Margaret Norwood

Events

Date of Birth: unknown.

Place of Birth: unknown.

Date of Death: after 1 March 1448/9.

Place of Death: unknown.

The date is given by Madan (p. 55).

Relationships

Father: John Norwood.

The relationship is given by Madan (p. 55), who states there “can be little doubt” that Margaret was the daughter of John Norwood, a merchant of Coventry, but doesn’t give evidence. The relationship is also given by Ormerod (3:522).

Mother: unknown.

Spouse: Thomas Massy.

This relationship is given by Rowney (p. 301). Thomas died 24 August 1420 (Madan p. 55).

Spouse: Robert Winnington.

This relationship is given by Rowney (p. 300) and by Murphy (p. 14). Robert died in 1428.

Spouse: John Delves.

This relationship is given by Rowney (p. 300). John died in April 1429 (Madan p. 55).

Spouse: Sir John Gresley.

This relationship is given by Rowney (p. 300). John died 17 January 1448/9 (Madan p. 55).

Children:

(Complete source citations for facts about the children on this page are currently outside of the scope of this project.)

Richard Winnington

Elizabeth Winnington (died 1502) married (1) Richard Delves (nullified 8 July 1439); married (2) Sir Humphrey Blount.

References

Croke, Sir Alexander. The Genealogical History of the Croke Family, Originally Named Le Blount. (1823).

Madan, Falconer. The Gresleys of Drakelowe. (1899)

Murphy, Beverley Anne. The Life and Political Significance of Henry Fitzroy, Duke of Richmond, 1525-1535. (PhD Thesis, Bangor, 1997).

Ormerod, George; Peter Leycester; William Smith; William Webb; and Thomas Helsby. The history of the county palatine and city of Chester: compiled from original evidences in public offices, the Harleian and Cottonian mss., parochial registers, private muniments, unpublished ms. collections of successive Cheshire antiquaries, and a personal survey of every township in the county, incorporated with a republication of King's Vale royal and Leycester's Cheshire antiquities. (London: G. Routledge, 1882).

Rowney, Ian Douglas. The Staffordshire Political Community 1440-1500. (PhD Thesis, the University of Keele, 1981).