Robert Fitz Richard

Robert Fitz Richard (1064–1136) was an Anglo-Norman feudal baron of Little Dunmow, Essex and constable of Baynard's Castle in the City of London. His feudal barony, the caput of which was at Little Dunmow in Essex, was granted to him by the king after it had been forfeited in 1110 by William Baynard, whose grandfather Ralph Baynard was the first holder and the builder of Baynard's Castle in the City of London. ^[1][2]

He was steward under King Henry I(1100-1135)^[3] and under King Stephen(1135-1154).^[4]

Family

He was the son of Sir Richard Fitz Gilbert, Lord of Clare and Tonbridge (c. 1030–1091) and Rohese Giffard, (b. c. 1034), daughter of Sir Walter Giffard, Lord of Longueville,^[5] and Agnes Flatel.^[6]

He married (c. 1114), Maud de St. Liz, daughter of Sir Simon de St Liz, Earl of Northampton, and Maud de Huntingdon.

Children were:

• Sir Walter Fitz Robert, (b. c. 1124).
• Maud Fitz Robert, (b. c. 1132), Essex, who married (c. 1146, William d'Aubigny, son of Sir William d'Aubigny, Lord of Belvoir, and Cecily Bigod.

References

1. ^ Sanders, I.J. English Baronies, Oxford, 1960. pp.129-130, Little Dunmow
2. ^ Domesday Survey .
3. ^ Lee, Sidney (1908). The Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press. p. 219. 
4. ^ Amt, Emilie (1993). The Accession of Henry II in England: Royal Government Restored, 1149–1159. Boydell & Brewer. p. 66. ISBN 0851153488. 
5. ^ Sir Walter Giffard, Lord of Longueville was a companion of William the Conqueror. Butler, Edward (1997). The Descendants of Thomas Pincerna, Progenitor of the Butler Family. E.F. Butler with assistance by GenPub. p. 570. 
6. ^ Agnes Flatel was the daughter of Girard Flatel. Butler, Edward (1997). The Descendants of Thomas Pincerna, Progenitor of the Butler Family. E.F. Butler with assistance by GenPub. p. 570.