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'''Richard FitzRoy''' (c. 1190 – June 1246) was feudal Baron of [[Chilham]], [[Kent]], and the illegitimate son of King [[John of England]]. His mother, John's cousin, was Adela, a daughter of [[Hamelin de Warenne]] and [[Isabel de Warenne, 4th Countess of Surrey]].
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|birth_date = c. 1190
|death_date = June 1246
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|mother = Adela de Warenne
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'''Richard FitzRoy''' (c. 1190 – June 1246) (''alias'' '''Richard de Chilham''' and '''Richard de Dover'''<ref name=Sanders>Sanders, I.J. ''English Baronies: A Study of their Origin and Descent 1086–1327'', Oxford, 1960, p. 111, note 5</ref>) was the illegitimate son of King [[John of England]] and was [[English feudal barony|feudal baron]] of [[Chilham]],<ref name=Sanders/> in [[Kent]]. His mother was Adela de Warenne, his father's first cousin and a daughter of [[Hamelin de Warenne]] by his wife [[ de Warenne, 4th Countess of Surrey]].
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He served in his father's army as a captain during the baronial revolt. In 1216 he was made constable of [[Wallingford Castle]]. The following year he took a prominent part in a naval battle off the Kent coast.


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Richard served in his father's army as a captain during the baronial revolt. In 1216 he was made constable of [[Wallingford Castle]]. The following year he took a prominent part in a [[Battle of Sandwich (1217)|naval battle off the Kent coast]].
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He had [[scutage]] for [[Poitou]] in 1214. By right of his wife he became Lord of [[Chingford]], Little Wyham and Great Wenden, all in [[Essex]], and [[Lesnes Abbey|Lesnes]], [[Kent]], and [[Lutton, Northamptonshire|Lutton]], [[Northamptonshire]]. However in 1229 their manor of Chingford Earls was temporarily in the hands of a creditor, Robert de Winchester. In 1242 they leased the [[advowson]] of Chingford to William of York, [[Provost of Beverley Minster|Provost of Beverley]].


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Richard had [[scutage]] for [[Poitou]] in 1214. By right of his wife he became Lord of [[Chingford]], Little Wyham and Great Wenden, all in [[Essex]], and [[Lesnes Abbey|Lesnes]], [[Kent]], and [[Lutton, Northamptonshire|Lutton]], [[Northamptonshire]].<ref>https://archive.org/stream/victoriahistoryo02adki#page/584/mode/2up Victoria County History of Northamptonshire: Lutton</ref> However, in 1229 their manor of Chingford Earls was temporarily in the hands of a creditor, Robert de Winchester. In 1242 they leased the [[advowson]] of Chingford to William of York, [[Provost of Beverley Minster|Provost of Beverley]].
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Before 11 May 1214, he married [[Rohese de Dover]], daughter and heiress of [[Fulbert de Dover]] by his spouse Isabel, daughter of [[William Brewer (justice)|William Briwere]]. Their children were:


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Before 11 May 1214, Richard married [[Rohese de Dover]], daughter and heiress of [[Fulbert de Dover]] by his spouse Isabel, daughter of [[William Brewer (justice)|William Briwere]]. Their children were:
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# Richard de Dover, feudal baron of Chilham, married [[Matilda, 6th Countess of Angus]]
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# Isabella, married 1247 Sir [[Maurice de Berkeley]] of Berkeley, Gloucestershire.
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# Lorette, married 1248 Sir [[Baron Marmion|William Marmion, 2nd Baron Marmion of Winteringham]] and of Tanfield, Yorkshire.


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# Richard de Dover,{{sfn|Turner|1929}}{{sfn|Cassidy|2011}}{{sfn|Richardson|2011|p=35}} feudal baron of Chilham, married [[Matilda, 6th Countess of Angus]]
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Richard FitzRoy's widow remarried, between 1250 and 1253, William de Wilton (killed at the [[Battle of Lewes]]), a prominent Justice. She died shortly before 11 February 1261, when there was a grant of her lands and heirs to [[Eleanor of Provence|Queen Eleanor]] of [[Provence]].
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# Isabella,{{sfn|Turner|1929}}{{sfn|Cassidy|2011}}{{sfn|Richardson|2011|p=35}} married 1247 Sir [[Maurice de Berkeley]] of Berkeley, Gloucestershire.
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# Lorette (d. bef. 1265),{{sfn|Turner|1929}}{{sfn|Cassidy|2011}}{{sfn|Richardson|2011|p=35}} married 1248 Sir [[Baron Marmion#Baron Marmion of Winteringham|William Marmion, 2nd Baron Marmion of Winteringham]] and of [[West Tanfield|Tanfield]], Yorkshire.

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Richard's widow remarried, between 1250 and 1253, William de Wilton (killed at the [[Battle of Lewes]]), a prominent justice. She died shortly before 11 February 1261, when there was a grant of her lands and heirs to the Queen, [[Eleanor of Provence]]. Rohese's heart was buried at [[Lesnes Abbey]].{{sfn|Cassidy|2011}}


==References==
==References==
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==Bibliography==
* {{cite journal |title = Rose of Dover (d.1261), Richard of Chilham and an Inheritance in Kent |first = Richard |last = Cassidy |journal = Archaeologia Cantiana |volume = 131 |year = 2011 |url = http://www.kentarchaeology.org.uk/Research/Pub/ArchCant/131-2011/Arch%20Cant%20131-14.pdf |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150913154940/http://www.kentarchaeology.org.uk/Research/Pub/ArchCant/131-2011/Arch%20Cant%20131-14.pdf |archive-date = 2015-09-13 }}
* Given-Wilson & Curteis. ''The Royal Bastards of Medieval England'', 1995
* Given-Wilson & Curteis. ''The Royal Bastards of Medieval England'', 1995
* Oxford University Press, ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'', 2004
* Richardson, Douglas, ''Plantagenet Ancestry'', [[Baltimore]], 2004, p.&nbsp;48, ISBN 0-8063-1750-7
*{{cite book |last=Richardson |first=Douglas |title=Plantagenet Ancestry: A Study In Colonial And Medieval Families |volume=1 |edition=2nd |year=2011 |isbn=9781461045137 |editor-first=Kimball G. |editor-last=Everingham |location=Salt Lake City, Utah |series=Royal Ancestry Series |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kjme027UeagC}}
* {{cite journal | title=Notes for Richard fitz Roy| first=G.J.| last=Turner| journal=The Genealogist| volume=XXII| year=1929}}


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Latest revision as of 12:30, 20 September 2024

Richard FitzRoy [1]
Bornc. 1190
DiedJune 1246
SpouseRohese de Dover
IssueRichard
Isabella
Lorette
HousePlantagenet
FatherKing John of England
MotherAdela de Warenne

Richard FitzRoy (c. 1190 – June 1246) (alias Richard de Chilham and Richard de Dover[2]) was the illegitimate son of King John of England and was feudal baron of Chilham,[2] in Kent. His mother was Adela de Warenne, his father's first cousin and a daughter of Hamelin de Warenne by his wife de Warenne, 4th Countess of Surrey.

Richard served in his father's army as a captain during the baronial revolt. In 1216 he was made constable of Wallingford Castle. The following year he took a prominent part in a naval battle off the Kent coast.

Richard had scutage for Poitou in 1214. By right of his wife he became Lord of Chingford, Little Wyham and Great Wenden, all in Essex, and Lesnes, Kent, and Lutton, Northamptonshire.[3] However, in 1229 their manor of Chingford Earls was temporarily in the hands of a creditor, Robert de Winchester. In 1242 they leased the advowson of Chingford to William of York, Provost of Beverley.

Before 11 May 1214, Richard married Rohese de Dover, daughter and heiress of Fulbert de Dover by his spouse Isabel, daughter of William Briwere. Their children were:

  1. Richard de Dover,[4][5][6] feudal baron of Chilham, married Matilda, 6th Countess of Angus
  2. Isabella,[4][5][6] married 1247 Sir Maurice de Berkeley of Berkeley, Gloucestershire.
  3. Lorette (d. bef. 1265),[4][5][6] married 1248 Sir William Marmion, 2nd Baron Marmion of Winteringham and of Tanfield, Yorkshire.

Richard's widow remarried, between 1250 and 1253, William de Wilton (killed at the Battle of Lewes), a prominent justice. She died shortly before 11 February 1261, when there was a grant of her lands and heirs to the Queen, Eleanor of Provence. Rohese's heart was buried at Lesnes Abbey.[5]

References

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  1. ^ Rolls of Arms Henry III, London: Harleian Society, 1967
  2. ^ a b Sanders, I.J. English Baronies: A Study of their Origin and Descent 1086–1327, Oxford, 1960, p. 111, note 5
  3. ^ https://archive.org/stream/victoriahistoryo02adki#page/584/mode/2up Victoria County History of Northamptonshire: Lutton
  4. ^ a b c Turner 1929.
  5. ^ a b c d Cassidy 2011.
  6. ^ a b c Richardson 2011, p. 35.

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