Roger Damory, Lord d'Amory, Baron d'Amory in Ireland, (d. bef. 14 March 1321/1322) was a nobleman and Constable of

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. Roger Damory
/ref> He was the younger son of Sir Robert D'Amory, Knight, of Bucknell and Woodperry,

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. Sir Roger also possessed in his own right the manors of Bletchington and

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, Standon in

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, Caythorpe in

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, and

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and St. Briavels' Castles. He fought at the

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where he provided "good services", following which he was granted the manors of

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and

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, in 1317. He was summoned to parliament on 20 November 1317, and in the 11th (1318), 12th (1319), 13th (1320) and 14th (1321) years of the reign of King

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, whereby he is held to have become Lord d'Amory. He had been a favourite of King

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until he was displaced by

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. D'Amory took an active part in the

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in 1321–1322 and was one of the principals in this affair. He captured

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, burnt

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, was at the siege of

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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

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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,

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. He married shortly before 3 May 1317

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, being her third husband. They had one child: * Elizabeth d'Amory (died before her husband) who married John Bardolf, 3rd Lord Bardolf (1311–1363) and was mother to

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(1349–1386).

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, &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,

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, 2002, p. 49. * Richardson, Douglas, ''Plantagenet Ancestry'', Baltimore, Md., 2004, p. 167. {{DEFAULTSORT:d'Amory, Roger 1320s deaths 13th-century English people 14th-century English people Barons in the Peerage of England British and English royal favourites People from Oxfordshire Year of birth unknown People from Dorset