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Lady Margaret II “Blanche” <I>de Audley</I> FitzWarin

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Lady Margaret II “Blanche” de Audley FitzWarin

Birth
Audley, Newcastle-Under-Lyme Borough, Staffordshire, England
Death
1373
England
Burial
Tawstock, North Devon District, Devon, England Add to Map
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Margaret was the daughter of James de Audley, Baron Audley and Isabel le Strange, daughter of Roger le Strange, 4th Baron Strange
Margaret was heiress of a moiety of the feudal barony of Barnstaple, including the later capital manor of Tawstock.
She married Fulk FitzWarin, 4th Baron FitzWarin of Whittington, son of Sir Fulk FitzWarin, Knt. and Joan de Beaumont.
They were the parents of:
Fulke FitzWarin of Whittington (1362-1391)
In 1392 Margaret's 3 year-old grandson Fulk X FitzWarin, 6th Baron FitzWarin (1389-1407), feudal baron of Bampton, Devon, inherited the manor of Tawstock in Devon, 2 miles south of Barnstaple.

Blanche de Audley has at various times in history been incorrectly recorded as Margaret de Audley or Margery de Audley. Her name was actually Blanche.

Evidence of Blanche's given name and parentage is provided in two contemporary records, the first being a settlement dated 1374-1375 in her lifetime, an abstract of which is copied below. The settlement names Sir James de Audley and Roland, Thomas, and Blanche, his younger children by his second wife, Isabel.
CP 25/1/195/17, number 54.
Link: Image of document at AALT
County: Shropshire.
Place: Westminster.
Date: Two weeks from Holy Trinity, 48 Edward III [11 June 1374].
Parties: James de Audeley of Heley, knight, querent, and Nicholas de Audeley, knight, and Elizabeth, his wife, deforciants.
Property: The manor of Fordeshome.
Action: Plea of covenant.
Agreement: Nicholas and Elizabeth have granted to James the manor and have rendered it to him in the court, to hold to James for his life, of the lord king and his heirs. After the death of James the manor shall remain to Roland, son of James, and the male heirs of his body, to hold of the lord king and his heirs for ever. In default of such heirs, successive remainders (1) to Thomas, brother of Roland, and the heirs of his body, (2) to Blanche, sister of Thomas, for life, and after her death to Fulk Corbet of Morton' and the male heirs of his body and (3) to the right heirs of James.
For this: [James] has given them 200 marks of silver.
Note: This agreement was made by the command of the lord king.
Source: Abstracts of Feet of Fines

Sir Fulk Fitz Warin's wife is specifically identified as Blanche de Audley in a contemporary lawsuit dated 1388, in which her son and heir, Sir Fulk Fitz Warin the younger, stated that his mother was Blanche de Audley "daughter of James and Isabella." [Reference: Wrottesley, Staffordshire Suits: Plea Rolls (Colls. Hist. Staffs. 15) (1894): 6-7].

Link: https://archive.org/stream/collectionsforhi15staf#page/n53/mode/2up

Source: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/soc.genealogy.medieval/QMWhEdPgsws

Her effigy formerly in Tawstock Church under a recessed arch in wall of north chancel is now in the Museum of Barnstaple and North Devon.

The name Margaret is an error recorded in Nicholas Audeley's 1408 IPM and in the Close Rolls. The error got copied into later publications and eventually added to family trees.
Margaret was the daughter of James de Audley, Baron Audley and Isabel le Strange, daughter of Roger le Strange, 4th Baron Strange
Margaret was heiress of a moiety of the feudal barony of Barnstaple, including the later capital manor of Tawstock.
She married Fulk FitzWarin, 4th Baron FitzWarin of Whittington, son of Sir Fulk FitzWarin, Knt. and Joan de Beaumont.
They were the parents of:
Fulke FitzWarin of Whittington (1362-1391)
In 1392 Margaret's 3 year-old grandson Fulk X FitzWarin, 6th Baron FitzWarin (1389-1407), feudal baron of Bampton, Devon, inherited the manor of Tawstock in Devon, 2 miles south of Barnstaple.

Blanche de Audley has at various times in history been incorrectly recorded as Margaret de Audley or Margery de Audley. Her name was actually Blanche.

Evidence of Blanche's given name and parentage is provided in two contemporary records, the first being a settlement dated 1374-1375 in her lifetime, an abstract of which is copied below. The settlement names Sir James de Audley and Roland, Thomas, and Blanche, his younger children by his second wife, Isabel.
CP 25/1/195/17, number 54.
Link: Image of document at AALT
County: Shropshire.
Place: Westminster.
Date: Two weeks from Holy Trinity, 48 Edward III [11 June 1374].
Parties: James de Audeley of Heley, knight, querent, and Nicholas de Audeley, knight, and Elizabeth, his wife, deforciants.
Property: The manor of Fordeshome.
Action: Plea of covenant.
Agreement: Nicholas and Elizabeth have granted to James the manor and have rendered it to him in the court, to hold to James for his life, of the lord king and his heirs. After the death of James the manor shall remain to Roland, son of James, and the male heirs of his body, to hold of the lord king and his heirs for ever. In default of such heirs, successive remainders (1) to Thomas, brother of Roland, and the heirs of his body, (2) to Blanche, sister of Thomas, for life, and after her death to Fulk Corbet of Morton' and the male heirs of his body and (3) to the right heirs of James.
For this: [James] has given them 200 marks of silver.
Note: This agreement was made by the command of the lord king.
Source: Abstracts of Feet of Fines

Sir Fulk Fitz Warin's wife is specifically identified as Blanche de Audley in a contemporary lawsuit dated 1388, in which her son and heir, Sir Fulk Fitz Warin the younger, stated that his mother was Blanche de Audley "daughter of James and Isabella." [Reference: Wrottesley, Staffordshire Suits: Plea Rolls (Colls. Hist. Staffs. 15) (1894): 6-7].

Link: https://archive.org/stream/collectionsforhi15staf#page/n53/mode/2up

Source: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/soc.genealogy.medieval/QMWhEdPgsws

Her effigy formerly in Tawstock Church under a recessed arch in wall of north chancel is now in the Museum of Barnstaple and North Devon.

The name Margaret is an error recorded in Nicholas Audeley's 1408 IPM and in the Close Rolls. The error got copied into later publications and eventually added to family trees.

Gravesite Details

Effigy formerly in Tawstock Church under a recessed arch in wall of north chancel, now in Museum of Barnstaple and North Devon



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  • Added: Mar 12, 2014
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/126277447/margaret_ii-fitzwarin: accessed ), memorial page for Lady Margaret II “Blanche” de Audley FitzWarin (unknown–1373), Find a Grave Memorial ID 126277447, citing St. Peter Parish Churchyard, Tawstock, North Devon District, Devon, England; Maintained by Kat (contributor 47496397).