Eleanor Maltravers , Baroness Mautravers 
Eleanor was born about 1345 in Woolcombe, Dorsetshire, England. Eleanor's father was John VII de Maltravers , Sir and her mother was Gwenthlian or Welthiana. Her paternal grandparents were John VI 1st Baron de Maltravers , of Hooke, Sir and Milicent (Ela) de Berkeley. She was an only child. She died in Lewes Priory, Sussex, England.General Notes
Eleanor, Baroness Mautravers in her own right (married 2nd c 9 Sep 1384 2nd Lord (Baron) Cobham (of Sterborough) and died 10 Jan 1404/5), younger daughter of Sir John Mautravers and granddaughter of 1st Lord (Baron) Mautravers. [Burke's Peerage]
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Eleanor Maltravers, Lady Maltravers, b. c 1345, age 19 in 1364, d. 10 Jan 1405/6; m. (1) 17 Feb 1358/9 Sir John d'Arundel, son of Richard Fitz Alan of Arundel. [Magna Charta Sureties]
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He [Reynold de Cobham] married, 2ndly, in 1380 (pardon for m. without lic. 10 Aug.), Eleanor, widow of John (D'ARUNDEL), LORD ARUNDEL (1377 to 1379), and, according to modern doctrine, suo jure, BARONESS MAUTRAVERS, being daughter of Sir John MAUTRAVERS [son and heir apparent of John, 1st Lord Mautravers]. This marriage being within the third degree (a), absolution for it was given by a bull from the Pope, 11 November 1384, and the issue legitimated. He died 6 July 1403 (a few days before the battle of Shrewsbury), and was buried at Lingfield. M.I. Will, in which he styles himself Raynald de Cobbeham, Sr. de Stresburgh, dated 8 September 1400, proved at Canterbury 13 July 1403. His widow, who was born 1345, died 10 January 1404/5. Will, in which, curiously enough, she styles herself (only) Alianor Arondell en pur ma viduite, dated 26 September 1404, at Lytchett Matravers, and proved at Maidstone 16 January 1404/5, directing her burial to be at Lewes Priory, where mon tres honorable seigneur John Arundell lies. [Complete Peerage III:353-4, XIV:196, (transcribed by Dave Utzinger)]
(a) Her grandfather, Lord Mautravers, had m. Ela, sister of Thomas, Lord Berkeley, the maternal grandfather of Lord Cobham.
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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*There are earlier generations for the ancestor(s) indicated. See their page(s) for details (click name)
- b.> 1201 in Lytchett Matravers, Poole, Dorsetshire, England d.> 1257 in Woolcombe, Dorsetshire, England
- b.~ 1238 in Lytchett Matravers, Poole, Dorsetshire, England d.BEF 28 FEB 1296/97 in Woolcombe, Dorsetshire, England
- b.< 1266 in Woolcombe, Dorsetshire, England d.AFT 26 JAN 1340/41
- b.1239 in England
- b.~ 1290 in Woolcombe, Dorsetshire, England d.16 FEB 1363/64 in Hooke, Dorsetshire, England
- b.~ 1210 in Powerstock, Dorsetshire, England d.~ 1236
- b.~ 1230 in Wraxall, Somerset, England d.24 Oct 1271
- b.~ 1215 in England d.~ 1266
- b.~ 1262 in Wraxall, Somerset, England d.> 1314
- b.~ 1210 in Bradpole, Dorsetshire, England
- b.~ 1234 in Bradpole, Dorsetshire, England
- b.~ 1317 in Woolcombe, Dorsetshire, England d.22 JAN 1348/49 in (dvp)
- b.1218 in Berkeley Castle, Thornbury, Gloucestershire, England d.04 Apr 1281 in St Augustine's Priory, Bristol, Gloucestershire, England
- b.1245 in Berkeley Castle, Thornbury, Gloucestershire, England d.23 Jul 1321 in St Augustine's Abbey, Bristol, Gloucestershire, England
- b.~ 1225 in Chilham Castle, Kent, England d.07 Jul 1276 in Berkeley Castle, Thornbury, Gloucestershire, England
- b.Apr 1281 in Berkeley Castle, Thornbury, Gloucestershire, England d.31 May 1326 in Wallingford Castle, Berkshire, England (as a prisoner)
- b.~ 1193 in Derby, Derbyshire, England d.<28 Mar 1254 in Evington, Leicestershire, England
- b.1248 in Derby, Derbyshire, England d.19 MAR 1309/10 in St Augustine Priory, Bristol, Gloucestershire, England
- b.~ 1223 in Winchester, Hamptonshire, England d.BEF 12 MAR 1280/81
- b.~ 1300 in Berkeley Castle, Thornbury, Gloucestershire, England d.> 1322
- b.1182 in North Molton, Devonshire, England d.<14 May 1238 in Ashby de la Zouch, Leicestershire, England
- b.1232 in Ashby de la Zouche, Leicestershire, England d.<25 Jun 1279 in Ashton Cantelou, Warwickshire, England
- b.~ 1187 in Kidderminster, Worcestershire, England d.28 JAN 1231/32
- b.<25 Mar 1280 in Harringworth, Northumberland, England d.06 Dec 1314 in Church of Portbury, Somerset, England
- b.1216 in Ashton Cantelou, Warwickshire, England d.25 Sep 1254 in Calstone Wellington, Calne, Wiltshire, England
- b.1250 in Calne, Wiltshire, England d.BEF 7 JAN 1298/99 in Harringworth, Northamptonshire, England
- b.1220 in Bramber, Sussex, England d.<28 Jul 1265
- b.~ 1345 in Woolcombe, Dorsetshire, England d.10 JAN 1404/05 in Lewes Priory, Sussex, England
- b.~ 1320 in England d.<Oct 1375
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Eleanor and Reginald 2nd Baron were married in a religious ceremony before August 10th, 1380 in 2nd husband 2nd wife. They had a son named Reginald 3rd Baron.
Family Notes
Marriage
Date: ABT. 9 SEP 1384
Place: 2nd husband
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Children
Reginald 3rd Baron Cobham , of Sterborough, Sir
Reginald 3rd Baron was born in 1381 in Sterborough Castle, Lingfield, Kent, England. He died at the age of 65 in 1446 in Lingfield, Surrey, England.
Eleanor and John were married in a religious ceremony in 1st husband. They had a son and two daughters, named John, Margaret and Joan.
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Children
John FitzAlan , "2nd Baron of Arundel", Sir Knt
John was born on November 30th, 1364 in Arundel, Sussex, England. He died at the age of 25 on August 14th, 1390.
Margaret FitzAlan
Margaret was born in 1370 in Arundel, Sussex, England. She died at the age of 68 on July 3rd, 1438 in Belvoir Castle, Leicestershire, England.
Joan FitzAlan
Joan was born about 1375 in Arundel, Sussex, England. She died on September 1st, 1404.
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