Theobald 1st Baron de Verdun , Sir 
Theobald 1st Baron de was born about 1248 in Alton Castle, Cheadle, Staffordshire, England. Theobald 1st Baron de's father was John le Botiller de John le , Sir/, Sir and his mother was Margaret de Lacy. His paternal grandparents were Theobald le Botiller , 2nd Butler and Rohese de Verdun. He had a sister named Emoine (Edmunda) le. He was the younger of the two children. He had a half-sister named Maud de. He died on August 24th, 1309 in Alton Castle, Cheadle, Staffordshire, England. He was buried on October 13th, 1309 in Croxden Abbey, Staffordshire, England.General Notes
Theobald de Verdon, b. c 1248, d. Alton, co. Stafford 24 Aug 1309, Lord Verdun; m. bef. 6 Nov 1276 Margery. [Magna Charta Sureties]
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Theobald de Verdun, b. c 1248, d. Alton, co. Stafford 24 Aug 1309, MP 1289/90, 1st Lord Verdun, Constable of Ireland, Lord of Dulek; m. by 6 Nov 1276 Margery (or Eleanor), heir of 1/4 hundred of Bisley, co. Gloucester. [Ancestral Roots]
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BARONY OF VERDUN (I)
THEOBALD DE VERDUN, 3rd but 1st surviving son and heir, by 1st wife, was born circa 1248; had livery of his father's and mother's lands, 7 November and 7 December 1274; and was constantly in Ireland for the next 25 years. He was one of those magnates who, having large Irish interests, granted to the King in Parliament, 19 May 1275, the export duties on wool and hides in their ports in Ireland; served in Wales, 1277, 1282 and 1283; styled himself Constable of Ireland, circa 1282-84; and was summoned, 28 June, to attend the Assembly to be held at Shrewsbury, 30 September 1283. On 29 May 1290 he was one of the magnates and proceres, assembled in full Parliament, who granted an aid for the marriage of the King's daughter; and he was summoned to Parliament from 24 June 1295 to 11 June 1309, by writs directed Theobaldo de Verdun, whereby he is held to have become LORD VERDUN. He was summoned for service against the Scots, 1291-1309, excepted from that in Gascony, 1294, and summoned for service overseas, 1297; was with the King at Norham, June 1291, when he settled the claims to the Scottish Crown; but being involved in the quarrel between the Earls of Hereford and Gloucester, he was accused of divers transgressions and sentenced, Michaelmas 1291, to imprisonment and the confiscation of Ewyas Lacy. He was, however, released on payment of 500 marks and Ewyas Lacy was restored to him, 8 June 1292. His seal was appended to the Barons' letter to the Pope, 12 February 1300/1, as Dominus de Webbele.
He married, before 6 November 1276, Margery (c). He died 24 August 1309 at Alton, aged about 61, and was buried 13 October in Croxden Abbey, in that co. [Complete Peeerage XII/2:249-50, (transcribed by Dave Utzinger)]
(c) By right of his wife he held 1/4 of the hundred of Bisley, co. Gloucester.
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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- b.~ 1165 in West Dereham, Downham, Norfolk, England d.>Apr 1206 in Arklow, Wicklow, Leinster, Ireland
- b.1200 in Arklow, Wicklow, Leinster, Ireland d.19 Jul 1230 in Poitou, France
- b.~ 1176 in Hazlewood and Storiths, Skipton, Yorkshire, England d.< 1250 in Arklow, Wicklow, Leinster, Ireland
- b.~ 1226 in Alton Castle, Cheadle, Staffordshire, England d.21 Oct 1274 in Arklow, Wicklow, Leinster, Ireland
- b.1169 in Alton Castle, Cheadle, Staffordshire, England d.1231 in Alton Castle, Cheadle, Staffordshire, England
- b.~ 1204 in Alton Castle, Cheadle, Staffordshire, England d.10 FEB 1246/47 in Alton Castle, Cheadle, Staffordshire, England
- b.< 1144 in Blaen Llyfni, Brecknockshire, Wales d.<Jun 1204
- b.~ 1163 in Blewleveny Castle, Blaen Llyfni, Brecknockshire, Wales d.<06 Jun 1235
- b.~ 1142 in Bwlch y Dinas, Brecknockshire, Wales d.> 1219 in Blaen Llyfni, Brecknockshire, Wales
- b.~ 1183 in Blaen Llyfni, Brecknockshire, Wales
- b.1163 in England
- b.~ 1248 in Alton Castle, Cheadle, Staffordshire, England d.24 Aug 1309 in Alton Castle, Cheadle, Staffordshire, England
- b.~ 1228 in Ewyas Lacy, Herefordshire, England d.>10 Jun 1256 in Alton Castle, Cheadle, Staffordshire, England
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