Robert fitzRoger (1247–1310), Lord of Warkworth, Clavering and Eure, was an English baron. He was a son of

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and Isabel de Dunbar. FitzRoger fought in the wars in Wales, Gascony and Scotland.

Life

FitzRoger was the son of Roger fitzJohn, who held

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and was lord of Warkworth, Clavering and Eure.Burke, p.238. Roger died in 1249, leaving his son in infancy. FitzRoger was placed into the guardianship of

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, although FitzRoger's grandmother Ada de Baillol, offered to buy the wardship of her grandson. In the right of his mother, FitzRoger obtained the barony of

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, Suffolk. A distinguished soldier, FitzRoger fought in wars in Wales in 1277, 1282 and 1283, the wars against Scotland in 1291 until 1309 and in Gascony in 1294. He was summoned to the English Parliament of 1295 as Lord FitzRoger. During the

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in 1297, fitzRoger was captured. He was a joint Captain of the Scotch Marches from November 1297. FitzRoger fought with his son John at the battle of

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in 1298 and the siege of Caerlaverock in 1300. FitzRoger signed the

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. He conducted a foray with John de Segrave from Berwick in 1302, and fought at the battle of Methven in 1306. He died in 1310.

Marriage and issue

FitzRoger married Margaret de la Zouche, the daughter of Alan de la Zouche and Ellen de Quincy and had the following known issue: * John de Clavering (died 1332), married Hawise de Tybetot, had issue. *Euphemia de Clavering (died 1329), married

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. *Elizabeth de Clavering, married John De Mauteby, had issue. *Robert de Clavering *Alexander de Clavering, married Joan de Burgh, with no legitimate issue. *Henry de Clavering *Roger de Clavering, married Beatrice of unknown parentage, had issue. *Allan de Callaly, married Isabella Riddell, had issue. *Edmund de Clavering *Ellen de Clavering, married

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, with no legitimate issue.

Citations

References

* {{DEFAULTSORT:FitzRoger, Robert (died 1310) 1247 births 1310 deaths 13th-century English nobility 13th-century soldiers English feudal barons People from Warkworth, Northumberland