On Wednesday, November 12, 2014 at 6:35:45 AM UTC-5, John Watson wrote: > Dear all, > > Recently I have been looking at the family of Mering of Meering, Nottinghamshire. There appears to be no satisfactory pedigree of the family in existence and the published information on the family seems to be full of errors. I have constructed a pedigree based on contemporary information which is too large to post here, but I thought that I would share the information that I have found concerning the three wives of Sir William Mering who died on 15 December 1537 [1]. Hopefully someone will find this useful. > > There were four William Merings in succession during the fifteenth and early sixteenth centuries, which is one of the reasons for the contradictory information concerning them and their wives. They were: > > 1. Sir William Mering, son and heir of Alexander Mering and his wife Agnes, he married firstly Millicent (d. 1419) daughter of John Beckering, widow of Nicholas Burdon (d.1403) and John Markham (d.1409) and secondly Alice, who survived him. He died shortly after making his will on 24 July 1449 [2] [3]. > > 2. William Mering, esquire, son and heir of Sir William Mering, and presumably Millicent, was born before 1417 because in February 1438 when he was presumably over 21, he was a surety for Thomas Middleton [4]. He is said to have married Elizabeth, one of the daughters of Thomas Neville of Rolleston, Nottinghamshire [5]. He died before 4 November 1466 when the writ of diem clausit extremum for William Meryng, esquire was issued to the escheator in Nottingham [6]. > > 3. William Mering, esquire, son and heir of William Mering, esquire. He had a licence to marry Agnes daughter of John Langton of Farnley, esquire on 5 June 1465 [7]. According to an inquisition into concealments held in 1509, he died on 20 October 1478, and was succeeded by Sir William Mering, "his son and heir, then aged 21 years and more" [8]. If Sir William Mering was aged over 21 in 1478, then he was not the son of Agnes Langton, but of an earlier unknown wife. > > 4. Sir William Mering - the subject of this post. > Thoroton "Antiquities of Nottinghamshire" p 371 gives Margery Mering, wife of Thomas Basset as the daughter of William Mering and Elizabeth Neville. This Thomas Basset son of John Basset and Joan Brailsford. Is there any evidence that this is the correct parentage for Margery Mering, other than the very flawed pedigree in Thoroton? --Joe Cook

On Saturday, May 21, 2016 at 9:40:36 AM UTC-4, joe...@gmail.com wrote: > On Wednesday, November 12, 2014 at 6:35:45 AM UTC-5, John Watson wrote: > > Dear all, > > > > Recently I have been looking at the family of Mering of Meering, Nottinghamshire. There appears to be no satisfactory pedigree of the family in existence and the published information on the family seems to be full of errors. I have constructed a pedigree based on contemporary information which is too large to post here, but I thought that I would share the information that I have found concerning the three wives of Sir William Mering who died on 15 December 1537 [1]. Hopefully someone will find this useful. > > > > There were four William Merings in succession during the fifteenth and early sixteenth centuries, which is one of the reasons for the contradictory information concerning them and their wives. They were: > > > > 1. Sir William Mering, son and heir of Alexander Mering and his wife Agnes, he married firstly Millicent (d. 1419) daughter of John Beckering, widow of Nicholas Burdon (d.1403) and John Markham (d.1409) and secondly Alice, who survived him. He died shortly after making his will on 24 July 1449 [2] [3]. > > > > 2. William Mering, esquire, son and heir of Sir William Mering, and presumably Millicent, was born before 1417 because in February 1438 when he was presumably over 21, he was a surety for Thomas Middleton [4]. He is said to have married Elizabeth, one of the daughters of Thomas Neville of Rolleston, Nottinghamshire [5]. He died before 4 November 1466 when the writ of diem clausit extremum for William Meryng, esquire was issued to the escheator in Nottingham [6]. > > > > 3. William Mering, esquire, son and heir of William Mering, esquire. He had a licence to marry Agnes daughter of John Langton of Farnley, esquire on 5 June 1465 [7]. According to an inquisition into concealments held in 1509, he died on 20 October 1478, and was succeeded by Sir William Mering, "his son and heir, then aged 21 years and more" [8]. If Sir William Mering was aged over 21 in 1478, then he was not the son of Agnes Langton, but of an earlier unknown wife. > > > > 4. Sir William Mering - the subject of this post. > > > > Thoroton "Antiquities of Nottinghamshire" p 371 gives Margery Mering, wife of Thomas Basset as the daughter of William Mering and Elizabeth Neville. This Thomas Basset son of John Basset and Joan Brailsford. > Is there any evidence that this is the correct parentage for Margery Mering, other than the very flawed pedigree in Thoroton? > > --Joe Cook Leo is giving Margery's parents as William Mering and _Maud_ Bekering... --JOe C

On Saturday, 21 May 2016 14:40:36 UTC+1, joe...@gmail.com wrote: > On Wednesday, November 12, 2014 at 6:35:45 AM UTC-5, John Watson wrote: > > Dear all, > > > > Recently I have been looking at the family of Mering of Meering, Nottinghamshire. There appears to be no satisfactory pedigree of the family in existence and the published information on the family seems to be full of errors. I have constructed a pedigree based on contemporary information which is too large to post here, but I thought that I would share the information that I have found concerning the three wives of Sir William Mering who died on 15 December 1537 [1]. Hopefully someone will find this useful. > > > > There were four William Merings in succession during the fifteenth and early sixteenth centuries, which is one of the reasons for the contradictory information concerning them and their wives. They were: > > > > 1. Sir William Mering, son and heir of Alexander Mering and his wife Agnes, he married firstly Millicent (d. 1419) daughter of John Beckering, widow of Nicholas Burdon (d.1403) and John Markham (d.1409) and secondly Alice, who survived him. He died shortly after making his will on 24 July 1449 [2] [3]. > > > > 2. William Mering, esquire, son and heir of Sir William Mering, and presumably Millicent, was born before 1417 because in February 1438 when he was presumably over 21, he was a surety for Thomas Middleton [4]. He is said to have married Elizabeth, one of the daughters of Thomas Neville of Rolleston, Nottinghamshire [5]. He died before 4 November 1466 when the writ of diem clausit extremum for William Meryng, esquire was issued to the escheator in Nottingham [6]. > > > > 3. William Mering, esquire, son and heir of William Mering, esquire. He had a licence to marry Agnes daughter of John Langton of Farnley, esquire on 5 June 1465 [7]. According to an inquisition into concealments held in 1509, he died on 20 October 1478, and was succeeded by Sir William Mering, "his son and heir, then aged 21 years and more" [8]. If Sir William Mering was aged over 21 in 1478, then he was not the son of Agnes Langton, but of an earlier unknown wife. > > > > 4. Sir William Mering - the subject of this post. > > > > Thoroton "Antiquities of Nottinghamshire" p 371 gives Margery Mering, wife of Thomas Basset as the daughter of William Mering and Elizabeth Neville. This Thomas Basset son of John Basset and Joan Brailsford. > Is there any evidence that this is the correct parentage for Margery Mering, other than the very flawed pedigree in Thoroton? > > --Joe Cook Hi Joe, See this post from John Higgins in 2007: http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/GEN-MEDIEVAL/2007-09/1189381787 Regards, John