Re: C.P. Addition: Marriage date of Ranulph de Neville and Eupheme de Clavering

In a message dated 5/23/06 1:07:21 PM Pacific Daylight Time,

<< Ellen de Quincy's share of Syston was subsequently split into two parts,
one part descending to her son and heir, Sir Roger la Zouche, and thence to
his descendants, the Holand family. The other part of Ellen's share was
evidently settled in marriage c.1265 on Ellen de Quincy's daughter, Margery la
Zouche, and her husband, Robert Fitz Roger. >>

<wife,Euphemia, were married before Michaelmas term, 1280, when Milicent deCantelowe,
widow of Sir Eudes la Zouche, claimed dower against them atSyston. This record
is an addition to Complete Peerage sub Nevilleregarding the date of marriage
for Ranulph and Euphemia.>>

How can she claim dower if she never had a piece of it to begin with ?
Or should your first statement be redrawn to say it was split into thirds
instead of halves ?

Douglas Richardson...

Milicent de Cantelowe, widow of Sir Eudes la Zouche, was claiming dower
in 1280 to the part of Syston, Leicestershire held by Ralph de Neville
and his wife, Euphemia de Clavering. This property was evidently the
same property held earlier at Syston by Euphemia's parents, Robert Fitz
Roger and Margery la Zouche. They in turn surely had this property by
grant of Margery's parents, Sir Alan la Zouche and Ellen de Quincy.

How Milicent de Cantelowe obtained her alleged dower rights at Syston
is not explained by Farnham. However, it seems likely to me that Sir
Eudes la Zouche was a son of Ellen de Quincy, as Syston was part of
Ellen de Quincy's own inheritance.