Robert fitzRoger
Robert fitzRoger | |
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Sheriff of Norfolk and Suffolk | |
In office Michaelmas 1190 – Easter 1194 | |
Sheriff of Norfolk and Suffolk | |
In office Michaelmas 1197 – Easter 1200 | |
Personal details | |
Died | 1214 |
Spouse | Margaret de Chesney |
Children | John FitzRobert Alice |
Parent(s) | Roger fitz Richard Adelisa de Vere |
Robert fitzRoger (died 1214) was an
Life
FitzRoger was the son of the
FitzRoger founded the monastery of
FitzRoger married Margaret,[12] one of the daughters and heiresses of William de Chesney, the founder of Sibton Abbey.[13] Margaret was one of three daughters, but she inherited the bulk of her father's estates.[14] Margaret was the widow of Hugh de Cressy.[c] Through Margaret, Roger gained the barony of Blythburgh in Suffolk.[16] He also acquired lands at Rottingdean in Sussex from Margaret.[17]
FitzRoger died in 1214, and his heir was his son by his wife Margaret, John fitzRobert.[8][16] Margaret survived fitzRoger and paid a fine of a thousand pounds to the king for the right to administer her lands and dower properties herself.[2] His daughter Alice married Peter FitzHerbert of Blewleveny.[18]
Notes
- feast day of the Archangel Michael on 29 September. In England, it was one of the four days of the year when accounts were settled.[1]
- ^ Robert fitzRoger who held Clavering should not be confused with a separate Robert fitzRoger who held lands around Calthorpe in Norfolk.[9]
- ^ Although Margaret was the eldest daughter, she received the bulk of her father's estates as a reward for de Cressy from King Henry II of England. The King arranged Margaret's first marriage as well as ensuring that most of her father's lands went to her.[15]
Citations
- ^ Coredon Dictionary of Medieval Terms and Phrases p. 192
- ^ a b Round "Early Sheriffs of Norfolk" English Historical Review pp. 491–494
- ^ Turner and Heiser Reign of Richard Lionheart p. 116
- ^ Heiser "Castles, Constables, and Politics" Albion p. 34
- ^ Turner and Heiser Reign of Richard Lionheart p. 132
- ^ Olivia Convent and the Community in Late Medieval England p. 16
- ^ ISBN 9781850749233
- ^ a b Sanders English Baronies p. 150
- ^ a b Keats-Rohan Domesday Descendants p. 953
- ^ Turner and Heiser Reign of Richard Lionheart p. 103
- ^ Russell "Social Status" Speculum p. 324
- ^ Keats-Rohan Domesday Descendants p. 416
- ^ Keats-Rohan Domesday Descendants p. 370
- ^ Green Aristocracy of Norman England p. 380
- ^ Waugh "Women's Inheritance" Nottingham Medieval Studies p. 82
- ^ a b Sanders English Baronies p. 16
- ^ Loyd Origins of Some Anglo-Norman Families p. 35
- ^ Cokayne Complete Peerage Vol. 5 p. 465
References
- Cokayne, George Edward. (1926). The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant. Vol. 5. London: St. Catherine Press.
- Coredon, Christopher (2007). A Dictionary of Medieval Terms & Phrases (Reprint ed.). Woodbridge, UK: D. S. Brewer. ISBN 978-1-84384-138-8.
- ISBN 0-521-52465-2.
- Heiser, Richard R. (Spring 2000). "Castles, Constables, and Politics in Late Twelfth-Century English Governance". S2CID 197767892.
- ISBN 0-85115-863-3.
- Loyd, Lewis Christopher (1975) [1951]. The Origins of Some Anglo-Norman Families (Reprint ed.). Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Company. ISBN 0-8063-0649-1.
- Olivia, Marilyn (1998). The Convent and the Community in Late Medieval England: Female Monasteries in the Diocese of Norwich, 1350-1540, Volume 12 of Studies in the history of medieval religion. Woodbridge, UK: Boydell & Brewer Ltd. ISBN 978-0-85115-576-0.
- S2CID 159668286.
- Russell, Josiah Cox (July 1937). "Social Status at the Court of King John". S2CID 145495766.
- Sanders, I. J. (1960). English Baronies: A Study of Their Origin and Descent 1086–1327. Oxford, UK: Clarendon Press. OCLC 931660.
- Turner, Ralph V.; Heiser, Richard R. (2000). The Reign of Richard Lionheart: Ruler of the Angevin Empire 1189–1199. The Medieval World. Harlow, UK: Longman. ISBN 0-582-25660-7.
- Waugh, Scott L. (1990). "Women's Inheritance and the Growth of Bureaucratic Monarchy in Twelfth- and Thirteenth-Century England". Nottingham Medieval Studies. 34: 71–92. S2CID 159876299.