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'''Roger de Valognes''' (died c. 1141-42) was an [[Anglo-Normans|Anglo-Norman]] nobleman who held lands around [[Benington, Hertfordshire|Benington]] in [[Hertfordshire]]. |
'''Roger de Valognes''' (died c. 1141-42) was an [[Anglo-Normans|Anglo-Norman]] nobleman who held lands around [[Benington, Hertfordshire|Benington]] in [[Hertfordshire]]. |
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==Early life== |
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Roger was the son of [[Peter de Valognes]] and Albreada de Rie.<ref name=DD759>Keats-Rohan ''Domesday Descendants'' p. 759</ref> Peter was a [[tenant-in-chief]] in ''[[Domesday Book]]'' with lands in [[East Anglia]].<ref name=DP322>Keats-Rohan ''Domesday People'' p. 322</ref> Roger had a brother William, and two sisters.<ref name=DP322/> |
Roger was the son of [[Peter de Valognes]] and Albreada de Rie.<ref name=DD759>Keats-Rohan ''Domesday Descendants'' p. 759</ref> Peter was a [[tenant-in-chief]] in ''[[Domesday Book]]'' with lands in [[East Anglia]].<ref name=DP322>Keats-Rohan ''Domesday People'' p. 322</ref> Roger had a brother William, and two sisters.<ref name=DP322/> |
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==During Stephen's reign== |
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Roger succeeded to his father's estates near Bennington after 1109,<ref name=Sanders12>Sanders ''English Baronies'' p. 12</ref> the lands which is generally considered to be a [[English feudal barony|barony]]. He appears on documents connected with Stephen's first Easter court held in 1136, where Roger is listed along with the other barons supporting Stephen's succession to the throne.<ref name=King59>King ''King Stephen'' pp. 59–60</ref> Roger built a [[Benington Castle|stone castle]] with a keep at Benington during [[The Anarchy]]. |
Roger succeeded to his father's estates near Bennington after 1109,<ref name=Sanders12>Sanders ''English Baronies'' p. 12</ref> the lands which is generally considered to be a [[English feudal barony|barony]]. He appears on documents connected with Stephen's first Easter court held in 1136, where Roger is listed along with the other barons supporting Stephen's succession to the throne.<ref name=King59>King ''King Stephen'' pp. 59–60</ref> Roger built a [[Benington Castle|stone castle]] with a keep at Benington during [[The Anarchy]]. |
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Roger issued a confirmation [[charter]] to [[Binham Priory]],<ref name=Aris378>Green ''Aristocracy of Norman England'' pp. 378–379</ref> founded by his father,<ref name=DP322/> that is slightly unusual in that it mentions a "decree that where there is no son the daughters divide their father's land by the spindles, nor can the elder take from the younger half of the inheritance by violence or injury".<ref name=QAris378>Quoted in Green ''Aristocracy of Norman England'' p. 378</ref> This charter was discussed by [[William Stubbs]], who dated the charter to shortly before 1141. Later historians have attempted to discover which king issued the decree, with general consensus deciding on King [[Henry I of England]]. The historian [[Pauline Stafford]] has related this decree to Henry's attempts to have his daughter [[Empress Matilda|Matilda]] succeed him on the throne of England, and sees this charter as recording this important step taken by the king towards that goal.<ref name=Aris378/> A further unusual feature of this charter is that it mentions the negotiations that took place prior to the issuing of the charter, in this case, where [[Theobald of Bec]] persuaded Roger to be more generous than he had originally intended with the grant.<ref name=Hudson158>Hudson ''Land, Law, and Lordship'' p. 158</ref> |
Roger issued a confirmation [[charter]] to [[Binham Priory]],<ref name=Aris378>Green ''Aristocracy of Norman England'' pp. 378–379</ref> founded by his father,<ref name=DP322/> that is slightly unusual in that it mentions a "decree that where there is no son the daughters divide their father's land by the spindles, nor can the elder take from the younger half of the inheritance by violence or injury".<ref name=QAris378>Quoted in Green ''Aristocracy of Norman England'' p. 378</ref> This charter was discussed by [[William Stubbs]], who dated the charter to shortly before 1141. Later historians have attempted to discover which king issued the decree, with general consensus deciding on King [[Henry I of England]]. The historian [[Pauline Stafford]] has related this decree to Henry's attempts to have his daughter [[Empress Matilda|Matilda]] succeed him on the throne of England, and sees this charter as recording this important step taken by the king towards that goal.<ref name=Aris378/> A further unusual feature of this charter is that it mentions the negotiations that took place prior to the issuing of the charter, in this case, where [[Theobald of Bec]] persuaded Roger to be more generous than he had originally intended with the grant.<ref name=Hudson158>Hudson ''Land, Law, and Lordship'' p. 158</ref> |
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==Death and legacy== |
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Roger died around 1141 or 1142.<ref name=DD759/> His heir to his lands was first his eldest son Peter, who died without children in 1158.<ref name=DD758>Keats-Rohan ''Domesday Descendants'' p. 758</ref> The lands then passed to Roger's second son Robert. The third son, Philip de Valognes, became the first hereditary [[Lord Chamberlain of Scotland|chamberlain]] of Scotland, an office that remained in his family.<ref name=DD759/> |
Roger died around 1141 or 1142.<ref name=DD759/> His heir to his lands was first his eldest son Peter, who died without children in 1158.<ref name=DD758>Keats-Rohan ''Domesday Descendants'' p. 758</ref> The lands then passed to Roger's second son Robert. The third son, Philip de Valognes, became the first hereditary [[Lord Chamberlain of Scotland|chamberlain]] of Scotland, an office that remained in his family.<ref name=DD759/> |
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Revision as of 01:54, 3 February 2022
Roger de Valognes (died c. 1141-42) was an Anglo-Norman nobleman who held lands around Benington in Hertfordshire.
Early life
Roger was the son of Peter de Valognes and Albreada de Rie.[1] Peter was a tenant-in-chief in Domesday Book with lands in East Anglia.[2] Roger had a brother William, and two sisters.[2]
During Stephen's reign
Roger succeeded to his father's estates near Bennington after 1109,[3] the lands which is generally considered to be a barony. He appears on documents connected with Stephen's first Easter court held in 1136, where Roger is listed along with the other barons supporting Stephen's succession to the throne.[4] Roger built a stone castle with a keep at Benington during The Anarchy.
Roger issued a confirmation charter to Binham Priory,[5] founded by his father,[2] that is slightly unusual in that it mentions a "decree that where there is no son the daughters divide their father's land by the spindles, nor can the elder take from the younger half of the inheritance by violence or injury".[6] This charter was discussed by William Stubbs, who dated the charter to shortly before 1141. Later historians have attempted to discover which king issued the decree, with general consensus deciding on King Henry I of England. The historian Pauline Stafford has related this decree to Henry's attempts to have his daughter Matilda succeed him on the throne of England, and sees this charter as recording this important step taken by the king towards that goal.[5] A further unusual feature of this charter is that it mentions the negotiations that took place prior to the issuing of the charter, in this case, where Theobald of Bec persuaded Roger to be more generous than he had originally intended with the grant.[7]
Death and legacy
Roger died around 1141 or 1142.[1] His heir to his lands was first his eldest son Peter, who died without children in 1158.[8] The lands then passed to Roger's second son Robert. The third son, Philip de Valognes, became the first hereditary chamberlain of Scotland, an office that remained in his family.[1]
Marriage and issue
Roger married Agnes, a sister of Pain fitzJohn and daughter of John fitzRichard and are known to have had the following children:
- Peter, Lord of Benington (died 1158), married Gundrada de Warenne, daughter of Reginald de Warenne and Alice de Wormegay.[9] Died without legitimate heirs.
- Robert de Valognes, Lord of Benington (died 1184), married Hawise, had issue.
- Geoffrey, Lord of Burton, Sutton and Great Saling (died 1169), married Emma de Bulmer, daughter of Bertram de Bulmer and Emma Fossard, without issue.
- Roger, Lord of Kilbride. Died without legitimate heirs.
- Philip, Lord of Ringwood, Panmure and Benvie (died 1215),[1] became chamberlain of Scotland in 1165, had issue.
- John, became a priest.
- Cecily, married Henry of Essex, had issue.[10]
Citations
- ^ a b c d Keats-Rohan Domesday Descendants p. 759
- ^ a b c Keats-Rohan Domesday People p. 322
- ^ Sanders English Baronies p. 12
- ^ King King Stephen pp. 59–60
- ^ a b Green Aristocracy of Norman England pp. 378–379
- ^ Quoted in Green Aristocracy of Norman England p. 378
- ^ Hudson Land, Law, and Lordship p. 158
- ^ Keats-Rohan Domesday Descendants p. 758
- ^ Keats-Rohan Domesday Descendants pp. 777-778.
- ^ G. E. Cokayne, The Complete Peerage, vol. 10, pp. 199-207
References
- Green, Judith A. (1997). The Aristocracy of Norman England. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-52465-2.
- Hudson, John (1994). Land, Law, and Lordship in Anglo-Norman England. Oxford, UK: Clarendon Press. ISBN 0-19-820688-7.
- Keats-Rohan, K. S. B. (1999). Domesday Descendants: A Prosopography of Persons Occurring in English Documents, 1066–1166: Pipe Rolls to Cartae Baronum. Ipswich, UK: Boydell Press. ISBN 0-85115-863-3.
- Keats-Rohan, K. S. B. (1999). Domesday People: A Prosopography of Persons Occurring in English Documents, 1066–1166: Domesday Book. Ipswich, UK: Boydell Press. ISBN 0-85115-722-X.
- King, Edmund (2010). King Stephen. The English Monarchs Series. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press. ISBN 978-0-300-11223-8.
- Sanders, I. J. (1960). English Baronies: A Study of Their Origin and Descent 1086–1327. Oxford, UK: Clarendon Press. OCLC 931660.