39979820. Roger fitz Richard & 39979821. Alice de Vere
1125, Alice born in England, d/o 1512946706. Aubrey de Vere & 1512946707. Alice FitzRichard.
~1135, Roger born in England, s/o 159916240. Richard Fitz Eustace & 159916241. Auberia Lisours.
12/19/1154, Henry II
crowned king of England.
1157, King Henry II invaded Gwynedd; where his was nearly
killed by the forces of Owain at the battle of Ewloe. Eustace fitz John,
constable of Chester [Roger’s grandfather], and Robert de Courcy were slain.
Richard was a member of the retinue of the King.
1157, King Henry granted Warkworth castle, Northumberland, to
Roger.
1/1158 at Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Roger fitz Richard witnessed a
charter of the King to Hubert de Vallibus. (S) Court, Household, and Itinerary
of King Henry II, Eyton, 1878, P33.
1158, Et in donis per breve Regis Rogero filio Ricardi, 58£ 2s.
[32£ 2s in Werch.]
1160, Et in terris datis Rogero filio Ricardi 20£ in burgo Novi
Castelli. Et eidem 32£ 12s in Wercwurda. [Newcastle granted during pleasure.]
(S) Anglo-Norman Studies, 2006, P76.
6/1163, Alice’s 2nd husband, Henry of Essex, the
coward at the battle of Ewloe, forfeited all his lands [and became a monk] in a
trial-by-battle with Robert de Montfort. (S) Gendering the Master Narrative,
Erler, 2003, P86.
Roger, of Clavering, married Alice de Vere.
1166, Roger held Clavering in capite, and Warkworth by one
knight’s fee. (S) Complete Peerage, V2, 1889, P281.
1173, Roger, constable of Newcastle, defended it against a Scot
invasion, but lost the castle at Warkworth. [King Henry’s son were in revolt at
this time.]
7/13/1174, Duncan, earl of Fife, burnt Roger’s castle and town
of Warkworth.
1176, Et in terris datis Roero filio Ricardi 32£ 2s in
Werchwurda.
By 1178, Roger’s father died.
By 4/1178, Roger died holding Warkworth [by fee], Acklington,
Berling and Overbuston, and a fourth of Togston, by the service of one knight.
Bef. 1185, William [de Mandeville], earl of Essex, gave
Adilicia of Essex, his mother’s sister, in free dower, the town of Aincho
[Aynho], over and above those lands that were given her in dower by Roger fitz
Richard, her lord.
1185, Alice of Essex is at the King’s disposal, and is 60 years
old; and is aunt to Earl William (of Essex) and sister to Earl Aubrrey (of
Oxford), and she has two sons, knights, and one daughter [niece] married to
John, constable of Chester. Aynho, which is her manor, and which she holds of
Earl William, is worth £30 a year . (S) Transactions – Essex, 1889, P244.
11/3/1189, Richard I
crowned king of England.
1200, Alice died.
(S) Northumberland Families, V1, 1968, P15. (S) Memoirs Chiefly
Illustrative, V2, 1858, P187-8. (S) Transactions of the Essex Archaeological
Society, 1889, P245.
Family notes:
·
Roger “a valiant knight” and lord and master of
Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
·
Rogerus filius Richard, nepos comitis Hugonis
Bigot, duxit in uxorem Adelizam filiam Adelizae.
