Roger de Newburgh (b. 1135-1192) was an Anglo-Norman

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and son of

Robert de Neubourg Robert I de Neubourg (died 1159) was an Anglo-Norman aristocrat. He was the fourth son of Henry de Beaumont, 1st Earl of Warwick, and inherited his father's Normandy lands, holding Neubourg (today Le Neubourg, near Louviers, Eure) from Waleran ...

. Roger de Newburgh settled in

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, where he inherited from his father the manor of Winfrith and extensive estates. In 1172, de Newburgh and wife Matilda (whom he married in 1170), founded the

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monastery Bindon Abbey in Dorset which they endowed with lands. The Abbey contains the remains of ten generations of the de Newburgh family. Roger de Newburgh died about 1192 and was buried in Bindon Abbey. Roger's son and heir was Robert II de Newburgh.

References

* Edward T. Beaumont, J.P. The Beaumonts in History. A.D. 850-1850. Oxford. {{DEFAULTSORT:de Newburgh, Roger 1135 births 1192 deaths Anglo-Normans

Roger Roger is a masculine given name, and a surname. The given name is derived from the Old French personal names ' and '. These names are of Germanic languages">Germanic origin, derived from the elements ', ''χrōþi'' ("fame", "renown", "honour") ...