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From: "Ann Sharp" <>
Subject: Re: Mary, daughter of the earl of Salisbury
Date: Fri, 24 Jan 2003 07:31:56 GMT
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"Linda Jack"

> I think that I have run across another daughter of
> William Longespee, a daughter Mary, who was
> apparently married in 1226-1227 ...
>
> The entry is for the 11th year of John's reign which I
> understand to have begun on October 28,1226 so this
> would have been after Longespee's death, yet it seems
> odd that a daughter, Mary, has not surfaced
> before. Has anyone seen her before? Any possible
> husbands at the time of this marriage?

Ann:

The late and unlamented King John reigned from 1199 to 1216, so his
eleventh regnal year would have been 1210 or so, when William Longespee --
who did die in 1226 -- was still hale and hearty. Just to clarify -- I hope
you HAVE found a new daughter for William.

L.P.H.,

Ann


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