The Plantagenet Family
Ancestors of Donald Smith & Ethelyn Skinner
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| King Edward I |
Upon the death of Roger Le Bigod, 7th Earl of Norfolk in
1306, Framlingham Castle reverted to the Crown, under the
King
Edward I. There is no information if any of the royal
family resided there at any time after the Bigod's death.
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| King Edward II |
When
King Edward I died in 1307 and his son,
King
Edward II succeeded him to throne of England. Again the Crown retained control of Framlingham
Castle
. King Edward held the castle until 1310.
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| Lord Thomas of Brotherton |
King Edward gave the castle in 1310 to his half-brother,
Thomas
of Brotherton (b. 1 June 1300), the son of King Edward I and his
2
nd
wife, Marguerite of France. He was
granted the Earldom and
became the Earl of Norfolk. Records
show that Framlingham was
only partially furnished around this time, although
it is unclear if
this was because it was in limited use, or because fittings
and
furnishings were moved from castle to castle with the owner as he
traveled,
or if the castle was simply being refurnished. The castle
complex continued to
thrive.
On 23 August 1338, Lord Thomas of
Brotherton, died at
Framlingham Castle. The castle then passed to
his widow,
Lady Mary de
Brewes. She died on 11 June 1362.
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| King Edward III |
King Edward II died in 1327 and his son,
King Edward
III became the King of England.
Upon
the death of Lady Mary, Countess of Norfolk. King Edward III then granted the castle to William de
Ufford, 2
nd Earl of Suffolk (b. 1338; d. 1382).
It appears it was still within the Royal Family's properties for KIng Edward to grant it to another Royal descendant.
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| Image of William in stained galsss |
William de Ufford had married Joan de Montagu, the
granddaughter of Lord Thomas of Brotherton and daughter of
Alice
of Norfolk
(King Edward III’s first cousin). William
de
Ufford’s sisters,
Cecily and Margaret de Ufford are direct
ancestors
of my grandfather, Donald Smith. Although William de
Ufford
and his wife Joan had five children, none of them survived
childhood.
Upon his death in 1382, the castle was
returned to his wife’s family, passing to Margaret of Norfolk (b. c1322),
Countess of Norfolk, daughter of Thomas de Botherton and Joan de Montagu’s
aunt. She had been born at Framlingham Castle and spent her childhood there. Margaret married John Segrave, the 4th Baron Segrave in 1335 and had four children.
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| Framlingham Castle, Margaret's residence |
In 1350, she sought an annulment of her marriage claiming she was bethrothed to her husband at an early age and never agreed to live with him. King Edward III wanted to keep her children legitimate. If her marriage was annulled then her children would be considered illegitimate and ruin his plans to marry her children into other royal Plantagent families. In 1349, King Edward arranged for a double marriage between two of the Segrave children to two of the Mowbray children. Two years later in 1351, King Edward III charged Margaret of violating his prohibition of trvaeling to France. An inquistion revealed she had gone to France unlawfully by crossing the channel with servant of a man who would become her 2nd husband, Sir Walter Manny, 1st Baron Manny. The servant broke hi latern so she would go unnoticed and traveled with her in France. Before Margaret could receive her annulment, her husband John Segave died in 1253 and she married Sir Walter Manny in 1254 without affected the birth staus of her children. In 1297, she was created Duchess of Norfolk for life. Margaret of Norfolk died on 24 March 1399 and her estate passed to her grandson.
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