Millicent Meryng

Marriage to John Burdon (1353–1440) Abt 1404 in Sedgebrook, Lincolnshire, England

Biography

Milicent was the of daughter Sir John de Bekeryng.
She was married three times. Her first marriage was to Sir Nicholas Burdon, who was slain at the Battle of Shrewsbury in 1408. She married secondly Sir John Markham, Lord Chief Justice of Common Pleas. They were the parents of John Markham, Lord Chief Justice of England. Her third marriage was to Sir William Merying. She was buried at the east end of the south aisle. Her brass is found in the nave of the Church of St. John Baptist, East Markham. On her head is the crespine head-dress then in fashion, and consisting in this case of an arrangement of wires with a couvrechef thrown over them. Her hair is kept in position by a wire frame. A gold chain and jewelled cross hang round her neck. Over her shoulders is a square collar turned down, and she wears a short waisted gown, while the sleeves of her kirtle appear under her long, flowing cloak. A pet dog with belled collar is shewn at her feet. The brass is enclosed by a frame 5ft. 3in. by 2ft. 5in. The figure is 46in. in height. INSCRIPTION. "Hic jacet Dna Millicentia Meryng quondam uxor Willim Meryng militis que obiit XXVII September Anno dni MOCCCCO XIX cujus aie ppicietur deus amen." TRANSLATION. "Here lies the lady Millicent Meryng formerly wife of William Meryng Knight who died the 27th of September in the year of the Lord 1419 on whose soul may God have mercy."

Family

From https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Beckering-1

m.1 Nicholas Burdon, MP of Maplebeck (d. 21 Jul 1403 Battle of Shrewsbury), son of John Burdon of Maplebeck (fl. 1388).[2]

Children

1. Elizabeth (only child) m. Sir Robert Markham, son of Sir John Markham of East Markham, co. Notts. (d. 1409), Justice of Common Pleas, Markham of East Markham

m.2 (aft. 1403) Sir John Markham of East Markham, co. Notts. (d. 1409), Justice of Common Pleas,[4] father of Elizabeth's husband, Robert Markham.

children named in Flower (1871):[5]

• Sir John Markham (d. 1479), Chief Justice of the King's Bench. m. Margaret, dau. of Simon Leek.
• Margaret m. Walter Pedwarden
• Elizabeth / Isabel m. Sir [Robert or Ralph] Stanhop.

m.3 (1409) William Meryng (d. 1449), MP.[7] Marshall (1871), calls Millicent ..."Maud" in the Meryng pedigree.[6]

Clark & Rawcliffe (1993), assert that Millicent is the mother of William Meryng, and possibly other unidentified children.[7] The pedigree given by Marshall (1871), names the following children:

• William, esq. of Mering. m. Elizabeth, dau. of Thomas Nevell of Rolston.
• John
• Alexander of Collingham.
• Elizabeth.[8] m.1 John Strelly of Lindeby (d. 04 Mar c. 1487). Issue:[8][9] m.2 James Savage.[8]
• Margery m. Thomas Bassett of [Fledborough] Flamborough, co. York.
• Other children...
• Thomas, esq. of Newark.[8]

References

• https://archive.org/stream/historyofmarkham00mark#page/n56/mode/1up
• BURDON, Nicholas (d.1403), of Maplebeck, Notts. s. of John Burdon (fl. 1388) of Maplebeck. m. Millicent (d. Sept. 1419), da. of John Bekering, 1da. Kntd. between 1402 and d.1. He left but one child, a daughter named Elizabeth, who married Sir Robert Markham. Her mother, Millicent, retained one third of the Burdon estates as dower, and it was clearly with the intention of gaining possession of the entire inheritance that Sir Robert’s father, the judge, John Markham, made her his second wife. On his death in 1409, Millicent married her influential neighbour, Sir William Meryng*, to whom she brought two dowers, as well as the property left to her by her father, John Bekering.4
• “ MERYNG, Sir William (d.1449), of Meering, Notts.” “He may, however, have returned to England soon afterwards, as the death of his first wife, Millicent (and probably that of his father, too), occurred at about this date. Through her he had gained control not only of part of the Bekering estates in Nottinghamshire, which she inherited from her father, but also the dower lands which had come her way as a result of her two previous marriages to Nicholas Burdon and the judge, John Markham. Sadly for Meryng, her death deprived him of all rights of ownership over the latter, although he was probably still obliged to spend some time supervising the administration of her effects.”
• https://soc.genealogy.medieval.narkive.com/8jA2Ayhe/bekering-of-not...
• https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Beckering-1
• https://www.flickr.com/photos/jpguffogg/23727153821/
• https://www.genealogics.org/getperson.php?personID=I00566983&tree=LEO

Sir William Merying of Meering, Notts on History of Parliament