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- [S6040] FindAGrave Old World, Margaret de Audley de Stafford 1318-1349.
Margaret de Audley, 2nd Baroness Audley and Countess of Stafford.
Daughter and heiress to Sir Hugh de Audley, 1st Earl of Gloucester and his wife Margaret de Clare. Granddaughter of Sir Hugh de Audley and Iseult de Mortimer, and direct descendant of both King Edward I and King John of England.
Margaret was abducted by Ralph Stafford, 1st Earl of Stafford, whose income was less than a tenth of Margaret's. A complaint was filed by her parents, but King Edward III of England supported Stafford. He appeased Hugh and Margaret by creating Hugh Earl of Gloucester. They were married before 06 July 1336 and had two sons and four daughters:
* Ralph married Maud of Lancaster & Isabel de Beaumont
* Sir Hugh, 2nd Earl of Stafford married Philippa de Beauchamp
* Thomas, clerk
* Elizabeth married Fulk le Strange, John de Ferres & Reginald Cobham
* Beatrice married Maurice FitzGerald, Thomas de Ros & Sir Richard Burley
* Joan married John Charleton & Gilbert Talbot
* Katherine married Sir John de Sutton
Margaret was buried at the feet of her parents, and Sir Ralph was later buried beside her.
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/80533801/margaret-stafford
- [S634] Ancestry.com, North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT ; Date: 2016;), Book Title: Hyde Genealogy, or, The Descendants, in the Female as Well as in the Male Lines, From William Hyde,.
- [S1930] Wikipedia: Margaret de Clare, (Name: Wikipedia;), Margaret de Clare, Baroness Badlesmere.
Margaret de Badlesmere, Baroness Badlesmere (née de Clare; c. 1 April 1287 – 22 October 1333/January 1334, disputed) was a Anglo-Norman noblewoman, suo jure heiress, and the wife of Bartholomew de Badlesmere, 1st Baron Badlesmere.[1]
She was arrested and subsequently imprisoned in the Tower of London for the duration of a year from November 1321 to November 1322, making her the first recorded female prisoner in the Tower's history.[2][3] She was jailed on account of having ordered an armed assault on Isabella of France, Queen consort of King Edward II of England. Before Margaret had instructed her archers to fire upon Isabella and her escort, she had refused the Queen admittance to Leeds Castle where her husband, Baron Badlesmere held the post of governor, but which was legally the property of Queen Isabella as part of the latter's dower. Margaret surrendered the castle on 31 October 1321 after it was besieged by the King's forces using ballistas. Edward's capture of Leeds Castle was the catalyst which led to the Despenser War in the Welsh Marches and the north of England.[citation needed]
Upon her release from the Tower, Margaret entered a religious life at the convent house of the Minorite Sisters outside Aldgate. King Edward granted her a stipend to pay for her maintenance.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_de_Clare,_Baroness_Badlesmere
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1305 - 1347 (42 years)
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