Roger Fitzmiles, 2nd Earl of Hereford
Roger Fitzmiles, 2nd Earl of Hereford, (before 1125 – 1155) was an English noble who played an active and influential part in the wars between
Biography
Roger was the son of
.In 1136, Roger married Cecilia, daughter of Pain fitzJohn,[2] In December of the next year King Stephen confirmed Cecilia's inheritance of all her father's lands.[1] During the Anarchy Roger acted as an auxiliary to his father's activities, and his consent and support was written into a treaty (1143) between his father and Robert, Earl of Gloucester.[1]
Roger succeeded his father after Miles died in a hunting accident on 24 December 1143 while under excommunication by the church in an edict issued by the Bishop of Hereford.[3] Roger, who bore hatred to the church for his father's excommunication, and compelled the prior of Llanthony, as a friend of the Bishop of Hereford, to resign.[4] He even troubled his kinsman, Gilbert Foliot, on his becoming Bishop of Hereford,[5] and was by him, after three warnings, formally excommunicated.[6] Subsequently, however,[7] he founded Flaxley Abbey, a Cistercian house, within the Forest of Dean,[8] possibly on the spot of his father's death.[9][a]
In the early part of 1144 Roger was at Devizes with Empress Matilda,
Initially, Roger was dominated by Robert, Earl of Gloucester, but gradually the balance of power shifted and when Robert died, Roger became the leader of the Angevin party in England, a point recognised by the terms of a new treaty (1147) between himself and
On the accession of Henry (1154) he resisted his authority, but was persuaded around March 1155 by the Bishop of Hereford to surrender his castles,[12] and thereupon received a charter confirming him in almost all his father's possessions.[13] He was with the king at Bridgnorth in July,[14] and at Salisbury soon after.[15]
Roger died without issue in the same year (1155). The
Assessment
David Crouch who wrote Roger's biography in the
Family
Roger married Cecily Fitz John, the daughter of Pain fitzJohn in January 1138, who inherited the bulk of her father's possessions.[18] She remained Countess of Hereford in right of her dower until 1199. She died after 1204.[citation needed]
The earldom of Hereford remained in
Notes
- ^ "The Gloucester Cartulary also shows him as confirming the gifts of his predecessor" (Round 1890, p. 439).
- William Earl of Gloucester" (Round 1890, p. 440).
Citations
- ^ a b c d e Crouch 2004, Roger, earl of Hereford (d. 1155)
- ^ Round 1890, p. 439 cites Duchy Charters.
- ^ Round 1890, p. 439 cites Gesta, p. 102; Mon. Angl. vi. (1), 133.
- ^ Round 1890, p. 439 Mon. Angl. vi. (1), p. 133.
- ^ Round 1890, p. 439 cites Foliot, Letters, No. 6.
- ^ Round 1890, p. 439 cites Foliot, Letters, No. 78.
- ^ Round 1890, p. 439 cites temp. Stephen,
- ^ Round 1890, p. 439 cites Flaxley Cartulary
- ^ Round 1890, p. 439.
- ^ Round 1890, p. 440 cites Duchy Charters, No. 19
- ^ Round 1890, p. 440 cites Brit. Arch. Assoc. xl. 146 [for "Bedford" read "Hereford"]
- ^ a b Round 1890, p. 440 cites Gervase.
- ^ Round 1890, p. 440 cites Cart. 1 John m. 6.
- ^ Round 1890, p. 440 cites Mon. Angl. v. 483
- ^ Round 1890, p. 440 cites Journ. Arch. Inst. No. 61, p. 312.
- ^ Round 1890, p. 440 cites Liber Niger)
- ^ Round 1890, p. 440.
- ^ Round 1890, p. 439 cites Duchy Charters.
- ^ Round, 1890 & p. 440.
References
- Crouch, David (2004). "Roger, earl of Hereford (d. 1155)". doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/47203. (Subscription or UK public library membershiprequired.)
Attribution
- This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Round, John Horace (1890). "Gloucester, Miles de". In Stephen, Leslie (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 21. London: Smith, Elder & Co. pp. 438–440. Endnotes:
- The Archaeological Journal, British Archaeological Association (now the Royal Archaeological Institute)
- Crawley-Boevey's Cartulary of Flaxley Abbey;
- Dugdale's Monasticon Anglicanum;
- Hearne's Liber Niger;
- Gilbert Foliot's Letters (in J. A. Giles's Patres Ecclesiæ Anglicanæ);
- Duchy of Lancaster Charters (Public Record Office);
- Cartulary of St. Peter's, Gloucester (Rolls Ser.);
- Gervase of Canterbury (Rolls Ser.);
- Gesta Stephani in vol. ii. of Chronicles of the Reigns of Stephen, &c. (Rolls Ser.);