Sir Roger La Zouche

http://www.martinrealm.org/genealogy/zouche.htm

http://www.armidalesoftware.com/issue/full/Thaler_545_main.html#N10

Roger la Zouche of Petersfield and Maple Durham (died 1238), was the second son of Alan de Porhoët (c1136-1190) Alice de Belmeis, daughter of Philip de Belmeis of Tong and Ashby and his wife Maud, one of the Meschines family of Chester.

He was Sheriff of Devonshire. King John gave him a number of manors confiscated from the Mandeville family. He married Margaret (died p1220) and had four children: (1) Alan, see below; (2) Eon, see below under Haryngworth; (3) William, whose daughter Joyce married Robert de Mortimer of Richard's Castle; their descendants much later adopted the Zouche name, see below under Mortimer; and (4) Alice, married in 1250 Sir William de Harcourt of Stanton Harcourt.

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Notes: for his fidelity to King John, had a grant from that monarch of the manors of Petersfield and Maple Durham, co. Southampton, part of the lands of Geoffrey De Mandeville, one of the rebellious barons then in arms. In the next reign he was Sheriff of Devonshire, and had further grants from the crown.

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Younger son, heir to brother William 1199. Sheriff of Devonshire

      1228-31. A witness to Henry III's confirmation of the Magna

      Carta.

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Roger La ZOUCHE

Born: ABT 1182, Ashby, Leicestershire, England

Died: BEF 14 May 1238

Notes: for his fidelity to King John, had a grant from that monarch of the manors of Petersfield and Maple Durham, co. Southampton, part of the lands of Geoffrey De Mandeville, one of the rebellious barons then in arms. In the next reign he was Sheriff of Devonshire, and had further grants from the crown.

Father: Alan La ZOUCHE

Mother: Alice De BELMEIS

Married: Margaret ? ABT 1204

Children:

1. Alan La ZOUCHE (Sir Knight)

2. Lora La ZOUCHE

3. Eudo La ZOUCHE (b. ABT 1207)

4. William La ZOUCHE

5. Alice La ZOUCHE

Sherriff of Devonshire Roger la Zouche   

Roger was born about 1185 in Molton, Devonshire, England.1 Roger's father was Earl of Brittany Alan la Zouche and his mother was Alice de Belmeis. His paternal grandparents were Geoffrey la Zouche and Hawise of Brittany. He had two brothers named William and Philip. He was the youngest of the three children. He died on May 14th, 1238 in North Melton, Devonshire, England.2

Sherriff of Devonshire Roger la Zouche & Margaret de Beaumont 

They had two sons and three daughters, named William, Alan, Eon, Loretta and Alice.

Personal Details

Sherriff of Devonshire Roger la Zouche

Roger was born about 1185 in Molton, Devonshire, England.1 He died on May 14th, 1238 in North Melton, Devonshire, England.2

Margaret de Beaumont

Margaret was born in 1154 in Hampshire, England.3 She died at the age of 81 on January 12th, 1235.4

Death Notes

Children

 Eon la Zouche

Eon was born about 1207.5

 William la Zouche

William was born about 1209.5

 Loretta la Zouche

Loretta was born about 1211 in North Melton, Devonshire, England.6 She died after 1273.7

 Alice la Zouche

Alice was born in 1213.5

 Sir Alan la Zouche

Alan was born in 1217.1 He died at the age of 53 on August 10th, 1270.1

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Roger la Zouche, Sheriff of Devonshire, was a younger brother of William--and was his heir in 1199.

Roger married Margaret (?) before 1203.

He was Sheriff of Devonshire between 1228 and 1231.

He was a witness to Henry III's confirmation of the Magna Charta.

He died before 14 May 1238.

Roger was our ancestor through two distinct descent lines--through his son Eudo and through his son Alan, each of whom was independently our ancestor.

See "My Lines"

( http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~cousin/html/p392.htm#i6886 )

from Compiler: R. B. Stewart, Evans, GA

( http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~cousin/html/index.htm )

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1. Residence: 1205 Poitou, France
2. Note: He was licensed to go on a pilgramage
3. Occupation: Sheriff of Devonshire 1228 Devonshire, England
4. Residence: 1210 Ireland

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashby_de_la_Zouch_Castle

http://gen.culpepper.com/ss/p37478.htm

Roger la Zouche, for his fidelity to King John, had a grant from that monarch of the manors of Petersfield and Maple Durham, co. Southampton, part of the lands of Geoffrey de Mandeville, one of the rebellious barons then in arms. In the next reign he was Sheriff of Devonshire, and had further grants from the crown. Ref: Burke, pp. 598-599.

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ROGER LA ZOUCHE, for his fidelity to King John, had a grant from that monarch of the manors of Petersfield and Maple Durham, county Southampton, part of the lands of Geoffrey De Mandeville, one of the rebellious barons then in arms. In the next reign he was Sheriff of Devonshire, and had further grants from the crown.

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http://gen.culpepper.com/ss/p43936.htm

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High Sheriff Lord of the Manor of Petersfield and Durham

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Lord of Ashby