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‎Before 1379;

Walter Devereux was recorded as "Sir"

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No. of families2146
Most children13
No. of individuals4595

Family


man Hugh de Audley, 1st Earl of Gloucester, 1st Baron Audley‏‎ 1)
Died ‎10 Nov 1347 1) 2)

Married ‎before 1318 3) 2) (at least 24 years married)
to:

woman Margaret de Clare‏‎ 1)
Born ‎12 Oct 1293
Died ‎9 Apr 1342‎, 48 years

Child:

1.
woman Margaret de Audley, 2nd Baroness Audley‏ 4)
Born ‎between 1314 and 1317 Depending on which age in IPM is accepted1)

Notes: Margaret was heir to her father and, through her mother, the enormous de Clare estates.

Sources

1) Source: Chancery: Inquisitions Post Mortem, Series I, Edward III "Hugh de Audele (Audley) or Daudele, late earl of Gloucester...The earl died on Saturday before St. Martin last. Margaret, wife of Ralph baron of Stafford, aged 30 years, is his heir...He held divers knights’ fees for his life by the courtesy of England, as of the inheritance of Margaret the wife of Ralph baron of Stafford, daughter and heir of Margaret de Clare his wife...an heir of Gilbert de Clare, sometime earl of Gloucester "Dated: 1347. External Link
https://www.british-history.ac.uk/inquis-post-mortem/vol9/pp54-66. Reference: C 135/87/1 (Data from direct source)
2) Source: English Baronies: a Study of Their Origin and Descent, 1086-1327. Reference: Page 6; Barony of Gloucester (Questionable reliability of evidence)
3) Source: Chancery: Inquisitions Post Mortem, Series I, Edward II "Gilbert de Clare, sometime earl of Gloucester and Hertford...Maud, late the wife of the said Gilbert [Badlesmere], in the king’s court at Westminster claims a third part in dower against Bartholomew de Badelesmere, who vouches to warrant Hugh le Despenser, the younger, and Eleanor his wife, Hugh de Audeleye and Margaret his wife, and Roger Dammari and Elizabeth his wife, sisters and heirs of the said earl"Date: 1318 Evidences marriage of Hugh and Margaret.. External Link
https://www.british-history.ac.uk/inquis-post-mortem/vol6/pp110-129. Reference: C 134/63/10
4) Source: Chancery: Inquisitions Post Mortem, Series I, Edward III "Ralph (Stafford), earl of Stafford...He died on the last day of August, 46 Edward III. Hugh his son, aged 27 years and more, is his heir...Hugh de Stafford, of full age, is son and heir of the earl and Margaret...Navesby. The advowson of the church with the reversion of the manor now held for life by Richard de Stafford, the earl’s brother."Dated: 1372 Evidences the existence of Ralph's second wife - Margaret.. External Link
https://www.british-history.ac.uk/inquis-post-mortem/vol13/pp178-195. Reference: C 135/230/1 (Data from secondary evidence)