Robert Stockport (1199 - bef. 1249)

Born 1199 in Stockport, Cheshire, England

Ancestors

Husband of Rose (Venables) Bamvile — married before 1227 in Cheshire, England

Descendants

Died before 27 Mar 1249 before age 50 in Cheshire, England

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Biography

Sir Robert Stockport was a member of the aristocracy in England.

Robert de Stokepord^[1]

1st Baron of Stockport^[2] Kt,

Robert was living in the reign of Richard I (1189-1199)^[3]

Robert was the son of Robert of Stokeport^{[4] [5]}

Ranulf (III), earl of Chester, confirmed Marple and Wybersley as Robert's heritage, at Macclesfield; Barraclough says Robert's father died in 1205 or 1206 and dates the confirmation charter to 1206,^[4] however, Earwaker dates this charter of earl Randle Blundeville to 1220:^[5]

Randle, Earl of Chester, to his Constable and Shield-bearer, and to the Justices, Sheriffs, Barons, Bailiffs, and all his men, sendeth greeting. Be it known unto you that I have conceded and regranted, and by this my charter have confirmed to Robert, the son of Robert de Stokeport, all his right and inheritance in Merpel and Wibreslegh, with all that appertains to them in wood and in open land, in meadows and pastures, in ways and hedges, in waters and marshes, and in everything to these lands belonging ; and also the land which Walter held of the aforesaid Robert [de Stokeport] in Upton and one burgage in Macclesfeld. To have and to hold by the said Robert and his heirs, of me and my heirs in fee and inheritance, freely and quietly and fully by Forest service for all service, saving to me and my heirs all aeries of hawks, sparrow-hawks, and falcons, and the hunting in the woods belonging to the said lands. And the aforesaid Robert, and his heirs and their men, shall have everything necessary to themselves in the aforesaid woods except the wasting and destruction of my forest. These being witnesses : — Philip de Orreby, Robert Pait [sic Patric], Thomas Despencer, Warine de Vernon, Roger de Mesnilwarin, Peter the clerk, Richard Phitun, David de Malpas, Herbert de Orreby, Jordan de Bredbury, John Phitun, Richard de Davenport, Roger de Dounes, William de Stanlega, Richard de Sutton, and many others.

Robert was the sister of Margery:

Know all, as well those present as those to come, that I, Robertus de Stokeport, have granted and conceded, and by this my present charter have confirmed, to Willielmus de Vernon, and Margeria, his wife, for his homage and service, as the right and inheritance of the aforesaid Margeria, my sister, all the land of "Marpel et Wibereslee," with all the appurtenances, in wood and plain, in waters and pastures, and in all other places and liberties, — viz., within these boundaries, as I ascend from Hiderlektop in Mersee to Guit, and from Guit to Wibberlektop, and from Wibberlektop to the highway, and as I descend from the highway to Kartelacke, and from Kartelacke to Huiderlektop, and from Huiderlektop to Mersee. To have and to hold to him and his heirs of me and my heirs, free and quit of all services and exactions, by finding one forester in the forest of my lord, the Earl of Chester, — viz., Maklesfeld; saving for my lord, the Earl of Chester, the right of hunting with hawks, falcons, and sparrow-hawks. Hiis testibus, Philippo de Orrebi tunc Justiciario Cestrie, Hugone Disp(ensar)y, Rogero de Meinewaring, Willielmo de Venables, Ricardo Phitum, Jord. de Bredburi, Benedicto de Wurth, Rogero de Dunes, et multis aliis.^[6]

Robert married Rose.^[7]

Robert and Rose had children:^[7]

1. Sir Robert Stockport,^[7] Robert was of full age before 27 March, 1249;^[1] and
2. Margaret, who was the wife of William Vernon, during the time that William Ouresby was Justiciar of Cheshire;^[7]

^[8]

According to Vincent's Pedigrees, Robert died in the 23rd Henry III, 1239.

He passed away about 1239 or 1249^[9]

After she was widowed by the death of Sir Robert, Rose married Alexander de Bamvile.^[7]

An Inquisition regarding Robert de Stokepord, taken at Chester, on the Saturday after the Annunciation, 32 Henry III, which was 27 March, 1248, found Robert held lands in Chester; Robert his son of full age, was his heir, and his father was in the wardship of Ranulph sometime earl of Chester, because Sir Hamon de Mascy, of whom he held by knight's service, was in the earl's ward. Robert held:^[1]

• Merpel and Wibbersleg of the king in chief by serjeanty, viz forestry, and Sir Richard de Vernon holds of him, doing forester's service to the king.
• Stokepord and Mottrum, held of Sir H Dispenser by 10s yearly;
• Echelis, held of Sir Hamon de Mascy by service of ½ knight's fee;
• Bredbury and Bruninton, held of Sir Hamon de Mascy by service of finding him a man and a pack-horse and sack for carrying his armour in time of war at Hamon's cost;
• Poninton and Wideforde, held of Richard — by 20s rent;
• Hattirsleg', held of Sir Thomas de Burgo, by finding him one suitor at his court of —;
• Northbury, Torkinton, Wichinton, and a moiety of Merton, held of Sir Walkelin de Arderne by service of 3 parts of one knight;
• Bosedon, held of Sir Geoffry de Bucton by service of 1/8 of one knight;
• Sharston, a moity, and one bovate in — town held of Sir Walkelin de Arderne by ½s rent.

On 4 May, 32 Henry III [1248], the king took the homage of Robert of Stockport, son and heir of Robert of Stockport, for all lands and tenements which the aforesaid Robert held of the king in chief and which fall to the same by hereditary right. Order to Thomas of Stamford and his co-escheator in the county of Lancaster that, having accepted security from the aforesaid Robert for 34s. 10d. for his relief, they are to cause the aforesaid Robert, the son, to have full seisin of all the lands and tenements that the aforesaid Robert held of the king in chief and of which he was seised as of fee on the day he died. The same day an order was issued to the justice of Chester to take security from Robert of Stockport for relief for the sergeanty that he held of the king in Macclesfield.^[10]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem and other Analogous Documents Preserved in the Public Record Office, Volume I, Henry III, ed. J E E S Sharp and A E Stamp, (London: His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1904), 30-1, e-book Internet Archive (https://archive.org/details/cu31924011387796/page/n89/mode/1up : accessed 9 May, 2022). Abstract No 125 Robert de Stokepord.
2. ↑ Bagshaw, 1850
3. ↑ Source: #S297 page: 334 Page: https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=yale.39002088543211;view=1up;seq=386 Accessed 23 Apr., 2018
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} Geoffrey Barraclough, ed, "The Charters of the Anglo- Norman Earls of Chester, c. 1071-1237", The Record Society of Lancashire and Cheshire, Vol CXXVI, (1988), 342-43. e-book Internet Archive (https://archive.org/details/Chartersoftheearlsofchester/page/342/mode/1up : accessed 18 July, 2022). Charter 341.
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1} John Parsons Earwaker, East Cheshire: Past and Present; or, A History of the Hundred of Macclesfield, in the County Palatine of Chester. From Original Records, 2 Volumes, (London: The Author, 1880), II:48-49. e-Book HathiTrust (https://hdl.handle.net/2027/yale.39002088543229?urlappend=%3Bseq=78 : accessed : 18 July, 2022).
6. ↑ A D Weld French, County Records of the Surnames of Francus, Franceis, French, in England: A.D. 1100-1350, (Boston, Self-published, 1896), 29-30, e-book Internet Archive (https://archive.org/details/countyrecordsofs00frenrich/page/29/mode/1up : accessed 20 May, 2022
7. ↑ ^{7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4} John Paul Rylands, ed., The Visitation of Cheshire in the Year 1580 Made by Robert Glover, Somerset Herald, for William Flower, Norroy King of Arms, with Numerous Additions and Continuations, Including Those from the Visitation of Cheshire Made in the Year 1566, by the Same Herald. With an Appendix, Containing the Visitation of a Part of Cheshire in the Year 1533, made by William Fellows, Lancaster Herald, for Thomas Benolte, Clarenceux King of Arms. And a Fragment of the Visitation of the City of Chester in the Year 1591, Made by Thomas Chaloner, Deputy to the Office of Arms, (London: Harleian Society, XVIII, 1882), 241, e-book Internet Archive (https://archive.org/details/visitationofches00glov/page/241/mode/1up : accessed 8 May, 2022). Pedigree: Warren de Pointon, Baron of Stockport.
8. ↑ Source: #S297 page:337 Page: https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=yale.39002088543211;view=1up;seq=389 Sir Robert de Stokeport left a widow, Roesia Accessed 11 Aug., 2018
9. ↑ Source: #S297 page:337 Page: https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=yale.39002088543211;view=1up;seq=389
10. ↑ Calendar of the Fine Rolls of the Reign of Henry III [CFR] 1247–48, ed. P. Dryburgh and B. Hartland, technical ed. A. Ciula and J.M. Vieira, Henry III Fine Rolls Project's website, no 328-9, (https://finerollshenry3.org.uk/content/calendar/roll_045.html#it328_006 : accessed 9 May, 2022).

See also:

• Source: S297East Cheshire: past and present; or, A history of the hundred ...Author: J.P. Earwaker Original Publisher: Author, London 1887-1880 Publisher: Hathi Trust Digital Library
• page 161: The Durbeck ancestry : at the fifth generation level
• http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=jweber&id=I15928
• Bagshaw, S. (1850). History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Shropshire: Comprising a General Survey of the County, with a Variety of Historical, Statistical Topographical, Commercial, and Agricultural Information, (pp.266). Shropshire. Google eBook.
• Earwaker, J.P.(1867). East Cheshire: Past and Present, pp. 333-337. N.p.