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Robert Fitz Richard (1064–1136) was an
Anglo-Norman noble.
Life
He was the son of
Sir Richard FitzGilbert de Clare, Lord of Clare and Tonbridge, and
Rohese Giffard, the daughter of
Sir Walter Giffard, Lord of Longueville.
Robert was the steward of two English kings,
Henry I and
Stephen of Blois. In 1110 he also became a
baron
Baron is a rank of nobility or title of honour, often Hereditary title, hereditary, in various European countries, either current or historical. The female equivalent is baroness. Typically, the title denotes an aristocrat who ranks higher than ...
, after Henry I granted him the village of
Little Dunmow
Little Dunmow is a village situated in the Uttlesford district, in rural Essex, England, in the vale of the River Chelmer about east-southeast of the town of Great Dunmow. It can be reached from the Dunmow South exit of the A120 by following ...
, in
Essex
Essex ( ) is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in the East of England, and one of the home counties. It is bordered by Cambridgeshire and Suffolk to the north, the North Sea to the east, Kent across the Thames Estuary to the ...
, that was forfeited by its previous owner, William Baynard, in the same year. Robert also became constable of
Baynard’s Castle, a property that was built buy Ralph Baynard, William’s grandfather.
Around 1114, Robert married
Maud de Senlis, daughter of
Sir Simon de Senlis, Earl of Northampton, and
Maud, Countess Huntingdon. They had two children:
Sir Walter FitzRobert (b. c. 1124) and Maud FitzRobert (b. c. 1132). Both a son of Walter (
Robert FitzWalter
Robert FitzwalterAlso spelled Fitzwater, FitzWalter, fitzWalter, etc. (died 9 December 1235) was one of the leaders of the baronial opposition against King John, and one of the twenty-five sureties of Magna Carta. He was feudal baron of Littl ...
) and a son of Maud (
William d’Aubigny) were surety barons of the
Magna Carta
(Medieval Latin for "Great Charter"), sometimes spelled Magna Charta, is a royal charter of rights agreed to by King John of England at Runnymede, near Windsor, on 15 June 1215. First drafted by the Archbishop of Canterbury, Cardin ...
.
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English landowners
De Clare family
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