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Deincourt, Margaret (1405 - 1454)

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Born / Died

Birth Date: 1405-09-21
Death Date: 1454-09-16

Notes

Coheiress (with sister Alice) of brother William Deincourt of Duston, Northamptonshire, Baron Deincourt & Baron Grey of Rotherfield (d 5 Sept. 1422). Received livery of her share of the inheritance 8 Feb. 1422/3

Parents

Marriages/Other Unions

  1. Cromwell, Ralph (1403 - 1455/6)
    Type: marriage
    Union began: before 1424
    Union ended: exactly

Siblings

Primary Title

  • Lady Deincourt

Titles

  • Lady Cromwell
    Assumed: 1423-11-03 (married between this date and 4 July 1424)
    Vacated: 1454-09-16
  • Lady Deincourt
    Assumed: 1422-09-05
    Vacated: 1454-09-16

Details of Offices

Details of Properties

Residence

  • South Wingfield, Derbyshire
    Husband's residence (house built ca. 1439--1450)
  • Tattershall Castle, Lincolnshire
    Husband's residence
  • Lambley, Nottinghamshire
    Husband's residence
  • Collyweston, Northamptonshire
    Acquired: 1441
    Husband's residence (date of purchase)

Event Naming Patron

Event Type Date Location Troupe
Performance - Common Hall, York, York (city-county) in Yorkshire Lady of Deincourt's Minstrels

Patronized Troupes

Troupe Name Patron Troupe Type # of events
Lady of Deincourt's Minstrels Deincourt, Margaret (1405 - 1454) Entertainers/Minstrels 1

Bibliographic Sources

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  • The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom. 1887–98 (8 vols); 1910–59 (13 vols). 6 vols. Gloucester: Alan Sutton, 1982
  • Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.