Robert fitzRoger (1247–1310), Lord of Warkworth, Clavering and Eure, was an English baron. He was a son of

Roger FitzJohn Roger FitzJohn (died 1248/1249) was an English feudal baron, Lord of Clavering, Warkworth and Horsford. He was the son of John FitzRobert and Ada de Baillol. Marriage and issue He married Isabel de Dunbar, daughter of Patrick Dunbar, 6th Earl ...

and Isabel de Dunbar. FitzRoger fought in the wars in Wales, Gascony and Scotland.

Life

FitzRoger was the son of Roger fitzJohn, who held

Warkworth Castle Warkworth Castle is a ruined medieval castle in Warkworth in the English county of Northumberland. The village and castle occupy a loop of the River Coquet, less than a mile from England's north-east coast. When the castle was founded is unce ...

and was lord of Warkworth, Clavering and Eure.Burke, p.238. Roger died in 1249, leaving his son in infancy. FitzRoger was placed into the guardianship of

William de Valence {{Infobox noble, name=William de Valence, christening_date=, noble family=, house-type=, father=Hugh X of Lusignan, mother=Isabella of Angoulême, birth_name=, birth_date=, birth_place=, christening_place=, styles=, death_date=13 June 1296, death_ ...

, although FitzRoger's grandmother Ada de Baillol, offered to buy the wardship of her grandson. In the right of his mother, FitzRoger obtained the barony of

Blythburgh Blythburgh is a village and civil parish in the East Suffolk district of the English county of Suffolk. It is west of Southwold and south-east of Halesworth and lies on the River Blyth. The A12 road runs through the village which is split e ...

, Suffolk. A distinguished soldier, FitzRoger fought in wars in Wales in 1277, 1282 and 1283, the wars against Scotland in 1291 until 1309 and in Gascony in 1294. He was summoned to the English Parliament of 1295 as Lord FitzRoger. During the

battle of Stirling Bridge The Battle of Stirling Bridge ( gd, Blàr Drochaid Shruighlea) was a battle of the First War of Scottish Independence. On 11 September 1297, the forces of Andrew Moray and William Wallace defeated the combined English forces of John de Warenne ...

in 1297, fitzRoger was captured. He was a joint Captain of the Scotch Marches from November 1297. FitzRoger fought with his son John at the battle of

Falkirk Falkirk ( gd, An Eaglais Bhreac, sco, Fawkirk) is a large town in the Central Lowlands of Scotland, historically within the county of Stirlingshire. It lies in the Forth Valley, northwest of Edinburgh and northeast of Glasgow. Falkirk had a ...

in 1298 and the

siege of Caerlaverock Caerlaverock Castle is a moated triangular castle first built in the 13th century. It is located on the southern coast of Scotland, south of Dumfries, on the edge of the Caerlaverock National Nature Reserve. Caerlaverock was a stronghold of th ...

in 1300. FitzRoger signed the

Barons' Letter of 1301 The Barons' Letter of 1301 was written by seven English earls and 96 English barons to Pope Boniface VIII as a repudiation of his claim of feudal overlordship of Scotland (expressed in the Bull Scimus Fili), and as a defence of the rights of Ki ...

. He conducted a foray with John de Segrave from Berwick in 1302, and fought at the battle of Methven in 1306. He died in 1310.

Marriage and issue

FitzRoger married Margaret de la Zouch, the daughter of Alan de la Zouche and Ellen de Quincy and had the following known issue: *

John de Clavering John de Clavering (died 1332), Lord of Clavering, was an English noble. Life John was the eldest son of Robert fitzRoger and Margaret de la Zouch. He fought with his father at the Battle of Falkirk in 1298 and the Siege of Caerlaverock in 130 ...

(died 1332), married Hawise de Tybetot, had issue. *Euphemia de Clavering (died 1329), married

Ranulph Neville, 1st Baron Neville Ranulph Neville, 1st Baron Neville (18 October 1262 – c. 18 April 1331) of Raby Castle, County Durham, was an English nobleman and head of the powerful Neville family. Origins He was the eldest son of Robert de Neville (who predeceased his ow ...

. *Elizabeth de Clavering, married John De Mauteby, had issue. *Robert de Clavering *Alexander de Clavering, married Joan de Burgh, with no legitimate issue. *Henry de Clavering *Roger de Clavering, married Beatrice of unknown parentage, had issue. *Allan de Callaly, married Isabella Riddell, had issue. *Edmund de Clavering *Ellen de Clavering, married John Engaine, with no legitimate issue.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:FitzRoger, Robert (died 1310) 1247 births 1310 deaths 13th-century English nobility 13th-century soldiers English feudal barons People from Warkworth, Northumberland