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Robert Fitz Richard, Constable of Baynard Castle |
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Born | 1064 |
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Died | 1136
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Spouse | Matilda de St. Liz (Maud) |
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Family |
de Clare |
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Robert Fitz Richard (1064–1136) was an Anglo-Norman
feudal baron of
Little Dunmow, Essex and constable of
Baynard's Castle in the
City of London. His feudal barony, the
caput of which was at
Little Dunmow in Essex, was granted to him by the king after it had been forfeited in 1110 by William Baynard, whose grandfather Ralph Baynard was the first holder and the builder of
Baynard's Castle in the
City of London.
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[2]
Robert was steward under
King Henry I (1100–1135) and under
King Stephen (1135–1154).
Family
Robert was the son of Sir
Richard Fitz Gilbert, Lord of Clare and Tonbridge (c. 1030–1091) and
Rohese Giffard, (b. c. 1034), daughter of Sir
Walter Giffard, Lord of Longueville, and Agnes Flatel.
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Robert married (c. 1114), Matilda de St. Liz (Maud), daughter of Sir
Simon de St Liz, Earl of Northampton, and
Maud de Huntingdon.
Children were:
- Sir
Walter Fitz Robert, (b. c. 1124), married Maud de Lucy. The
Magna Carta surety,
Robert Fitzwalter, was their son.
- Maud Fitz Robert, (b. c. 1132),
Essex, who married (c. 1146), William d'Aubigny, son of
Sir William d'Aubigny, Lord of Belvoir, and Cecily Bigod. Another Magna Carta surety,
William d'Aubigny, was their son.
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Notes
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^ Agnes Flatel was the daughter of Girard Flatel.
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^ See Thaler, D. -- Descendants of
William D'Aubigny
Citations
References
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Amt, Emilie (1993). The Accession of Henry II in England: Royal Government Restored, 1149–1159. Boydell & Brewer. p. 66.
ISBN
0-85115-348-8.
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Butler, Edward (1997). The Descendants of Thomas Pincerna, Progenitor of the Butler Family. E.F. Butler with assistance by GenPub. p. 570.
- Sanders, I.J. (1960). English Baronies, Little Dunmow. Oxford. pp. 129–130.
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Stephen, Leslie, ed. (1889).
"Fitzwalter, Robert" .
Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 19. London: Smith, Elder & Co. p. 219.
11th and 12th-century Norman nobleman in England