Isabel (Conyers) Clervaux (abt. 1415)

Born about 1415 in England

Ancestors

Wife of Thomas Clervaux — married [date unknown] in England

Descendants

Died [date unknown] in England

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Isabel Conyers was a descendant of several Magna Carta surety barons (see text, below).

Biography

Isabel was the daughter of "Robert Conyers and Isabel Pert. Her birth date and place are not known. Her father had lands in Durham and Yorkshire.^[1][2] Her mother was born in about 1387 and she was probably a younger child with several older siblings: with that in mind, her birth year has been guesstimated as about 1415.

Isabel married Thomas Clervaux, son of John Clervaux of Croft, Yorkshire.^[1][2][3] Their marriage date is not known, but is likely to have been before 1431: that year they were both mentioned in her father's Will (though not explicitly as husband and wife).^[4] They had at least two children:

• Robert^[1][2]
• Alice, who married John Faunt^[1][2]

Isabel's death date and place are not known.

Research Notes

First name

John Nichols in his History and Antiquities of the County of Leicester incorrectly says that Thomas Clervaux's wife, the daughter of Robert Conyers, was called Alice, not Isabel.^[5] That this is an error is clear from her father's will which names her as Isabel.^[4] She is also named as Isabel in Flower's Visitation of Yorkshire.^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3} Douglas Richardson. Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 4 vols, ed. Kimball G. Everingham, 2nd edition (Salt Lake City: the author, 2011), Vol. I, p. 533, CORBIN 11, Google Books
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3} Douglas Richardson. Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 5 vols, ed. Kimball G. Everingham (Salt Lake City: the author, 2013), Vol. II, pp. 296-296, CORBIN 15
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} William Flower, The Visitations of Yorkshire 1563 and 1564, Harleian Society, 1881, p. 59, Internet Archive
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} Text in Latin in Wills and Inventories illustrative of the History, Manners, Language, Statistics &c of the Northern Counties of England from the Eleventh Century downwards, Surtees Society, 1835, p. 81, Internet Archive
5. ↑ John Nichols. The History and Antiquities of the County of Leicester, Vol. IV, part I, 1807, p. 175, Hathi Trust

Acknowledgements

Magna Carta Project

This profile was re-reviewed for the Magna Carta Project by Michael Cayley on 27 January 2023.

Isabel (Conyers) Clervaux appears in Magna Carta Ancestry in a Richardson-documented trail from Gateway Ancestor Henry Corbin to Magna Carta Surety Barons Hugh le Bigod and Roger le Bigod (vol. I, pages 533-535 CORBIN). This profile was originally badged by the Magna Carta Project in 2015 as part of a trail to Surety Baron Robert de Ros and was later connected to project-approved trails to the Bigods, Gilbert de Clare, Richard de Clare, John de Lacy, and Saher de Quincy. The trails are set out in the Magna Carta Trails on the Gateway's profile.

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