A follow-up to Burnell + de la Pole + le Strange
Henry Sutliff
improbability that Hugh Burnell was married firstly to Philippa de la
Pole, an alleged daughter of Michael de la Pole and Katherine de
Stafford. A number of sources including Faris show this marriage as well
as the further improbability that Philippa was mother of Hugh' son
Edward.
The defining conflicts were the fact that Michael de la Pole was born in
1367 and married Katherine circa 1383. When Edward died in 1415 his inq.
p. m. mentioned three daughters, Joyce aged 24, Katherine aged 14 and
Margaret aged 11. Something was clearly wrong here.
I had the privilege of working on this problem with Richard Renold of
Staffordshire. Our efforts to solve this dilemma were eased by the
corrections to Burnell in the new CP XIV. What this showed was:
Hugh Burnell was married firstly to _______ who was mother of Edward.
Edward was married to (1) Alienore le Strange and (2) Elizabeth de la
Pole. The latter was daughter of Michael de la Pole and Katherine de
Stafford and thus this clears up some of the confusion about a Burnell -
de la Pole marriage.
As helpful as the corrections in CP XIV were, Richard and I still had
two major questions not addressed. (1) which of Edward's wives was
mother to his daughters and (2) if Alienore le Strange was the mother of
the girls, which Lord Strange was her father?
Peter Hammond who edited CP XIV was contacted and most generously
supplied the information. As Edward Burnell did not marry Elizabeth de
la Pole until shortly before his death in 1415, clearly Alienore was the
mother of the girls. Elizabeth remained a widow for nearly 10 years
before she married Thomas Kerdeston in 1425.
Hammond identified John, 6th Lord Strange of Knockyn and his wife Maud,
3rd and youngest daughter and co-heir of John, 2nd Lord Mohun as parents
of Alienore (CP XI:354-5). This was not included in CP XIV, so I presume
this information would be new to many of those interested in this
family.
I hope this information will be of help to some on this list.
Henry Sutliff
Those interested also might want to check out the following articles for
helpful information:
The Genealogist's Magazine (vol. 22, p. 375): "Suffolk's Niece: The
Identity of Margaret, the wife of Jean de Foix, Earl of Kendal, Captal
de Buch, K.G." by Col. Charles M. Hansen (This article identifies
Margaret Kerdeston, daughter of Thomas Kerdeston and Elizabeth de la
Pole as wife of John de Foix)
The Genealogist (vol 3, pp. 171-4) (1982): "Margaret de la Pole and Her
Parentage" by William Addams Reitwiesner