Theobald de Verdun, 1st Baron Verdun

Theobald de Verdon, 1st Lord Verdun of Alton in Staffordshire

• 1248 - 1309 (~ 61 years)
• Name Theobald de Verdon, 1st Lord Verdun [1, 2, 3, 4]
• Born 1248 of, Alton, Staffordshire, England [5, 6, 7]
• Gender Male
• Name AKA Thebaud de Verdun [7]
• Name AKA Theobald de Verdun [8, 9]
• Died 24 Aug 1309 Alton, Staffordshire, England [5, 6, 8, 10]
• Buried Croxden Abbey, , Staffordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location [10]

Notes

BIRTH: Calculate year> Aged 23 in 1271.

OFFICE: Constable of Ireland.

Person ID I9668 Europe: Royal and Noble Houses of Europe Last Modified 14 Dec 2014

Father Sir John de Verdon, Lord of Weobley, b. Abt 1223, of, Alton, Staffordshire, England , d. Bef 17 Oct 1274, , Ireland

Mother Margery de Lacy, b. Abt 1226, of, Ewyas Lacy, Herefordshire, England d. 1256 (Age ~ 30 years)

Married Bef 20 Apr 1242 [11]

Family Margery de Bohun, d. Bef 1304

Married Bef 6 Nov 1276 [7]

Children

• 1. Sir John de Verdon, 2nd Lord Verdun, d. 8 Jun 1297, Ireland. Unmarried.
• 2. Sir Theobald de Verdon, 2nd Lord Verdun, b. 8 Sep 1278, of, Atton Castle, Stafford, England d. 27 Aug 1316, Alton, Staffordshire, England. Married 1) Maud de Mortimer; 3 daughters 2) Elizabeth de Clare.
• 3. Miles de Verdun, d. 14 February 1347. Married a daughter of Richard of Exeter.
• 4. Bertram de Verdun, d. Yes, date unknown
• 5. Nicholas de Verdon, d. 1347. Married Matilda Bermingham.
• 6. Walter de Verdun, d. Yes, date unknown
• 7. William de Verdun, d. Yes, date unknown
• 8. Rose de Verdun, d. Yes, date unknown. Married William Hussey.
• 9. Bartholomew de Verdun.

Last Modified 25 May 2014

Descendants

Smith, Brendan. Crisis and Survival in Late Medieval Ireland: the English of Louth and their Neighbours 1330-1450 Oxford University Press 2013. Page 19. < GoogleBooks >

Origins

Sir John de Verdun [k], Lord of Westmeath, b abt 1226, Alton, Staffordshire, England, d 21 Oct 1274, Alton, Staffordshire, England. He md:
[1] Margaret de Lacy bef 14 May 1244, Herefordshire, England, daughter of Gilbert de Lacy and Isabel Bigod. He md [2] Eleanor. Child of John de Verdun and Margaret de Lacy was:

Sir Theobald de Verdun [l], Lord Verdun, Constable of Ireland, b abt 1248, d 24 Aug 1309, Alton, Staffordshire, England. He md Margery de Bohun [m] abt 1272, daughter of Sir Humphrey VI de Bohun and Eleanor de Braose. Child of Theobald de Verdun and Margery de Bohun was:

1. Sir Theobald de Verdun [n], Lord Verdun, Justiciar of Ireland, Knight, b 8 Sep 1278, d 27 Jul 1316, Alton, Staffordshire, England. He md [1] Maud de Mortimer 29 Jul 1302, Wigmore, Herefordshire, England, daughter of Sir Edmund de Mortimer and Margaret de Fiennes, and [2] Elizabeth de Clare 4 Feb 1314/15.

Children of Theobald de Verdun and Maud de Mortimer were:

1. Joan de Verdun b Aug 1303, Wootton in Stanton Lacy, Shropshire, England, d 2 Oct 1334, Alton, Staffordshire, England; md [1] John de Montagu 28 Apr 1317, and [2] Thomas de Furnival 24 Feb 1317/18.
2. Elizabeth de Verdun b abt 1306, prob Alton, Staffordshire, England, d 1 May 1360. She md Sir Bartholomew de Burghersh, Lord Burghersh, bef 11 Jun 1320, son of Sir Robert de Burghersh, Lord Burghersh, and Maud de Badlesmere.
3. Margery de Verdun b 10 Aug 1310, Alton, Staffordshire, England, d abt 1376/77. She md [1] William le Blount bef 30 Feb 1326/27, [2] Sir Marcus Hussey bef 18 Oct 1339, and [3] Sir John Crophull bef 10 Sep 1355, son of Ralph de Crophull and Maud. [2] Eleanor de Bohun abt 1257, daughter of Sir Humphrey V de Bohun, Earl of Hereford and Essex, and Maud de Avenbury.

Child of John de Verdun and Eleanor de Bohun was:

1. Maud de Verdun b abt 1270, of Alton, Staffordshire, England. She md Sir John de Grey, Lord Grey, abt 1285, son of Sir Reynold de Grey, Lord Grey, and Maud de Longchamp.

• or see: http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Verdon,_Theobald_de_(DNB00)

Sources

Smith, Brendan. Crisis and Survival in Late Medieval Ireland: the English of Louth and their Neighbours 1330-1450 Oxford University Press 2013. p. 18. < GoogleBooks > p. 63-65. < GoogleBooks >; (document attached)

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"Theobald de Verdon, Lord Verdon, and, in the right of his mother, Lord of Duleek, i.e. of the eastern moiety of the honour of Meath; Constable of Ireland 1274-5; aged 26 at his father's death; d. 24 August 1309."

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Wikisource

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Thebaud de Verdun
BIRTH 1248
England
DEATH 24 Aug 1309 (aged 60–61)
Alton, Staffordshire Moorlands District, Staffordshire, England
BURIAL
Croxden Abbey
Croxden, East Staffordshire Borough, Staffordshire, England
MEMORIAL ID 101332642

Family Members
Spouse
Margery de Bohun Verdun
1251–1280

Children
Theobald de Verdun
1278–1316