Matilda fitz Bernard

     Matilda fitz was born in 1175. She was the daughter of Thomas fitz Bernard [d. 1185] & Eugenia, daughter of Ralph Picot of Kent.¹ King Henry II arranged that John de Bidun & Matilda fitz Bernard be married.² Matilda fitz married John Bidun III, son of John de Bidun II and Alice de Mauduit, circa 1182.³ Matilda's husband, John, died in 1184 in Lavendon, Buckinghamshire, England, leaving her a widow. She being only 10 years old in 1185. Matilda fitz married 2nd John de Rochford circa 1201.⁴ Matilda's husband, John, died before 1242, leaving her a widow. Matilda departed this life in 1254. This is the date of her Inquest Post Mortem.