Sir Roger D'Amorie

Lineage con't.

"Sir Roger D'Amorie was summoned to Parliament as a Baron from 20th Nov., 1317 to 15th May, 1321. This nobleman obtained in 13th Edward II, from the Crown, confirmed by the Parliament, then held at York, the Manors of Sandall, in Yorkshire, Haighton in the county of Oxford, and Faukeshall, in Surrey, as likewise one hundred marks per annum to be paid out of the exchequer. His Lordship was engaged in the wars of Scotland and was Governor at different times of Knaresborough Castle, the Castle of Glouscester and St. Briavel's Castle. He was also the Warden of the forest of Dene. He joined, however, in the confederacy against the Spencers, and enrolling himself under the Banner of Thomas, Earl of Lancaster, marched on Burton-Upon-Trent, and thence to Tutbury Castle, in the county of Stafford, where falling ill, he died in 1322; and was buried in the Priory at Ware, in Hertfordshire. His Lordship m. Elizabeth, third sister and co-heir of Gilbert de Clare, Earl of Gloucester, ( who had been twice previously a widow, first of John de Burgh, Earl of Ulster and secondly of Theobald de Verdon, she was also niece of King Edward II.) By this lady he had issue, two daughters, his co-heirs, viz. Elizabeth, m. to John, Lord Bardolph by whom she had William, Lord Bardolph whose son, Thomas, Lord Bardolph, being attained, the Baronies of Bardolph and Amorie expired in 1404. Eleanor, m. John de Raleigh, progenitor of the celebrated Sir Walter Raleigh. Upon the decease of Lord D'Amorie, orders were given to seize all his lands as an enemy and rebel and to make livery of them to Elizabeth de Burgh, his widow. This lady died the 34th Edward III, leaving, Dugdale says, Elizabeth Lady Bardolph, then about 30 years of age; Nichols calls this Elizabeth the only heir of Roger Lord D'Amorie; as such, she of course inherited the Barony of D'Amorie, and it expired as stated above with that of Bardolph; but Banks mentions the other daughter., who if Sir Walter Raleigh sprang from her , left descendants, among some of whom the Barony of D'Amorie , may yet be in abeyance.

Arms. Barry of six, nebulee, ax. and gu., a blend ax."