Sir Walter FitzRobert, Lord of Dunmow

Medlands: "English Lords D–K"

• 1. WALTER FitzRobert (-1198, bur Dunmow Priory).
• A manuscript narrating the foundation of Daventre priory names “Walterum et Symoni fratri suo” as the two sons of “Robertus filius Ricardi” and his wife Matilda[178].
• “Walterus filius Roberti” donated “terram de teia” to Colchester St. John, for the souls of “patris mei Roberti filii Ricardi et matris mee Matildis et...Rohaise amite mee que ecclesiam Sancti Johannis fundavit et fratrum suorum”, to Colchester St. John by undated charter[179].
• “Walterus filius Roberti” donated property to Daventre Priory, for the souls of “Roberti filii Ricardi patris mei et Matildis de Senliz matris meæ…et uxoris meæ Matildis de Lucy et filiorum et filiarum mearum”, by undated charter[180].
• The Red Book of the Exchequer, listing scutage payments in [1190/91], records "Walterus filius Roberti" paying "xxxi l xv s, lxiii milites et dimidium" in Essex, Hertfordshire[181].
• The Red Book of the Exchequer, listing scutage payments in [1194/95], records "Walterus filius Roberti" being granted delay to pay "per brevia" in Essex, Herefordshire[182].
• A manuscript history of the foundation of Dunmow Priory records the death in 1198 of “Walterus filius Roberti” and his burial at Dunmow[183].
  • m firstly MATILDA de Lucy Lady of Diss, Norfolk, daughter of RICHARD de Lucy, justiciar & his wife ---.
    • The 'Testa de Nevill' includes a writ of King John dated 1212 which records that "Ricardo de Luce" granted "Disce" in Norfolk to "Waltero filio Roberti…in maritagio cum filia sua", adding that it was currently held by "Robertus filius Walteri"[184].
    • “Walterus filius Roberti” donated property to Daventre Priory, for the souls of “…uxoris meæ Matildis de Lucy et filiorum et filiarum mearum”, by undated charter[185].
    • Bracton records a claim, dated 1225, by "Ricardus filius Reginaldi et Roysia uxor eius" against "Robertum filium Walteri" for part of "terre…in Lewes" inherited from "Roysia de Douera auia sua", the defendant stating that "Matillis mater sua et Aleisia mater Ricardi de Umframuilla et Auelina auia Ricardi de Muntfichet fuerunt sorores" all of whom inherited part of the land in question[186].
  • [187]m secondly (after 1163) as her [third] husband, MATILDA de Bohun, widow [firstly] of HENRY d'Oilly, [and secondly of JUHEL de Mayenne], daughter of HUMPHREY de Bohun & his wife Margaret of Hereford ([1140/43]-after 9 Feb 1196).
    • Her parentage is established by a 1263 inquisition which confirms that Humphrey de Bohun, grandfather of Humphrey de Bohun Earl of Hereford at that time, gave Bradenham to his sister Maud[188].
    • Her first and [third] marriages are confirmed by a lawsuit recorded in 1194 in which "Matill uxor Walteri fil Robti" sued "Cecilia uxore Rad fil Wigain" over Swereford manor, Oxfordshire, given to her by "Henri de Oilli vir eius…in dote"[189]. Her possible second marriage is confirmed by the Feet of Fines which records the judgment dated 9 Feb 1196 in a claim by "Henricus de Bohon…pro Adam de Greiuill" against "Matill de Bohon" concerning land "villa de Waleton…villam de Blakemer" and "in villa de Niweton" given to Matilda "in maritagium quondam Iuhellus de Mee---e"[190].
    • It is supposed that Matilda was the plaintiff’s aunt, although this is not specifically stated in the document. It is supposed that the name "de Mee---e" indicates Mayenne, but this is not beyond all doubt.
  • Walter & his first wife had [four or more] children:
    • a) ROBERT FitzWalter of Woodham Walter, Essex (-9 Dec 1235, Dunmow Priory). [et cetera]
    • b) ALICE (-1213 or after). [et cetera]
    • c) other children. [Latin translated] Walter son of Robert donated property to Daventre Priory, for the souls of “…my wife Matilda de Lucy and of my sons and daughters”, by undated charter.
  • Walter & his second wife had one child:
    • SIMON FitzWalter (-before 18 Jul 1218). [et cetera]

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en.Wikipedia: Walter Fitz Robert

Walter Fitz Robert of Woodham Walter[1] (1130 - 1198), 2nd Lord of Little Dunmow, Essex was steward under Stephen of England [2], having succeeded to that position upon the death of his father, Robert Fitz Richard.

Marriage and children
Walter Fitz Robert was married twice. Sources conflict as to which of the two wives (Maud de Lucy or Margaret de Bohun) was the first wife.[3] He and Maud de Lucy had the following children:
– Robert Fitzwalter, a Magna Carta Surety
– Alice Fitz Walter[4]

Notes

• Alternately spelled "Walter FitzRobert"
• Amt, Emilie (1993). The Accession of Henry II in England: Royal Government Restored, 1149-1159. p. 66: Boydell & Brewer. ISBN 0851153488.
• Compare Burke, John (1831). A general and heraldic dictionary of the peerages of England, Ireland, and Scotland: Extinct, Dormant, and in Abeyance. London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley. pp. p. 208. and Burke, Bernard (1866). A Genealogical History of the Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited, and Extinct. Harrison.
• Richardson, Douglas (2005). Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families. Genealogical Publishing Com. pp. p. 497. ISBN 0806317590.

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Walter Fitz Robert of Woodham Walter[1] (1130 - 1198), 2nd Lord of Little Dunmow, Essex was steward under Stephen of England [2], having succeeded to that position upon the death of his father, Robert Fitz Richard.

Marriage and children

Walter Fitz Robert was married twice. Sources conflict as to which of the two wives (Maud de Lucy or Margaret de Bohun) was the first wife.[3] He and Maud de Lucy had the following children:

Robert Fitzwalter, a Magna Carta Surety

Alice Fitz Walter[4]

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Walter FitzRobert, Lord of Dunmow
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Walter FitzRobert, Lord of Dunmow gained the title of Lord of Dunmow.

Child of Walter FitzRobert, Lord of Dunmow and Alice FitzRobert+ d. a 1213