Maud de Longchamp, heiress of Wilton

Maud / Matilda Longchamp

• Died: 1302, Wilton Castle, Wilton, Herefordshire, England
• Married: Reginald De GREY (1° B. Grey of Wilton) Children:
• 1. John De GREY (2° B. Grey of Wilton)
• 2. Maud De GREY

Maud de Longchamp was the daughter [heiress] of Sir Henry de Longchamp.1

She married Sir Reynold de Grey, 1st Lord Grey (of Wilton), son of Sir John de Grey and Emma de Cauz.1 She died in 1302.2

Disputed Origins

Was she Maud, daughter of William, Baron FitzHugh? One proposal is that she was the daughter of William FitzHugh and his wife, Hawise de Longchamps. (Perhaps he was her stepfather)

Also seen: “ They were succeeded by the families of De Cantilupe (see Thomas de Cantilupe and links) and De Grey who between them built up a powerbase in Wales and the Marches. Matilda de Grey, née de Cantilupe, stood up in court in 1292 and lied through her teeth to King Edward I of England that the castle had been built by her Longchamp ancestors in the days of Edward the Confessor (1042–66). In fact, the castle could not have been built before 1154 and certainly the 'barony' never held the Marcher Lord rights Lady Matilda claimed for it.”

Notes

Complicating factors about the De Grey's include the context of the key marriage to Matilda outlined in two links in Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilton_Castle and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reginald_de_Grey,_1st_Baron_Grey_de_W...

WILTON CASTLE Herefordshire ,English Border with Wales

This castle, still standing mostly to battlement height, remains a monument to its former lords. The Longchamps of Wilton in their time provided Bailiffs of Normandy, Chancellors of England, sheriffs of Hereford and the Welsh Marches and enemies of King John

They were succeeded by the families of De Cantilupe (see Thomas de Cantilupe and links) and De Grey who between them built up a powerbase in Wales and the Marches.

References

• https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Longchamp-12 “ This time the heir was a daughter, Maud, who married Reynold de Grey and conveyed Wilton to the Grey family, in whose hands the property remained for many generations. Reynold de Grey and Maud his wife proved their title to it in the " Placita de Quo Warranto," p. 169, by giving the Longchamp pedigree.”
• Archaeologia cantiana by Kent Archaeological Society. cn Publication date 1923 Publisher [London] Kent Archaeological Society Volume 36. Page 16. “Longchamp Pedigree.” Archive.Org shows Maud as daughter Henry Longchamp (d 1237) & Joan.
• http://www.thepeerage.com/p21346.htm#i213455 cites
• BP2003 volume 2, page 1665. See link for full details for this source. Hereinafter cited
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reginald_de_Grey,_1st_Baron_Grey_de_W... “ Lord de Grey married Maud, daughter and heir of William FitzHugh, by Hawys, daughter and heir of Henry de Longchamp, of Wilton Castle, co. Hereford, by whom he inherited a large estate in the county. Lord de Grey died on 5 April 1308, leaving: John Grey, 2nd Baron Grey de Wilton (c1268–28 October 1323)“
• http://www.knight-france.com/geneal/names/5462.htm
• Reference: Ancestry Genealogy - SmartCopy: Jun 1 2018, 1:47:27 UTC
• Balfour, David. “The Origins of the Longchamp Family.” Medieval Prosopography, vol. 18, 1997, pp. 73–92. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/44946257. Accessed 16 Aug. 2020
• “ The incredible gardens at Wilton Castle, a 900-year-old home looking for a new custodian” Country Life. January 23, 2018