Margery FitzHarding

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Margery FITZHARDING 1 Sex: F Birth: ABT 1142 in Berkeley, Gloucestershire, England ALIA: Margeret FITZHARDING Death: UNKNOWN

Father: Robert FITZHARDING b: ABT 1096 in Merriott, Somersetshire, England Mother: Eve FITZESTMOND b: ABT 1104 in Gloucestershire, England

Marriage 1 Otto FITZWILLIAM b: ABT 1140 in Essex, England

Children

   Has Children William FITZOTTO b: ABT 1170 in of Belchamp, Gestingthorpe and Gosfeud, Essex, England

Sources:

   Title: Douglas Richardson - soc.genealogy.medieval, at groups - google.com

   Repository:

       Name: soc.genealogy.medieval, at groups - google.com

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   Source Medium: Internet

   Page: 8/29/2005

   Text: To date no one to my knowledge has identified Margery, wife of Otes Fitz William (Gen. 4 above). However, charter evidence has survived which conclusively proves that she was the daughter of Robert Fitz Harding (died 1171), merchant of Bristol, male line ancestor of the baronial Berkeley family [see Complete Peerage, 2 (1912): 124-125 (sub Berkeley)]. The three charters below are taken from the published cartulary of St. Mary Clerkenwell. The first charter is a grant dated ?1190/1206, in which Margaret specifically states she was the daughter of Robert Fitz Harding [Note: The names Margaret and Margery were fully interchangeable in this time period]. The second is a charter dated c. 1221/2, by Otes Fitz William (Gen. 6 above) who confirms the earlier grant of Margaret his grandmother ["aue mee"]. The third charter dated 1213/19 is a grant by Maurice de Gant, in which he refers to his aunt ["matertera mea'], Margaret, formerly wife of Otes Fitz William. This charter is important as Maurice de Gant's father, Robert Fitz Robert, is known to have been a younger son of Robert Fitz Harding, male line ancestor of the Berkeley family [see John Smyth, Lives of the Berkeleys, 1 (1883): 20, 50-52, 65]. The third charter is also of great historic interest, as it is witnessed by three individuals, Robert Fitz Walter, Saier de Quincy, and Henry de Bohun, all of whom were Magna Carta barons.