Sir Robert de Moreby

The elder son of William de Moreby, Lord of the Manor of Stillingfleet. He served in Edward II's Scottish wars 1310-1320 under Lord Grey de Hotherfield. In 1318 he married Margaret, widow of Lord John Grey and youngest daughter of William de Oddinfsells of Marstock, Warwicks. From 1321-23 he was a keeper of Breocknock castle, andheld the King's commission to defend the Welsh border against rebels. Knighted in 1322, he was with Queen Isabella's train in France in the following year. In 1328 he was surveyor of the Queen's household at Berwick-on-Tweed, and was given charge of the castle and honor of Knaresborough in 1329, sitting on the commission of the peace in the West Riding. He was returned as knight of the shire for Oxfordshire in the Parliament of 1330, and sat again in 1331, this time as one of the two Yorkshire representatives. After this service, he retired to Moreby and was granted life exemption from being required to serve on assizes and juries, or being made a civic official. His last appearance in public records is in 1335, when he was appointed to arm and array the men of Oxfordshire and Berkshire according to their station. he left a son and heir, William, born c.1324