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Emma (Houghton) de Bois (abt. 1131 - abt. 1194)

Emma de Bois formerly Houghton aka de Houghton
Born about in Englandmap
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Wife of — married [date unknown] [location unknown]
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Died about at about age 63 in Thorpe Arnold, Leicestershire, Englandmap
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Biography

Emma de Houghton was born about 1131 in England and died about 1194 in Thorpe Arnold, Leicestershire, England. [1]

Emma, daughter of Pain de Houghton, married Arnold IV de Bois. [2]

Payn de Houghton presented to the church before 1161, and the advowson was shared by his daughters. Arnold de Bois II at the request of Emma his wife gave their moiety to Biddlesden Abbey to provide lights in the church for ever before 1189. [3]

Sources

  1. Ancestry Profile.
  2. Smith, Kathryn Ann. Art, Identity and Devotion in Fourteenth-century England. University of Toronto Press, Buffalo, NY, 2003, p. 24. [1]
  3. Salzman, L.F. The Victoria history of the county of Northampton. Oxford University Press, London, 1906, p. 270. [2].




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Maybe a different family than the mother?
posted on Hedenton-1 (merged) by Andrew Lancaster

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