Matilda and Geoffrey de Salicosa Mara
Matilda is called Maud by Pilkington (1789).
The surname was anglicised as *Wilmore (C/WC) *Saucemere (PILKINGTON).
Geoffrey was possibly Norman; he seems to have owned lands there which he sold to John de Wyburvile (C40F). He later gave these 6 bovates to the abbey (C40F). He also owned lands in Dorset and Lincolnshire and had sided with King John (in 1216 he had letters of safe conduct for 3 weeks (C40F)).
The family tree is given in C40.
Matilda was the granddaughter of *William Geremund (PILKINGTON) *Ralph FitzGeremund, cousin of William de Grendon, daughter of William FitzRalph (WARD, C40).
She married (1) William de Tilly, who died before 1194 (C40)
(2) Geoffrey (Galfrid) de Salicosa Mara about 1193 (CLARK. FOX omits the Mara).
The latter marriage was initially childless (WARD, C40). The couple gave Depedale to the Premonstratensians to encourage God to give them children. They had 4:
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JOHN (CLARK); died 1242 (C40F) without issue.
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ROGER (CLARK) gave 2 bovates (C/WC) of land in Stanton to Dale Abbey in the reign of Henry III; he died without issue (C40F).
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JOHANNA co-heiress (CLARK. C40); she married William de Poynton (C40F); she made benefactions to Dale in her widowhood (WARD).
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AVICE, co-heiress (CLARK. C40); she married William de Benniworth (C40F); she made benefactions to Dale in her widowhood (WARD, quoted by C40F, C/WC).
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*Matilda was given Stanley by William FitzRalph (WARD).
*Matilda and Geoffrey bought Stanley (vill and park) from William FitzRalph 7 years after their wedding (C40, CLARK) for £100 (C40), but this may have been a fictitious sale - see FitzRalph (CLARK).
They gave Stanley Park to the Premonstratensians (WARD).
Geoffrey gave Dale Abbey lands in Ockbrook, Sandiacre and Alvaston and the moiety of a mill in Borrowash. When he died, Matilda gave the abbey the rest of her Alvaston lands. He died before 1229 when Matilda made an agreement to come to live at Dale Abbey. She actually came from Lincolnshire, *while John Grauncorth was abbot (1233 - 53) (C40) *4 years after Thomas de Musca received the habit, which was under John Grauncurth (CLARK).