Roger d'Abetot (sometimes Roger of Abitôt
[Hollister ''Henry I'' p. 225]) was a medieval English
Sheriff of Worcestershire.
Roger was the son of
Urse d'Abetot, his predecessor as sheriff.
[ He also held the custody of ]Worcester Castle
Worcester Castle was a Norman fortification built between 1068 and 1069 in Worcester, England by Urse d'Abetot on behalf of William the Conqueror. The castle had a motte-and-bailey design and was located on the south side of the old Anglo-Saxon ...
, another office he inherited from his father.[ He may also have been a constable in Henry I's household, as his father had been.][Cronne and Johnson "Introduction" ''Regesta Regum Anglo-Normannorum'' p. xvi] Along with the offices, Roger also inherited the feudal barony of Salwarpe in Worcestershire
Worcestershire ( , ; written abbreviation: Worcs) is a county in the West Midlands of England. The area that is now Worcestershire was absorbed into the unified Kingdom of England in 927, at which time it was constituted as a county (see His ...
.[Sanders ''English Baronies'' pp. 75–76] He was banished from England in around 1110[ or in 1114 by King ]Henry I Henry I may refer to:
876–1366
* Henry I the Fowler, King of Germany (876–936)
* Henry I, Duke of Bavaria (died 955)
* Henry I of Austria, Margrave of Austria (died 1018)
* Henry I of France (1008–1060)
* Henry I the Long, Margrave of the No ...
, and lost his office because of this.[Keats-Rohan ''Domesday People'' p. 439] His lands were also forfeit.[Green ''Aristocracy of Norman England'' pp. 282–283] According to the medieval writer William of Malmesbury, Henry exiled him because Roger ordered that a royal official be killed.[
The office passed to Osbert d'Abetot, who may have been Roger's uncle, before eventually ending up with Roger's brother-in-law Walter de Beauchamp.][Round]
Abetot, Urse d' (c.1040–1108)
''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography''
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Normans in England
High Sheriffs of Worcestershire