Roger (Somery) de Somery (1255 - 1291)

Born 24 Jun 1255 in Rowley Regis, Staffordshire, England

Ancestors

Descendants

Died 11 Oct 1291 at age 36 in Dudley Castle, Staffordshire, England

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Sir Roger II Somery was a member of the aristocracy in British Isles.

Biography

Father: Sir Roger de Somery b. c 1208, d. c 26 Aug 1273

Mother: Anabel Chaucomb b. c 1210, d. c 16 Dec 1282

By Anabel Chaucombe, his second wife, Roger de Somery had issue a son who succeeded to the estates of his father in cos. Stafford, Bucks^[1]

Sir Roger de Somery, Baron Dudley was born on 24 June 1255 at of Dudley in Sedgley, Handsworth, King's Swinford, Meer in Forton, & Rowley Regis, Staffordshire, England; Age 18 in 1255.^[2]

Marriage and Children

Sir Roger de Somery, Baron Dudley married Agnes; They had 2 sons (Roger; & Sir John, Lord Somery) & 2 daughters (Joan, wife of Thomas Botetourt; & Margaret, wife of John de Sutton).^[3]

Agnes d. 23 Nov 1308

1. Sir John de Somery, Lord Somery b. 2 Mar 1280, d. 1 Jul 1322
2. Roger
3. Margaret de Somery b. c 1290, d. bt 1328 - 1337
4. Joane de Somery b. c 1292, d. c 12 Feb 1338

Death and Burial

He died on 11 October 1291 at of Staffordshire, England, at age 36; Buried at Dudley Priory.^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ Farnham, p.148, accessed 2014-05-14, amb
2. ↑ Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, p. 137
3. ↑ Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. IV, p. 149-150.
4. ↑ Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. IV, p. 673-674

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