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Family:
Marriage:
Marriage: Children:
  1. Edmund De SOMERVILLE Birth: 1
  2. Robert De SOMERVILLE
  3. Sir Roger De SOMERVILLE Birth: 4 Death: 1337
  4. Adam De SOMERVILLE
  5. Sir Philip De SOMERVILLE Birth: Abt 1287 Death: Abt 23 Jan 1356/7
  6. John De SOMERVILLE
  7. Joan De SOMERVILLE
  8. Isabel De SOMERVILLE

Bibliography
  1. Richardson, Douglas, Joan de Somerville, wife of Ralph de Cromwell. Posting to soc.genealogy.medieval (email list GEN-MEDIEVAL) on 11/10/2005. Subject: C.P. Addition: Joan de Somerville, wife of Ralph de Cromwell, Knt.. Available at https://groups.google.com/g/soc.genealogy.medieval/c/d4xpAffc8h8/m/NYV229xXnh0J. Author address: royalancestry at msn dot com. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Douglas Richardson SGM 11/10/2005-031454].
  2. Farrer, William, Early Yorkshire Charters: being a collection of documents anterior to the thirteenth century made from the public records, monastic chartularies, Roger Dodsworth's manuscripts and other available sources, Volume 9, Edinburgh: Ballantyne, Hanseon & Co, 1914. NYPL CO(Yorkshire) (Farrer, W, Early Yorkshire Charters, 1914) (Rm315). LDS Film#1426222#4. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/film/007959067 images 615-783. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Farrer EYC v9p[0-9]*].
  3. MichaelAnne, Roger de Merlay. Posting to soc.genealogy.medieval (email list GEN-MEDIEVAL) on 11/18/2005. Subject: Re: C.P. Addition: Parentage of Isabel de Roos, wife of Roger de Merlay and A.... Available at https://groups.google.com/g/soc.genealogy.medieval/c/RAvZPyNbRD0/m/76-ifULM5BAJ. Author address: ClaudiusI0 at aol dot com. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: MichaelAnne SGM 11/18/2005-150821].
  4. Richardson, Douglas, Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 2nd edition, Salt Lake City, Utah: Douglas Richardson, 2011. NYPL JFF 19-2494. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Richardson MCA2 v1p[0-9]*].
  5. Richardson, Douglas, Royal Ancestry. Salt Lake City, Utah: Douglas Richardson, 2013. NYPL JFF 16-1184 v1-5 Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v2p[0-9]*].
  6. Richardson, Douglas, Royal Ancestry. Salt Lake City, Utah: Douglas Richardson, 2013. NYPL JFF 16-1184 v1-5 Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v4p[0-9]*].
  7. Sanders, I. J., English Baronies, A Study of Their Origin and Descent 1086-1327. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1960. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Sanders Baronies p[0-9]*].
  8. Shaw, Stebbing, The history and antiquities of Staffordshire. Compiled from the manuscripts of Huntbach, Loxdale, Bishop Lyttelton, and other collections of Dr. Wilkes. London, England: J Nichols, 1798. Available through NYPL, Gale Virtual Reference Library, Eighteenth Century Collections Online, at https://go-gale-com.i.ezproxy.nypl.org/ps/retrieve.do? docId=GALE%7CCW0103537075 &docType=Monograph&contentSegment=ZCET &prodId=ECCO&pageNum=1 &contentSet=GALE%7CCW0103537075 &searchId=R5&userGroupName=nypl &inPS=true Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Shaw Staffordshire p[0-9]*].

Sources for birth and parent Information
date:
abt 1256 (age 10 in 1266, age 12 in 1268) [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v4p665]
age 10 in 1265 [Ref: Farrer EYC v9p31]
second daughter [Ref: Sanders Baronies p65],
parents:
[Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v4p665],
father:
[Ref: Douglas Richardson SGM 11/10/2005-031454, Farrer EYC v9p31, Richardson RoyalAnc v2p354, Sanders Baronies p65, Shaw Staffordshire p126]
Sources for death Information
date:
1300 [Ref: Douglas Richardson SGM 11/10/2005-031454]
living 1303 [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v4p666]
Sources with Information about marriage to Robert De EURE
date:
before 1270 [Ref: Farrer EYC v9p31]
first marriage of Isabel [Ref: MichaelAnne SGM 11/18/2005-150821, Richardson RoyalAnc v4p665],
names:
[Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v2p220]
Sources with Information about marriage to Robert De SOMERVILLE
date:
before 1272 [Ref: Farrer EYC v9p31]
before 7 May 1275 [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v4p665],
child:
[Ref: Douglas Richardson SGM 11/10/2005-031454, Farrer EYC v9p31, Richardson MCA2 v1p568, Richardson RoyalAnc v2p272, Richardson RoyalAnc v2p354, Richardson RoyalAnc v4p666, Sanders Baronies p66, Shaw Staffordshire p126]
Research Notes:
coheir of her father [Ref: Douglas Richardson SGM 11/10/2005-031454, Richardson RoyalAnc v2p272, Richardson RoyalAnc v4p665]

1268: coheiress to her sister, Alice, wife of Robert de Thweng; her share of the Merlay estates increased from one-third to one-half [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v4p665]

inherited 1/3 of Barony of Morpeth from father [Ref: Sanders Baronies p65]
inherited 1/6 of Barony of Morpeth from sister [Ref: Sanders Baronies p65]



Pedigree of Isabel De MERLAY
                                     /-----William De MERLAY, Baron Of Morpeth
                            /-----Ralph De MERLAY, Baron Of Morpeth
                           |         \-----Menialda
                   /-----Roger De MERLAY, Baron Of Morpeth
                  |        |                                    /-----Crinan The Thane Abbot Of Dunkeld
                  |        |                           /-----Maldred Lord Of Carlisle
                  |        |                          |         \-----Bethoc
                  |        |                  /-----Gospatric I Earl Of Northumberland
                  |        |                 |        |         /-----Uchtred Earl Of Northumberland
                  |        |                 |         \-----Ealdgyth
                  |        |                 |                  \-----Alfgifu
                  |        |         /-----Gospatric II Earl Of Dunbar, Baron Of Beanley
                  |        |        |        |                  /-----Edgar The Peaceful King Of England
                  |        |        |        |         /-----Ethelred II The Redeless King Of England
                  |        |        |        |        |         \-----Aelfthryth
                  |        |        |         \-----(Unk Dau)
                  |        |        |                 |         /-----Thored Ealdorman Of Northumbria
                  |        |        |                  \-----Alfflaed
                  |         \-----Juliana Of Dunbar
                  |                 |         /-----Arkil Morel
                  |                  \-----Sybil
          /-----Roger De MERLAY, Baron Of Morpeth
         |        |                                             /-----(Unk) De Estouteville
         |        |                                    /-----Robert De Estouteville
         |        |                           /-----Robert De Estouteville
         |        |                          |         \-----Beatrix
         |        |                  /-----Osmund De Estouteville
         |        |                 |         \-----Erneburga
         |        |         /-----Roger De STUTEVILLE
         |         \-----Alice De STUTEVILLE
 /-----Roger De MERLAY, Baron Of Morpeth
|        |                                    /-----Constantine Earl Of Fife
|        |                           /-----Gillemichel MACDUFF, Earl Of Fife
|        |                  /-----Duncan MACDUFF, Earl Of Fife, Regent Of Scotlan
|        |         /-----Duncan MACDUFF, Earl Of Fife, Justiciar Of Scot
|         \-----Ada MACDUFF
|                  \-----Ela
Isabel De MERLAY
|                                             /-----Peter De ROS
|                                    /-----Robert De ROS, Baron Of Helmsley
|                                   |        |         /-----William ESPEC, Baron Of Old Wardon
|                                   |         \-----Adeline ESPEC
|                           /-----Everhard De ROS, Baron Of Helmsley
|                          |        |         /-----Thebaud De VALOGNES
|                          |         \-----Sibyl De VALOGNES
|                  /-----Robert De ROS, Magna Charta Surety
|                 |        |                  /-----William TRUSSEBUT
|                 |        |         /-----William TRUSSEBUT, Baron Of Hunsingore
|                 |        |        |        |         /-----Payne
|                 |        |        |         \-----(Unk) FITZ PAYNE
|                 |         \-----Roysia TRUSSEBUT
|                 |                 |         /-----Rollo De HARCOURT
|                 |                  \-----Audrey De HARCOURT
|                 |                          |                  /-----(Unk) PEVEREL
|                 |                          |         /-----Robert PEVEREL
|                 |                           \-----Rohese PEVEREL
|                 |                                    \-----Adelicia
|         /-----Sir Robert De ROS, Baron Of Wark
|        |        |                                             /-----Donnchad (Duncan I) Mac CRINAN, King Of Scots
|        |        |                                    /-----Mael Coluim Ceann Moir (Malcolm III) Canmore Mac DONNCHAD, King Of Scots
|        |        |                                   |         \-----Sibylia Of Northumbria
|        |        |                           /-----David I The Saint King Of Scots
|        |        |                          |        |         /-----Edward Athling The Exile
|        |        |                          |         \-----Saint Margaret Of Scotland
|        |        |                          |                  \-----Agatha
|        |        |                  /-----Henry Of Huntingdon, Earl Of Huntingdon
|        |        |                 |        |                  /-----Sigurd Digera Earl Of Northumbria
|        |        |                 |        |         /-----Waltheof II Earl Of Huntingdon
|        |        |                 |        |        |         \-----Aelflaed
|        |        |                 |         \-----Maud Of Huntingdon
|        |        |                 |                 |         /-----Lambert Of Boulogne, Count Of Lens
|        |        |                 |                  \-----Judith Of Lens
|        |        |                 |                           \-----Adelaide Of Normandy
|        |        |         /-----William The Lion King Of Scots
|        |        |        |        |                           /-----Ralph II De Warrene
|        |        |        |        |                  /-----William De Warrene, Earl Of Surrey
|        |        |        |        |                 |         \-----Emma
|        |        |        |        |         /-----William II De Warrene, Earl Of Surrey
|        |        |        |        |        |        |         /-----Gherbod The Fleming, Advocate Of St. Bertins
|        |        |        |        |        |         \-----Gundred
|        |        |        |         \-----Ada De WARENNE
|        |        |        |                 |                  /-----Henry I King Of France
|        |        |        |                 |         /-----Hugh Magnus Duke Of France
|        |        |        |                 |        |         \-----Anne Of Kiev
|        |        |        |                  \-----Isabel De Vermandois, Countess Of Leicester
|        |        |        |                          |         /-----Herbert IV Count Of Vermandois
|        |        |        |                           \-----Adelaide De Vermandois, Countess Of Vermandois
|        |        |        |                                    \-----Adela De Valois
|        |         \-----Isabel Of Scotland
|        |                 |         /-----Robert AVENAL
|        |                  \-----Isabel AVERNAL
|        |                           \-----Sibyl
 \-----Isabel De ROS



Descendants of Isabel De MERLAY
1. Isabel De MERLAY m1. Robert De EURE m2. Robert De SOMERVILLE
m. Robert De EURE father: John FITZ ROBERT, MC Surety mother: Ada De BALIOL
m. Robert De SOMERVILLE father: Sir John De SOMERVILLE

2nd generation

6. Sir Philip De SOMERVILLE m. Margaret De PYPE
m. Margaret De PYPE father: Sir Thomas De PYPE mother: Joan De JARPENVILLE
8. Joan De SOMERVILLE m1. Ralph De CROMWELL m2. Sir Henry De GREY, Lord Grey Of Codnor
m. Ralph De CROMWELL father: Sir Ralph De CROMWELL mother: Margaret De SOMERY
m. Sir Henry De GREY, Lord Grey Of Codnor father: Sir John GREY mother: Lucy De MOHUN

3rd generation

10. Elizabeth De SOMERVILLE m. Sir John De STAFFORD
m. Sir John De STAFFORD father: Sir William De STAFFORD mother: Isabella De STAFFORD
11. Joan SOMERVILLE m. Sir Rhys Hen Ap Gruffudd
m. Sir Rhys Hen Ap Gruffudd father: Gruffudd Ap Hywel mother: Nest Fechen Ferch Gwrwared
15. Sir Ralph De CROMWELL m. Joan De La MARE
m. Joan De La MARE father: Geoffrey De La MARE mother: (Unk wife1)

4th generation

17. Sir Rhys Ap Griffith m1. Isabel STACKPOLE m2. Margaret ZOUCHE
m. Isabel STACKPOLE father: Richard De STACKPOLE
m. Margaret ZOUCHE father: Nicholas ZOUCHE
18. Sir Henry Griffith m. Joan CLINTON
m. Joan CLINTON father: Sir John De CLINTON mother: Joan HILLARY
19. Margred Ferch Rhys Hen m. Philip Dorddu Ap Hywel
m. Philip Dorddu Ap Hywel
22. Sir Ralph De CROMWELL m. Amice De BELLERS
m. Amice De BELLERS father: Sir Roger De BELLERS mother: Alice WAKEBRUGGE

5th generation

23. Johanna Ferch Rhys Ap Gruffudd m. Sir Richard VERNON
m. Sir Richard VERNON father: Sir Richard De VERNON mother: Juliana De PEMBRUGGE
25. Thomas Ap Griffith m. Ann BLOUNT
m. Ann BLOUNT father: Sir Walter Le BLOUNT mother: Sancha De AYALA
28. Cadwgon Ap Philip Dorddu m. Ela Ferch Llywelyn Crugeryr
m. Ela Ferch Llywelyn Crugeryr
32. Sir Ralph CROMWELL, Lord Cromwell m. Maud BERNAKE
m. Maud BERNAKE father: Sir John BERNACKE mother: Joan MARMION