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Personal data Robert 1st Baron FitzWalter , Sir 

• He was born in the year 1247 in Henham, Bishop's Stortford, Essex, England.Sources 2, 3
• He died on January 18, 1325/1326 in Woodham Walter, Malden, Essex, England, he was 78 years old.Sources 2, 3
• He is buried in Dunmow Priory, Essex, England.
• A child of Walter FitzRobert and Ida de Longespee
• This information was last updated on April 5, 2023.

Household of Robert 1st Baron FitzWalter , Sir

(1) He is married to Devorguilla de Burgh.

They got married at 1st wife.Sources 1, 4

Child(ren):

1. Walter FitzWalter  1275-1293 
2. Christian FitzWalter  ± 1278-< 1315 

(2) He is married to Alianore de Ferrers.

They got married in the year 1289 at 2nd wife, he was 42 years old.Sources 3, 4

Child(ren):

1. Ida FitzWalter  ± 1292-1361
2. Robert 2nd? Baron FitzWalter  < 1300-1328 

(3) He is married to Alice de Montfort.

They got married on May 10, 1308 at 2nd husband 3rd wife, he was 61 years old.

Notes about Robert 1st Baron FitzWalter , Sir

Robert Fitz Walter, 1st Lord (Baron) FitzWalter, so created by writ ofsummons to Parliament 24 June 1295; served in wars against Welsh 1277 and1282 and in France 1286, Gascony 1296-97 and Scotland (present Battle ofFalkirk 22 July 1298 and Siege of Caerlaverock July 1300). [Burke'sPeerage]

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BARONY OF FITZWALTER (I) 1295

SIR ROBERT FITZ WALTER, of Woodharn Walter, Burnham, Roydon, Dunmow,Henham, Wimbish, and Tey, Essex, Shimpling, Suffolk, Diss and Hempnall,Norfolk, son and heir of Sir Walter FITZ ROBERT, of the same (who diedshortly before 10 April 1258), by Ida, daughter of [---]. He was born atHenham in 1247, proved his age in 1268, and was knighted in 1274. On 4July 1275 he had licence to sell Baynard's Castle to the Archbishop ofCanterbury. He was in the Army of Wales in 1277 and 1282. He was presentin Parliament, at Westminster, at Michaelmas 1278, when Alexander, Kingof Scots, did homage to Edward I, and proffered his fealty. In February1280/1 he was about to go to Santiago. On Tuesday in Whitsun week [15May] 1285 he did homage to the King for his lands in Menelly, Trefrew,and St. Ewe, Cornwall, for which he had previously done homage to Edmund,Earl of Cornwall, which homage the Earl had quitclaimed to the King: hehad had livery of these lands, 10 May 1285. He accompanied the King toFrance in May 1286. He had licence to enfeoff the Earl of Cornwall of allhis lands in Devon, 9 February 1289/90. He was appointed Constable ofBere Castle, co. Merioneth, 28 June 1293, and was Constable of HadleighCastle, Essex, in July following. Being about to go to Gascony on theKing's service, he had licence, 24 August 1294, to let to farm, for twoyears, the manors of Diss, Hempnall, Sheering, Shimpling, Tey, Lexden,&c., and, 13 October 1295, licence to enfeoff Richard de Hiwisshc oflands, 11 knights' fees, and the advowson of St. Ewe, Cornwall. He was inGascony in 1296 and 1297, and was at the battle of Falkirk, 22 July 1298.He was appointed Captain and Keeper of the peace in Essex, 12 April 1299.He was at the siege of Carlaverock in July 1300, and on the King'sservice in Scotland in 1303 and 1306. He was summoned for MilitaryService from 12 December 1276 to 1 May 1325, to the Coronation, 18January 1307/8, to Councils from 8 January 1308/9 to 20 February 1324/5,and to Parliament from 4 June 1295 to 10 October 1325, by writs directedRoberto fillo Walteri, whereby he is held to have become LORD FITZWALTER.As Robertus filius Walteri dominus de Wodeham, he took part in theBarons' Letter to the Pope, 12 February 1300/1. On 9 October 1306 he hada pardon for all debts to the King. In April 1310 he was about to go toJerusalem, with Alice, his wife, and was again going on pilgrimage beyondseas in February 1316/7. On 1 March 1317/8, before going beyond seas, hehad licence to demise at farm, for five years, his manors of Burnham,Woodham, Roydon, Henham, and Tey, to whomsoever he wished. In June 1320he was about to go beyond seas with the King, and, 6 August 1320, wasexempted from further military service. On 17 January 1325/6, the daybefore his death, he had licence to enfeoff Robert, his son, of themanors of Lexden and Roydon.

He married, 1stly, Dervorgville, 1st daughter and coheir of Sir John DEBURGH, of Wakerley, Northhants, Portslade, Sussex, Walkern, Herts, &c.,by Cecily, daughter, and in her issue coheir, of Sir John DE BALLIOL,King of Scotland [1292-6], of Barnard Castle, co. Durham, and Bywell,Northumberland. On 25 May 1280 the King took his homage, and he and hiswife had livery of her purparty of her father's lands, viz., the manor ofHallingbury and Lexden, Essex, and Walkern, Herts. She, who was aged 24or 25 in 1280, died in 1284, and was buried in Dunmow Priory. He married,2ndly, in 1289, in the King's Chapel at Westminster, Alianore daughter ofSir Robert DE FERRERS, of Chartley, co. Stafford, sometime Earl OF DERBY,by his 2nd wife, Alianore, daughter of Sir Humphrey DE BOHUN ofKimbolton, Hunts, Walden and Debden, Essex, &c. By charter, dated atWestminster, Thursday the Feast of the Purification 2 February 1289/90,he released to the King lands and rents, worth £200 a year, in Burnhamand Roydon, and, 11 March following, the King granted the premises to himand Alianore, his wife, and the heirs of their bodies. Alianore wasburied in Dunmow Priory. He married, 3rdly (grant of her marriage, 10 May1308), Alice, widow of Sir Warin DE ISLE, of Campton, Beds, Nedging,Suffolk, Rampton, co. Cambridge, &c. (who died shortly before 7 December1296), daughter of Sir Piers de Montfort, of Beaudsert, co. Warwick. On 1September 1312 he had licence to convey the manor of Little Dunmow tohimself and Alice, his wife, and the heirs of their bodies, withremainder to his right heirs and, 6 October. 1315, licence to convey themanor of Wimbish in the same terms. He died 18 January 1325/6. [CompletePeerage V:472-474, 14:326, (transcribed by Dave Utzinger)]

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