http://www.thepeerage.com/p32580.htm#i325792
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• Earl Fitzwilliam was a title in both the Peerage of Ireland and the Peerage of Great Britain held by the head of the Fitzwilliam family.[1] The Fitzwilliams acquired extensive holdings in South Yorkshire, largely through strategic alliances through marriage. In 1410, Sir John Fitzwilliam of Sprotborough, who died in 1421, married Margaret Clarell, daughter of Thomas Clarell of Aldwark, the descendant of a major Norman landholding family. Thus did the Fitzwilliams acquire the Clarell holdings.[2] .... etc.
• From: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earl_Fitzwilliam
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• John FITZWILLIAM of Sprotborough (Sir Knight)
• Born: 1397, Sprotbourough, Yorkshire, England
• Died: 1421, Rouen
• Father: John FITZWILLIAM (Sir Knight)
• Mother: Eleanor GREENE
• Married: Margaret CLARELL (b. ABT 1397) (dau. of Thomas Clarell and Matilda Montgomery) (m.2 Robert Waterton - m.3 William Gascoigne) ABT 1416, Aldwark, Yorkshire, England
• Children:
  • 1. William FITZWILLIAM of Sprotborough (Sir)
  • 2. Eleanor FITZWILLIAM
  • 3. Clara FITZWILLIAM
  • 4. Isabel FITZWILLIAM
• From: http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/FITZWILLIAM.htm#John FITZWILLIAM of Sprotborough (Sir Knight)1
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• Robert Waterton, (c. 1360 – 17 January 1425) was a trusted servant of the House of Lancaster under three monarchs, Henry IV, Henry V, and Henry VI. As Constable of Pontefract Castle, he had custody of Richard II after that king was deposed.[1][2]
• Robert Waterton, likely born circa 1360, was the son of John Waterton[3] of Waterton, Lincolnshire and Joan, daughter of Peter de Mauley, 2nd Baron Mauley.[2] He had a brother, John Waterton,[2] and was a nephew of Sir Hugh Waterton.[4] .... etc.
• Sir Robert Waterton (I) married secondly, by 1422, Margaret Clarell (a Lady of the Garter), widow of Sir John Fitzwilliam (d. 17 September 1421) of Sprotborough, Yorkshire, son and heir of Sir John Fitzwilliam (d. 5 July 1417) by Eleanor Greene, daughter of Sir Henry Greene. Margaret Clarell was the daughter of Thomas Clarell, esquire, of Aldwark, North Yorkshire, by Maud Montgomery, daughter of Sir Nicholas Montgomery (d.1424) of Cubley, Derbyshire.[17][18]
• By her first husband, Margaret Clarell had two sons, Sir William Fitzwilliam, who married Elizabeth Chaworth, and John Fitzwilliam, and a daughter, Eleanor Fitzwilliam, who married Sir William Ryther. After Robert Waterton's death, Margaret Clarell contracted a clandestine marriage, on 7 February 1426, to Sir William Gascoigne (c.1405 – before March 1454) of Gawthorpe, Yorkshire, grandson of William Gascoigne, Chief Justice of England, by whom she had four sons and five daughters.[17][19][20][2][21]
• From: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Waterton
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• Margaret Clarell

born about 1389 Alnwick, Yorkshire, England

died after 1441 Gawthorpe, Yorkshire, England

father:

• Thomas Clarell of Aldwarke

born about 1357 Aldworke, England

died 1 May 1442 drowned in Don River

mother:

• Matilda Montgomery

born before 1370 Cubley, England

siblings:

unknown

spouse:

• William Gascoigne

born about 1389 Gawthorpe, Yorkshire, England

died before1466 Gawthorpe, Yorkshire, England

children:

?Anne Gascoigne born about 1404 Harewood, Yorkshire, England

?Katherine Gascoigne born about 1407 Harewood, Yorkshire, England

• Sir William Gascoigne Lord of Gawthorpe born about 1409 Gawthorpe, Yorkshire, England

died 1463/64 Gawthorpe, Yorkshire, England

?Elizabeth (Isabel) Gascoigne born about 1411 Harewood, Yorkshire, England

?Alice Gascoigne born about 1413 Harewood, Yorkshire, England died 3 July 1482 England

?Henry Gascoigne born about 1415 Micklefield, Yorkshire, England died 25 August 1457

biographical or anecdotal information:

source:

LDS

ancestry.com

References

• “The Gascoigne Family, c. 1309-1592: Gentry and Identity.” Christopher Matthew Bovis, PhD. University of York Centre for Medieval Studies January 2017. < PDF >
• Yorkshire Archaeological Journal Vol. 30. John Whitehead & Son, Leeds, 1931, p. 383. Archive.Org
• https://overtown.org.uk/cw/Charles_Waterton/waterton-methley.htm
• https://overtown.org.uk/cw/Charles_Waterton/family-tree/waterton-wa...
• https://www.stgeorges-windsor.org/image_of_the_month/ladies-of-the-...
• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/55118283/margaret-gascoigne
• https://www.royal.uk/order-garter

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