Margaret de Mortimer
1304 - 1337 (33 years)
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Name Margaret de Mortimer [1] Birth 2 May 1304 [1] Gender Female Residence 1324 Norfolk, England 
[1] After Margaret's father's fall from grace involving the removal of Edward II from the throne, Margaret was arrested and jailed in 1322, then sent to Sholdham Priory Death 5 May 1337 [1] Burial Bristol, Gloucestershire, England [1] - (Bristol Cathedral )
Person ID I7285 A Tree Called Smith Last Modified 2 Mar 2023
Father 3rd Baron Mortimer, 1st Earl of March Roger de Mortimer, b. 25 Apr 1287, Thornbury, Herefordshire, England d. 29 Nov 1330, London, England (Age 43 years) Relationship natural Mother 2nd Baroness Geneville Joan de Geneville, b. 2 Feb 1285, Ludlow, Shropshire, England d. 19 Oct 1356, England (Age 71 years) Relationship natural Marriage 1301 [2] Family ID F8872 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 3rd Lord Berkeley Sir Thomas de Berkeley, b. 1296, England d. 27 Oct 1361, Gloucestershire, England (Age 65 years) Marriage May 1319 [1, 3] - Margaret's marriage to Thomas de Berkeley was arranged specifically to connect their family with an important Marcher Lord family. The marriage required papal dispensation dated 28 Aug 1329 as they were related by 4th degree.
Children 1. 4th Lord Berkeley Maurice Berkeley, b. 1330, Berkeley, Gloucestershire, England d. 1363 (Age 33 years) [natural]Family ID F2134 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 2 Mar 2023
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Event Map 
Residence - After Margaret's father's fall from grace involving the removal of Edward II from the throne, Margaret was arrested and jailed in 1322, then sent to Sholdham Priory - 1324 - Norfolk, England 
Burial - - Bristol, Gloucestershire, England = Link to Google Earth
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Headstones 
Tomb of Margaret de Berkeley
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Sources - [S251] Ancestry.com, UK and Ireland, Find A Grave Index, 1300s-Current, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;).
- [S110] Yates Publishing, U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2004;), Source number: 2946.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: LJV.
- [S551] Virginia Historical Genealogies, Berkeley-Ligon Chart.
https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/48234/VAHistGenealogies-005722-344/252090?backurl=&ssrc=&backlabel=Return
Virginia Historical Genealogies
- [S251] Ancestry.com, UK and Ireland, Find A Grave Index, 1300s-Current, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;).