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PERCY Margaret (Margery)
Birth: ABT 1450 Alnwick Castle, Northumberland, England
Notes
bdate also shown as 1450
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_Percy
The Lady Margaret Gascoigne (née Percy) (born c. 1447) was an English noblewoman,
the daughter of Henry Percy, 3rd Earl of Northumberland and Eleanor Poynings.
http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=jweber&id=I34058
She married Sir William Gascoigne, "the Younger", son of Sir William Gascoigne and
wife. Their daughter Agnes (or Anne) Gascoigne married Sir Thomas Fairfax (died
1520–1521), who was an ancestor of Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge.[1][2] Lady
Margaret Percy was a descendant of Edward III.[3]
Family[edit]
She married Sir William Gascoigne V (c. 1450 – 1486),[4] son of Sir William Gascoigne
IV (c. 1427 – c. 1463)[5] [great-grandson of Sir William Gascoigne I (c. 1350 – 1419),
Chief Justice of England] and Joan Neville (c. 1436–1464) (great-granddaughter of
Robert Ferrers, 5th Baron Boteler of Wem and Joan Beaufort). The couple had the
following children:[6][7]
Sir William Gascoigne VI: married firstly Alice Frognall and secondly Margaret Nevill
(daughter of Richard Nevill, 2nd Baron Latimer of Snape). Had issue by both
marriages. Second son by first marriage, Sir Henry Gascoigne, was ancestor of the
Wyvill Baronets (from the 3rd onwards).[8][9] His daughter Margaret married Sir
Thomas Middleton, of Stockeld.[10] Male line by primogeniture ended with his
grandson William Gascoigne VIII, whose only daughter and heiress (other children
died young) Margaret (1530–1592/93) who became the paternal grandmother of
Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford.[11]
Margaret or Margery (c. 1473 – 1515):[12] married Ralph Ogle, 3rd Baron Ogle, and
had issue.[13]
Elizabeth (1470–1559):[14] married before April 1493 as his second wife Sir George
Tailboys (c. 1467 – 1538), de jure 9th Baron Kyme and Sheriff of Lincolnshire,
grandson of Sir William Tailboys, de jure 7th Baron Kyme. This couple were ancestors
of Mildred Warner[15] (paternal grandmother of George Washington, 1st president of
the USA) and her sister Mary Warner[16] (ancestress of Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, mother
of Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom) (see here for descent chart).
Anne or Agnes (c. 1474 – 1504): married firstly Sir Thomas Fairfax (c. 1475 – 1520).
She had twin sons: the elder, Nicholas, was ancestor of Diana, Princess of Wales and
the younger, William, was an ancestor of Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge (see here
for descent chart). Married secondly Ralph Nevill, of Thornton Bridge.
Dorothy (c. 1475 – 1527):[17] married Sir Ninian Markenfield (died 1527).[18]
Ancestors of William Howard Taft,[19] 27th president of the USA Sir Ninian's other
wife was Eleanor Clifford, daughter of Henry Clifford, 10th Baron de Clifford.[20] (Of
interest: Sir Ninian's sister Anne was ancestress of George Gascoigne, poet, and
Zachary Taylor,[21] 12th president of the USA)
Parents
PERCY Henry (25 Jul 1412 - 29 Mar 1461)
POYNINGS Eleanor (ABT 1422 - 11 Feb 1484)
Siblings
PERCY Margaret (Margery) (ABT 1450 - )
Marriage To GASCOIGNE William (ABT 1447 - 12 Mar 1487)
m.
Notes
Parents
GASCOIGNE William (ABT 1419 - ABT 1464)
NEVILLE Joan (ABT 1429 - )
Children by GASCOIGNE William ABT 1447 - 12 Mar 1487
GASCOIGNE Margaret (ABT 1473 - AFT 6 Jul 1515)
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