Margaret (Clare) de Badlesmere (abt. 1287 - bef. 1334)

Born about 1287 in Ireland [uncertain]

Ancestors

Descendants

Died before 3 Jan 1334 before about age 47 in England [uncertain]

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Biography

Origins

Margaret de Clare, born about 1287 (aged 40 in March 1326/7), was the daughter of Juliane Fitz Maurice and Thomas de Clare,^[1] Lord of Thomond in Connaught.^[2]

Margaret had the following siblings: Gilbert de Clare, Knt.; Richard de Clare, Knt., 1st Lord Clare (killed at Battle of Dysert O'Dea in Ireland in 1318); Richard de Clare (second of name), king's clerk; and younger sister, Maud (married Sir Robert de Clifford and Sir Robert de Welles).^[1]

Marriages and Children

Margaret married first to Gilbert de Umfreville, son of Gilbert de Umfreville, Earl of Angus, and Elizabeth Comyn.^[1][2] They had no children. Gilbert died testate before 23 May 1303.^[1][2][3]

Margaret married second before 1305 to Bartholomew de Badlesmere, Knt., son of Guncelin de Badlesmere and his wife, Joan,^[1][3] daughter of Ralph Fitz Bernard.^[4] They had one son and four daughters.

• Giles, Knt., 2nd Lord Badlesmere, son and heir, was born 18 October 1314 at Hambleton, Rutland.^[4] He married Elizabeth de Montagu and died without issue^[4] on 7 June 1338.^[1]
• Margery, married first to William de Roos, Knt., 2nd Lord Roos of Helmsley; second to Thomas de Arundel, Knt.; and third to John Avenel, Knt.^[1]
• Maud, married John de Vere, Knt., 7th Earl of Oxford.^[1]
• Elizabeth, married first to Edmund de Mortimer, Knt., Lord Mortimer, and second to William de Bohun, K.G., 1st Earl of Northampton.^[1]
• Margaret, married John de Tibetot, Knt., 2nd Lord Tibetot^[1]

In 1309, the king granted the barony of Chilham, Kent, to Bartholomew and Margaret and, in 1321, she was co-heiress to her nephew, Thomas de Clare.^[1]

Imprisonment

In October 1321, Margaret resided at Leeds Castle with her children and refused admission to the castle to Queen Isabel. The castle was immediately taken by the king and Margaret and her son, Giles, were arrested and imprisoned in the Tower of London.^[1] Margaret was the first female prisoner in the Tower's history.^[5]

During the time Margaret was imprisoned, her husband fought alongside other rebellious barons, burning the town of Bridgnorth and fighting with the rebels in the Battle of Boroughbridge in March 1322. Bartholomew was captured soon after and was attainted and hanged as a traitor at Canterbury, Kent on 14 April 1322.^[1][4]

Margaret was imprisoned until 3 November 1322,^[4] when her son-in-law, William de Roos, Knt., secured her release.^[1] She retired to the convent house of Minorite Sisters without Aldgate,^[6] and had two shillings a day allowed for her maintenance.^[1] She was released to go to friends on 1 July 1324.^[4]

Lands

In 1327, Margaret petitioned to have her Clare lands reassessed. She argued that her brother-in-law had divided the property while she was in prison and, as the elder sister, she should have the first choice of properties. Her petition was granted^[1] and King Edward III ordered the restoration of her lands to “Margaretæ quæ fuit uxor Bartholomæi de Badelesmere” by charter dated 22 February 1327.^[7]

Death

In May ?1328, she was called Margaret de Umfreville, Lady of Badlesmere, in a lawsuit. She died between 22 October 1333 and 3 January 1333/4.^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 1.15 1.16} Richardson, Douglas. Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 4 vols., ed. Kimball G. Everingham. 2nd edition. (Salt Lake City, UT: the author, 2011), vol. 1, pages 90-94, BADLESMERE 5.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} Cokayne, George Edward ed. Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, vol. I: Ab Adam - Basing, 2nd edition. (London: St. Catherine Press, 1910). Online at Archive.org, vol. 1 pages 148-149: ANGUS.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} Richardson, Douglas. Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 5 vols., ed. Kimball G. Everingham. (Salt Lake City, UT: the author, 2013), vol. I, pages 221-223, BADLESMERE 9.
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5} Cokayne, George Edward ed. Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, vol. I: Ab Adam - Basing, 2nd edition. (London: St. Catherine Press, 1910). Online at Archive.org, vol. 1 pages 371-372: BADLESMERE.
5. ↑ Wikipedia: Margaret de Clare, Baroness Badlesmere (accessed 15 February 2018).
6. ↑ "Friaries: The minoresses without Aldgate." A History of the County of London: Volume 1, London Within the Bars, Westminster and Southwark. Ed. William Page. (London: Victoria County History, 1909), pages 516-519. Online at British History Online
7. ↑ Charles Cawley. Margaret de Clare, entry in "Medieval Lands" database (accessed 18 Dec 2019).

• Richardson, Douglas. Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 4 vols., ed. Kimball G. Everingham. 2nd edition. (Salt Lake City, UT: the author, 2011). See also WikiTree's source page for Magna Carta Ancestry.
• Richardson, Douglas. Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 5 vols., ed. Kimball G. Everingham. (Salt Lake City, UT: the author, 2013). See also WikiTree's source page for Royal Ancestry.

See also:

• Charles Cawley. Gilbert de Umfraville, entry in "Medieval Lands" database (accessed 18 Dec 2019).

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Margaret (Clare) de Badlesmere is a descendant of several Magna Carta Surety Barons, including: John de Lacy, Richard de Clare, Gilbert de Clare, and Saher de Quincy. This profile appears in trails badged by the Magna Carta Project to the following Gateway Ancestors:

• Charles Barnes: badged Jan 2023. See the trail HERE
• Marmaduke Beckwith: badged 2015, see trails HERE. Also see Jennings, below.
• Bernard Gateways (Richard and William): badged in 2015. The trail is outlined HERE.
• Mary Bourchier: badged 2019. See trail HERE.
• Nathaniel Burrough: badged in 2015. See the trail HERE.
• William Clopton: badged 2020. See trail HERE.
• Coytemore Gateways (Elizabeth and Thomas): badged in 2015. See the trail HERE.
• Anne Derehaugh: trail was badged in June 2016. See it HERE.
• William Farrar: badged in 2015, the trail is set out HERE.
• Henry Isham: badged in 2015/16. The trail is set out HERE.
• Edmund Jennings: badged in May 2015. See the trail HERE.
• Kempe Gateways (Richard, Edward, Edmund and Matthew): badged in 2015 and re-reviewed in 2019, can be viewed HERE.
• Levis Gateways (Samuel, Hannah and Sarah) (MCA II:221-223 NEED): badged in February 2020. The trail can be seen HERE (see Need, below).
• Manwaring Gateways (Oliver and Mary): badged, re-reviewed in February 2024. See the trail HERE.
• Richard Palgrave: trails badged 19 Marc 2021. See them HERE.
• Robert Peyton, through his father: badged in 2015. See the trails HERE.
• William Skepper: badged 2016, needs re-review. See the trail HERE.
• Jemima Waldegrave: badged March 2016. See the trail HERE.

Margaret (Clare) de Badlesmere also appears in unbadged trails (need further development) to these Gateways:

• Blakiston Gateways (Nehemiah and George): needs development. See the trail HERE.

See Base Camp for information about identified trails and their status. See the project's glossary for project-specific terms, such as a "badged trail".