Robert FitzJohn de Stokkes, poss. Sheriff of London John FitzRobert (ca. 1190–1240) (de Clavering)Richardson, Douglas, ''Magna Carta Ancestry'', 2nd edn., Baltimore, 2011: 1:487 is listed as one of the Surety Barons for Magna Carta (1215), although it seems not previously noted as a rebel. He was the son of Robert fitzRoger and Margaret Chesney.

Life

History relates that with the renewal of

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in the autumn of 1215, he joined the barons in waging war against King

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. Notwithstanding that, he is listed as sheriff of Norfolk and Suffolk for the year 1215–16. After the baronial defeat at

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in May, he submitted to King

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's minority government. He served as sheriff of Northumberland from 1224 to 1227.

Marriage and issue

He married Ada, ca. 1218, a daughter of Hugh de Balliol and Cecily de Fontaines. His son Roger FitzJohn, married Isabel de Dunbar daughter of Patrick II, Earl of Dunbar. His daughter Cecily married

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. He was also the father of a son Hugh de Eure from whom the Lords Eure descend; as well as the father of a son Robert FitzJohn de Stokkes, who may have been Sheriff of London.

References

External links

Magna Carta Barons AssociationJohn FitzRobert
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