2nd Lord Verdon Theobold de Verdon

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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]

Theobold married Elizabeth de Clare on 4 Feb 1315/16 in England. Elizabeth (daughter of 7th Earl of Hertford, 3rd Earl of Gloucester Gilbert de Clare, 7th Earl of Gloucester and Joan "of Acre" Plantagenet) was born on 16 Sep 1295 in Tewkesbury, England; died on 4 Nov 1360; was buried in Convent of Minoresses, Aldgate, London, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Isabel de Verdun was born on 21 Mar 1316/17 in Amesbury, Wiltshire, England; died on 25 Jul 1349.