Margaret de Botreaux

Buried after 7 Feb 1478, Salisbury Cathedral, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England.

Between May 1462 and 1478, she was also known as Baroness Botreaux. Only daughter & heiress of her parents.

Of Farleigh, Hungerford, Somerset, England & Bocastle, Cornwall, England.

Margaret de Botreaux, Baroness Botreaux1

F, #147153, b. before 1415, d. 7 February 1477/78

Last Edited=18 May 2005

Margaret de Botreaux, Baroness Botreaux was born before 1415.1 She was the daughter of William de Botreaux, 3rd Lord Botreaux and Elizabeth Beaumont.1 She married Robert Hungerford, 2nd Lord Hungerford, son of Sir Walter Hungerford, 1st Lord Hungerford and Katherine Peverell.2 She died on 7 February 1477/78.1 She was buried at Salisbury Cathedral, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England.2

Her married name became Hungerford.2 She succeeded to the title of 4th Baroness Botreaux [E., 1368] on 16 May 1462, suo jure.1

Child of Margaret de Botreaux, Baroness Botreaux and Robert Hungerford, 2nd Lord Hungerford

1. Robert Hungerford, 3rd Lord Hungerford+2 b. 1428, d. 18 May 1464

Citations

• [S6] G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed., 13 volumes in 14 (1910-1959; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), volume II, page 242. Hereinafter cited as The Complete Peerage.
• [S6] Cokayne, and others, The Complete Peerage, volume II, page 243.

References found

• Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America Before 1700

Page 27: 34. Sir Richard West, Lord de la Warre, b. 28 Oct 1430; d. 10 Mar 1475/6; m. bef. 10 June 1451, Katherine Hungerford (51A-36). d. 12 May 1493, dau of Sir Robert Hungerford and Margaret Botreaux, M.P. 1455-1472. (CP IV: 154-155, XII(2): 522)

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From Find a Grave/Todd Whitesides:
Margaret was 40 at the death of her father and brought great wealth as well as a vaast estate covering Somerset, Moels and Botreaux to her husband in marriage. She was considered a remarkable lady, a most energetic wife, and a much tried and devoted mother.