Henry FitzRoger (1318 - 1352)

Born 30 Nov 1318 in Curry Rivel, Somerset, England

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth (Holand) FitzRoger — married before 23 May 1340 in England [uncertain]

Descendants

Died 29 Jan 1352 at age 33 in Chewton, Somerset, England

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Biography

Henry Fitz Roger, Knt., born 30 November 1318 at Curry Rivell, Somerset, was the son and heir of Roger Martel (aka Fitz Peter), of Chewton, Somerset and Joan _____, who was the "probable daughter of Sir Henry de Lorty, Lord Lorty"^[1] (aka de Urtiaco or otherwise del Ortiay).^[2]

He held manors of Chewton, Somerset; Hinton Martell and Broadmayne, Dorset; Glen Magna, Leicestershire; West Kington, Wiltshire; Merston, Sussex^[1] (which he held jointly with his wife Elizabeth); Sturminster Marshall, Dorset, and Selling, Kent.^[2]

Marriage and Children

Henry married before 23 May 1340 to Elizabeth de Holand, daughter of Sir Robert de Holand, 1st Lord Holand and Maud la Zouche.^[1][2] They had three sons:

• Alan,^[1] per his IPM, he was likely born 13 December 1342 and died without issue on 5 May 1361. His heir was his brother Thomas.
• Thomas,^[1] per his IPM, he was likely born 29 September 1344 and died without issue on 28 April 1381. His heir was Elizabeth, daughter of his brother John.
• John, born ca. 1345-1352, died 1370-1372, married Alice ____ and had a daughter, Elizabeth.^[1]

Death

Henry died 29 January 1352,^[3] his widow died 13 July 1387^[2] and they were buried at Chewton Mendip, Somerset.^[1]

Note: Various dates are given in his IPMs including the Sunday before the Purification (29 January 1352), the feast of the Purification last (2 February 1352), 18 February 1352 (sic), and 28 October 1352 (sic). Considering his writ diem clausit extremum was issued in 1 February 1352, the 29 January date has to be the correct one.

Inquisitions Post Mortem: HENRY FITZ ROGER or FITZ ROGGER.^[3]

29 KENT. Writ, 1 February, 26 Edward III.

Inq. taken at Sellynge by Monks’ Hortone, Thursday after St. Gregory, 26 Edward III.

Sellynge. A moiety of the manor held of the king in chief by service of a quarter of a knight’s fee.

He held nothing of others.

He died on 18 February (sic), 26 Edward III. Alan his son, aged 9 1/4 years, is his heir.

WILTS. Inq. taken at Westkyngton, 18 February, 26 Edward III.

Westkyngton. A moiety of the manor held jointly with Elizabeth his wife, who survives, and their heirs of the gift of Maud, late the wife of Robert de Holand, of the king in chief by knight’s service.

He died on Sunday before the Purification last. Heir as above. ^[4]

SUSSEX. Inq. taken at Mershtone, 6 March, 26 Edward III.

Mershtone. The manor held jointly with Elizabeth his wife and their heirs of the gift of Margaret, late the wife of Sir John la Warre, knight, who in her widowhood enfeoffed Sir Henry Fitz Roger, knight, and Elizabeth his wife and the heirs of their bodies of the manor and the advowson of the church, with remainder to Sir Thomas de Holand, knight, and the heirs of his body, and further remainder to the right heirs of the aforesaid Henry. The said manor is held of the heirs of Sir Alan la Sowche of the manor of Trewerre in chief by knight’s service.

Date of death and heir as last above.

LEICESTER. Inq. taken at Leicester, 3 March, 26 Edward III.

Glen Magna. The manor (extent given) held jointly with Elizabeth his wife, who survives, of the gift of lady Margaret, late the wife of John la Warre, knight, who enfeoffed them thereof and the heirs of their bodies, with successive remainders to Thomas de Holand, knight, and the heirs of his body and the right heirs of the said Henry. It is held of Robert de Holand by knight’s service.

He held no other lands &c. in the county.

He died on the feast of the Purification last. Heir as above, aged 8 years and more at Christmas last.

SOMERSET. Inq. taken at Welles, Friday after St. Peter in Cathedra, 26 Edward III.

Chuyton. The manor held jointly with Elizabeth his wife, who survives, to them and their heirs of the king in chief by knight’s service of the gift of Maud, late the wife of Robert de Holonde.

He died on Sunday before the Purification last. Heir as above, aged 9 years on the feast of St. Lucy last.^[5]

DORSET. Inq. taken at Wymbournmynstre, Wednesday before St. Matthias, 26 Edward III.

Stouremynstre Mareschal. 19s. 3 1/8d. yearly rent, a seventh part of the hundred of Hundredesburghe, an eighth part of a carucate of land in the said town of Stouremynstre and 1 1/2a. meadow there held jointly with Elizabeth his wife, who survives, of the king in chief in free socage of the gift of the abovenamed Maud to the said Henry and Elizabeth and their heirs.

Luseburgh. An eighth part of the hundred similarly held of the same gift of the king in chief by knight’s service.

Mapelerton. A moiety of the manor similarly held by the same gift in fee farm of the abbess of Shaftesbury by service of rendering 40s. and 20 quarters of corn.

Date of death as in the last. Heir as above, aged 9 years and more.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6} Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 2nd edition, 4 vols., ed. Kimball G. Everingham, (Salt Lake City, Utah: the author, 2011), vol. I, page 253 BONVILLE 7, Henry FitzRoger, Knt.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3} Weis, Frederick Lewis. Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America Before 1700. (Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2004). Online at Ancestry.com, page 251 with subscription.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} Great Britain. Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem, Vol 10, 26-34 Edward III: 1352-1361. (London, 1921):10-11, IPM of Henry Fitz Roger. HathiTrust.org LINK.
4. ↑ Note: The Feast of the Purification is on February 2, a Thursday in 1352.
5. ↑ Note: The Feast of St. Lucy is on December 13.

• Richardson, Douglas. Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 4 vols., ed. Kimball G. Everingham. 2nd edition. (Salt Lake City, UT: the author, 2011). See also WikiTree's source page for Magna Carta Ancestry.
• Richardson, Douglas. Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 5 vols., ed. Kimball G. Everingham. (Salt Lake City, UT: the author, 2013). See also WikiTree's source page for Royal Ancestry.

See also:

• Great Britain. Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem, Vol. 11, 35-38 Edward III: 1361-1365. (London, 1935):261, IPM of Henry Fitz Roger. Archive.org LINK

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