Margaret de Loveyne

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Margaret de Loveyne
Born about 1372
Died May 1408
Occupation Heiress
Spouse(s) Sir Richard Chamberlain
Sir Philip St Clere
Children Richard Chamberlain
John Chamberlain
John St Clere
Thomas St Clere

Margaret de Loveyne (died May 1408) was a daughter of Sir Nicholas Loveyne and his second wife Margaret de Vere. She inherited extensive property and her second husband was High Sheriff of Surrey and Sussex.

The list of known High Sheriffs of Surrey extends back to 1066. At various times the High Sheriff of Surrey was also High Sheriff of Sussex.

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Background

Margaret was a daughter of Sir Nicholas de Loveyne (Lovayne/Lovaine/Lovain/Louveyne) and his second wife, Margaret de Vere who had previously been married to Henry de Beaumont and, after Sir Nicholas’ death, took Sir John Devereux as her third husband. Henry de Beaumont had died on 25 July 1369, leaving extensive property in Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, Nottinghamshire and Warwickshire. [1]

Sir Nicholas de Loveyne was a major English property owner and courtier, who held a number of senior positions in the service of King Edward III.

Margaret de Vere was an English noblewoman, a daughter of John de Vere, 7th Earl of Oxford and his wife Maud de Badlesmere.

John Devereux, 1st Baron Devereux English noble

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Both the first and second wives of Sir Nicholas were named Margaret. This has led to confusion about the identity of the mother of the subject of this article. The relevant evidence is comprehensively discussed with extensive reference to original sources in two articles by Walter Lee Sheppard Jr. [2] Margaret (wife of Sir Philip St Clere) was described as aged about 26 at the time of the inquisitions post mortem for Margaret de Vere (by then Lady Devereux), which took place in response to writs issued on 20 June 1398. [3] This indicates that Margaret junior was born about 1372 and leads Sheppard to conclude that, as Margaret junior was born significantly after the death of Nicholas' first wife, her mother was Margaret de Vere.

First marriage and family

Margaret’s first marriage was to Richard Chamberlain, by whom she had two sons:

Richard Chamberlain (her husband) died on 24 August 1396. [5]

Second marriage and family

Margaret’s second marriage was to Sir Philip St Clere. Margaret was described as the wife of Sir Philip Seyntcler on 17 December 1398, [6] so their marriage must have taken place before that date. As the couple’s son John was born in 1397, they appear to have married fairly soon after the death of Richard Chamberlain. Margaret and Philip had two sons:

Sir Philip St Clere was a son of Sir Philip St Clere and Joan de Audley. He served as High Sheriff of Surrey and Sussex and was a major landowner whose estates included land in eight English counties.

Thomas St Clere was a son of Sir Philip St Clere of Penshurst Place. He was a major landowner whose estates included property in eight English counties.

Inheritance

Margaret was the only child of her parents’ marriage who was still alive in 1398, as after her mother’s death she was identified as the heir of her parents and so entitled to inherit the manors of Barton St John and Stanton St John, Oxfordshire, in which her mother had held a life interest. [8] [9] Her brother Nicholas was aged “5 years and more” in 1375 [10] but presumably died young.

She also inherited, directly or indirectly from her parents, a considerable range of other properties, including the manor of Penshurst, Kent [11] with its substantial house known as Penshurst Place that had been built in 1341 for her mother’s first husband Sir John de Pulteney.

Death

According to inquisitions post mortem that were held at Godstone on 26 May 1408 and at Penshurst on 21 November 1409, Margaret St Clere died on either 10 May or 7 May 1408. [12] As these dates were only a few days before her husband died on 16 May 1408, they suggest that the couple may have succumbed to the same sickness. In 1413, further hearings were held about Margaret’s property rights and who should inherit them. [13]

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References

  1. ↑ Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem, 1st series, Vol. 12, No. 321.
  2. ↑ Sheppard, Walter Lee. "Sir Nicholas de Loveyne and his Two Wives, I & II". Genealogists' Magazine. London: Society of Genealogists. 15: 251–255 & 285–292.
  3. ↑ Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem, 1st series, Vol. 17, Nos. 998-1000.
  4. ↑ Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem, 1st series, Vol. 20, No.10.
  5. ↑ Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem, 1st series, Vol. 17, Nos. 776-779.
  6. ↑ Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem, 1st series, Vol. 17, No. 998.
  7. ↑ Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem, 1st series, Vol. 21, Nos. 379 & 381.
  8. ↑ Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem, 1st series, Vol. Nos. 998-1000.
  9. ↑ 'Parishes: Steeple Barton', A History of the County of Oxford: Volume 11: Wootton Hundred (northern part) (1983), pp. 59-75. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=101853 Date accessed: 13 March 2014.
  10. ↑ Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem, 1st series, Vol. 14, No. 172.
  11. ↑ 'Parishes: Penshurst', The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent: Volume 3 (1797), pp. 227-257. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=62856&strquery=penshurst parish Date accessed: 13 March 2014.
  12. ↑ Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem, 1st series, Vol. 19, Nos. 458 and 656
  13. ↑ Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem, 1st series, Vol. 20, Nos. 9-11 & 58-62.

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