 Theobald de Verdon Lord Westmeath, son of Theobald de Verdon Baron Verdun and Margaret (de Verdon).Born Sep 8, 1278, died Jul 27, 1316 at Alton, Staffordshire, 37 years Sir Theobald de Verdon, 2nd baron, had summons to parliament in the lifetime of his father as "Theobald de Verdon, junior," from 29 December, 1299, to 22 February, 1307, and afterwards, without the word "Junior," from 4 March, 1309 to 24 October, 1314. This nobleman, in the 6th Edward II [1313], was constituted justice of Ireland, having likewise the lieutenancy of that realm, and the fee of Married Jul 29, 1302 at Wigmore, Hereford (13 years married) to:  Matilda de Mortimer, daughter of Sir Edmund de Mortimer Baron Wigmore and Eleanor (Margaret) de Fiennes.Born ± 1286 Children: 1. John de Verdon PRIVACY FILTER2. Joan de VerdonBorn Aug 9, 1303 at Wootton, Stanton Lacy, Shropshire, died Oct 2, 1334 at Alton, Staffordshire, 31 years Joan, m. 1st William de Montagu; and 2ndly, Thomas de Furnival, 2nd Lord Furnival, and d. in 1334. Joan had the castle of Alveton as co-heiress of her father. [Sir Bernard Burke, Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited, and Extinct Peerages, Burke's Peerage, Ltd., London, 1883, p. 548, Verdon, Barons Verdon] 3. Elizabeth de VerdonBorn ± 1306, died May 1, 1360, approximately 54 years Elizabeth, m. to Bartholomew, Lord de Burghersh. Elizabeth had the castle of Ewyas Lacie as her share. [Sir Bernard Burke, Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited, and Extinct Peerages, Burke's Peerage, Ltd., London, 1883, p. 548, Verdon, Barons Verdon] 4. Margaret de VerdonBorn Aug 10, 1310 at Alton, Staffordshire, died ± 1373, approximately 63 years Margaret, 3rd dau. and co-heir of Theobald de Verdon, Lord of Alton Castle, co. Stafford, lord justice of Ireland, m. William le Blount. This lady was b. in 1310; there was no issue of the marriage. [Sir Bernard Burke, Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited and Extinct Peerages, Burke's Peerage, Ltd., London, 1884, p. 54, Blount, Barons Mountjoy and Earl of Devon] ---------- Margaret, m. 1st, Marcus Hussee; 2ndly, William le Blount; and 3rdly, Sir John Crophull. Margaret had the castle of Weobley, as 3rd co-heiress. By Sir John Crophull, she had a son, Thomas Crophull, whose dau. and heiress, Agnes, m. Sir Walter Devereux, Knt. [Sir Bernard Burke, Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited, and Extinct Peerages, Burke's Peerage, Ltd., London, 1883, p. 548, Verdon, Barons Verdon | |||
| 2nd marriage Theobald de Verdon Lord Westmeath, son of Theobald de Verdon Baron Verdun and Margaret (de Verdon).Married Feb 4, 1314/15 at near Bristol, England (approximately 2 years married) to: Elizabeth de Clare, daughter of Sir Gilbert the Red de Earl of Gloucester and Joan of Acre Plantagenet "@N1381@" Cts de Gloucester.Born Sep 16, 1295 at Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, died Nov 4, 1360, 65 years, 1st marriage to: John de Burgh Earl of Ulster, 2nd marriage to: Theobald de Verdon Lord Westmeath, 3rd marriage to: Roger Damory "@N1596@" Baron Amory, 4th marriage to: Ralph de la Roche There is conflict between the sources as to whom she actually married. - Michael Altschul, *A Baronial Family in Medieval England: The Clares, 1217-1314*, Baltimore MD (The Johns Hopkins Press) 1965, concerning the partition of the de CLARE estates after the death of the last Gilbert, p 170-171: Rogery Damory and Elizabeth took the bulk of the honor of Clare in East Anglia, including the castle and manor of Clare and the pleas of the honor court, as well as Cranbourne and the other Dorset manors and boroughs. In addition, each heir acquired two-ninths of the liberty of Kilkenny in Ireland, although there is no evidence that any of them every visited it. (P) The death of the countess in the summer of 1320 completed the division of the estates among th heirs. Maud probably died on July 2, and the properties she held in dower must have been partitioned shortly thereafter. Each received an equal portion of her third of Kilkenny. The partition of the Clare estates has been described as "the most important territorial upheaval of the reign." [Denham-Young *Vita Edwardi Secundi, pp xii-xiii*]" Child: 1. Isabella de VerdonBorn Mar 21, 1316/17 at Amesbury, Wiltshire, died Jul 25, 1349, approximately 33 years Isabel, who had the Castle of Ludlow, as 4th co-heiress, m. to Henry Ferrers, Lord Ferrers, of Groby, which Henry d. 17th Edward III [1344], leaving by the said Isabel, William, Lord Ferrers, Philippa, m. to Guy de Beauchamp, and Elizabeth, m. to --- de Assells. [Sir Bernard Burke, Dormant and Extinct Peerages, Burke's Peerage, Ltd., London, 1883, p. 548, Verdon, Barons Verdon] | |||