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Personal data Robert I de Tregoz , of Ewyas, Sir Knight 

• He was born before 1169 in Lydiard Tregoze, Cricklade,Wiltshire, England.Source 3
• He died before April 29, 1215 in Ewyas Harold, Herefordshire, England.Sources 2, 3
• A child of William de Tregoz
• This information was last updated on April 5, 2023.

Household of Robert I de Tregoz , of Ewyas, Sir Knight

He is married to Sibyl Heiress de Ewyas.

They got married about 1198 at 1st husband.Sources 2, 3

Child(ren):

1. Robert II de Tregoz  < 1205-1265 
2. Lucy de Tregoz  1210-1294 

Notes about Robert I de Tregoz , of Ewyas, Sir Knight

TREGOZ (of Ewyas Harold)

Observations.-There can be little doubt that the families of Tregoz,centred in East Anglia and south-east England in the 12th century, wererelated, and it is very probable that the Tregoz lords of Ewyas Harold,co. Hereford, were also connected with these families. The name comesfrom Troisgots: Manche, arr. St. Lô, cant. Tessy-sur-Vire [CompletePeerage XII/2:16].

ROBERT DE TREGOZ was probably the son of William DE TREGOZ (who owed theservice of 1½ knights in the Cotentin in 1172), and may also have beenthe man of that name who was a partisan of the young King Henry (eldestson of Henry II) in 1173 and attested his charters in 1175. Robert wasactive in Normandy during the reigns of Richard I and John. He was withthe King there in 1190 and during the years 1194-99, being called theKing's Steward in 1194; and was bailiff of the Cotentin in 1195 and 1197,and under John. An agreement made between King Richard and the Count ofFlanders in 1197 was witnessed by Robert, who in 1200 was at thedetermination of the bounds between Evreux and Neufbourg after the peacebetween King John and Philip Augustus. During the years 1200-04 he waswarden of the castles of Gavray, Neaufle and Similly, and custodian ofthe lands of Simon Pevilene; and in November 1204 he went on royalbusiness to Flanders. He remained faithful to the English Crown after1204, and his escheated lands in Trégots, Favarches and St. Romphairewere granted by Philip Augustus to Miles de Lévis, November 1218. Robertwent to the continent on royal business with William Marshal, Earl ofPembroke, in the spring of 1205. He was also active in England, holdingmany offices during the reign of Richard I. The castle of Salisbury wasin his care, 1190-94, and again in 1198 and 1199; he was keeper of theroyal houses at Clarendon, 1190-93, and sheriff of Wiltshire in 1191. Hefarmed Gastard, in Corsham, Wilts, 1191-94, was granted money fromWarminster in 1193, and farmed the lands of Geoffrey Hose in Wilts,1197-1200. He also farmed Bristol, 1196-99. Robert answered for the landsof Alan de Hairun in 1200, was granted estates, in payment of the King'sdebts to him, at Pencombe, co. Hereford, in 1205, and in the followingyear he received the manor of Chelworth, Sornerset.

He married, possibly in 1198, Sibyl, daughter and heir of Robert deEwyas, lord of Ewyas Harold, co. Hereford, by Pernel (Petronilla), hiswife (living 28 October 1204.) He died some time before 29 April 1215.Sibyl married, 2ndly, before 13 February 1216/7, Roger, son of Walter DECLIFFORD, of Clifford Castle, co. Hereford. She died shortly before 1July 1236. [Complete Peerage XII/2:17-8, (transcribed by Dave Utzinger)]

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The following is excerpted from a post to SGM, 26 Apr 1998, by DaveUtzinger:
Note: Dave's source has Robert son of William, son of "Le Sire deTregoz", but I have Robert son of William, son of William, son of "LeSire de Tregoz".

From: UTZ ((XXXXX@XXXX.XXX))
Subject: TREGOZE, part 3
Newsgroups: soc.genealogy.medieval
Date: 1998/04/26

SIR ROBERT DE TREGOZE, second son, was, though such, the great man of thefamily, and founded its most important branch; and this because heacquired immense wealth by his marriage. He took to wife Sibilla,daughter and heiress of Robert de Ewyas, Lord Ewyas, of Harold Ewyas, inHerefordshire; and in 9th Ric. I. (Easter Term) had a suit with Hermenusde Braton for the advowson of Braton church in Norfolk, part of her vastinheritance. But it appears, that though duly married, a strange contestarose in the 11th John regarding her; when, in Easter Term, William deNewmarket was summoned to show by what right be claimed to wife her whowas Robert Tregoz's wife ; for it appears that Richard I had given her toTregoz in marriage. Whereupon Newmarket came and said that he had marriedher in the time of Richard the First by gift of Robert de Ewyas herfather. It is very certain, however, that Tregoz had sufficient power toretain the heiress; for in 13th John, Michaelmas Term, we find "Robert deTregoze and Sibilla his wife" impleading Ralph de St. Maur for land inBren, in Somersetshire, the right of the said Sibilla and in Trin. Term,14th John, they had recovered the said lands against St. Maur. ThisSibilla de Ewyas brought immense domains, including the castle of EwyasHarold in Herefordshire, into the Tregoze family.

Meanwhile Sir Robert de Tregoze was High Sheriff of Wilts 3rd Ric. I.;and in three years after was engaged in the expedition made intoNormandy. In Ist John (1200), he gave the King 200 marks in silver tohave granted to him the wardship of the heir and lands of Geoffry Hose;and in 7th John (1206), on collecting the scutage of that King's reign,answered thirty eight marks for nineteen knight's fees belonging to thehonour of Robert de Ewyas his father in law. He also held one knight'sfee in Irchingfield ; but died about the year 1212.

Sibilla, his wife, survived him, and in 1214 married, secondly, Roger deClifford, for which marriage that nobleman gave the King 1000?. Roger deClifford died 1231-2, in the lifetime of his elder brother Walter deClifford, having had by the said Sibilla a son, Roger de Clifford, aBaron famous for his extraordinary experience in military affairs,ancestor of the Lords de Clifrord. Sibilla herself was dead in 1236, andby Tregoze, her former husband, had two sons and a daughter. [TheTopographer and Genealogist, Volume II, 1853]

From: UTZ (UTZ AT aol.com)
Subject: TREGOZE, part 3
Newsgroups: soc.genealogy.medieval
Date: 1998/04/26

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