Roger fitzReinfrid

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Roger fitzReinfrid
Sheriff of Sussex
In office
1176–1186
Sheriff of Berkshire
In office
1186–1189
Personal details
Died1196
SpouseAlice
RelationsBrother
Gilbert fitzReinfrey

William
OccupationRoyal administrator

Roger fitzReinfrid (sometimes Roger fitzReinfrey;[1] died 1196) was a medieval English sheriff and royal justice. Probably born into a knightly family, Roger first was in the household of a nobleman before beginning royal service. His brother, Walter de Coutances, was a bishop and archbishop and likely helped advance Roger's career. Besides holding two sheriffdoms, Roger was entrusted with the control of a number of royal castles.

Early life

Roger was the brother

canon at Rouen Cathedral.[4] Roger and Walter's family was probably of knightly rank.[6]

Early career

In 1161, Roger paid

Richard de Luci, the justiciar, and Gervase de Cornhill, assessed land taxes and heard judicial cases in Middlesex and Hampshire.[10]

Royal service

In 1173, Roger was granted custody of

Sheriff of Berkshire from 1186 until the death of King Henry II in 1189.[11]

After the death of King Henry, Roger's brother or brother-in-law Walter was put in charge of England while Henry's son Richard I was away on Crusade from 1191 to 1193. Roger profited from his brother's rise to power by receiving custody of Wallingford Castle, the Tower of London, and Bristol Castle.[11]

Roger granted land to Launceston Priory for his and his wife's souls. He also held land at Ramsden Bellhouse, half a knight's fee, which he was granted by Gilbert Foliot, Bishop of London. The church on this land was later granted to Lesnes Abbey by Roger.[2]

Legacy

Roger's son

Gilbert fitzReinfrey became a royal administrator.[1] It appears, however, that Gilbert was illegitimate, as he did not inherit his father's lands,[14] nor is the name of his mother known.[1] Another son was William, who became a canon of Lincoln Cathedral, and was named Archdeacon of Rouen by Walter de Coutances.[4]

Roger's wife was named Alice.[2] Roger died in 1196,[15] and his wife and mother were to be buried at St Mary Clerkenwell.[16]

Notes

  1. William fitzStephen 1176: William Basset along with Roger 1177: Hugh de Cressy 1179: Hugh de Gaerst, Ranulf de Glanvill, and Hugh Murdac 1182: William de Auberville and Osbert fitzHervey 1184: Ralph fitzStephen.[9]

Citations

  1. ^ a b c Dalton "Fitzreinfrey, Gilbert" Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
  2. ^ a b c d e Keats-Rohan Domesday Descendants p. 942
  3. ^ Duggan "Roman, Canon, and Common Law" Historical Research p. 403
  4. ^ a b c Turner English Judiciary p. 62
  5. ^ Greenway "Archdeacons of Oxford" Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae
  6. ^ a b Turner English Judiciary p. 27
  7. ^ Turner English Judiciary p. 30
  8. ^ Richardson and Sayles Governance of Mediaeval England p. 250
  9. ^ a b Warren "Serjeants-at-Law" Virginia Law Review p. 919 and footnote 18
  10. ^ West Justiciarship in England p. 47
  11. ^ a b c Turner English Judiciary p. 42
  12. ^ Bond "Medieval Constables" English Historical Review p. 238
  13. ^ Turner English Judiciary p. 20
  14. ^ Turner English Judiciary p. 59
  15. ^ Turner English Judiciary pp. 74–75
  16. ^ Turner English Judiciary p. 264 and footnote 29

References

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