Robert (Clavering) FitzRoger (abt. 1247 - bef. 1310)

Born about 1247 in England [uncertain]

Ancestors

Husband of Margery (Zouche) Fitz Roger — married about 1265 in England [uncertain]

Descendants

Died before 29 Apr 1310 before about age 63 in Clavering, Saffron Walden, Essex, England [uncertain]

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Biography

Robert Fitz Roger, Knt.^[1][2]

Parents: son and heir of Roger Fitz John^[3] (or de Balliol) and Isabel of Dunbar, "daughter of Patrick, 6th Earl of Dunbar, by Euphame, daughter of William de Brus.^[1][2]

Born: "about 1247 (aged 1 1/2 in 1249, and came of age at Martinmas 1268)",^[1][2] at Clavering, Essex, England^{[citation needed]} or Warkworth Castle, Alnwick, Northumberland, England^[4]

Married: in 1265 Margery la Zouche,^[3] daughter of Alan la Zouche, Knt., and Ellen, daughter and co-heiress of Roger de Quincy, Knt.^[1][2][5]

Children (seven sons and two daughters)^[1][2]

• John Fitz Robert, Knt., Lord Clavering, married Hawise de Tibetot and had issue;^[1] he was born ca. 1266, died 1331/2^[2]
• Alexander de Clavering, Knt., married Joan de Burgh;^[1] he died before 1319^[2]
• Roger de Clavering, married Beatrice ______;^[1] died 1306^[2]
• Alan de Clavering, Knt., of Callaley, married Isabel Ryddell;^[1] he was born ca. 1279, died before 1327/8.^[2]
• Robert,^[1][2] father of Isabel, m John Mawtby^[6]
• Master Henry de Clavering, clerk^[1] was living in 1313/4^[2]
• Edmund de Clavering,^[2] chaplain^[1]
• Euphame de Clavering, married Ranulph de Neville, of Ashby, Lincolnshire^[1][2]
• Ellen de Clavering, married John d'Engaine;^[1] they had no issue and she died in 1339^[2]

Died: shortly before 29 April 1310^[1][2] at Clavering, Saffron Walden, Essex, England.^[4] Writ for IPM dated 29 April 1310.^[3]

Occupation

"He was summoned to Parliament from 2 Nov. 1295 to 26 October 1309, by writs directed Roberto filio Rogeri, whereby he is held to have become Lord Fitz Roger."^[1][2][3]

Military

• King's Lieutenant in Northumberland^[2]
• Summoned to serve against the Welsh in 1277, 1282 and 1283^[2]
• Summoned to serve against the Scots in 1291 and frequently until 1309^[2]
• Summoned to serve in Gascony in 1294^[2]
• Battle of Stirling: Taken prisoner at that battle, 11 September 1297^[1][2][7]
• Battle of Falkirk (22 July 1298): "This feudal lord [Robert fitz Roger] became eventually so eminent in the Scottish wars of King Edward I, particularly in the battle of Falkirk, and other memorable conflicts, that he was summoned as "Robert Fitz-Roger" to parliament as a Baron, from 2 November, 1295, to 16 June (4th Edward II), 1311, and subsequently assisted with his son, John, who assumed, by the king's appointment, the surname of Clavering, at the celebrated siege of Caerlaverock."^[8] Note: Richardson and Cokayne do not mention his participation in this battle.
• Siege of Caerlaverock Castle: Present at the siege "with his son John in 1300"^[1][2][3]

Property

• Warkworth, Corbridge, Newton on the Moor, Rothbury, and Whalton, Northumberland, Clavering, Essex, Horsford, Norfolk, etc.^[1][2]
• Heir in 1263 to his cousin, Stephen de Cressy, by which he inherited the barony of Blythburgh, Suffolk.^[1][2]

Seal

"A beautiful seal attached to a document dated 1276 and preserved at Paris shows us Robert fitz Roger with a fan-crested helmet mounted on a horse with plain housings but also adorned with a fan-crest." | Read more...

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 1.15 1.16 1.17 1.18 1.19} Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 5 vols., ed. Kimball G. Everingham (Salt Lake City, Utah: the author, 2013), Vol II, pp 221-225, CLAVERING #5., #6. Robert Fitz Roger, Knt., #7.
2. ↑ ^{2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11 2.12 2.13 2.14 2.15 2.16 2.17 2.18 2.19 2.20 2.21 2.22 2.23} Douglas Richardson, 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, vol. I, pages 489-492 CLAVERING 3, Robert Fitz Roger.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4} Cokayne, George Edward and Vicary Gibbs ed. Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Vol. III: Canonteign - Cutts, 2nd edition. (London, 1913). Online at Archive.org page 274: Robert Fitz Roger.
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} Robert FitzRoger, 1st Baron Clavering, Rootsweb online database posted by Jim Weber (accessed 1 May 2018). Citation for birth and death locations: Frederick Lewis Weis, Magna Charta Sureties 1215, additions by Walter Lee Sheppard Jr, 5th Edition, 1999 (page 44-3) . Additional citation for death location: G. E Cokayne, Complete Peerage of England Scotland Ireland Great Britain and the United Kingdom (Sutton Publishing Ltd, 2000, Page: III:274-5)
5. ↑ ^{[citation needed]} for location of marriage given in datafields: Clavering, Essex, England
6. ↑ Jim Weber's online Rootsweb tree, Robert de Clavering, of Burgh (born c1275)
7. ↑ The category is "Battle of Stirling Bridge", citing Wikipedia, which gives the date of the battle as 11 September 1297 (Richardson did not include "Bridge" in naming the battle).
8. ↑ From the biography for Robert FitzRoger, 1st Baron Clavering in the Rootsweb online database posted by Jim Weber (accessed 1 May 2018), apparently from Sir Bernard Burke's Dormant and Extinct Peerages (Burke's Peerage, Ltd., London, 1883, p. 121): Clavering, Barons Clavering

• 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.
• Sanders, Early English Baronies, p. 150.

See also:

• Robert FitzRoger of Warkworth, and Randolph Neville, entries in the database Medieval Lands: A prosopography of medieval European noble and royal families by Charles Cawley © Foundation for Medieval Genealogy, 2000-2018.
• Weis, Frederick Lewis, Th.D., The Magna Carta Sureties, 1215. 5th Edition. (Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1999). Available at Amazon.com.
• Lewis, Marlyn. Robert FitzRoger, 5th Baron Warkworth entry in "Our Royal, Titled, Noble, and Commoner Ancestors and Cousins" website, accessed 1 May 2018.
• Burke, J. & Burke, J.B. The Royal Families of England, Scotland, and Wales, with Their Descendants, Sovereigns and Subjects, (pp.lxxxi). Churchton. Google Books.

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This profile was re-reviewed and approved for the Magna Carta Project on 12 Apr 2020 by Thiessen-117.

Robert Fitz Roger is the grandson of Magna Carta Surety Baron John Fitz Robert. His profile appears in trails badged by the Magna Carta Project to FitzRobert from the following Gateway Ancestors:

• Charles Barnes to John FitzRobert, badged in December 2021 See the trail HERE.
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• Edward Digges: badged after Jun 2015. See the trail HERE.
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• Elizabeth Haynes: badged in January 2022. See trail HERE.
• Warham Horsmanden: badged May 2020. See the trail HERE.
• Levis Gateways (Samuel, Hannah, Sarah): badged in February 2020. The trail can be seen HERE (see Need).
• Nelson Gateways (John and Margaret): badged in 2015 and 2016 and needs re-review. See the trail HERE.
• Robert Peyton, through his mother: trail was badged in 2015 and can be seen HERE.
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Robert (Clavering) FitzRoger also appears in unbadged trails (needing work) to the following Gateways:

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