Roger de Pitres (also called Roger de Pistri) (d. bef. 1083), a

Norman Norman or Normans may refer to: Ethnic and cultural identity * The Normans, a people partly descended from Norse Vikings who settled in the territory of Normandy in France in the 10th and 11th centuries ** People or things connected with the Norm ...

, was the Sheriff of Gloucester under

William the Conqueror William I; ang, WillelmI (Bates ''William the Conqueror'' p. 33– 9 September 1087), usually known as William the Conqueror and sometimes William the Bastard, was the first House of Normandy, Norman List of English monarchs#House of Norman ...

and constable of

Gloucester Castle Gloucester Castle was a Norman-era royal castle situated in the city of Gloucester in Gloucestershire, England. It was demolished in 1787 and replaced by Gloucester Prison. Early Norman motte and bailey castle It was probably constructed ...

Life

Roger's origins are confirmed in his territorial appellation, de Pitres; he was a Norman from

Pîtres Pîtres (; medieval Pistres) is a commune in the Eure department in Normandy in north-western France. It lies on the Seine. History Historically, it had a bridge to prevent Vikings from sailing up the river to Paris. It was here that King Char ...

, Eure,

canton of Pont-de-l'Arche Canton of Pont-de-l'Arche is a canton of the Arrondissement of Les Andelys in the Eure department of France. Communes At the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015, the canton was expanded from 10 to 21 communes (2 of w ...

.K.S.B. Keats-Rohan, ''Domesday People: A Prosopography of Persons Occurring in English Documents, 1066–1166'', Vol. I (Woodbridge: The Boydell Press, 1999), p. 451 He followed William the Conqueror to England in 1066.M. Charpillon, ''Dictionnaire historique de toutes les communes du departement de l'Eure'', Vol. II (Delcroix, Libraire-Editeur, 1879), p. 636 Roger was an adherent of

William FitzOsbern William FitzOsbern, 1st Earl of Hereford, Lord of Breteuil ( 1011 – 22 February 1071), was a relative and close counsellor of William the Conqueror and one of the great magnates of early Norman England. FitzOsbern was created Earl of Hereford ...

and owed much of his landed wealth to this association.David Walker, 'the Honours of the Earls of Hereford in the Twelfth Century', ''Transactions of the Bristol and Gloucestershire Archaeological Society'', Vol. 79 (1960), p. 178 After the death of Earl William in 1071, Roger was more closely associated with the crown. He was sheriff of Gloucester from 1071W.A. Morris, 'The Office of Sheriff in the Early Norman Period', ''The English Historical Review'', Vol. 33, No. 130 (Apr., 1918), p. 154 note 2 and constable of Gloucester castle, which he constructed.David Walker, 'Gloucester and Gloucestershire in Domesday Book', ''Transactions of the Bristol and Gloucestershire Archaeological Society'', Vol. 94 (1976), p. 112 Members of his family succeeded him in these hereditary offices.Roger's successors as Sheriffs of Gloucester and constable were his brother

Durand of Gloucester Durand of Gloucester (d. circa 1096) was Sheriff of Gloucestershire in 1086 and was one of the tenants-in-chief of King William the Conqueror in Gloucestershire and elsewhere, with a total of 63 holding listed in the Domesday Book of 1086. Biogra ...

(d. 1096), who in turn was succeeded by Roger's son

Walter of Gloucester Walter of Gloucester (also Walter FitzRoger or Walter de Pitres) (d. ) was an early Anglo-Norman official of the King of England during the early years of the Norman conquest of the South Welsh Marches. He was a sheriff of Gloucester and also a ...

, and his grandson,

Miles of Gloucester, 1st Earl of Hereford Miles FitzWalter of Gloucester, 1st Earl of Hereford (died 24 December 1143) (''alias'' Miles of GloucesterSanders, I.J. English Baronies: A Study of their Origin and Descent 1086-1327, Oxford, 1960, p.7) was a great magnate based in the west of ...

who succeeded his father Walter before 1126. See: David Walker, 'Miles of Gloucester, Earl of Hereford', ''Transactions of the Bristol and Gloucestershire Archaeological Society'', Vol. 77 (1958), pp. 67-68. His brother

(d. 1096) succeeded him as sheriff by 1083. Both Roger de Pitres and his brother Durand were buried at St. Peter's Abbey in Gloucester.

Family

Roger's wife was named Adeliza and together they had: *

, subsequently Sheriff of Gloucester''The Medieval English Sheriff to 1300''
by William Alfred Morris; page 50. * Herbert, of whom little is known other than he predeceased his brother Walter.

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References

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