Great Dame Margery, Lady of Bury

Biography

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Richard Radcliffe, Esquire, of Radcliffe Tower (d. 1326) married a daughter of ____ Butler of Bewsey. Their children were:

Margaret, the third daughter, married Henry de Bury. Her husband was slain at Bury in 1315, by partisand of Adam de Banastre, whereupon Margaret became the ruler of Bury Town, in the annals of which she is known as the "Great Dame Margery, Lady of Bury." Two years before the death of her husband made settlement of his lands, which were to remain to margery, daughter of Richard de Radclyffe, for life; then to Henry, son of henry de Bury, and in default of heirs, to Alice, Agnes and Isabel, daughters of the elder Henry, failing whom, to Adam, son of Matthew de Bury, and his heirs. Shortly before the death of her husband, another son, Adam, was born to Margery, but his father's untimely end prevented any alteration of the settlement. Margery's elder son, henry, was slain in another affray in 1318, one of the ringleaders which was a relative of Roger de Freckleton, whom Margery had appointed Rector of Bury. She thereupon arranged an exchange of livings, sending Frekleton to Radclyffe, and bring to Bury, Richard de Radclyffe, her brother, that in the midst of a host of enemies she might have the support of one of her own indomitable clan. In the County Rolls, under the date of 1323, it is recorded that "Margt. de Burie held Manor of Burie, and renders Socage 8s. and the same Margery holds the town and renders for ward of the castle 10s."

On the death of Lady Margery, the Bury estated passed to the Pilkingtons, by marriage of Alicia, eldest daughter of Margery, to Roger de Pilkington.