Roger la Warr, 3rd Baron De La Warr (1326–1370),{{Cite book , last=Weis , first=Frederick Lewis , title=Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America before 1700, 8th Edition , publisher=Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. , year=2008 , isbn=978-0-8063-1752-6 , location=Baltimore, MD , pages=27 was an English nobleman. He was born on 30 November 1326, son of John la Warre, Knt. (d. 24 June 1331), and Margaret de Holland (d. Aug. 1349). His maternal grandfather was Sir Robert de Holand, 1st Lord Holand. His paternal grandfather was John la Warre (d. 1331), son of John, Baron de la Warre (d. 9 May 1347), and Joan de Grelle, daughter of Sir Thomas Grelle.

Biography

Roger was the eldest son of John la Warr, Master of Warr and Margaret de Holand. He fought in the

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in France, where he fought at the

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in 1356 and took a share in the capture of King

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. Roger was also involved in the siege of Calais in 1346-1347 and the

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in 1349.{{sfn, Froissart, 1844, pp=192–195 He died in 1370 while in

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and was succeeded by his eldest son John.

Marriage and issue

He married firstly Elizabeth,{{sfn, Burke, 1854, p=281 daughter of Adam de Welles, 3rd Baron Welles and Margaret Bardolf. They had the following known issue: *John la Warr, 4th Baron De La Warr, died without issue. *

Thomas la Warr, 5th Baron De La Warr Thomas la Warr, 5th Baron De La Warr (c. 1352 – 7 May 1427) was an English nobleman, the second son of Roger la Warr, 3rd Baron De La Warr and Elizabeth de Welle, daughter of Adam, 3rd Baron Welles. Intended for the church, in 1363, De La ...

, died without issue. He married thirdly, before 23 July 1358, Eleanor de Mowbray (d. bef. 18 June 1387),{{sfn, Burke, 1854, p=281 daughter of

John de Mowbray, 3rd Baron Mowbray John (II) de Mowbray, 3rd Baron Mowbray (29 November 1310 – 4 October 1361) was the only son of John de Mowbray, 2nd Baron Mowbray, by his first wife, Aline de Brewes, daughter of William de Braose, 2nd Baron Braose. He was born in Hovingham, ...

and

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. They had the following known issue: *Joan la Warr (d. 24 April 1404), married secondly in May 1384,

Thomas West, 1st Baron West Thomas West, 1st Baron West (1365 – 19 April 1405) was an English nobleman and member of parliament. Biography He was the only son of Sir Thomas West (1321–3 September 1386) of Hempston Cauntelow in Devon (named after its lords the Cantilu ...

(1365-1405), had issue; she had also married Lewis Clifford of Princes Risborough. In his will of 1368, he mentions younger sons Edward and John and a daughter Katherine.

Citations

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References

*Burke, John Bernard. ''A Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire.'' Sixteenth edition. Hurst and Blackett, 1854. *{{cite book , last=Froissart , first=John , year=1844, oclc=91958290, title=The Chronicles of England, France and Spain , url=https://archive.org/stream/chroniclesofengl01froi1#page/n11/mode/2up , location=London , publisher=William Smith {{s-start {{s-reg, en {{s-bef, before= John la Warr {{s-ttl, title=

Baron De La Warr Earl De La Warr ( ) is a title in the Peerage of Great Britain. It was created in 1761 for John West, 7th Baron De La Warr. The Earl holds the subsidiary titles of Viscount Cantelupe (1761) in the Peerage of Great Britain, Baron De La Warr ...

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