John DE VERDUN ²³⁶⁹

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John de Verdun was born circa 1226.
He was the son of Theobald le Botiller and Rohese de Verdun. He married, firstly, Margaret de Lacy, daughter of Gilbert de Lacy and Isabel le Bigod, before 14 May 1244.
He married, secondly, Eleanor de Bohun, daughter of Humphrey de Bohun, 2nd Earl of Hereford and Maud d'Eu.
He died on 21 October 1274.

Child of John de Verdun and Eleanor de Bohun
- Matilda de Verdun

Child of John de Verdun and Margaret de Lacy
- Theobald de Verdun, 1st Lord Verdun b. c 1248, d. 24 Aug 1309

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Sir John de Verdun, Lord of Westmeath, (son of Theobald le Botiller, 2nd Chief Butler of Ireland and Rohese de Verdon) and husband of Margaret, daughter of Gilbert de Lacy and coheir of the last-mentioned Walter de Lacy (died 1278)

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"Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial & Medieval Families," Douglas Richardson (2013):
"MARGERY DE LACY (or LASCY), elder daughter. She was co-heiress to her brother, Walter de Lacy, sometime in the period, 1238. She was co-heiress in 1241 to her paternal grandfather, Walter de Lacy, Knt., by which she inherited half of Weobley barony, including the castles and half the manors of Weobley and Ewyas Lacy, Herefordshire, the borough of Ludlow, Shropshire, and the manors of Eastleach Turville, Gloucestershire, Stoke upon Tern, Shropshire, Bishampton and Stanford on Teme, Worcestershire, and half of the lordship of palatinate of Meath, together with the hereditary office of Constable of Ireland.
She married before 20 April 1242 (as his 1st wife) JOHN DE VERDUN, Knt., of Alton, Staffordshire, Farnham, Buckinghamshire, Bittesby, Lutterworth, and Newbold Verdon, Leicestershire, Brandon (in Wolston), Bretford (in Wolston), and Fleclmoe (in Wolfhamcote), Warwickshire, Wilsford, Wiltshire, etc., and, in right of his 1st wife, hereditary Constable of Ireland, younger son of Thebaud (or Tebaud) le Boteler (or Butler), of Arklow, co. Wicklow, Ireland, by his 2nd wife, Rohese, daughter and heiress of Nicholas de Verdun. He was born about 1226, and took his mother's surname.
They had four sons,
1. Nicholas,
2. John,
3. Thebaud (or Tebaud), Knt. [1st Lord Verdun], and
4. Thomas.
They granted their share of the Lacy lands in England and Wales to their son Nicholas (John recovered the lands on Nicholas's death in 1271; in 1274 they passed to his younger son, Thebaud de Verdun).
His wife, Margery, died in 1256. In May 1248 John was granted protection to go to Ireland, which he visited many times during his life. During the conflict between Simon de Montfort and the Crown, he followed the King. John was on crusade with Lord Edward in Sicily 15 Jan. 1270/1. He established the Franciscan Priory at Dundalk, co. Louth.
He married (2nd) before 1267 ELEANOR DE BOHUN [see WILTON 7 for issue of this marriage]. They had
1. one son, Humphrey, clerk, and
2. one daughter, Maud (wife of John de Grey Knt. [2nd Lord Grey of Wilton]).
SIR JOHN DE VERDUN died testate shortly before 17 October 1274.

In 1275-6 John de Grey and Maud his wife arraigned an assize of novel disseisin his widow, Eleanor, regarding a tenement in Debden, Essex. The same year Robert son of Adam de Neuport arraigned an assize of mort d'ancestor against Eleanor regarding possessions in Sawbridge and Little Fleclmoe, Warwickshire. The same year Peter de Uppingham and Denise his wife arraigned an assize of novel disseisin against Eleanor and others regarding common of pasture in Lutterworth, Leicestershire. In 1278 Ela Longespée, Countess of Warwick, complained that when she sent John the reeve of Claverdon to Brandon Castle (in Wolston), Warwickshire with a letter for 10 marks which Thebaud de Verdun owed her as relief for the manor, Eleanor and her men took away the letter and imprisoned him for one night. In 1278 Eleanor claimed dower out of Grene, co. Limerick. Eleanor was living 10 June 1278. Sometime after this date, members of Eleanor's household petitioned the king, stating that she was mad and an imbecile, and requested a suitable wardship for her.

John married Eleanor DE BOHUN, daughter of Humphrey DE BOHUN 2nd Earl of Hereford, 1st Earl of Essex and Maud DE LUSIGNAN. (Eleanor DE BOHUN was born in 1241 in Debden, Epping Forest, Essex, England,²³⁶⁹ died on 20 February 1314 in Alton, Staffordshire Moorlands, Staffordshire, England ²³⁶⁹ and was buried on 20 February 1314 in Saffron Walden, Uttlesford, Essex, England ²³⁶⁹.)

John next married Margery DE LACY. (Margery DE LACY was born in 1226 in Ewyas Lacy, Herefordshire, Herefordshire, England,²³⁷⁰ died in 1256 in Alton, Staffordshire Moorlands, Staffordshire, England ²³⁷⁰ and was buried in 1304 in Black Friars Cemetery, Trim, County Meath, Ireland ²³⁷⁰.)