C.P. Addition: Death date of Alice de Audley, wife of Sir Peter de Montfort
Douglas Richardson
Complete Peerage, 9 (1936): 123-126 (sub Montfort) has a good account
of the life history of Sir Peter de Montfort, of Beaudesert,
Warwickshire, who was slain at the Battle of Evesham in 1265.
Regarding his marriage, the author states:
"He married in or before 1228 Alice, daughter of Henry de Audley ...
Alice survived him."
The source cited by Complete Peerage for Alice de Audley having
survived her husband is a Close Rolls item dated 50 Henry III
(1265/6), which item I have not yet examined. That Alice de Montfort
lived after this date is proved by several records found in the
published rolls of Richard Gravesend, Bishop of Lincoln. These items
show that Lady Alice de Montfort presented to the church of
Ridlington, Rutland in 1266/7; to the church of Preston, Rutland in
1276/7; and and to church of Martinsthorp [Thorp Martin], Rutland in
1276/7 [see F.N. Davis, ed., Rotuli Ricardi Gravesend Episcopi
Lincolniensis, A.D. 1258-1279 (Lincoln Rec. Soc. 20) (1925): 108,
130].
Sir Peter de Montfort and his wife, Alice de Audley, are the parents
of the younger Sir Peter de Montfort (died 1287), whose wife, Maud de
la Mare, has been the subject of other recent posts here on the
newsgroup.
Best always, Douglas Richardson, Salt Lake City, Utah
E-mail: douglasr...@royalancestry.net
Website: www.royalancestry.net