Roger Damory, Lord d'Amory, Baron d'Amory in Ireland, (d. bef. 14 March 1321/1322) was a nobleman and Constable of
Corfe Castle.
He was the younger son of Sir Robert D'Amory, Knight, of
Bucknell and Woodperry,
Oxfordshire
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. Sir Roger also possessed in his own right the manors of
Bletchington and
Holton, Oxfordshire,
Standon in
Hertfordshire
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,
Caythorpe in
Lincolnshire
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, and
Knaresborough and
St. Briavels' castles.
He fought at the
Battle of Bannockburn where he provided "good services", following which he was granted the manors of
Sandal,
Yorkshire
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and
Vauxhall
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From the Victorian period until the mid-20th century, Va ...
,
Surrey
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, in 1317.
He was summoned to Parliament on 20 November 1317, and again in the 11th (1318), 12th (1319), 13th (1320), and 14th (1321) years of the reign of King
Edward II, whereby he is held to have become Lord d'Amory.
He had been a favourite of King
Edward II of England
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until he was displaced by
Hugh Despenser the Younger. D'Amory took an active part in the
Despenser War in 1321–1322 and was one of the principals in this affair. He captured
Gloucester
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, burnt
Bridgnorth
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, was at the siege of
Tickhill and the
battle at Burton-on-Trent. As a result, his lands were confiscated and orders were issued for his arrest. Retreating before the King's forces, being either sick or wounded he was left behind at
Tutbury Castle,
Staffordshire
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, where he was captured on 11 March 1322 (1321/1322). He was quickly tried and condemned to death. It appears, however, that his illness beat the executioner as he died there "of illness" two days later, and was buried at St. Mary's,
Ware, Hertfordshire.
He married shortly before 3 May 1317
Elizabeth de Clare, being her third husband. They had two children:
* Elizabeth d'Amory (died before her husband) who married
John Bardolf, 3rd Lord Bardolf (1311–1363) and was mother to
William 4th Lord Bardolf (1349–1386).
* Eleanor (1319-1360) who married John de Raleigh (b. circa 1315) c. 1338. From this lineage descended Sir Walter Raleigh.
References
Bibliography
*
Lodge, John,
Keeper of the Rolls, &c., ''The Peerage of Ireland'', Dublin, 1789, p. 124.
* Banks, Sir T.C., Bt., ''Baronia Anglica Concentrata; or Baronies in Fee'', London, 1844, p. 176.
*
* Waters, Robert, BA., Barrister of the Inner Temple, ''Genealogical Memoirs of the Extinct Family of Chester of Chicheley'' &c., London, 1878, vol.1, p. 140.
*
* Weis, Fredk., Lewis, ''et al.'', ''The Magna Charta Sureties 1215'', 5th edition,
Baltimore
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, 2002, p. 49.
* Richardson, Douglas, ''Plantagenet Ancestry'', Baltimore, Md., 2004, p. 167.
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