Suffolk Halesworth
Lost brass effgy of a lady, matrice painted black , believed lost at time of Dowsing visit
Possibly Margaret 1383 wife of Sir John de Argentein 1382 of Wymondley whose gravestone is nearby in a similar condition flic.kr/p/PrMVd
Margaret was the daughter of Sir Robert D'Arcy and Joan daughter of Thomas Fitz Eustace
She was the great grand daughter of Eustace Fitzeustace 1272 of Hawstead flic.kr/p/NxFgf
Children
1. Maud 1377 m Sir Richard Merton of Merton m2 Sir Ioun / Ivo / John FitzWarin 1414 buried at Wantage flic.kr/p/bsoNih
2. Elizabeth m Sir Baldwin St. George.1383 Sheriff of Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire (parents of Sir Baldwin Seintgeorge of Hatley 1426 flic.kr/p/9KSLrd )
3.Joan m Bartholomew Naunton
Her husband had an illegitmate son William by an unknown mistress, to whom by descent of various of his estates subject to entail was determined to leave the bulk of his
His 3 legitimate heirs, daughter Maud and grand children Baldwin St George & Margaret Naunton had to press lawsuits not only against William +++(who went so far as to disrupt the funeral of his father and seize his estate papers by kidnapping the Prior of Wymondley), but also against Sir William Belesby and wife Elizabeth, who laid claim to certain of the manors not governed by entail. The matter was not finally settled until 1388, by which time the legitimate heirs had been left with Ketteringham, Norfolk (which went to Margaret Naunton) and Little Chishall Cambs and ‘Gernouns’ in Steeple Bumpstead, Essex which were divided into 3 parts.
Before 1400 Baldwin appears to have reached an amicable arrangement with his uncle, Sir William Argentined +++, who conveyed to him ‘Avenels’ manor in Gamlingaye.
Suffolk Halesworth
Lost brass effgy of a lady, matrice painted black , believed lost at time of Dowsing visit
Possibly Margaret 1383 wife of Sir John de Argentein 1382 of Wymondley whose gravestone is nearby in a similar condition flic.kr/p/PrMVd
Margaret was the daughter of Sir Robert D'Arcy and Joan daughter of Thomas Fitz Eustace
She was the great grand daughter of Eustace Fitzeustace 1272 of Hawstead flic.kr/p/NxFgf
Children
1. Maud 1377 m Sir Richard Merton of Merton m2 Sir Ioun / Ivo / John FitzWarin 1414 buried at Wantage flic.kr/p/bsoNih
2. Elizabeth m Sir Baldwin St. George.1383 Sheriff of Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire (parents of Sir Baldwin Seintgeorge of Hatley 1426 flic.kr/p/9KSLrd )
3.Joan m Bartholomew Naunton
Her husband had an illegitmate son William by an unknown mistress, to whom by descent of various of his estates subject to entail was determined to leave the bulk of his
His 3 legitimate heirs, daughter Maud and grand children Baldwin St George & Margaret Naunton had to press lawsuits not only against William +++(who went so far as to disrupt the funeral of his father and seize his estate papers by kidnapping the Prior of Wymondley), but also against Sir William Belesby and wife Elizabeth, who laid claim to certain of the manors not governed by entail. The matter was not finally settled until 1388, by which time the legitimate heirs had been left with Ketteringham, Norfolk (which went to Margaret Naunton) and Little Chishall Cambs and ‘Gernouns’ in Steeple Bumpstead, Essex which were divided into 3 parts.
Before 1400 Baldwin appears to have reached an amicable arrangement with his uncle, Sir William Argentined +++, who conveyed to him ‘Avenels’ manor in Gamlingaye.