Theobald de Verdon Lord Westmeath 
Theobald de Verdon was born on September 8th, 1278. Theobald de Verdon's father was Theobald de Verdon Baron Verdun and his mother was Margaret (de Verdon). His paternal grandparents were John de Verdon Lord Westmeath and Margery de Lacy Lady of Dulek. He had four brothers named Bartholomew, John, Milo and Nicholas. He died at the age of 37 on July 27th, 1316 in Alton, Staffordshire.General Notes
Sir Theobald de Verdon, 2nd baron, had summons to parliament in the lifetime of his father as "Theobald de Verdon, junior," from 29 December, 1299, to 22 February, 1307, and afterwards, without the word "Junior," from 4 March, 1309 to 24 October, 1314. This nobleman, in the 6th Edward II [1313], was constituted justice of Ireland, having likewise the lieutenancy of that realm, and the fee of £500 per annum, then granted to him. His lordship m. 1st, Maud, dau. of Edmund, Lord Mortimer, of Wigmore, by whom (who d. at Alveton Castle, 1315), he had issue, I. John, d. s. p.; II. William, d. s. p.; I. Joan, m. 1st William de Montagu; and 2ndly, Thomas de Furnival, 2nd Lord Furnival, and d. in 1334. Joan had the castle of Alveton as co-heiress of her father. II. Elizabeth, m. to Bartholomew, Lord de Burghersh. Elizabeth had the castle of Ewyas Lacie as her share. III. Margaret, m. 1st, Marcus Hussee; 2ndly, William le Blount; and 3rdly, Sir John Crophull. Margaret had the castle of Weobley, as 3rd co-heiress. By Sir John Crophull, she had a son, Thomas Crophull, whose dau. and heiress, Agnes, m. Sir Walter Devereux, Knt.
Theobald m. 2ndly, Elizabeth, widow of John de Burgh, Earl of Ulster, and dau. and eventually co-heir of Gilbert de Clare, Earl of Gloucester, by Jane Plantagenet, dau. of King Edward I, by whom (who m. 3rdly, Sir Roger d'Amorie) he had an only dau., IV. Isabel, who had the Castle of Ludlow, as 4th co-heiress, m. to Henry Ferrers, Lord Ferrers, of Groby, which Henry d. 17th Edward III [1344], leaving by the said Isabel, William, Lord Ferrers, Philippa, m. to Guy de Beauchamp, and Elizabeth, m. to --- de Assells.
Theobald, Lord Verdon, d. at Alveton Castle, and was buried at Croxden, aged circa thirty-four, in 1316, when the Barony of Verdon fell into abeyance amongst his daughters and so continues with their representatives. [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.~ 1130 in Weeton & Preese, Fylde, Lancashire, England
- b.~ 1165 in West Dereham, Downham, Norfolk, England d.>Apr 1206 in Arklow, Wicklow, Leinster, Ireland
- b.~ 1133 in Parham, Plomesgate, Suffolk, England
- b.BET. 1199 - 1200 in of West Dereham, Norfolk d.19 Jul 1230 in Poitou, France
- b.1153 in Hazlewood and Storiths, Skipton, Yorkshire, England d.< 1227 in Hazlewood and Storiths, Skipton, Yorkshire, England
- b.~ 1176 in Hazlewood and Storiths, Skipton, Yorkshire, England d.< 1250 in Arklow, Wicklow, Leinster, Ireland
- b.~ 1155 in Edlington, Doncaster, Yorkshire, England
- d.21 Oct 1274
- b.~ 1145 in Farnham Royal, Buckinghamshire, England d.1192 in Alton Castle, Cheadle, Staffordshire, England
- 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.~ 1163 in Blewleveny Castle, Blaen Llyfni, Brecknockshire, Wales d.<06 Jun 1235
- b.~ 1183 in Blaen Llyfni, Brecknockshire, Wales
- b.1163 in England
- b.~ 1248 d.24 Aug 1309 in Alton, Staffordshire
- b.BET. 1160 - 1172 in Ewias Lacy, Herefordshire, England d.FEB 1240/41
- b.BET. 1200 - 1206 in Dublin, Ireland d.1230 in of Ewyas Lacy, Trim & Weobley, Herefordshire
- b.1177 in of Abergavenny, Wales d.19 Nov 1200 in Meath, Ireland
- b.~ 1226 in of Ewyas Lacy, Herefordshire, England d.< 1244
- b.1150 in of Norfolk, England d.02 Aug 1221 in Thetford, Norfolk, England
- b.1186 in Thetford, Norfolk, England d.FEB 1224/25
- b.1154 in of Norfolk, England
- b.1210 in of Thetford, Norfolk, England d.1239
- b.1146 in of Caversham, England d.14 May 1219 in Caversham, Berkshire, England
- b.~ 1192 in of Pembroke, Pembrokeshire, Wales d.27 Mar 1248
- b.BET. 1171 - 1173 in of Pembroke, Wales d.1220 in Pembroke, Wales
- b.08 Sep 1278 d.27 Jul 1316 in Alton, Staffordshire
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Theobald de Verdon and Matilda were married in a religious ceremony on July 29th, 1302 in Wigmore, Hereford. They had a son and three daughters, named John, Joan, Elizabeth and Margaret.
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Children
Joan de Verdon
Joan was born on August 9th, 1303 in Wootton, Stanton Lacy, Shropshire. She died at the age of 31 on October 2nd, 1334 in Alton, Staffordshire.
Margaret de Verdon
Margaret was born on August 10th, 1310 in Alton, Staffordshire. She died about 1373.
Theobald de Verdon and Elizabeth were married in a religious ceremony in near Bristol, England. They had a daughter named Isabella.
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