Margaret (Grey) Bonville (abt. 1397 - abt. 1427)

Born about 1397 in Chewton, Somerset, England

Ancestors

Descendants

Died about 1427 at about age 30 in England

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Margaret Grey is a descendant of several Magna Carta surety barons (see text below).

Biography

Family

Margaret was a daughter of Reynold Grey, 3rd Lord Grey of Ruthin, and Margaret de Roos.^[1][2] She grew up in a wealthy and influential household, her father holding large properties in Wales, Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire, and Huntingdonshire, as well as having inherited his cousin's estates in Cambridgeshire, Middlesex, Northamptonshire, Shropshire, Somerset, and Warwickshire.^[1] Lord Grey was summoned to parliament from 1389-1439, twice accompanied King Richard II to Ireland, and was regularly appointed to peace commissions in Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, Northamptonshire, and Buckinghamshire.^[3][4] In 1399 he carried the Great Spurs and the Second Sword and served as the Napperer (in charge of the linens) at King Henry IV's coronation.^[1][4]

She had two brothers, Thomas and John, and a sister Eleanor. Her mother Margaret died sometime before February 1414, and her father remarried to Joan Astley.^[1][2]

Marriage and Children

Margaret married, sometime after 12 December 1414 (date of marriage contract), William Bonville, KG. the son of John Bonville and Elizabeth FitzRoger.^[5][6][7] [See Research Notes] There were at least four children from this marriage:

• William Bonville; married before 1442 Elizabeth Harington;^[8][9] died 31 Dec 1460^[8][9]
• Philippa Bonville; married (1) William Grenville;^[7][10][11] married (2) John Almescombe^[9] (Richardson erroneously assigns Philippa one generation earlier, but her place in this family is well-documented.)
• Elizabeth Bonville;^[6][12] married William Tailboys^[6][7][13] died 14 Feb 1491^[14][15]
• Margaret Bonville; married William Courtenay^[7][9][16]

By 1418 Margaret's husband was in Normandy as a member of the military expedition led by Thomas, Duke of Clarence, brother to Henry V.^[17] In 1421 both husband and wife had license for divine service in the chapel of St Ann at Uphay (in Axminster), Devon.^[6] The following year William Bonville was appointed sheriff of Devon.^[17] Margaret's early death was to prevent her from ever witnessing her husband's subsequent rise in prestige and power, culminating in a dramatic reversal of fortune which saw him beheaded in 1471 by the order of Queen Margaret.^[6]

Death

Margaret was still living in 1426,^[6] but died sometime before 9 Oct 1427 when her husband married (second) Elizabeth Courtenay, the widow of John Harington, 4th Lord Harington.^[6]

Research Notes

• In a number of early genealogies, this William Bonville's wife is listed as Margaret Meriet.^[18] This was an initial error which has been repeated in a number of pedigrees and which confuses Margaret Grey with Margaret Meriet, who was actually the wife of this Lord Bonville's grandfather.^[19] The entry in the Close Rolls which discusses the marriage contract between Margaret and William Bonville clearly identifies her father as Reynold Gray.^[5] Stevens-17832 18:22, 31 October 2023 (UTC)

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3} Richardson, Douglas. Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 5 vols, ed. Kimball G. Everingham. Salt Lake City: the author (2013), vol. 3, pp. 126-130 GREY 11. Reynold Grey.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Richardson, Douglas. 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. 2, pp. 274-277 GREY 7. Reynold Grey.
3. ↑ Jack, R.I. The Lords Grey of Ruthin: a Study of the Lesser Baronage. Ph.D. dissertation, University of London (1961). Was available as a PDF at https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.283008
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} Jack, R. Ian. Grey, Reynold, third Baron Grey of Ruthin (c.1362-1440). Oxford Dictionary of National Biography online edition (23 Sep 2004, rev. 3 Jan 2008). Available here by subscription.
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1} Close Rolls, Henry V: December 1414, in Calendar of Close Rolls, Henry V: Volume 1, 1413-1419, ed. A E Stamp (London, 1929), pp. 195-200. British History Online. Also p. 199 at Hathi Trust. [accessed 11 April 2021].
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 6.6} Richardson, Douglas. Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 5 vols, ed. Kimball G. Everingham. Salt Lake City: the author (2013), vol. 1, pp. 434-435 BONVILLE 11. William Bonville.
7. ↑ ^{7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3} Roskell, J.S. and L.S. Woodger Bonville, Sir William II (1392-1461) of Chewton-Mendip, Som. and Shute, Devon. History of Parliament online edition.
8. ↑ ^{8.0 8.1} Richardson, Douglas. Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 5 vols, ed. Kimball G. Everingham. Salt Lake City: the author (2013), vol. 1, p. 436 BONVILLE 12. William Bonville.
9. ↑ ^{9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3} Vivian, Lieut.-Col. J.L. The Visitations of the County of Devonshire 1531, 1564, & 1620. Exeter: Henry S. Eland (1895), pp. 101-103.
10. ↑ Pole, Sir William. Collections Towards a Description of the County of Devon. London: J. Nichols (1791), p. 389.
11. ↑ Rogers, William Henry H. Strife of the Roses and Days of the Tudors in the West. Exeter: James G. Commin (1890), p. 47
12. ↑ Maddison, A.R. Lincolnshire Pedigrees. (H.S.P. 52) London: by the Society (1904), vol. 3, p.946.
13. ↑ Baggs, A.P., R. J. E. Bush and Margaret Tomlinson. Parishes: Somerton, in A History of the County of Somerset: ed. R.W.Dunning. London: Victoria County History (1974), British History Online, accessed October 6, 2023, vol. 3,p. 137; p. 169.
14. ↑ National Archives Discovery Centre. Inquistitions Post Mortem: #C 142/7/34, Elizabeth Taylboys (Tailboys): Somerset. 6 Henry VII.
15. ↑ Richardson, Douglas. Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 5 vols., ed. Kimball G. Everingham (Salt Lake City, Utah: the author, 2013), vol 5, p. 113 TAILBOYS 15. Robert Tailboys.
16. ↑ Richardson, Douglas. Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 5 vols, ed. Kimball G. Everingham. Salt Lake City: the author (2013), vol. 1, p. 435 BONVILLE 11.iii. Margaret Bonville.
17. ↑ ^{17.0 17.1} Rogers, William Henry H. Strife of the Roses and Days of the Tudors in the West. Exeter: James G. Commin (1890), p. 46.
18. ↑ Report and Transactions of the Devonshire Association... Plymouth: W. Brendon and Son (1886), pp. 333-336.
19. ↑ Cokayne, George E. The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom: extant, extinct, or dormant. London: St Catherine's Press (1910), vol. 2, pp. 218-129.

See also:

• Blore, Thomas. History and Antiquities of Rutland. (1811), vol. 1, pt. 2, p. 165. (Grey of Ruthin pedigree)

• Colby, Frederic Thomas. Visitation of Devonshire 1564. Exeter: W. Pollard (1881), pp. 23-24 (Bonville pedigree)

• Collinson, John. History and Antiquities of the County of Somerset. Bath: R. Cruttwell (1791), vol. 2, pp. 116-117.

• Ellacombe, Rev. H.T. History and Antiquities of the Parish of Clyst St George. Exeter: William Pollard (1865), pp. 65-66 (Champermoun-Bonville pedigree).

• Elwes, Dudley George C. History of the Castles, Mansions & Manors of Western Sussex. London: Longmans & Co. (1876), pp. 148-149 (Bonville pedigree)

• Halliday, Maria. Description of the Monument and Effigies in Porlock Church, Somerset. Torquay: The Torquay DIrectory Co. (1882), pp. 11-14.

• Lysons, Rev. Daniel. Magna Britannica. London: Thomas Cadell (1822), vol. 6, p. 176.

• Nichols, John. History and Antiquities of the County of Leicester. London: J. Nichols (1804), vol. 3, pt. 2, pp. 682-684. (Grey pedigree)

• Nicolas, Sir Harris (ed). Proceedings and Ordinances of the Privy Council. Commissioners of the Public Records of the Kingdom (1835), vol. 5, pp. 173-175.

• Richardson, Douglas. 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. 1, pp. 255-257 BONVILLE 10. William Bonville.

Acknowledgements

Magna Carta Project

This profile was re-reviewed for the Magna Carta Project on 31 October 2023 by Jen Hutton.

Margaret (Grey) Bonville is in a project-approved/badged trail (reviewed January 2015 by a Magna Carta project member) from Gateway Ancestor George Reade to Magna Carta Surety Barons John de Lacy. The Lacy trail branches off into badged trails to Saher de Quincy, Gilbert de Clare, Richard de Clare, William d'Aubigny, and Robert de Ros. These trails are set out in the Magna Carta Trails section of 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".