Roger de Port

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Roger de Port was an Anglo-Norman nobleman and Baron of Kington.

Roger was the son of Adam de Port, who died around 1133.[1] Through his possession of the manor of Kington in Herefordshire, he was considered by I. J. Sanders to have been the baron of Kington.[2]

Roger gave to the abbeys of Tiron and Saint-Vigor-de-Cerisy in Normandy,[1] and to Andwell Priory in England.[3]

Roger was married to Sybil d'Aubigny,[4] by whom he had three sons – Adam, Henry, and Hugh. Roger died before 1161.[1] Roger was buried at Tiron.[5]

Citations

  1. ^ a b c Keats-Rohan Domesday Descendants p. 646
  2. ^ Sanders English Baronies p. 57
  3. ^ Loyd Origins of Some Anglo-Norman Families pp. 79–80
  4. ^ Cownie "Port, Adam de (fl. 1161–1174)" Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
  5. ^ Round "Families of St John and of Port" Genealogist p. 10

References

  • Cownie, Emma (2004). "Port, Adam de". required.)
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  • Loyd, Lewis Christopher (1975) [1951]. The Origins of Some Anglo-Norman Families (Reprint ed.). Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Company. .
  • Round, J. H. (1900). "The Families of St John and of Port". Genealogist. xvi: 1–13.
  • Sanders, I. J. (1960). English Baronies: A Study of Their Origin and Descent 1086–1327. Oxford, UK: Clarendon Press.
    OCLC 931660
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