Re: Complete Peerage Addition: Bertrade de Montfort, Countess of Chester (died 1227)

On Sep 13, 8:06 pm, Douglas Richardson <royalances...@xxxxxxx> wrote:
Dear Newsgroup ~

Complete Peerage, 3 (1913): 167 (sub Chester) has a rather brief
account of the life of Hugh, 6th Earl of Chester (died 1181).
Regarding the history of his widow, Bertrade of Montfort, the
following scant detail is given:

"His widow died 1227, aged about 71."  END OF QUOTE.

The source given by Complete Peerage for Bertrade de Montfort's death
date is Annales Cestrienses,edited 1887, by R.C. Christie.  As we can
see, no month or day are given for the countess' death.

While I'm virtually certain that Google Books previously had a full
view copy of this source available online, when I checked just now, I
only found copies of this work that had "no preview."   As such, I'm
unable to see exactly what Annales Cestrienses says about the death of
Countess Bertrade.

Look beyond Google Books, to the Internet Archive, where a full-view
copy of Annales Cestrienses is available. The entry for the death of
Countess Bertrada [sic] is on p. 55 (not 54 as indicated in the book's
index). But all it says is that she died in 1227, giving no more
specific date. So, it supports the information in CP but goes no
further.

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