FitzRichard, Robert 1

Birth Name FitzRichard, Robert
Gender male
Age at Death 59 years

Narrative

# Note:

Robert, 5th son of Richard FitzGilbert, Earl of Clare (ancestor of the Earls of Hertford), being steward to King Henry I, obtained from that monarch the Barony of Dunmow in Essex, as also the honour of Baynard Castle, in the city of London, both of which came into the possession of the crown by the forfeiture of William Baynard. This Robert m. in 1112, Maud de St. Liz, Lady of Bradham, dau. of Simon de St. Liz, 1st Earl of Huntingdon, and by her, (who d. in 1140, m. 2ndly, Saer de Quincy) had two sons, Walter, his successor, and Simon, to whom he gave Daventre, in Northamptonshire. He d. in 1134, and was s. by his elder son, Walter FitzRobert. [Sir Bernard Burke, Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited, and Extinct Peerages, Burke's Peerage, Ltd., London, 1883, p. 212, FitzWalter, Barons FitzWalter]

# Note:

Robert, steward to King Henry I, m. Maud, dau. of Simon de St. Liz, Earl of Huntingdon, and had Walter Fitz-Robert, whose son, Robert Fitz-Walter, was one of the most distinguished of the barons who rebelled against John, and was stuled, Marshal of the Army of God and Holy church. [Sir Bernard Burke, Dormant and Extinct Peerages, Burke's Peerage, London, 1883, p. 118, Clare, Lords of Clare, Earls of Hertford, Earls of Gloucester]

# Note: Title: Magna Charta Sureties 1215, Frederick Lewis Weis, additions by Walter Lee Sheppard Jr, 5th Edition, 1999
# Note: Page: 157-1

# Note: Title: Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists, 7th Edition, by Frederick Lewis Weis, additions by Walter Lee Shippard Jr., 1999
# Note: Page: 148-25
# Note: Text: 1134/6

 

Events

Event Date Place Description Sources
Birth 1075 Tonbridge, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England   1
Event Note

B: Abt. 1075

Death 1134 Little Dunmow, Essex, England   1

Age: 59y

Burial   Priory of St. Neot, Cambridgeshire, England   2

Parents

Relation to main person Name Birth date Death date Relation within this family (if not by birth)
Father de Clare, Richard de Tonbridge FitzGilbert10241090
Mother Giffard, Rohese10341133
    Sister     de Clare, Rohese FitzRichard 1055 1121
    Sister     de Clare, Avice 1058
    Brother     FitzRichard de Clare, Richard 1062 1107
    Sister     FitzGilbert de Claire, Ronais 1064
    Brother     FitzRichard de Clare, Gilbert 1065 1117
    Sister     de Clare, Isabel FitzRichard 1065
         FitzRichard, Robert 1075 1134

Families

Family of FitzRichard, Robert and St. Liz, Maud

Unknown Partner St. Liz, Maud ( * 1096 + 1140 )
  Children
Name Birth Date Death Date
FitzRobert, Walter11301198
FitzRobert, Maud1134