John de Verdon

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John de Verdon (also John de Verdun ) (* around 1226 - † October 21, 1274 ) was an English nobleman.

Origin and heritage

John de Verdon was a son of Theobald de Botiller and his wife Rohese de Verdun . His mother had kept her name as the heir to the estates of the Verdon family and John was given this name instead of his father's name. John's father died in 1230, and after his mother's death, he inherited properties in England and Ireland in 1247 . His Irish possessions included Dundalk and scattered estates at Croom and Castle Robert in Limerick .

Life

From 1261 to 1263 Verdon was part of the suite of the heir to the throne, Lord Edward . When it came to open war between the barons in England against King Henry III. came, Verdon supported the king, but was captured in the Battle of Lewes in 1264 . After the victory of the royal party, the king awarded him the possessions of the former rebel Ralph Basset of Sapcote after 1266 , which he was then able to repurchase under the terms of the Dictum of Kenilworth . Verdon took part in Prince Edward's crusade from 1270 to 1272 . During his absence, his two eldest sons, Nicholas and John, died in Ireland in the war against the Irish King of Connaught . After his return from the crusade, Verdon took over the administration of his estates in Ireland, where he died a little later.

Marriage and offspring

Verdon married Margaret de Lacy, a daughter of Gilbert de Lacy , Lord of Meath and his wife Isabel le Bigod , in his first marriage before May 14, 1244 . Since Margaret's only brother Walter had died childless, after the death of her father in 1241 she and her sister Matilda were the heirs of his father's property. Verdon inherited Meath and the office of Constable of Ireland through his wife . With Margaret, Verdon had at least three sons:

He married Eleanor Bohun in his second marriage. With her he had at least one daughter:

  • Matilda de Verdon

Verdon had founded a Franciscan branch in Dundalk . Since his two eldest sons were killed in Ireland in 1271, his youngest son Theobald became his heir.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Dennis Murphy: The de Verdons of Louth . In: The Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland , Fifth Series, Vol. 5, No. 4 (Dec., 1895), p. 321.
  2. ↑ Dennis Murphy: The de Verdons of Louth . In: The Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland , Fifth Series, Vol. 5, No. 4 (Dec., 1895), p. 323.
  3. ^ Robin Frame: Ireland and the barons' wars . In: PR Coss, SD Lloyd: Thirteenth century England I: proceedings of the Newcastle upon Tyne conference, Newcastle upon Tyne 1985 , Boydell, Woodbridge 1986, ISBN 0-85115-452-2 , p. 159.
  4. ^ HW Ridgeway: Basset, Ralph [Ralph Basset of Sapcote] (c. 1220-1279?). In: Henry Colin Gray Matthew, Brian Harrison (Eds.): Oxford Dictionary of National Biography , from the earliest times to the year 2000 (ODNB). Oxford University Press, Oxford 2004, ISBN 0-19-861411-X , ( oxforddnb.com license required ), as of 2004
  5. ^ Scott L. Waugh: Verdon, Theobald de, first Lord Verdon (1248? -1309). In: Henry Colin Gray Matthew, Brian Harrison (Eds.): Oxford Dictionary of National Biography , from the earliest times to the year 2000 (ODNB). Oxford University Press, Oxford 2004, ISBN 0-19-861411-X , ( oxforddnb.com license required ), as of 2004
  6. ↑ Dennis Murphy: The de Verdons of Louth . In: The Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland , Fifth Series, Vol. 5, No. 4 (Dec., 1895), p. 322.
  7. ↑ Dennis Murphy: The de Verdons of Louth . In: The Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland , Fifth Series, Vol. 5, No. 4 (Dec., 1895), p. 322.
personal data
SURNAME De Verdon, John
ALTERNATIVE NAMES De Verdun, John
BRIEF DESCRIPTION English nobleman
DATE OF BIRTH around 1226
DATE OF DEATH October 21, 1274