Margaret (Dunkeld) de Burgh Countess of Kent

Born [date unknown] in Scotland

Ancestors

Wife of Hubert (Burgh) de Burgh — married about Jun 1221 in York, Yorkshire, England

Died 15 Nov 1259 in London, England

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Biography

Margaret was the eldest daughter of William the Lion, King of Scots, and his queen-consort, Ermengarde de Beaumont, although the exact date of her birth is unknown.^[1][2][3]

Margaret, Princess of Scotland married Sir Hubert de Burgh, Earl of Kent, Constable of Dover Castle and of the Tower of London, Seneschal of Poitou, Justiciar of England and Ireland, Sheriff of Herefordshire, Somersetshire, Dorsetshire, Berkshire, Lincolnshire, Kent, Surrey, Norfolk, Suffolk, and Westmorland, in June 1221 at York, Yorkshire, England.^[4][5]

They had one daughter, Margaret, who married Sir Richard de Clare, Earl of Gloucester and Hertford).^[6]

Margaret de Burgh, Countess of Kent, outlived her husband by sixteen years. She died on 15 November 1259, and was buried in the church of the Black Friars in London.^[2]

Inquisitions Post Mortem

Writ, 25 Nov. Inq. Saturday the vigil of St. Andrew, 44 Hen. III. [1259] ^[7]

"Sir John de Burgo alias de Burk, of full age, is her heir."

"Aspele manor (extent given). Reginald de Sancto Walerico sold the manor to Hubert de Burgo, but the jury know not of whom it ought to be held, because they have never heard the charter of enfeoffment.

Guy de Sancto Walerico, father of the said Reginald, impleaded Simon de Bellocampo of the whole barony of Bedeford, and for peace the said Simon gave to the said Guy and his heirs the manor of Aspele, which was of the said barony, and ever defended it from foreign service against William de Bellocampo."

Writ (missing). Inq. (undated.) ^[8]

She died without heir of her body, and the following hundred and manors ought to revert to John de Burgo, aged 40 and more, son and heir of Hubert de Burgo, sometime her husband, because the said Hubert and Margaret were enfeoffed of the same from the king to them and their heirs, or the heirs of the said Hubert.

Sources

1. ↑ Paul, Sir James Balfour. The Scotts Peerage. Edinburgh: D. Douglas (1904), vol. 1, p. 5.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Richardson, Douglas. Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 5 vols, ed. Kimball G. Everingham (Salt Lake City: the author, 2013), vol. 4, p. 584-387 SCOTLAND 4.iii. Margaret of Scotland.
3. ↑ Dunbar, Sir Archibald H. Scottish Kings: A Revised Chronology of Scottish History 1005-1625. Edinburgh: D. Douglas (1899), p. 83.
4. ↑ Stevenson, J. (ed). Chronica de Mailros. Edinburgh: the Societatis Edinburgensis (1835), ["...Eodem anno tradita est domina Margareta, filia pie recordationis Willelmi regis Scotie, et soror domini Alexandre regis, domino Huberto de Burc, justiciario Anglie, scilicet et Scotie..."], p. 138.
5. ↑ Turnbull, William. Extracta e variis Cronicis Scocie. Edinburgh: Edinburgh Printing Co. (1842), ["Humbertus de Burgo, justiciarius Anglie, disponsauit Margaretam sororem regis Alexandri apud Londone, anno predicto."], p. 92.
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. 4, p. 587 SCOTLAND 4.iii.a. Margaret de Burgh.
7. ↑ "Inquisitions Post Mortem, Henry III, File 23," in Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem: Volume 1, Henry III, ed. J E E S Sharp (London: His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1904), 122-129. British History Online, accessed May 30, 2017, [1].
8. ↑ "Inquisitions Post Mortem, Henry III, File 45," in Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem: Volume 1, Henry III, ed. J E E S Sharp (London: His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1904), 296-302. British History Online, accessed June 1, 2017, [2].

See Also:

• Annesley, Susanna.The Countess and the Constable: An exploration of the conflict that arose between Margaret de Burgh and Bertram de Criel. Henry III Fine Rolls Project (2015) The National Archives and King's College, London, http://www.finerollshenry3.org.uk/content/month/fm-07-2008.html, accessed 21 December 2015