John de Verdon Lord Westmeath 
John de Verdon's father was Theobald le Boteler II and his mother was Rohesia de Verdon. His paternal grandparents were Theobald Walter le Botiller , 1st Butler and Maude le Vavasour; his maternal grandparents were Nicholas de Verdun , of Alton, Sir and Joan FitzPiers. He had three brothers and two sisters, named Humphrey, Nicolas, Theobald III, Matilda and daughter. He had a half-brother named Theobald. He died on October 21st, 1274.General Notes
This great feudal lord, John de Verdon (alias Le Botiller), being one of the barons marchers, had orders in the 44th Henry III [1260], on the incursions of the Welsh, to keep his residence upon the borders. After which he was one of the barons who adhered to the king in the conflict between the crown and the nobles, and upon the triumph of the royal cause at Evesham, he was commissioned to raise forces in Worcestershire for the purpose of attacking the only remaining hold of the barons, at Kenilworth. But these troubles being at length ended, John de Verdon was signed with the cross and accompanied Prince Edward to the Holy Land. John de Verdon m. first, Margerie, daughter of Gilbert de Lacie, and co-heir to her grandfather, Walter de Lacie, Lord Palatine of Meath, in Ireland, by which alliance the castle of Weobley, co. Hereford, came into the Verdon family; and secondly, Alianore, whose surname is unknown. At his death, being slain in Ireland, 1278, he left issue, Nicholas (Sir), of Ewyas Lacie, d. v. p. and s. p., 1271; John, Lord of Weobley, d. s. p., circa 1295; Theobald, 1st Baron Verdon; Thomas, of Staffordshire; and Agnes, d. 1305. [Sir Bernard Burke, Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited, and Extinct Peerages, Burke's Peerage, Ltd., London, 1883, p. 548, Verdon, Barons Verdon]
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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- b.~ 1070 in Weeton & Preese, Fylde, Lancashire, England
- b.~ 1097 in West Dereham, Downham, Norfolk, England d. in Weeton & Preese, Fylde, Lancashire, England
- b.~ 1130 in Weeton & Preese, Fylde, Lancashire, England
- b.~ 1050 in Caen, Calvados, Normandy, France d. in Domesday Lord of Sibton, Yorkshire, England
- b.~ 1110 in Horseham, Norfolk, England
- b.~ 1165 in West Dereham, Downham, Norfolk, England d.>Apr 1206 in Arklow, Wicklow, Leinster, Ireland
- b.< 1070 in Parham, Plomesgate, Suffolk, England
- b.~ 1100 in Parham, Plomesgate, Suffolk, England d.> 1135
- b.~ 1133 in Parham, Plomesgate, Suffolk, England
- b.BET. 1199 - 1200 in of West Dereham, Norfolk d.19 Jul 1230 in Poitou, France
- b.~ 1106 in Yorkshire, England d.1166
- b.1131 in Hazlewood and Storiths, Skipton, Yorkshire, England d.<29 Jun 1191 in Hazlewood and Storiths, Skipton, Yorkshire, England
- b.1153 in Hazlewood and Storiths, Skipton, Yorkshire, England d.< 1227 in Hazlewood and Storiths, Skipton, Yorkshire, England
- b.1133 in Yorkshire, England
- b.~ 1176 in Hazlewood and Storiths, Skipton, Yorkshire, England d.< 1250 in Arklow, Wicklow, Leinster, Ireland
- b.1130 in Edlington, Doncaster, Yorkshire, England
- b.~ 1155 in Edlington, Doncaster, Yorkshire, England
- b.1130 in England
- d.21 Oct 1274
- b.~ 1080 in Verdun, Vessey Parish, Manche, Normandy, France d.> 1115
- b.~ 1115 in Farnham Royal, Buckinghamshire, England d.~ 1145
- b.~ 1145 in Farnham Royal, Buckinghamshire, England d.1192 in Alton Castle, Cheadle, Staffordshire, England
- b.~ 1100 in St Pierre-de-Semily, St Lo, Manche, Normandy, France
- b.~ 1120 in St Pierre-de-Semily, St Lo, Manche, Normandy, France d.> 1145
- b.1169 in Alton Castle, Cheadle, Staffordshire, England d.1231 in Alton Castle, Cheadle, Staffordshire, England
- b.~ 1147 in Buckinghamshire, England
- b.~ 1200 d.10 FEB 1245/46
- b.< 1106 in Blaen Llyfni, Brecknockshire, Wales d.< 1155
- b.< 1144 in Blaen Llyfni, Brecknockshire, Wales d.<Jun 1204
- b.~ 1087 in Alcester, Warwickshire, England d.> 1157
- b.~ 1163 in Blewleveny Castle, Blaen Llyfni, Brecknockshire, Wales d.<06 Jun 1235
- b.1092 in Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England d.24 Dec 1143 in Shot while hunting in Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire, England
- b.~ 1142 in Bwlch y Dinas, Brecknockshire, Wales d.> 1219 in Blaen Llyfni, Brecknockshire, Wales
- b.< 1093 in Aberhonwy, Brecon, Wales d.> 1143 in Gloucestershire, England
- b.~ 1183 in Blaen Llyfni, Brecknockshire, Wales
- b.1163 in England
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John de Verdon and Margery were married in a religious ceremony before May 14th, 1244 in of Herefordshire, England. They had four sons and a daughter, named Sir Nicholas, Theobald de Verdon, John, Thomas and Agnes.
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Children
Death Notes
Killed.
Sir Nicholas de Verdon
Sir Nicholas was born before 1248. He died on June 28th, 1271 in Ireland.
Theobald de Verdon Baron Verdun
Theobald de Verdon was born about 1248. He died on August 24th, 1309 in Alton, Staffordshire.
They had a son named Humphrey.
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