Complete Peerage Addition: Marriage date of Margaret Bromflete and Lancelot Threlkeld
Douglas Richardson
Complete Peerage 3 (1913): 293-294 (sub Clifford) presents a good
account of the history of John Clifford, Knt., 9th Lord Clifford.
According to Complete Peerage, Sir John Clifford was slain on the eve
of the Battle of Towton on 28 March 1461, by a chance arrow at
Ferrybridge. His widow, Margaret Bromflete, subsequently "married,
2ndly, Sir Lancelot Threlkeld, of Threlkeld, Cumberland." No date is
given for Lady Clifford's marriage to Sir Lancelot Threlkeld.
Margaret Bromflete had issue by both marriages.
The book, Collections for the History of Worcestershire, by Thomas
Nash, 2 (1782): 346–347 includes a history of the manor of Severn
Stoke, Worcestershire, a Clifford family property. It shows that
Margaret Bromflete and Sir Lancelot Threlkeld were married before 14
May 1467, when Sir Lancelot presented to the church of Severn Stoke,
Worcestershire, in right of his wife, Margaret, Lady Clifford.
For interest sake, I've listed below the names of the colonial
immigrants who descend from Margaret Bromflete's two marriages.
Best always, Douglas Richardson, Salt Lake City, Utah
E-mail: royala...@msn.com
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Colonial immigrants who descend from Margaret Bromflete and her 1st
husband, Sir John Clifford, 9th Lord Clifford:
1. William Bladen.
2. George & Nehemiah Blakiston.
3. Samuel Levis, Joseph & Mary Need.
Colonial immigrants who descend from Margaret Bromflete and her 2nd
husband, Sir Lancelot Threlkeld:
1. Philip and Thomas Nelson.