Robert II de Vaux of Pentney also known as Robert de Vallibus, Lord of Pentney, was a prominent 12th-century noble. He succeeded to the lands in

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and

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in England, held by his father

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which had been received from Roger Bigod after the

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. Robert was the founder of the

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Pentney Priory Pentney Priory was an Augustinian priory at Pentney in the district of King's Lynn and West Norfolk, Norfolk, England. The ruins of the priory, mostly comprising the flint-built gatehouse, are Grade I listed. The Priory was founded c.1130 by Ro ...

, dedicated to the Holy Trinity, St Mary and St Magdalene, which he established c.1130, for the souls of Agnes his wife and their children. He was succeeded by his eldest son William.

Marriage and issue

He married Agnes, daughter of Ranulf Fitz Walter and Matilda de Lanquetot, they are known to have had the following issue: *William de Vaux *Oliver de Vaux *Henry de Vaux

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