Robert (Vaux) de Vaux (abt. 1120 - abt. 1194)

Ancestors

Biography

Robert succeeded his father Hubert to the Barony of Irthington in Cumberland, England; the date according to the Battle Abbey Roll for this was 1164. ^[1]

The Barony bordered Northumberland and Scotland, both of which were troublesome neighbours during Robert's life. ^[1]

The Barony had been in the possession of Gil, son of Bueth in Saxon times, and his son, another Gil, attempted to recover it soon after Robert succeeded. One version of the following tales is that Robert slew Gil to remove the opposition. ^[1]

Robert founded the Priory of Lanercost in Cumberland in about 1169. ^[2]. The Battle Abbey Roll argues, plausibly, that one of his motivations for this was to serve penance for his treatment of Gil. ^[1]

He was Sheriff of Cumberland in 1177 ^[3]. At the same time he was Governor of Carlisle when the city was beseiged by King William of Scotland ^[4]

In 1178, he was one of the witnesses to the treaty negotiated by Henry II which resolved the differences between the KIngs of Castille and Navarre. ^[5]

He married Ada de Engaine, but any issue they had died before him ^[2], and on his death in about 1195, ^[6]he was succeeded by his brother Ranulf

Note

The name Vaux or de Vaux, and sometimes de Vals, comes from the Norman French for flowing waters or valleys. There may well be more than one Valley from which different persons of that name may have originated. De Vallibus is the medieval Latin for the name.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3} The Battle Abbey Roll by The Duchess of Cleveland John Murray, London in 1889 at https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/The_Battle_Abbey_Roll/yV8JAAAAIAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&pg=PA294&printsec=frontcover (Accessed March 18 2021)
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Dugdale, William, Sir, 1605-1686. The baronage of England, or, An historical account of the lives and most memorable actions of our English nobility in the Saxons time to the Norman conquest, and from thence, of those who had their rise before the end of King Henry the Third's reign deduced from publick records, antient historians, and other authorities. 1675 Page 525 at https://quod.lib.umich.edu/e/eebo/A36794.0001.001/1:6.175?rgn=div2;view=fulltext (Accessed March 18 2021)
3. ↑ Pipe Roll 21 H▪ 2. Carleol. cited in Dugdale Ibid
4. ↑ The Annals of Roger de Hoveden (Roger de Howden), (died in 1202) translated by Henry T Riley Published by HG Bohn London 1853 Page 450 at https://archive.org/details/annalsofrogerdeh01hoveuoft/page/450/mode/2up
5. ↑ The Annals of Roger de Hoveden Ibid Page 401
6. ↑ *Wikipedia contributors, "Robert de Vaux, Sheriff of Cumberland," Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Robert_de_Vaux,_Sheriff_of_Cumberland&oldid=997862097 (accessed January 5, 2021).

See Also:

• British History online: Burgh by Sands
• Keats-Rohan, Domesday Descendants, p.756-757
• Sanders, English Baronies, p.123